Online Courses Handbook 2003

13087 (v.4) Aquaculture Ecology 201

Area:	Muresk Institute of Agriculture
Contact Hours:	6.0
Credits:	25.0
Lecture:	1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Practical:	1 x 3 Hours Weekly
Fieldwork:	1 x 14 Hours Quarterly
Prerequisite(s):	303341 (v.2) Aquatic Biology 102 or any previous version
Ecology of marine and freshwater aquatic environments. Relationship between aquatic communities and their physical environment. Aquaculture pond ecology. Principles of population dynamics in aquatic ecosystems. Stock recruitment in wild stock fisheries. Effects of predator and prey interactions with emphasis on polyculture aquatic systems and wild stock fisheries. Compares production economics of polyculture and monoculture systems.