-Problems related to the conservation of marine fauna. The importance of MPAs for the connectivity between threatened or rare species. The importance of genetic studies in conservation genetics. Notes on: molecular markers; usefulness of molecular markers in the study of biodiversity and conservation; methods and molecular techniques for the study of genetic diversity; dominant and co-dominant markers.
Some molecular methods widely used in molecular systematics and conservation genetics. Practical cases of application of molecular methods to the conservation genetics (3 ECTS).
-Ichthyology: External and internal morphological features of fish. Anatomy and elements of physiology and systematics of Cyclostomata (lampreys and hagfish). Lampreys of the Mediterranean. Anatomy and elements of physiology and systematics of Chondrichthyes (sharks and rays). Main sharks and rays of the Mediterranean. Anatomy and elements of physiology and systematics of Osteichthyes (bony fish). Main teleost fish of the Mediterranean (3 ECTS).
-Knowledge of the main components of fish species of the Mediterranean. Workshop on the recognition in the field (visual census) of fish. Laboratory of molecular biology (3 ECTS).