MARINE ANIMAL BIODIVERSITY

Single discipline educational activity

Course Sheet

Academic Year of enrolment:

2018/2019

Type of Course:

Characterising

Optional/Mandatory:

Compulsory

Degree:

Master's Degree Programme in LAND AND ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT

Disciplinary Sector:

ZOOLOGY

Language:

Italian

Credits:

Programme Year:

Professor and Collaborators:

CURINI GALLETTI Marco

Hours of classroom activity:

Prerequisites:

knowledge of Systematic Zoology (any level. If not present, to be acquired during the course.

AF code:

A001407

Assessment Methods

Verification of learning:

VERIFICATION OF THE ACQUISITION OF SKILLS THROUGH IDENTIFICATION OF SPECIMENS, AT THE END OF THE FIELD COURSE OR IN THE LABORATORY.

Teaching period

Second semester

Objectives

THE COURSE AIMS TO PROVIDE ADVANCED TAXONOMIC SKILLS FOR THE IDENTIFICATION OF THE FAUNA OF THE MEDITERRANEAN COAST, AND TO PROVIDE INFORMATION ON THE ORIGIN AND EVOLUTION OF THIS FAUNA.

Contents

Marine Biodiversity. Origin and evolution of the marine fauna of the Mediterranean. The Zoogeographical sectors of the Mediterranean: the Alboran sea, the balearic basin, the gulf of Lyons, the ligurian Sea, the tyrrhenian sea, the coasts of North Africa, The Sicilian Channel, the Ionian sea, the Adriatic sea and its subdivisions, the gulf of Syrtis, the Levant Sea, the Aegean sea and its subdivisions. The Black Sea. The Caspian sea. The Lusitanian and Mauretanic subprovinces. Description of the species exclusive to each sector.Identification, at the species level whenever possible, of the animal component of selected marine habitats.

Recommended Bibliography

The teacher provides the slides of the lectures, and articles/papers related to specific topic.

Methods of Provision

Conventional

Teaching Methods

The structuring of the course will depend on the disponibility of a laboratory with direct access to the sea. In this case, the course will include a limited amount of lectures, with the rest of the course devoted to field collection and identification of taxa present in selected marine habitats. In the event that the course should be entirely performed in the laboratories of the University of Sassari, the course will be structured in a greater number of lectures, and fewer laboratory determinations of samples collected previously by the teacher.

Contacts/More Information

Contacts:
Email: curini@uniss.it
Reception hours:
friday 10-13
Readiness to offer individual assistance in a foreign language to incoming students (English): YES
Availability of supporting material and bibliographic references also in a foreign language (English): YES
Articles/papers related to specific topics
Readiness to accept examination of incoming students also in a foreign language (English) : YES

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