AFI31306.txt

["AFI31306","Life History of Aquatic Organisms","1MO","After successful completion of this course students are expected to be able to:analyse and integrate the different aspects of the life histories of aquatic organisms in relation to physical, chemical, and biological characteristics of their aquatic environment; explain and apply the concepts of adaptation, constraint and trade-off; identify and measure the main freshwater zooplankton groups and extract relevant data for life-history comparisons; perform anatomical measurements on fish and other aquatic organisms and use these to assess the evolutionary background and concepts of adaptation, niche differentiation and adaptive radiation; analyse the different patterns and scales of swimming and migration; design, perform and analyse simple laboratory experiments, including the application of basic statistics; explain the main reproductive strategies in aquatic organisms, including the mechanisms of sex change.",""]