Information Package / Course Catalogue
Ecology of Freshwater Phytoplankton
Course Code: BİO559
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: Second Cycle (Master's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 3
Prt.: 0
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 8
Objectives of the Course

To understand the description of freshwater plankton and their ecology, interactions of planktons with eachother and environmental factors.

Course Content

To teach plankton terminology (phytoplankton, zooplankton), types of plankton, relationship with nutrients and planktons, seasonal variation and affecting factors, growth and reproduction of planktons, planktons as environmental indicators and eutrophication and pollution.

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