28716 - Marine Biology Laboratory

Academic Year 2010/2011

  • Docente: Corrado Piccinetti
  • Credits: 4
  • Language: Italian
  • Moduli: Corrado Piccinetti (Modulo 1) Marco Stagioni (Modulo 2)
  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures (Modulo 1) Traditional lectures (Modulo 2)
  • Campus: Bologna
  • Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Biological Sciences (cod. 8012)

Learning outcomes

At the end of the class, that it takes place at a maritime laboratory and through offshore exercises, the student will know the sampling techniques and practices, and the marine data capture and processing ones. He will be able to recognize the major taxa of marine organisms and to evaluate the relations between organisms and environment.

Course contents

Offshore fishing exercise at different bathymetries and seabeds. Biological observation of the caught fish at the lab.

Readings/Bibliography

FISCHER W., BAUCHOT M.L., SCHNEIDER M. (redacteur) – 1987 – Fiches FAO d'identification des espèces pour les besoins de la peche (Révision 1). Méditerranée et mer Noire. Zona de peche 37. Publication prepare par la FAO, Rome, FAO, Vol. 2: 761-1530.

Teaching methods

Field work

Assessment methods

Oral exam

Teaching tools

Scales, ichthyometer, binocular microscope

Office hours

See the website of Corrado Piccinetti

See the website of Marco Stagioni