課程名稱 |
深海探索 Exploring the Deep Sea |
開課學期 |
108-2 |
授課對象 |
生命科學院 生命科學系 |
授課教師 |
魏志潾 |
課號 |
Ocean5089 |
課程識別碼 |
241EU4080 |
班次 |
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學分 |
2.0 |
全/半年 |
半年 |
必/選修 |
選修 |
上課時間 |
星期一6,7(13:20~15:10) |
上課地點 |
海研232 |
備註 |
本課程以英語授課。授課語言:英文或依學生需求。此課程非屬生命科學系"本系選修"課程。 總人數上限:15人 |
Ceiba 課程網頁 |
http://ceiba.ntu.edu.tw/1082Ocean5089_ |
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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 patterns 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. |
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 |
課程要求 |
Grading:
Participation 30%
Discussion 20%
Presentation 40%
Quizzes 10%
Paper discussions:
Sessions will be divided evenly among students (60 minutes following the main lecture). Each student will select a paper (related to deep-sea ecology) 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 their peers. Grading (discussion) is depending upon the active participation in discussion led by student. |
預期每週課後學習時數 |
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指定閱讀 |
待補 |
參考書目 |
Dover CLV (2000) The Ecology of Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vents, 1 edition. Princeton University Press, Princeton, N.J
Eleftheriou A (2013) Methods for Study of Marine Benthos (4th Edition). John Wiley & Sons, Somerset, NJ, USA
Gage JD, Tyler PA (1991) Deep-sea biology: A natural history of organisms at the deep-sea floor. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
Herring P (2001) Biology of Habitats?: Biology of the Deep Ocean. OUP Oxford, Oxford, GBR
Jamieson A (2015) The Hadal Zone: Life in the Deepest Oceans. Cambridge University Press
Koslow JA (2007) The Silent Deep: The Discovery, Ecology and Conservation of the Deep Sea. University of Chicago Press
Pitcher TJ, Morato T, Hart PJB, Clark MR, Haggan N, Santos RS (2008) Seamounts: Ecology, Fisheries & Conservation. John Wiley & Sons
Rex MA, Etter RJ (2010) Deep-Sea Biodiversity: Pattern and Scale. Harvard University Press |
評量方式 (僅供參考) |
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週次 |
日期 |
單元主題 |
第1週 |
3/02 |
Introduction |
第2週 |
3/09 |
Physical environment_history_sampling |
第3週 |
3/16 |
Adaptations_energetic_food_supply |
第4週 |
3/23 |
Spatial_variation_in_deep_sea_diversity |
第5週 |
3/30 |
Continental_margin_OMZs |
第6週 |
4/06 |
Submarine_canyon |
第7週 |
4/13 |
Seamounts_cold_water_coral |
第8週 |
4/20 |
Trench_abyssal_plain |
第9週 |
4/27 |
Hydrothermal_vents |
第10週 |
5/04 |
Cold_seeps_food_falls |
第11週 |
5/11 |
Ecosystem_function_service |
第12週 |
5/18 |
Human_impacts |
第13週 |
5/25 |
Student Presentation |
第14週 |
6/01 |
Student Presentation |
第15週 |
6/08 |
Student Presentation |
第16週 |
6/15 |
Final exam (no class) |
第17週 |
6/22 |
Assignment |
第18週 |
6/29 |
Assignment |
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