Marine Ecology (BIOL-F-417)

This course was called Marine Biology (BIOL-F-417) but the name has been changed to better reflect the content.

Provisional schedule

Note that participation in the excursion and practicals are required to complete the course.

2023-2024

Date Time Lecture Lecturer Location
11/10/2023 09:00-12:00 Oceanography, geology, history, and technology MK VUB
17/10/2023 08:00-18:00 Excursion with Simon Stevin (ULB students) MK Oostend
18/10/2023 08:00-18:00 Excursion with Simon Stevin (VUB students) MK Oostend
25/10/2023 08:00-11:00 Analysis of data collected during the excursion MK VUB, 2 computer rooms
08/11/2023 09:00-12:00 Pelagic biological processes AVdP ULB
15/11/2023 09:00-12:00 Coral reef ecology MK VUB
22/11/2023 09:00-12:00 Benthic biological processes AVdP ULB
29/11/2023 09:00-12:00 Practical AVdP ULB
06/12/2023 09:00-12:00 Connectivity of populations MK VUB
13/12/2023 09:00-12:00 Case study: Southern Ocean + global change in the ocean AVdP ULB
20/12/2023 09:00-12:00 Questions AVdP+MK ULB
      AVdP: Anton Van der Putte
      MK: Marc Kochzius

 

1. Pelagic biological processes (2023-2024)

slides: Marine_ecology_pelagic_processes_avdp_20232024

1.0 Pelagic biological-processes course intro video

1.1 Pelagic biological processes general intro video

1-1_pelagic-biological-processes_pelgic-ecosystems_part1 audio

1-1_pelagic-biological-processes_pelgic-ecosystems_part2 audio

1-1_pelagic-biological-processes_pelgic-ecosystems_part3 audio

2. Benthic biological processes rocky shores

slides: marine-ecology_benthic-processes_avdp_20232024
videos: video rocky shores, video soft sediments
lectures: dropbox link

3. Practical Marine Biodiversity Data

Below are the files for the practical Marine Biodiversity Data. This includes the slides and the 2 files you will work with.

Species list: Download (csv)
Task overview: google doc

world countries shapefile (World_Countries_Boundaries-shp)

4. Global Change

Global change ocean_AVdP_20232024

5. Southern Ocean

Southern_Ocean_AVdP-20232024

 

 

Slides 2022-2023

  • Oceanography, geology, history, and technology
  •  
  • Coral reef ecology
  • Pelagic biological processes
  • Connectivity of populations
  • Case study: Southern Ocean + global change in the ocean

2021-2022

  1. Introduction to Marine Ecology
  2. Marine Biology schedule 2021-2022
  3. Marine_Biology_syllabus
  4. Global Change_2020_2021 slides
  5. Pelagic Biological Processes_20212022 slides
  6. Benthic processes_20212022 slides
  7. Southern Ocean 2020_2021 slides