Marine Biodiversity
Summary
Get to know marine organisms! You will learn how to identify sea-living animals and plants, both macroscopical and microscopical ones, and you will learn where they live (in the free water, on rocky bottoms, in soft bottoms, etc.). You will also get accustomed to literature for identifying marine organisms.
About
The course provides knowledge of collection and identification of marine animals and plants and about the biotopes they live in. The course gives an introduction to the common species in Swedish water, and to identification literature and nomenclature for the different organism groups and is divided into five modules that cover marine benthic invertebrates, zooplankton, macroalgae, microalgae and fish.
It is an applied course with much field and laboratory work. Basic taxonomic theory will also be presented (phylogeny and nomenclature).
Prerequisites and selection
Entry requirements
Alternative 1: 60 credits of completed courses in biology.
Alternative 2: 105 credits of completed courses within natural sciences, including at least 45 credits in biology.
Alternative 3: 105 credits of completed courses within natural sciences, including at least 30 credits in biology and 30 credits in environmental sciences.
Selection
Selection is based upon the number of credits from previous university studies, maximum 165 credits.
