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Course code: BBS10251f12
Semester: 2012/2013 winter
Name: Application of underwater research methods in biology
Major: Biology
Study Type: first cycle
Course type: optional
Study Semester: 3
ECTS points: 2
Hours (Lectures / Tutorials / Other): 30 / 0 / 0
Lecturer: dr Dariusz Nowakowski
Language of instruction: Polish


Learning outcomes: Students will gain theoretical knowledge concerning the use of the possibilities of research in the natural underwater environment. Learn about the legal aspects of research submarines, as well as the theory of scuba. Acquire knowledge for carrying out comprehensive biological studies of marine and inland waters of the volatility and succession of the aquatic biocenosis and long-term prognosis with regard to changes in environmental conditions.

Competences: Completion of the course will design and conduct underwater research in the field of biological sciences (hydrobiology, environmental assessment of the aquatic biocenosis). Obtained from the theory of diving, we can advance, practical education towards international level scuba diver (the PADI Scuba Diver Statement).

Prerequisites: zoology, botany

Course content: In terms of diversity and evolution of life, the student know the methodology of obtaining the source data and their interpretation in taxonomy. In the field of environmental biology, students know the levels of the organization underwater eco-systems and aspects of nature and the underwater environment

Recommended literature: Ewa Żerdzińska. 2004. Podwodna Polska. Almapress. Harold Barnes, Margaret Barnes. 1988. Oceanography and Marine Biology. Routledge Ilona Mrowińska-Dutkiewicz, Jeremiusz Dutkiewicz. 2005. Ryby naszych wód. Podwodna kraina. Multico James Henry Price, David E. G. Irvine, W. F. Farnham. 1980. The Shore Environment. Published for the Systematics Association by Academic Press. Jürgen Schwoerbel. 1970. Methods of Hydrobiology. Pergamon Press Victor Petriconi, Falk Wieland. 2002. Podwodny świat roślin i zwierząt. Oficyna Wydawnicza Alma-Press.

Assessment methods: Test of theoretical knowledge of the scuba at OWD PADI. The draft environmental guidelines, according to the underwater world of the underwater environment AWARE.

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