MA Seminar: Biology and ecology of water ecosystems

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The aim of the seminar is to collect materials, their development and then on this basis preparation of Msc thesis. These works may only field or laboratory character and include two topics: 1. the flow of energy through an ecosystem of the Vistula river; 2. intra competition in animal populations. It is possible the realization of the theme proposed by the listener of the seminar, if there are technical and intellectual possibilities.

Preparing students to write Msc theses, publication of the results of the work, preparation of the publication for printing: 1. After what he wrote a scientific work, types of scientific works, the volume of publications; 2. The specificity of the work of the natural sciences: introduction, material/area, methods, results, discussion, references, abstract, abstract, keywords, thanks; 3. Drawings, tables, copyright law; 4. What and how do I quote, list of literature, mastheads, "grey literature"; 5. the provisions for authors in journals and publications. Reviews - what they are.

Wisla: 1. water as a living environment; 2. salt water and sweet; 3. lakes; 4. rivers; 5. ocean; 6. the Baltic Sea; 7. biotic zones in freshwater and salty waters and their fauna; 8. U ndersea hot springs; 9. biotic zones in rivers; 10. Wisla - the last wild river of Europe; 11. beaches and psammon; 12. trophic chains in rivers; 13. the flow of energy through ecosystems; 14. climate change and changes in aquatic ecosystems; 15. aquatic adaptations to extreme conditions.

Competition: 1. relationship between species and populations; 2. intra- and interspecies competitionsammon; 3. consequences of competition, extinction; 4. Micro-scale evolution; 5. the criteria for the conduct of experiments-Canon only difference, 6. food as a basic source of competition; 7. reproductive success, 8. energy balance; 9. conversion rates; 10. effect of competition in subsequent generations.

CargillM., O’Connor P. 2009 - Writing Scientific Research Articles: Strategy and Steps - Blackwell Publishing, Chichester, West Sussex, UK, 173 pp

https://www.colby.edu/biology/BI17x/writing_papers.html

Begon ., Townsend C.R., Harper J.L. 2006 – Ecology. From individuals to ecosystems – Blackwell Publishing

Duncan A., Klekowski R.Z. 1975 – Parameters of an energy budget (W: Methods for ecological bioenergetics. Red. W. Grodziński, R.Z. Klekowski, A.Duncan) – IBP Handbook no 24, Blackwell, Oxford, 97–147.

Kleiber M. 1961 - The fire of life. An introduction to animal energetics – John Wiley, New York, London.

Lampert W., 1984 – The measurement of respiration, volume 17. W: Downing J.A., Rigler F.H. (red.) Manual on methods for assessment of secondary productivity in fresh water. – Blackwell Sci. Publications, Oxford , 413-468 (IBP Habdbook no 17, second edition)

Li H.W., Brocksen R.W. 1977 – Approaches to the analysis of energetic cost of intraspecific competition for space in rainbow trout, Salmo gairdneri Richardson – J.Fish Biol. 11:329-341

Odum E.P. 1971 - Fundamentals of ecology - W.B. Saunders Company, Philadelphia, Penn

Schoener T.S. 1983 – Field experiments on intraspecific competition – Am. Natur. 122:240-285

Urban – Malinga B., Opaliński K.W., 1999 – Vertical zonation of the Total, biotic and abiotic oxygen consumption on a Baltic sandy beach – Oceanol. Stud., 28:85-96

Knowledge: the student describes and explains biotic and abiotic processes in biology, hydrology and the physiology of aquatic organisms, and in the water protection ; he can characterize types of freshwater and saline water and explains the functioning of aquatic ecosystems; he can characterize ecological and trophic units that occur in fresh water and salt and the processes occurring in them (primary production and decomposition, the energy flow and the circulation of matter), enumerates the adaptation of organisms to live in water, enumerates the mechanisms of waters treatments and formulate rules for their protection; describes the ecosystem of the Vistula River in its upper, middle and lower reaches, and illustrates examples of energy balance in sn snimslsnd in the ecosystem.

Skills: student classifies observed processes in the water reservoir (production, decomposition, predation, circulation, trophy, energy flow, circulation of matter, etc.); classifies and examines natural and anthropogenic processes (pollution, eutrophication, acidification, stagnation, evolution) in the aquatic environment; outputs the conclusions on observed phenomena of energy flow in water body (river); efficiently uses terminology from the scope of the ecology, biology and protection of waters; conducts field and laboratory experience, interpret their results.

Competences: student is able to describe and analyze the natural phenomena and resulting from the manipulation in water, sees the relationship between the various processes in the ecosystem and is committed to their mutual bindings and explain the mechanisms of these binding (e.g., food chains, trophic pyramid, energy flowy); is able to discuss these issues on the basis of knowledge of the literature; preserves criticism in relation to the information from the “grey literature”, is preparing a thesis.

ECTS

activities-30

Consultation-30

literature studies-10

field work and laboratory-40

development of results (report preparation)-20

Total hours-150

the number of ECTS-150: (25-30) = 5 ECTS credits

Year I:

evaluation of progress in the collection of materials, their development and the preparation of thesis

Year II:

in assessing the work ranked will be: student work, independence of thinking, the ability to reach the sources and their use, techniques for writing work.

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