Marine ecological processes
Syllabus
1. Seawater, marine sediment
2. Marine ecosystem, Structure and function, Stability and variability of ecosystems,
Response, resistivity, persistence, Spatial marine ecology
3. Ecological niche in the marine ecosystem, Distiribution of biodiversity, Epibiosis,
Simbiosis and other ecological relations, Adaptation of marine organisms, Changes in
marine biodiversity
4. Biogeochemical cyclings and mass balances, Biogeochemical models of the sea, Use of
stable and radioactive isotopes and geochemical biomarkers (tracers), Paleoceanographical reconstructions, Pollution and cycling of major pollutants in the sea
5. Eclogical properties of some important marine basins; Mediterranean, northern Adriatic, Gulf of Trieste
6. New methods and approaches in marine Ecology, Undestuctive sampling methods
Goals and competencies
In this course, students are informed about factors, including anthropogenic, controlling the marine ecological processes. Important aspects are devoted to description of seawater and sediment properties, and composition and function of ecosystems comprising biodiversity, ecological relations, adaptation of organisms, bioinvasions and the role of ecosystem services, biogeochemical cyclings and mass balances of important biogenic elements and pollutants, biogeochemical models, use of isotopes and biomarkers as well as anthropogenic impacts and global changes. Students will become familiar with global marine eciological units and fundamentals of translational ecology.
Basic literature
Knjige/Textbooks
S.R. Emerson, J.I. Hedges, 2008. Chemical oceanography and the marine carbon cycle, Cambridge University Press, New york, 468 pp. (ISBN-13: 9780521833134)
F.K. McKinney, 2007. The northern Adriatic ecosyste, Deep time in a shallow sea. Columbia University Press, New York, 328 pp. (ISBN: 978-0231-13242-8)
T.C., Malone, A. Malej, L.W. Harding, N. Smodlaka, R.E. Turner, 1999. Ecosystems at the land-sea margin, Drainage basin to coastal sea, AGU Washington, 381 pp. (ISBN; 087590-269-3)
L. Lipej, R. Turk, T. Makovec, 2006. Ogrožene vrste in habitatni tipi v slovenskem morju. Zavod R Slovenije za varstvo narave, Ljubljana, 264 pp. (ISBN: 961-91505-4-6)
I. Valeila, 2015. Marine ecological processes, 3rd ed., Springer, New York 702 pp. (ISBN 9780387790688)
Revije/Journals
Marine Ecology Progress Series, Inter-Research
Limnology and Oceanography, ASLO
Marine Ecology, Wiley
Marine Biology, Springer
Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, Elsevier
Marine Chemistry, Elsevier
Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, Elsevier
Progress in Oceanography, Elsevier
Oceanography, Oceanographical Society
Marine Pollution Bulletin, Elsevier
Frontiers in Marine Science
Estuaries and Coasts, Springer
ICES Journal of Marine Science
T. Malone, A. Malej, J. Faganeli (eds.), 2021. Coastal ecosystems in transition: A comparative analysis of the northern Adriatic and Chesapeake Bay, Geophysical monographs 256, AGU-Wiley