- Course Code
- BI 25Z2
- Credit Points
- 15
- Course Coordinator
- Professor U Witte
Pre-requisites
Overview
The aim is to develop a pragmatic understanding of the biology of marine organisms with an emphasis on species of commercial significance. Marine food chains are reviewed including micro-organisms, algae and plankton in relation to primary production in the seas. Animals considered include sponges, corals, jelly-fish, rotifers, tube-worms, mussels, scallops, squid, shipworm, barnacles, copepods, prawns, krill, sea-urchins, starfish, sharks, herring, halibut, tuna and whales. For each species the life cycle and production will be discussed together with impacts and significance to man. The course is accessible to non-biologists. For biologists it provides a specialist introduction to marine species.
Structure
12 weeks - 3 one-hour lectures and 1 three-hour laboratory per week.
To pass this course a pass must be achieved in BOTH the theory exam and the in-course assessment.
Assessment
1st Attempt: 1 two-hour written examination (40%), 1 one-hour written examination (20%). In-course assessment of laboratory work (40%).
Resit: A resit exam, in the same format as the main exam. This may contain material from both the practical and lecture components of the course.