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.

2025-2026

date lecture Lecture Location
     
1/10/2025 Pelagic biological processes ULB UC 2.236
8/10/2025 Oceanography, geology, history, and technology VUB
15/10/2025 Benthic biological processes ULB UC 2.236
21/10/2025 Excursion (Tropimundo en ULB-studenten) Ostend
22/10/2025 Excursion (biologiestudenten van de VUB) Ostend
29/10/2025    
5/11/2025 Coral reef ecology VUB
12/11/2025 Connectivity of populations VUB
19/11/2025 Practical: excursion VUB
26/11/2025 Case study: Southern Ocean + global change in the ocean ULB UC 2.236

1. Pelagic biological processes (2023-2024)

slides: Marine_ecology_pelagic_processes_avdp_20242025

1.0 Pelagic biological-processes course intro (2023-2024) video

1.1 Pelagic biological processes general intro (2023-2024) 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_20242025

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.

Slides: 20232024_practical_MarineBiodiveristyData
Species list: Download (csv)
Amphipod data set: Amphipods_example_test_dirty(xls),google spreadsheet
Task overview: google doc

world countries shapefile (World_Countries_Boundaries-shp)

4. Global Change

Global change ocean_AVdP_20242025

5. Southern Ocean

Southern_Ocean_AVdP-20242025

 

 

Slides 2022-2023

  • Oceanography, geology, history, and technology
Oceanography_2022_2023Download
Benthic_biological_processes_2022_2023Download
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  • Coral reef ecology
  • Pelagic biological processes
02_Pelagic-Biological-Processes_AVDP_20222023Download
  • Connectivity of populations
  • Case study: Southern Ocean + global change in the ocean
Global-change-ocean_AVdP_20222023Download
Southern_Ocean_AVdP-20222023Download
Marine-Ecology-Fisheries-2022-2023-ConnectivityDownload

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