BZ3640 - Marine Plants and Algae in their Environments
| Credit points: | 03 |
| Year: | 2012 |
| Student Contribution Band: | Band 4 |
| Administered by: | School of Marine & Tropical Biology |
An examination of the enormous diversity of marine plants and plant-like organisms from unicellular microscopic organisms to mangrove forests. This subject will explore micro- and macroalgae, reef ecosystems, seagrasses, samphires (salt marshes) and mangroves; and life strategies such as symbioses, epiphytes and the movement of marine plants and plant-like organisms through their environment. Special emphases will be placed on commercial potential and uses of marine plant-like organisms, down-stream biological effects of anthropogenic activities on marine plant-like communities and using field studies where possible to illustrate coursework topics.
Learning Outcomes
- to develop an understanding of the roles of primary producers in marine environments;
- to provide hand-on experience of techniques for sampling and analysing planktonic and benthic organisms;
- to appreciate the diversity of marine plants/algae;
- to understand the interaction of marine plants/algae with the environment.
Graduate Qualities
- The ability to think critically, to analyse and evaluate claims, evidence and arguments, and to reason and deploy evidence clearly and logically;
- The ability to read complex and demanding texts accurately, critically and insightfully;
- The ability to generate, calculate, interpret and communicate numerical information in ways appropriate to a given discipline or discourse.
| Assumed Knowledge: | Students enrolling in this subject should have completed four level 1 science subjects including chemistry (CH1001, BM1000 or CH1011 or equivalent), have a good understanding of level 1 cell biology and biochemistry (BZ1001 or equivalent), and general botany including cellular structure and function of plant cells (BZ1003 or equivalent), and mathematics. General zoology (BZ1004 or equivalent) is recommended. |
| Prerequisites: | (BT1001 OR BZ1003 OR AG1003 OR BZ2610) AND BZ1001 AND (CH1001 OR BM1000 OR CH1011) |
| Inadmissible Subject Combinations: | BT2240 BZ5640 BZ2640 |
Availabilities | |
| Townsville, Internal, Study Period 1 | |
| Census Date 22-Mar-2012 | |
| Coord/Lect: | Assoc. Professor Kirsten Heimann. |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (50%); practical examination (35%); on-course assessment (15%). |
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