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8975 (v.8) Algology and Mycology 202
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Department of Environmental Biology |
| Credits: |
25.0 |
| Contact Hours: |
17.0 |
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| ** The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline. ** |
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| Lecture: |
1 x 2 Hours Weekly |
| Laboratory: |
1 x 3 Hours Weekly |
| Fieldwork: |
2 x 1 Days Yearly |
| Prerequisite(s): |
1756 (v.7) Plant Biology 101 or any previous version
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| Syllabus: |
Mycology, classification and characteristics of fungi - basidiomycetes, ascomycetes, phycomycetes, deuteromycetes, lichens and mycorrhizae. Morphology, life cycle, ecological and economic importance. Algology - classification of algae. Criteria for classification - photosynthetic pigments, food reserves, nature of cell wall components, the types of flagella, cytology. Morphology and life cycle - unicellular organisation, protococcoidal, flagellate unicells, colonial organisation, flagellate colonies, non-flagellate coenobia, filamentous organisation, siphonaceous and parenchymatous organisation. Vegetative, asexual, sexual reproduction. Life-cycles. Cyanobacteria, Dinophyta - cell structure, vegetative structure, cell division, ecological importance. Indicators of water quality. Bacillariophyta, Euglenophyta - cell structure, cell division, ecological importance. Chlorophyta, Charophyta - vegetative structure, reproduction and life cycle. Phaeophyta - vegetative structure, life cycle, economic importance. Rhodophyta - vegetative structure, life cycle, economic importance. |
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| ** To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement. ** |
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| Field of Education: | 10900 Biological Sciences (Narrow Grouping) | | Funding Cluster: | 08 - Engineering, Science, Surveying | | SOLT (Online) Definitions*: | Informational
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information | | Result Type: | Grade/Mark |
Availability |
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Internal |
Partially Online Internal |
Area External |
Central External |
Fully Online |
| 2005 |
Bentley Campus |
Semester 2 |
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Area
External |
refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research. |
Central
External | refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area |
Partially
Online
Internal | refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External |
Fully
Online | refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External |
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