OCEA0160-1

Durée

15h Th, 10h Pr

Nombre de crédits

	Master en océanographie, à finalité	3 crédits

Enseignant

Sylvie Gobert

Langue(s) de l'unité d'enseignement

Langue anglaise

Organisation et évaluation

Enseignement au premier quadrimestre, examen en janvier

Unités d'enseignement prérequises et corequises

Les unités prérequises ou corequises sont présentées au sein de chaque programme

Contenus de l'unité d'enseignement

The field sampling in marine environment is not easy. Some variables have to be considered: wave exposure, depth, substratum type and slope, topographical heterogeneity, salinity and the degree of human or natural perturbation. The available material (boat, nets...); budget,... The steps in designing a field sampling program include:

Identifying the study goals including the questions to be answered by the study or the hypothesis to be tested.
Developing an effective and statistically powerful study design.

These steps are followed by selecting study sites, the biological units to be sampled, the sampling design, lay out, and units to be employed, and the type of data to be obtained.
This course aims at introducing some general methodologies for marine ecological baseline surveys. It provides the general concepts and considerations for various standard survey methods like: Site selection, Sampling Design (adapted to Baseline, Impact or Monitoring studies)

Acquis d'apprentissage (objectifs d'apprentissage) de l'unité d'enseignement

The student will be able

to design an experimental protocol
to write and present it with:

A chief scientist, a budget, the sponsors, employers A sampling plan with clear objectives, An identification of the scientific responsibilities of the consortium A statement and prioritization of study objectives A description of study area (including background information and station locations) An identification of variables to be measured, containers and preservatives required A specification of analytical methods and data reporting requirements An identification of all quality control samples to be submitted with analytical samples A brief description of sampling equipment and methods, including station positioning technique A specific standard operating procedures addressing the collection of representative samples A proposed cruise schedule (including time, date and location of embarkation and debarkation, sample storage, handling, shipping and custom duty A survey vessel requirements (e.g., size, laboratory needs, sample storage needs) The health and safety of the sampling team The ethical aspects (protected species, lab experiments with vertebrates..) The Bibliography...

Savoirs et compétences prérequis

To speak and understand English
A good basic knowledge on Biology
A good basic knowledge in Marine Ecology

Activités d'apprentissage prévues et méthodes d'enseignement

Organisation:

Courses dedicated to theoretical aspects
Talks of invited researchers
A field trip in Corsica (For MER students)

Mode d'enseignement (présentiel ; enseignement à distance)

Courses in face-to-face.
The attention of the student is regularly requested during tutorial classes
Field trip at STARESO (Calvi-Corse) (MER students).

Lectures recommandées ou obligatoires et notes de cours

The ppt constitute the basis of the course, they contain the essential information and not all of the oral comments given during the course.
The ppts are accessible on myUlg or given at the end of each course.

Modalités d'évaluation et critères

The evaluation is based on :
A dissertation (12 minutes) on an experimental protocol (subject define with the professor). The presentation is graded not only on its content but also on its quality , clarity, respect of the timing.
To help you:

I will be your guide (courses, books...)
The field trip at STARESO (MER Students)
Presentation of researchers of my lab
The scientific posters

orbi: http://orbi.ulg.ac.be/ PublicationSylvieGobert

Stage(s)

A field trip in Corsica (October 2016 for MER students)

Remarques organisationnelles

Respectez les horaires de cours.

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Contacts

Prof Sylvie Gobert Océanologie Institut de Chimie. B6c-2/49 Tél: 04 3663329 e-mail:sylvie.gobert@ulg.ac.be (sylvie.gobert@ulg.ac.be )
Secretariat M Lunetta: 04 366 50 62
https://www.facebook.com/oceanbioulg/ http://labos.ulg.ac.be/oceanologie/ http://www.stareso.ulg.ac.be/

Vous pouvez vous adresser à mon secrétariat: Madame Mariella Lunetta vous recevra à son bureau (B6C, local 1/21 , Sart Tilman) le mardi de 8h30 à 10H30 et le jeudi de 13H30 à 15h00.

Je suis disponible pendant les cours ou directement après chaque séance pour répondre à vos questions. Merci de prendre RDV (auprès de Madame Lunetta au 04/366 50 62 ou par email: M.Lunetta@ulg.ac.be) si vous désirez me consulter en dehors de ces horaires.

Vous pouvez déposer des documents écrits dans ma boite aux lettres dans le local 2/48.

Merci de respecter l'ensemble des ces consignes et horaires.

Techniques of sampling in marine ecology