Marine and Freshwater Ecology
Code
11027
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia
Department
Departamento de Ciências e Engenharia do Ambiente
Credits
6.0
Teacher in charge
António Manuel Fernandes Rodrigues, Maria Paula Oliveira Sobral
Weekly hours
5
Teaching language
Português
Subject matter
1. Aquatic ecosystems. Global importance and services
2. The aquatic environment. Physics and chemistry of water. Hydrodynamics, salinity, temperature, light and nutrients
3. Pelagic communities. Adaptation to life in water. Phytoplankton, zooplankton and nekton.
4. Benthic communities. Marine communities and sedimentary processes. Periphyton and macrophytes. Macroinvertebrates.
5. Aquatic ecosystems. Rivers, lakes and reservoirs. Estuaries, rocky and soft-bottom shores, coral reefs, the open ocean. Wetlands, temporary streams and ponds, hydrothermal vents, salt lakes, artificial systems.
6. Paleoecology
7. Impacts and sustainability. Present situation and trends.
Bibliography
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Cushing, C.E. e J.D. Allan, 2001. Streams. Their Ecology and Life. Academic Press, San Diego.
Closs, G., B. Downes, e A. Boulton, 2004. Freshwater Ecology: a Scientific Introduction. Blackwell Publishing, Oxford.
Dobson, M. e Frid, C., 2009. Ecology of aquatic systems. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
Dodds, W.K., 2010. Freshwater Ecology. Concepts and Environmental Applications, 2nd ed. Academic Press, San Diego.
Kaiser, M., 2005. Marine Ecology: processes systems and impacts. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
Levinton, J. 2009. Marine biology: Function, biodiversity and ecology (2nd ed). Oxford University Press, Oxford.
Moss, B., 2010. Ecology of Fresh Waters: A View for the Twenty-First Century, 4th ed. Wiley-Blackwell, London, 416 pp. FCT: QH541.5.MOS
Nybakken, J.W., 2005. Marine biology: an ecological approach (6th ed). Pearson Education
Scheffer. M., 2004. Ecology of Shallow Lakes. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht.
Valiela, I. 1995. Marine Ecological Processes. Springer-Verlag, NY.
Williams, D.D., 2006. The Biology of Temporary Waters. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
Wetzel, R.G. e Likens, G.E., 2010. Limnological Analysis, 3th ed. Springer-Verlag, New York. FCT: QH96.WET