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| BIOL0207-1 | Biodiversity, including field training courses | ||
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| Duration : | 30h Th, 10d FW | ||
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| Holder(s) : | Vincent Demoulin, Pierre Vandewalle | ||
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| Course contents : | One half (15h.) of the theoretical lectures is given by each professor.Those lectures relate the course to the other courses of the first and second year (animal and vegetal biology, ecology, geology...) by presenting the biogeographical situation of the field courses and the problems of the relationship between biodiversity and ecological parameters. Main exemples are from the littoral zone. Among the subjects treated are the presentation of biodiversity of major invertebrate groups (annelids, molluscs, crustaceans, echinoderms, urochordates...), of fishes and cryptogams (algae, lichens...), as well as the interpretation of distribution maps and field ornithology. Seven days in Brittany are mostly devoted to organisms of the littoral zone and are accompanied by laboratory demonstrations. Terrestrial flora in this atlantic region as well as sea birds are also studied. Three days in Belgium present several natural districts of the country and are centred on flora, birds and insects (aquatic and terrestrial). | ||
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| Course objective : | This course aims at maximal integration of zoology and botany in the observation of animal and vegetal biodiversity, of the relationships of those organisms among themselves and with the non-living environment. special attention is given to the adaptations to way of life. It should make students aware of the importance of field work in biology. | ||
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| Prerequisites : | Have a good knowledge of biology as presented in the first year of Bachelor and pay attention to the second year biology, ecology and geology courses. | ||
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| Organization : | Theory: during the first part of the year, wednesday, 8h30-10h30 and friday 8h30-10h, during the second part of the year, tuesday 8h30-10h and friday 8h45-12h. usually in the auditorium of the Botanical Institute in Sart Tilman (Bât. B22, P.70), but check detailed schedule for changes of local or hours. Field courses: they include a bus travel starting from Liège or St Malo. This travel is an opportunity to observe landscapes and introduce the observations of the day. Attention to commentaries made in the bus are thus essential. In the field it is useful to possess a hand lens (anyway necessary for other courses, enlargement between 10 and 15x) and binoculars. Excursions in the intertidal zone require rubber boots. Students are divided in the smallest possible groups, given the number of accompanying persons. Observations on the spot are essential and organisms should only be sampled under the directiion of the staff, taking into account the possibility of observations in the laboratory. Some of the laboratory sessions are demonstrations (difficult dissections, comparative morphology, algal pigments, quantification of coliform bacteria...), others are work in small groups (detemination with a flora) or free observation. Excursions in Belgium are organised like the St Malo week and necessitate the same equipment. | ||
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| Written notes : | For Botany, documents are distributed during the course. For Zoology, a syllabus include most of the theory. The "Nouvelle Flore de la Belgique, du grand Duché de Luxembourg , du Nord de la France et des régions voisines, 4th edition, 1992, or preferably, 5 th edition, 2004, by J. Lambinon et al. is necessary (cf 1st year of Bachelor). Several documents can be consulted during the St Malo week (floras and faunas, naturalist guides, geological maps...) | ||
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| Assessment : | For the zoological part, an interrogation in preparation of the St Malo week will be organised shortly before (elementary knowledge of major animal groups). At the end of the St Malo week a dispensatory interrogation deals with organisms of the littoral zone. The final examination includes commentary of sdlides or pictures of animals, plants and landscapes (especially aquatic invertebrates, birds, plants with ecological indicator value). It also includes the commentary of a distribution map and the recognition of a branch from the main trees and shrubs of Belgium and significant organisms seen during the excursions. A small collection of invertebrates should be prepared and will be commented during the examination. This collection is a prerequisite for the zoological part of the examination. An herbal of 30 plants from the area covered by the Flora of Lambinon et al. is also to be presented. If the dispensatory interrogation has not been satisfactory, organisms (slides or specimens) from the littoral zone are to be commented. | ||
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| Contacts : | In Botany: Institut de Botanique, B22 Professor V. Demoulin- Tel.: 04 366.38.53- email: V.Demoulin@ulg.ac.be G. Castillo,"logisticien"- tel.: 04 366.38.62- email: G.Castillo@ulg;ac.be In Zoology: Institut de Chimie, B6 Professor P. Vandewalle- Tél. 04 366.50.40- email: P.Vandewalle@ulg.ac.be E. Parmentier, assistant- Tel. 04 366.50.24- email: E.Parmentier@ulg.ac.be | ||
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ULg : Students and Studies Administration - Academic Affairs
Contact : Monique Marcourt, direction A.E.E.
Date of data : 27/02/2006
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