MASC 312 — Marine Ecology I
Marine and Fisheries Sciences · University of Ghana
The nature and global distribution of marine organisms and habitats. Ecological concepts. Primary and secondary production in the ocean. Measurement of productivity. Trophic interactions and flows of material and energy in marine food webs. Plankton communities: larval ecology, Life history strategies (rand K-selection) and population dynamics. Intertidal environment: physical factors, biological patterns, adaptations of intertidal organisms; Biological interactions (Competition, predation and patch dynamics). Ecological methods: quantifying physical patterns;
- Credits
- 3
- Level
- Level 300
- Semester
- Semester Two
Other courses on this programme
- FISH 312 — Fish Physiology
- FISH 314 — Principles of Fisheries Management
- FISH 316 — Fishing Technology
- FISH 317 — Introductory Research Methods
- FISH 318 — Inland Fisheries
- FISH 321 — Ichthyology
- FISH 325 — Marine Fisheries
- FISH 326 — Fisheries Field Course
- FISH 329 — Fish and Fisheries of West Africa
- FISH 332 — Industrial Internship
- MASC 311 — Nautical Science
- MASC 313 — Coastal Wetlands
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Start freeCourse details from University of Ghana Volume 3 Handbook for the Bachelor's Degree: Course Descriptions for Programmes in the Sciences (2017).