300122 PP Practical course: Current topics in Bio-Oceanography: Role of Plastics in the Ocean (2022S)

a two weeks course at a marine station in the Mediterranean Sea

10.00 ECTS (6.00 SWS), SPL 30 - Biologie

Continuous assessment of course work

Moodle

Registration/Deregistration

Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Registration is open from Th 10.02.2022 08:00 to Th 24.02.2022 18:00
Deregistration possible until Th 31.03.2022 18:00

Details

max. 15 participants

Language: English

Lecturers

Classes

Introductory lecture will take place on the 8th of March at 10 am. Due to the update covid-19 from the University of Vienna, the meeting will take place in person, in the Seminar Room 3.065.

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

The students will become familiar with the problem of plastics in the ocean and their colonization and utlizations by organisms. Samples for experiments will be collected and analyzed under controlled conditions in the lab. Practical work will be conducted in the water and the lab. The work will be done in groups.
The course takes place at the Ruder Boskovic Institute for Marine Research at Rovinj, Croatia (Giordano Paliaga 5, 52210 Rovinj) from 5th-16th September, 2022

Assessment and permitted materials

Performance in the course at Rovinj (40%)
written protocol (60%)

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

postive exam of the lecture Meereskunde-Herndl
active participation during the course (40%) plus written protocol (60%): latest submission 4 weeks after end of the course

Examination topics

Reading list

announced during first meeting

Association in the course directory

BOE 13, BZO 13

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