C.I. GEOLOGIA E BOTANICA MARINA
12 CFU - 1° and 2° Semester
Teaching Staff
AGATA DI STEFANO - Module GEOLOGIA MARINA - GEO/02 - 6 CFU
DONATELLA SERIO - Module BOTANICA AMBIENTALE MARINA - BIO/03 - 6 CFU
Learning Objectives
Detailed Course Content
- BOTANICA AMBIENTALE MARINA
Elements of benthic bionomics of the Mediterranean - Concept communities and identification criteria. Zonation of marine benthos. Littoral zone; mediolittoral; infralittoral; circalittoral. Macroflora marina of the Mediterranean sea: biogeographical origin and characteristics; alien species distribution; structure of the marine vegetation of hard and soft substrates. Characterisation and evaluation of a Posidonia oceanica meadows - Methods of sampling and preservation of samples - Study of the surveys and their grouping in the table - The benthic vegetation as indicator of environmental quality: indices synecological - assessment of the ecological status of waters [Framework Directive in the Field of Water (WFD 2000/60/EU)] according to the method CARLIT (Cartography of littoral and benthic communities uppersublittoral) using the biological element macroalgae. Risk factors for biodiversity: habitat destruction and fragmentation, pollution and alien species - national and international standards for the protection of macroalgae and seagrasses.
Textbook Information
- BOTANICA AMBIENTALE MARINA
MANUALE DI METODOLOGIE DI CAMPIONAMENTO E STUDIO DEL BENTHOS MARINO MEDITERRANEO. M.C. Gambi & M. Dappiano (Editori). Biologia Marina Mediterranea, vol. 10 (suppl.). 638 pp.. Genova 2003 (ISSN 1123-4245): M.C. Buia, M.C. Gambi, M. Dappiano. Capitolo 5 - I sistemi a Fanerogame marine. Pagg. 145-198; M. Cormaci, G. Furnari, G. Giaccone. Capitolo 7 - Macrofitobenthos. Pagg. 263-262; C. Morri, D. Bellan-Santini, G. Giaccone, C.N. Bianchi. Capitolo 18 - Principi di Bionomia: definizione dei popolamenti e uso dei descrittori tassonomici (Macrobenthos). Pagg. 605-634.
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