Information Package / Course Catalogue
Ichthyoplankton
Course Code: SUM218
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 2
Prt.: 2
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 4
Objectives of the Course

Students will be learnt egg and larvae terminology and morphology and apply them

Course Content

Reproduction, spawning, survival mechanisms of fish, determination of early stages in fish, Early stages of cultivated economic species

Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1.1. Student will be learnt reproduction, spawning of fish and surviving of egg and larvae
2.Student will be learnt early period determination of prespawning fish
3. Student will explain importance of observing fish egg and larvae in order to fisheries and aquaculture
4. Student will be learnt early stage of spawning of economical fish
5.To know collecting fish egg and fish larvae samples from the sea
Recommended or Required Reading
1. Necla Demir Ders Notları ( 1980) 2. Savaş Mater Ders Notları ( 2006) 3. Türkiye Denizleri İhtiyoplankton Atlası. (Yardımcı Ders Kitabı).
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Preparation Work
Textbook
Week 1 - Theoretical & Practice
The place of fish egg and larvae in pelagic ecosystem
Week 2 - Preparation Work
Textbook
Week 2 - Theoretical & Practice
Importance of egg and larvae studies in fisheries biology and aquaculture
Week 3 - Preparation Work
Textbook
Week 3 - Theoretical & Practice
Breeding features and behaviour in different fish species
Week 4 - Preparation Work
Textbook
Week 4 - Theoretical & Practice
Spawning behaviour in fish
Week 5 - Preparation Work
Textbook
Week 5 - Theoretical & Practice
The factors effect distrubition mecanism of egg and larvae in sea
Week 6 - Preparation Work
Textbook
Week 6 - Theoretical & Practice
The factors effect abundance and distrubition of egg and larvae
Week 7 - Preparation Work
Textbook
Week 7 - Theoretical & Practice
The factors effect abundance and distrubition of egg and larvae
Week 8 - Theoretical & Practice
MID TERM EXAM
Week 9 - Preparation Work
Textbook
Week 9 - Theoretical & Practice
Discribe of egg, prelarvae and postlarval stage features
Week 10 - Preparation Work
Textbook
Week 10 - Theoretical & Practice
Determination criterions of egg, prelarvae and postlarval
Week 11 - Preparation Work
Textbook
Week 11 - Theoretical & Practice
Discribe in pre stage of some cultured species in Turkey (Sparidae, Moronidae, Scophthalmidae, Sciaenidae, Salmonidae, Acipenseridae)
Week 12 - Preparation Work
Textbook
Week 12 - Theoretical & Practice
Discribe in pre stage of some species live in Turkey Clupeidae, Mugilidae, Carangidae, Mulliidae
Week 13 - Preparation Work
Textbook
Week 13 - Theoretical & Practice
Discribe in pre stage of some species live in Turkey (Pomatomidae, Serranidae, Scorpaenidae, Triglidae, Soleidae)
Week 14 - Preparation Work
Textbook
Week 14 - Theoretical & Practice
Pre stage discription of other fish species (cartilage fish, Cyclostomata)
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory142256
Lecture - Practice141242
Midterm Examination1112
Final Examination1112
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)102
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
PÇ-1
PÇ-2
PÇ-3
PÇ-4
PÇ-5
PÇ-6
PÇ-7
PÇ-8
PÇ-9
PÇ-10
PÇ-11
PÇ-12
PÇ-13
PÇ-14
PÇ-15
OÇ-1
3
4
2
2
2
3
2
1
2
3
3
2
OÇ-2
4
3
2
2
3
2
2
2
2
3
2
1
OÇ-3
3
2
3
4
3
3
3
1
1
4
4
3
OÇ-4
3
3
2
3
4
4
3
3
1
4
3
4
OÇ-5
3
3
2
2
4
4
4
3
3
2
2
4
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026