ICHTHYOLOGY - FISHING BIOLOGY

Course Information
TitleΙΧΘΥΟΛΟΓΙΑ - ΑΛΙΕΥΤΙΚΗ ΒΙΟΛΟΓΙΑ / ICHTHYOLOGY - FISHING BIOLOGY
CodeΖΟ.ENB.8.3
FacultySciences
SchoolBiology
Cycle / Level1st / Undergraduate
Teaching PeriodSpring
CoordinatorAthanasios Tsikliras
CommonNo
StatusActive
Course ID40001568

Programme of Study: PPS Tmīma Viologías (2017-sīmera)

Registered students: 18
OrientationAttendance TypeSemesterYearECTS
KORMOSElective Courses846
Class Information
Academic Year2017 – 2018
Class PeriodSpring
Faculty Instructors
Weekly Hours5
Class ID
600096982
Course Type 2016-2020
  • Scientific Area
  • Skills Development
Course Type 2011-2015
Specific Foundation / Core
Mode of Delivery
  • Face to face
Digital Course Content
Erasmus
The course is also offered to exchange programme students.
Language of Instruction
  • Greek (Instruction, Examination)
  • English (Examination)
Learning Outcomes
Cognitive: The objectives of the course is the study of the systematics, anatomy, morphology, physiology, age and growth, reproduction, ecology and population dynamics of fishes and fisheries management. Affective: Awareness through the knowledge of fish biology and ecology of the significance of the protection of fish stocks and their management. Skills: Familiarity with external morphology measurements, analysis of morphometric data, sample construction for age identification and calculation of fish fecundity, application of statistical and other methods for estimating growth parameters, mortality and population dynamic parameters, and use of FishBase, the largest electronic encyclopaedia for fishes (www.fishbase.gr), for identifying species and studying their ecology, dynamics and managing their stocks.
General Competences
  • Apply knowledge in practice
  • Retrieve, analyse and synthesise data and information, with the use of necessary technologies
  • Adapt to new situations
  • Make decisions
  • Work autonomously
  • Work in teams
  • Generate new research ideas
  • Respect natural environment
  • Advance free, creative and causative thinking
Course Content (Syllabus)
History, purpose of course. Morphology and systematics. Aspects of physiology. Fish and abiotic environment. Interactions between fishes and other organisms. Age and growth, length-weight relationships, growth parameters. Reproductive biology. Feeding and trophic levels. Mortality and population dynamics. Populations and climate. Migrations. Fisheries and fishing gears. Principles of fisheries management and fisheries models.
Educational Material Types
  • Slide presentations
  • Multimedia
  • Book
Use of Information and Communication Technologies
Use of ICT
  • Use of ICT in Course Teaching
  • Use of ICT in Laboratory Teaching
  • Use of ICT in Communication with Students
Description
Teaching includes lectures, laboratory work and field exercises, and student self-activity when using FishBase (www.fishbase.org) in order to understand and visualise what they have learned from the course.
Course Organization
ActivitiesWorkloadECTSIndividualTeamworkErasmus
Lectures301.2✓
Laboratory Work301.2✓✓✓
Fieldwork160.6✓✓
Reading Assigment512.0✓✓
Written assigments200.8✓✓
Exams30.1✓✓
Total1506
Student Assessment
Description
Oral examination, written examination, reports on laboratory and/or field work, oral presentation (optional), written assignments (optional).
Student Assessment methods
  • Written Exam with Short Answer Questions (Summative)
  • Written Exam with Extended Answer Questions (Summative)
  • Report (Summative)
Bibliography
Course Bibliography (Eudoxus)
ΣΤΕΡΓΙΟΥ K.Ι., Π.Κ.KΑΡΑΧΛΕ, Α.Χ. ΤΣΙΚΛΗΡΑΣ & Η. ΜΑΜΑΛΑΚΗΣ. 2011. Κραυγή ιχθύος. Ψάρια ελληνικών θαλασσών – Βιολογία, αλιεία, διαχείριση. 358 σελ. Εκδόσεις Πατάκης, Αθήνα.
Additional bibliography for study
ΣΤΕΡΓΙΟΥ K.Ι., Α.Χ. ΤΣΙΚΛΗΡΑΣ. 2016. Αλιευτική βιολογία και Αλιεία. ΣΥΝΔΕΣΜΟΣ ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΩΝ ΑΚΑΔΗΜΑΙΚΩΝ ΒΙΒΛΙΟΘΗΚΩΝ.
Last Update
12-10-2018