1. komponenta

Lecture type	Total
Lectures	30
Practicum	15
Seminar	15

* Load is given in academic hour (1 academic hour = 45 minutes)

Marine life in the ocean: in pelagic realm, along continental edges, in hydrothermal vents, coral reefs, estuaries and mangroves. Structural and functional characteristics of the marine ecosystem. Role of marine organisms in regulation of earth's climate and biogeochemical cycles. Oceanographic and ecological regulators of the distribution of marine organisms: temperature, salinity, nutrients, light, winds, currents, frontal systems, microbial processes, mutual influences among organisms and their impact on the environment. Horizontal and vertical transport in ocean. Exchange of gases. Distribution in trophic gradient. Methods on the research vessel and in the laboratory. Use of computer and graphic program in the presentation of spatial and temporal distribution of oceanographic factors and organisms.
PRACTICUM AND SEMINAR
1. Marine life structural and functional characteristics of pelagic organisms.
2. Oceanographic and ecological regulators of the distribution of marine organisms in the sea; temperature, salinity, nutrients, light, winds, currents, frontal systems
3. Mikrobial processes. Role of marine organisms in regulation of biogeochemical cycles. Horizontal and vertical transport in ocean. Exchange of gases. Distribution in trophic and thermohaline gradijent.
4. Methods on the research vessel and in the laboratory. Use of computer and graphic programmes in presentation of spatial and temporal distribution of oceanographic factors and organisms (in the field work). Analysis of data published in scientific journals, and interesting chapters in oceanography and biology of the Adriatic and Mediterranean Seas.

Izborni predmeti - Regular study - Biology