Master Ecology and Ecosystems (833 [2] - Version 2013)

MEC-1 Evolutionary and ecological foundations of bidiversity (5 ECTS)

• 300450 VO [ en ] Evolutionary and ecological foundations of biodiversity

MEC-2 Ecosytem ecology and biogeochemistry (5 ECTS)

• 300435 VO [ en ] Biogeochemistry and Ecosystems

MEC-3 Biodiversity and ecosystems (5 ECTS)

• 300449 SE [ en ] Literature seminar on biodiversity and ecosystems

MEC-4 Introduction to biodiversity or ecosystem research (5 ECTS)

• 300378 UE [ en ] Introduction to biodiversity and ecosystem research

MEC-5 Experimental design and data analysis (10 ECTS)

• 300193 SE+UE [ de en ] Preparation and evaluation of multifactorial experiments in Ecology
• 300269 VO [ en ] Analysis of ecological data (VO) - univariate methods
• 300445 UE [ en ] Analysis of ecological data (UE) - univariate methods

MEC-6 Techniques in biodiversity research (10 ECTS)

MEC-7 Techniques in biogeochemistry and ecosystem research (10 ECTS)

MEC-8 Specific research project (10 ECTS)

• 300007 SE [ en ] Specific Research Project in Ecology

MEC-9 Individual specialization (30 ECTS)

• 300012 VO Geodata and spatial analysis - VO Introduction to GIS (GIS1)
• 300029 VO Introduction Hydrology and Running Water Ecology
• 300033 VO Aquatic Microbial Ecology
• 300057 SE [ en ] Biodiversity and Conservation Science - Seminar for Master- and PhD Students
• 300066 VO [ en ] Aquatic biodiversity - control and consequences
• 300080 VO Sexual Selection - an introduction
• 300092 UE [ de en ] Introduction to Coral Reef Biology
• 300099 UE [ de en ] Costa Rica: From bio- to chemodiversity and natural products in tropical rain forests
• 300105 SE Writer's workshop for biologists - Principles of scientific publication
• 300106 UE DNA Barcoding - A new approach to species identification in ecology and biodiversity research
• 300114 SE [ en ] Current Topics in Molecular Microbial Ecology and Evolution 1
• 300118 VO [ en ] Conservation research in international practice - socio-ecological perspectives and implementation
• 300125 VO [ en ] Symbiosis - concepts and model systems (Part 1)
• 300126 SE [ en ] Bacterial symbiont cell biology and physiology - Seminar for Master and PhD Students
• 300134 SE Seminar on floristics and geobotany
• 300158 SE [ de en ] New concepts in light- and electron microscopy - (scientific results, instruments, methods)
• 300160 VO [ en ] Landscape Ecology - Introduction to Landscape Ecology - principles, methodes & case studies
• 300162 UE Field course Hydrology and Running Water Ecology
• 300164 SE [ en ] Journal Club - Speciation Genomics
• 300170 VO [ en ] Biological Oceanography
• 300171 UE Writing scientific theses
• 300181 SE [ en ] Current topics in bioinformatics and computational systems biology - Literature seminar
• 300197 VO [ en ] Ecology of Marine Polar Systems
• 300200 UE [ en ] DNA sequencing: molecular protocols, Sanger sequencing and NGS - a hands-on tutorial
• 300218 UE [ de en ] Scanning electron microscopy - techniques and preparations for biologists
• 300219 SE [ en ] Cell Imaging and Ultrastructure 1 - Seminar for Master and PhD-students - in Special Cell Imaging and Ultrastructure Research
• 300220 UE [ de en ] Algal culturing techniques and ecophysiological experiments
• 300235 SE [ en ] Biosystematics and evolution of plants - Seminar for Master- and PhD-students
• 300264 VO Soil Ecology (interdisciplinary lecture)
• 300280 VO Introduction to moor ecology
• 300305 VO [ de en ] Elementary hydrobotany
• 300307 UE [ en ] Practical Course in Molecular Microbiology, Microbial Ecology and Immunobiology 2 - Molecular genetic and postgenomic analyses of microbial communities and model organisms
• 300326 VO [ en ] Aquatic Viral Ecology
• 300329 VO [ en ] Biogeochemistry of the Ocean
• 300351 VO Algae in Freshwaters - Ecophysiology with implications for the bio-assessment of aquatic systems and the response to climate change.
• 300359 SE+UE [ en ] Stable Isotopes in Ecology - Stable Isotope Tracing
• 300366 SE [ en ] Advances in Molecular Microbial Ecology and Evolution 1
• 300391 SE [ en ] Advanced Topics in Biogeochemistry and Ecosystem Ecology
• 300415 SE [ en ] Molecular Biology of Plants
• 300417 VO [ en ] Molecular Biology of Plants
• 300419 UE [ en ] Structural diversity in plants and fungi: from form to function
• 300434 VO [ de en ] Fish ecology - species diversity; fish assemblages; food and feeding; bionergetics; growth; reproduction, biotic interactions; populationsdynamics; habitat selection
• 300438 SE [ de en ] Seminar in biometry - Basics of biometrical analysis
• 300442 SE [ en ] Keystone Papers in Biogeochemistry of the Ocean
• 300446 SE [ en ] Seminar for MSc and PhD students in Bio-Oceanography and Marine Biology - Seminars for MS and PhD students in Dept. Marine Biology
• 300469 UE [ en ] Management and analysis of spatial Data - GIS III - Programming in ArcGIS, QGIS and R
• 300484 UE [ en ] Practical Course in Molecular Microbiology, Microbial Ecology and Immunobiology - Diversity and function of uncultured microbes in environmental samples
• 300487 PS [ en ] Proseminar Microbial Ecology
• 300504 SE How to write a scientific paper
• 300519 SE [ en ] Aquatic food web ecology - current research status and future challenges
• 300543 UE Biology of the Cladoceran Branchiopods - Systematics, Biology and Ecology of the Cladoceran Branchiopods of Europe.
• 300659 SE [ en ] Limnology Seminar - Current research and ecological concepts
• 300724 SE [ en ] Ecological Genetics 1- Seminar for Master- and PhD Students
• 450010 VU [ de en ] Morphology and taxonomy of stony corals, notably from the Red Sea (PI)