PALEOFITOECOLOGIA E FITOECOLOGIA MARINA

Module MARINE PHYTOECOLOGY

The Marine Phytoecology module aims to learn about the characterisation of the marine environment and to understand the main morphological and reproductive adaptations of phytobenthic organisms (macroalgae and phanerogams) to the main environmental conditions: hydrodynamics, light, salinity, temperature, etc. 

Lectures and exercises in laboratory.

Basic knowledge of the marine environment and phytobenthos

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

Danovaro R. - Biologia Marina. CittàStudi and teaching material provided by the teacher

Oral exam