ECTS credits ECTS credits: 3
ECTS Hours Rules/Memories Student's work ECTS: 51 Hours of tutorials: 3 Expository Class: 9 Interactive Classroom: 12 Total: 75
Use languages Spanish, Galician
Type: Ordinary subject Master’s Degree RD 1393/2007 - 822/2021
Departments: Botany, External department linked to the degrees
Areas: Botany, Área externa M.U en Biología Marina
Center Faculty of Biology
Call: First Semester
Teaching: With teaching
Enrolment: Enrollable | 1st year (Yes)
The student will be trained and instructed with basic knowledge about diversity, biology, reproduction, biological cycles and the ecology of seaweed, as well as its relationship with the environment and the main environmental factors related to nutrition, growth, survival and reproduction, in order to apply them in other master's subjects.
Skills and aptitudes necessary for its application in the rest of the master's subjects and the development of research in marine biology will be developed.
Topic 1. Marine environment. Introduction and general characteristics. Influential environmental factors in photosynthetic organisms: light, temperature, substrate, hydrodynamism, tides, salinity, pH, nutrients and contaminants. Interactions between organisms: predation, symbiosis, epibiosis, endobiosis, parasitism
Topic 2. Phytoplankton. General characteristics, importance, floristic groups and population dynamics
Topic 3. Fitobentos. Definition and importance. General characteristics of the phytobenthic communities. Classification of benthic organisms according to the substrate.
Topic 4. Ficobentos. Ecophysiology: adaptations to environmental conditions. Morphological diversity, life cycles, biological types and vital forms
Topic 5. Descriptive and systematic of red algae (Rhodophyta): main groups and characteristic species.
Topic 6. Descriptive and systematic of brown algae (Ochrophyta): main groups and characteristic species.
Topic 7. Descriptive and systematic of green algae (Chlorophyta): main groups and characteristic species.
Topic 8. Descriptive and systematic of other benthic organisms: cyanophyceae, phanerogams, fungi and lichens: main groups and characteristic species.
Topic 9. Ecology of phytobenthos. Distribution of marine organisms: vertical or zoning, temporal or succession and spatial or biogeographic. Schemes of zonation of the littoral and its nomenclature. Seasonality of the flora.
Topic 10. Biogeography. Definition, methodology and indexes. Factors that influence the distribution of marine vegetables: temperature and latitude. Biogeographic units.
Item 11. Marine marine vegetation in the North Atlantic and Mediterranean.
Topic 12. Marine vegetation of the Iberian Peninsula and Galicia. Exposed, semi-exposed, protected and estuarial coasts: diversity, descriptive and zoning.
Basic bibliography:
Bold, H.C. & M. J. Wynne (1985) Introduction to the Algae, Structure and Reproduction. 2ª Ed. Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs. New Jersey.
Dawes, C.J. (1997) Marine Botany. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York.
Graham, L.E., J.M. Graham & L.W. Wilcox (2009) Algae. Second edition. Pearson.
Hoek, C. van den, D.G. Mann, H.M. Jahns (1995) Algae: An Introduction to phycology. Cambridge Univ. Press, Cambridge.
Lee, R. E. (2008) Phycology. Cambridge Univ. Press, Cambridge, Fourth Edition
Lobban, C.S. & P.J. Harrison (1994) Seaweed ecology and physiology. Cambridge Univ. Press, Cambridge.
Lüning, K. (1990). Seaweeds their environment, biogeography and ecophysiology. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Toronto, 572 pp.
Reviers, B de (2002) Biologie et phylogénie des algues, tome 1. Belin éd., Paris.
Reviers, B de (2003) Biologie et phylogénie des algues, tome 2. Belin éd., Paris.
South, G.R. & A. Whittick (1987) Introduction to Phycology. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford.
