Hydrobiology WB-BI-41-06lab

1. Research interests of hydrobiology. Research methods. The description of marine ecosystems – ocean currents and oceanic divisions.
2. Macrofits – freshwater plants. Food selectivity of aquatic animals– settling and conducting of laboratory experiments. Food webs in aquatic environments.
3. Ecological groups of organisms found in freshwaters. Plankton as a key group.
4. Algae- macrofits competition – conducting of laboratory experiments.Algae as a functional and specific group in aquatic habitats. Assessment of eutrophication.
5. Food chain for marine biocenoses – herbivores in the ocean. Food chain for marine biocenoses – predators in the ocean.
6. Freshwater ecosystems – lentic waters. Freshwater ecosystems – lotic waters.
7. Food chain for marine biocenoses – phyto- and zooplankton.Predator-prey interactions. Defensive strategies of aquatic organisms. Vertical migrations and zonal occurrence in the ocean.
8. Reproductive strategies of aquatic organisms.
9. Graphical presentation of the experimental data. A test of knowledge.

Knowledge of botany and zoology. Understanding the basic concepts and mechanisms in ecology.

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