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300464 UE+EX Limnetic and marine copepods of Europe (2011W)

Diversity, systematics and ecology of the copepods of Europe (Microcrustaceans)

3.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 30 - Biologie
Continuous assessment of course work

Vorbesprechung am 6.10.2011 um 8.00 Uhr im ÜR 2, Biozentrum
Termine der LV: 13.10., 20.10., 27.10., 3.11., 10.11., 17.11. - 8-13 Uhr im ÜR2.

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max. 15 participants
Language: German

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Aims, contents and method of the course

This special course offers training for identification of the free-living copepods of Europe, including freshwaters and marine animals from the Mediterranean Sea, Eastern-Atlantic and Nord Sea. Sea living copepods inhabiting neritic and oceanic zones will be shown. The course includes teaching in biology and taxonomy of copepods living in pelagic and benthic environments. It includes theory on morphology and anatomy, systematic of the group, biology and ecology, geographical distribution and economic value. The laboratory work involves observation of living animals, conservation, coloration, preparation technics and identification of calanoid, cyclopoid, harpacticoid and poecilastomatoid copepods. Sampling technics of planktonic and benthic copepods in an Austrian aquatic environment is shown.
Exkursion: Marchfeldkanal
Exam: Theory: 5 questions about theoretical aspects. Practical part: Separation and identification of the species of a water sample, calculation of the abundance.

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B-WZB, WZB, MZO W-2

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