課程資訊
課程名稱
深海生態學
Deep-Sea Ecology 
開課學期
111-1 
授課對象
理學院  海洋生物及漁業組  
授課教師
魏志潾 
課號
Ocean5131 
課程識別碼
241EU6290 
班次
 
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110教室 
備註
本課程以英語授課。
總人數上限:15人 
 
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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 direction 
課程要求
Grading:
Participation 30%
Assignment 30%
Final presentation 40% 
預期每週課後學習時數
 
Office Hours
 
指定閱讀
 
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 
評量方式
(僅供參考)
   
課程進度
週次
日期
單元主題
Week 1
9/5  Introduction + Physical environment_history_sampling 
Week 2
9/12  Adaptations_energetic_food_supply 
Week 3
9/19  Spatial_variation_in_deep_sea_diversity 
Week 4
9/26  Continental_margin_OMZs 
Week 5
10/3  Submarine_canyon 
Week 6
10/10  No class (Holiday) 
Week 7
10/17  Seamounts_cold_water_coral 
Week 8
10/24  Trench_abyssal_plain 
Week 9
10/31  Hydrothermal_vents 
Week 10
11/7  No class (Instructor in Taiwan Ocean Union Annual Meeting) 
Week 11
11/14  No class (Instructor on research cruise) 
Week 12
11/21  No class (Instructor on research cruise) 
Week 13
11/28  No class (Instructor in Ocean Conservation Administration Meeting)
Cold_seeps_food_falls 
Week 14
12/5  Ecosystem_function_service & Human_impacts 
Week 15
12/12  No class (Instructor on research cruise)