Complementary bibliography:
Braune, W. & M.D. Guiry (2011) Seaweeds: A colour guide to common benthic green, brown and red algae of the world’s oceans. Gantner Verlag
Bunker, Brodie, Maggs & Bunker (2010) Seasearch guide to seaweeds of Britain and Ireland. Marine Conservation Society, UK
Cabioc'h, J., J. Floc'h, A. Toquin, C.F. Le, Ch.-F. Bouduresque, A. Meinesz & M. Verlaque (2006) Guía de las algas del Atlántico y del Mediterráneo. Omega, Madrid.
HORNER, R.A. (2002) A taxonomic guide to some common marine phytoplankton. Biopress.
TOMAS, C.R. (ed.) (1997) Identifying Marine Phytoplankton. Academic Press, Inc., San Diego.
Web resources:
http://www.asturnatura.com/
http://www.algaebase.org/
http://lebrusc.chez-alice.fr/
Journals:
Aquaculture
Botanica Marina
Bulletin of the Faculty of Fisheries
Canadian Journal of Botany
Ciencias Marinas
Cryptogamie, Algologie
European Journal of Phycology
Hydrobiologia
Journal of Applied Phycology
Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology
Journal of Phycology
Marine and Freshwater Research
Marine Biology
Marine Ecology
Phycologia
The Korean Journal of Phycology
Development of comprehensive capabilities, analysis and synthesis.
Use of scientific criteria and methods in the approach and resolution of
problems applying the acquired knowledge.
Search, analysis and integration of information from different sources and
capacity for its interpretation and evaluation.
Development of the capacity to update knowledge autonomously.
Development of communication skills and discussion of approaches and results.
Development of scientific curiosity, initiative and creativity.
Knowledge of the diversity of living organisms in marine ecosystems, their genetic diversity and their adaptive strategies.
Knowledge and understanding of the importance of the interactions of marine organisms and their habitat.
Practical and direct knowledge of the organisms and communities of the Galician coast.
Cataloging, cartography, evaluation, conservation, restoration and management of natural and biological resources of the marine environment.
Analysis and discussion of scientific articles.
Advice and technical assistance on issues related to the marine and coastal theme.
The knowledge and skills acquired by the student will be taken into account, through written test and continuous evaluation.
Classes for exposition of the theoretical syllabus and for the development of the seminar.
Autonomous work of the student for the study and understanding of the concepts of theory and practices, as well as for the search of information and bibliography for the realization of the seminars.
Personalized tutorials to resolve student's doubts and new objectives and challenges in the matter.
Written test: The acquisition of the main theoretical concepts will be evaluated through test questions, short questions, topics, etc. (70%).
Written test and collective participation in seminars (20%).
Continuous evaluation: The attitude and participation of the student in the theoretical and practical classes, etc. will be evaluated continuously. (10%)
It will be necessary to obtain a grade of 4 (out of 10) in the written test (exam)
The individual work time of the student in this matter is estimated at 75 hours and with the contact hours (36 hours), they are distributed as follows:
14h for lectures + 7h of study
6 hours for interactive classes (seminars) + 21 hours of personal work
Written and oral presentation of scientific papers: 23 hours
2h tutorials
1.5h for exams + 0.5 review
Assistance to the expository and interactive classes and management of the recommended bibliography.
Make use of tutoring hours to clarify and discuss possible doubts about the contents taught.
The provisions of the "Regulations for the evaluation of students' academic performance and the review of qualifications" will be applied to cases of fraudulent conduct of exercises and tests.
Mª Del Carmen Lopez Rodriguez
- Department
- Botany
- Area
- Botany
- Phone
- 881813372
- mdelcarmen.lopez.rodriguez [at] usc.es
- Category
- Professor: Temporary PhD professor
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| 12:00-14:00 | Grupo /CLE_01 | Spanish | Videoconference Classroom. Sir David Attenborough |
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| 11:00-13:00 | Grupo /CLE_01 | Spanish | Videoconference Classroom. Sir David Attenborough |
| 10.14.2024 10:00-12:00 | Grupo /CLE_01 | Videoconference Classroom. Sir David Attenborough |
| 06.17.2025 12:00-14:00 | Grupo /CLE_01 | Videoconference Classroom. Sir David Attenborough |