課程名稱 |
深海探索 Exploring the Deep Sea |
開課學期 |
103-2 |
授課對象 |
理學院 海洋生物及漁業組 |
授課教師 |
魏志潾 |
課號 |
Ocean5089 |
課程識別碼 |
241 U4080 |
班次 |
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學分 |
2 |
全/半年 |
半年 |
必/選修 |
選修 |
上課時間 |
星期五5,6(12:20~14:10) |
上課地點 |
海研231 |
備註 |
授課語言:英文或依學生需求 總人數上限:15人 |
Ceiba 課程網頁 |
http://ceiba.ntu.edu.tw/1032Ocean5089_ |
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課程概述 |
The vast deep sea is the largest living space on earth and yet less than 5% of the seafloor has been explored in some details. In fact, we have better maps for the Moon, Mars, or even Venus due to our planet’s watery veil. The variety of habitats and the complex relationship with its inhabitants gives rise to diverse communities, providing important ecosystem functions and services, and maintaining the elemental cycling in the ocean. However, climate changes and human activities on the seafloor have created unprecedented challenges and threats to the deep-sea ecosystems. These seemingly pristine environments have undergone major changes that out-pace our understanding of factors that drive the spatial and temporal structure of the deep-sea ecosystems. This course will cover major topics in deep-sea ecology including the physical environments and history, sampling techniques, adaptations of deep-sea organisms, community composition and functions, major habitats, and anthropogenic effects. Other focus will be guest lectures to exploring Taiwan’s deep-sea environments and living resources. |
課程目標 |
By the end of this course, students are expected to be able to:
1) Describe the co-varying effects of physical environments on the adaptation of deep-sea organisms
2) Describe the effects of depth and the co-varying factors on abundance, composition, diversity and functions of deep-sea communities
3) Compare and contrast various deep-sea habitats, the key processes and associated communities
4) Evaluate the potential impacts of human activities on deep-sea ecosystem
5) Read and understand a scientific literature in deep-sea ecology, evaluate its findings and discuss its implications
6) Synthesize and review a selected topic in deep-sea ecology, orally present and lead discussion in its background, controversies and future directions
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課程要求 |
Grading:
Participation 30%
Discussion 30%
Presentation 40%
Paper discussions:
Sessions will be divided evenly amongst students (50 minutes following the main lecture). Each student will be assigned a paper (typically related to the lecture topic) to lead the discussion. Discussion leader will provide an outline for the discussion of each paper on PowerPoint slides (<30 minutes), presenting: the rational for study, hypotheses or goals, major findings, and conclusions. Discussion leader should prepare with one or two questions to stimulate discussion, addressing strengths, weaknesses, significance, and future directions for the study.
Discussion leader will receive an evaluation of the presentation by instructors and the peers. Grading (discussion) is depending upon the active participation in discussion led by student.
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預期每週課後學習時數 |
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Office Hours |
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指定閱讀 |
待補 |
參考書目 |
Gage JD, Tyler PA (1991) Deep-sea biology: A natural history of organisms at the deep-sea floor. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
Dover CLV (2000) The Ecology of Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vents. Princeton University Press, Princeton, N.J
Herring P (2001) Biology of Habitats?: Biology of the Deep Ocean. OUP Oxford, Oxford, GBR
Rex MA, Etter RJ (2010) Deep-Sea Biodiversity: Pattern and Scale. Harvard University Press
Eleftheriou A (2013) Methods for Study of Marine Benthos (4th Edition). John Wiley & Sons, Somerset, NJ, USA
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評量方式 (僅供參考) |
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週次 |
日期 |
單元主題 |
第1週 |
2/27 |
228 Memorial day (Holiday) |
第2週 |
3/06 |
Physical environment, history and deep-sea sampling |
第3週 |
3/13 |
Instructor at sea (no class) |
第4週 |
3/20 |
Physiological adaptations, energetic and food supply |
第5週 |
3/27 |
Spatial variation in deep-sea diversity
Discussion leader: 溫瑞斌 |
第6週 |
4/03 |
Spring Break (Holiday) |
第7週 |
4/10 |
Continental Margin
Discussion leader: 許凌藍, 王廣澤 |
第8週 |
4/17 |
Abyssal Plain & Hadal trench
Discussion leader: 隋宗達, 鄭匡庭 |
第9週 |
4/24 |
James Cameron's Deepsea Challenge Documentary |
第10週 |
5/01 |
Ocean Science Conference (no class) |
第11週 |
5/08 |
Seamounts and cold water coral
Discussion leader: 羅政為, 梁中寧, 廖竣 |
第12週 |
5/15 |
Hydrothermal vents
Discussion leader: 陳冠銘, 鄭力綺 |
第13週 |
5/22 |
Cold seeps & food-fall ecosystems
Discussion leader: 江勻楷, 葉玳君 |
第14週 |
5/29 |
Ecosystem function and service
Discussion leader: 許惟婷, 陳俐陵 |
第15週 |
6/05 |
Field trip to deep-sea exhibitory in National Museum of Marine Science and Technology
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第16週 |
6/12 |
Anthropogenic impacts and climate changes
Discussion leader: 林梵絃 |
第17週 |
6/19 |
Dragon Boat Festival (Holiday) |
第18週 |
6/26 |
Final week
Discussion leader: 陳佩儀, 何新新
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