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| SSTG0024-1 | Training : biodiversity, phylogeny and marine ecology
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| Duration : | 10d FW |
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| Lecturer : | Patrick Dauby, Véronique Goosse, Mathieu Poulicek, Jean-Pierre Thomé |
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| Coordinator : | Jean-Pierre Thomé |
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Language(s) of instruction :
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| French language |
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Organisation and examination :
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| Teaching in the second semester |
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Course contents :
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| This field trip objectives are to illustrate various notions seen during previous lessons on taxonomy, phylogeny, functional morphology, and ecology of organisms, applied to a marine intertidal zone.
The trip is thus not related to another course, but constitutes an integrated overview.
The stay is held at the "Station de Biologie Marine (SBM)", Roscoff (Finistère, Brittany). The Station belongs to the University of Paris VI (as the ones of Banyuls or Villefranche-sur-Mer on the Mediterranean), and shelters more than 200 scientists from French and European institutions. Developed research themes run from genomics to marine organisms' ecology. Activities organised during the stay will allow to be in contact with these sientists.
During the stay, students have the opportunity to observe and collect in situ organisms from different biotopes (sand, mud, rocks, seagrass meadows, estuary), organisms that they can keep living and study in the lab. Beside morphological and systematic aspects, various ecological approaches are made, or on the field or as experiments in laboratory. Finally, special activities are scheduled (onboard cruise to collect plankton and sediments, visit of a fish sale auction) to illustrate biotopes not directly accessible "by foot".
Lessons are also given to complete the knowledge about some biological groups of importance in the intertidal zone |
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| The goal of this field trip is to integrate different notions approached in several theoretical lessons (morphology, phylogeny, ecology) to a peculiar biotope: the intertidal zone of the Brittany coast. |
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Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :
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| To have followed the courses related to the field trip, i.e. ecology, taxonomy & phylogeny, morphology, courses given during the same year of Master. |
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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| Field trip |
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| This field trip of course implies the presence of students on the field. Online connection not yet available in the Brittany intertidal zone ! |
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Recommended or required readings :
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| A good knowledge of the theoretical aspects seen during the 1st quadrimester is required. Needed additional literature will be provided during the field course.
A special folder (with all the informations and activities related) will be distributed before the trip. Ppt slides of lessons given during the trip will be available during the stay in Brittany. |
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| Evaluation (oral, last day): students will have to present, describe, and explain a given biotope, taking into account previous aspects approached during the stay.
They will have also to study and present (by groups of 3-4) an original research dataset about organisms' intertidal ecology.
There is thus no document to be supplied at the end of the stay.
Important remark: The students must be physically present. There is no possibility to perform an other work instead of the stage. |
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Work placement(s) :
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| this lesson IS a field trip ! |
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Organizational remarks :
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| The field trip, this academic year, will take place from April 14th to April 24th, 2015 (11 days - 2 days for travel).
Students will stay at the 'Station Biologique de Roscoff' (rooms for 1 or 2 p), very close to the labs where practicals will be done.
Meals will be taken either at the Station (supper), or as picnic (diner) when on the field.
Transport of both students and field material will be organised by ULg Professors.
Fees of about 350€ will be asked to participants. It includes all the costs (reduced by the University fees).
Extra informations will be given in due time. And can be obtained via the organisers. |
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Contacts :
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| Prof Jean-Pierre THOME (organiser)
Ecotoxicology and animal Ecology
Sart Tilman, B6c
04-3665060 - jp.thome@ulg.ac.be
Prof Patrick DAUBY
Systematics and animal Diversity
Sart Tilman, B6c
04-3663322 - pdauby@ulg.ac.be
Dr Mathieu POULICEK
Ecotoxicology and animal Ecology
Sart Tilman, B6c
04-3665067 - mpoulicek@ulg.ac.be
Dr Véronique GOOSSE
Joint practical teaching Team in Biology
Institute of Zoology, I1
04-3665014 - v.goosse@ulg.ac.be
Mme Mariella LUNETTA (Secretariat)
Ecotoxicology and animal Ecology
04-3665062 - m.lunetta@ulg.ac.be |
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