POLAR MARINE ECOSYSTEMS: DESCRIPTION AND INTERACTIONS WITH CLIMATE CHANGE

Academic year
2023/2024 Syllabus of previous years
Official course title
POLAR MARINE ECOSYSTEMS: DESCRIPTION AND INTERACTIONS WITH CLIMATE CHANGE
Course code
R26010 (AF:504844 AR:294912)
Modality
Online
ECTS credits
3
Degree level
Corso di Dottorato (D.M.226/2021)
Educational sector code
BIO/07
Period
Annual
Course year
1
Overview: knowledge of the Artic and Antarctic geography, climate, marine and terrestrial ecosystems, general characteristics of Arctic and Southern Oceans, effects of climate change. Basics are provided on the Arctic and Antarctic trophic webs and their functioning, biodiversity, adaptive strategies of selected iconic or ecologically relevant organisms of terrestrial and marine ecosystems, Arctic human populations; role of distribution/density of the global and Arctic human population and their relationships with contamination.
Definitive programme.