1. komponenta

Lecture type	Total
Lectures	30
Practicum	15

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

LEARNING OUTCOMES
(i) Apply acquired knowledge in explaining the interactions of microfauna with abiotic and biotic factors in aquatic, marine and terrestrial ecosystems;
(ii) Determine the importance of ecological and functional characteristics of microfauna;
(iii) Creatively design experiments using microfauna as model organisms;
(iv) Data analysis with adequate computer programs;
(v) Carry out research, analysis and presentation of results through independent and team work.

COURSE CONTENT
1. Definition, role and distribution of microfauna
2. Systematic review of the microfauna
3. Physiology, evolution and phylogeny of microfauna
4. Interaction of microfauna with abiotic and biotic factors and anthropogenic influence
5. Adaptation and functional role of microfauna in different ecosystems
6. Marine (pelagic and sediment) microfauna
7. Freshwater microfauna in lotic and lentic habitats
8. Soil microfauna
9. Microfauna of specific biotopes
10. Microfauna as environment indicators
11. Microfauna: model organisms in research
12. Microfauna in bionics and medicine
13. The role of microfauna in wastewater treatment
14. Sampling methods for microfauna

1. Meiobenthology: The Microscopic Motile Fauna of Aquatic Sediments., Giere, O., Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, 2009.
2. Protista-Protozoa i Metazoa-Invertebrata. Strukture i funkcije., Habdija, I., Primc Habdija, B., Radanović, I., Špoljar, M., Matoničkin Kepčija, R., Vujčić Karlo, S., Miliša, M. Ostojić, A., Sertić Perić, M., Alfa d.d., Zagreb, 2011.

Izborni kolegiji - Regular - Zoology