Marine Paleophitoecology and phytoecologyModule MARINE PHYTOECOLOGY
Academic Year 2023/2024 - Teacher: GIUSEPPINA ALONGIExpected Learning Outcomes
The objective of the Marine phyto-ecology module is the knowledge on the characterization of the marine environment through benthic marine vegetation of hard and mobile substrate aimed at the evaluation and monitoring of the health status of the coastal marine environment.
Course Structure
Lectures and exercises in laboratory.
Required Prerequisites
Detailed Course Content
General information on the marine environment: the ocean floor; water and its properties; comparison between land and sea. Zoning of the oceans. Water movements: currents, waves and tides
Main ecological factors that condition plant organisms *: light; salinity; temperature; substrate type, nutrients. Adaptations * of plant organisms to light, to salinity, to substrate temperature.
Indicate with an asterisk, *, the minimum arguments that can not be renounced for passing the exam
Textbook Information
Danovaro R. - Biologia Marina. CittàStudi and teaching material provided by the teacher
Course Planning
Subjects | Text References | |
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1 | tutti | Danovaro |
2 | all | didactic material will be provided by the teacher |