Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia

Comunidades Biológicas

Code

11276

Academic unit

Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia

Department

Departamento de Ciências e Engenharia do Ambiente

Credits

5.0

Teacher in charge

Lia Maldonado Teles de Vasconcelos, Paulo Nuno dos Santos Lopes Pinto

Weekly hours

6

Teaching language

Português

Objectives


To provide student knowledge of structure and function of the world ecosystems and their specific communities. With these knowledge students will be able to deal with environmental problems related to ecosystem alterations.

 

Subject matter


1. Terrestrial communities

1.1. Vegetation

1.1.1. Bioclimatic regions of the world

1.1.2. Principal biomes: climate, soil, vegetation fauna human pressures

1.1.3. Mediterranean vegetation

1.1.4. Principal climatic and edafic series and respective successional unities

1.1.5. Natural and semi-natural vegetation as a bio indicator

1.2. Animal communities

1.2.1. Fauna of the main terrestrial ecosystems

1.2.2. Threads to terrestrial fauna

1.2.2.1. Fragmentation/ destruction of habitats

1.2.2.2. Introduction of alien species

1.2.2.3. Overexploitation

2. Freshwater communities

2.1. Structure and function of lotic ecosystems

2.2. Structure and function of lentic ecosystems

2.3. Ictiofauna

2.4. Ecological flow

3. Coastal and oceanic communities

3.1. Environmental sea profiles

3.2. hard and soft coastal ecosystems

3.3. Wetlands

3.4. Pelagic ecosystems

3.5. Deep benthic ecosystems

 

Bibliography

 

 

ARCHIBOLD, O. W. 1995. Ecology of world vegetation. Chapman & Hall Blondel, J. & J. Aronson (1999). Biology and Wildlife of the Mediterranean Region. Oxford University Press, Oxford

Bryant, P.J.,1999. Biodiversity and Conservation (Hypertext book).

Elogesi, A.& Sabater, S., 2009. Conceptos y Técnicas en Ecologia Fluvial. fundacion BBVA, Bilbao.

Morton, B., J.C. Britton & A.M.F. Martins, 1998. Ecologia costeira dos Açores, 249 pp. Sociedade Afonso Chaves, Ponta Delgada.

Saldanha, L., 1995. Fauna submarina atlântica, 364 pp. Publicações Europa-América, Mem Martins.

Boaden, P.J.S., & R. Seed, 1985. An introduction to coastal ecology, 218 pp. Chapman & Hall, London.

Morton, B., J.C. Britton & A.M.F. Martins, 1998. Ecologia costeira dos Açores, 249 pp. Sociedade Afonso Chaves, Ponta Delgada.

 

Teaching method


Lectures; practical training; Tutorial support

 

Evaluation method


One Exam or elaboration of a written report with oral discussion

 

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