Marine Ecology

Marine ecology

The ocean is the largest biome on the biosphere, and the place where life first evolved. Life in a viscous fluid, such as seawater, imposed particular constraints on the structure and functioning of ecosystems, impinging on all relevant aspects of ecology, including the spatial and time scales of variability, the dispersal of organisms, and the connectivity between populations and ecosystems.

The Marine Ecology is the scientific study of marine-life habitat, populations, and interactions among organisms and the surrounding environment including their abiotic and biotic features.

Marine ecology is a subset of the study of marine biology and includes observations at the biochemical, cellular, individual, and community levels as well as the study of marine ecosystems and the biosphere.

The course of Marine Ecology provides an introduction to ecology focuses on specific marine ecological concept, covering interactions between marine organisms and the environment at scales of populations, communities, and ecosystems.

Marine ecology

The course will

• give a basic knowledge of ecological characteristics and processes in the marine environment.
• show the importance, complexity and fragile aspects of different types of marine habitats.

• be abble to explain the factors that determine the spatial and temporal distributions and abundance populations and communities of marine organisms in relation with biotic and abiotic factors.
• be abble to apply ecological principles
• be abble to work constructively both independently and collaboratively and communicate effectively about Marine Ecology (issues and ideas) using language that can be understood by the public and scientists.
• develop ability to collect, analyse and interpret marine ecological data.

Marine ecology fieldtrip

Students should

• develop testable alternative hypotheses for the causes underlying the observed patterns.
• design and carry out appropriate empirical tests of the predictions of hypotheses to explain the observed patterns.
• describe spatio-temporal patterns in marine populations and communities, and investigate the underlying processes producing such patterns at multiple scales.

• exploring theories and models in marine ecology;
• identifying and describing patterns and causal processes in marine ecosystems.
• conducting observational and experimental ecological research;

Marine ecology

A  basic knowledge of the concepts in ecology

Marine ecology

• Lectures and sessions of discussion

Marine ecology fieldtrip

A week in the field at STARESO in Corsica. The student will receive a question at the beginning of the week. It will have to develop a measurement and sampling protocol to meet them.

The student will be guided throughout the week through discussions with the supervisors.

Two mandatory field days are scheduled to visit Pairi Daiza Park and the Zwin Nature Reserve. These visits are intended to enhance understanding of species conservation and coastal ecosystems, as well as marine ecology.

Student attendance is compulsory.

Marine ecology

Face-to-face course


Further information:

Courses in face-to-face.

Marine ecology

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 ppt are accessible on myUlg or given at the end of each course.
The ppts, videos, articles are in English, the whole course is given in English.

 

The book "Marine Ecology" (Kaiser et al., 2020) is available (in pdf version) 

Marine ecology

Exam(s) in session

Any session

- In-person

oral exam


Further information:

Exam(s) in session

Any session

- In-person

oral exam


Additional information:

An oral exam (2 questions)  




 

Marine ecology fieldtrip

Additional information:

A dissertation of 10 minutes based on the presentation is graded not only on its content but also on its quality , clarity, respect of the timing.
An oral presentation. The student will have to describe to the whole class in about ten minutes the activities of the week with an introduction, objectives, the results obtained, a discussion. He-she must also be able to take a critical look at his experimental approach.

Marine ecology

no fieldtrip

 

Marine ecology fieldtrip

During the field trip (station STARESO of the University of Liège- Calvi Corsica) the concepts to a practical study of the distribution of the marine organisms in relation to biotic and abiotic factors are applied.

These approaches are made in snorkelling, in scuba diving followed by determinations under binocular, photographic documents taken by the student.

* non obligatoire, en règle de formalité (certificat médical, brevet...)

During the two days of visits at Zwin and Pairi Daiza, students will receive a list of preparatory questions, attend presentations, and will be required to give an oral presentation on their visit.

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• Respect class times.
• If you contact the secretary or the professor by e-mail,  do not expect the replies to be immediate. Please, be patient.
• University-assigned student e-mail is the Official means of communication with all students.

Marine ecology

Prof Sylvie Gobert
Océanologie Institut de Chimie. B6c-2/49
Tél: 04 3663329 e-mail:sylvie.gobert@uliege.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/

Prof Krishna Das
Océanologie Institut de Chimie. B6c-2/81 Unite d'Ecologie Marine, Laboratoire d'Ecologie animale et d'Ecotoxicologie Tél: 04 3663321 e-mail:krishna.das@uliege.be

• Meeting with my secretary: Mrs Mariella Lunetta is in her office  (B6C, room 1/21 , Sart Tilman) the Tuesday from 8:30 -10:30 am and the Thursday from 13:30-15:00.
• Meeting with me: I will make time available during and directly after the classes for your questions. I rarely can be available for unscheduled meeting. To make appointment , call 04 366 50 62 (Mrs Lunetta) or send an email: M.Lunetta@uliege.be
• My malbox is in the room 2/48.