Department of zoology, School of Biology, Faculty of science A.U.Th.

Program

EUROPEAN CLASS 2000 PROGRAM

All the lectures and laboratory work will take place in the afternoons from 15:00-19:00. LABWORK can only take place 15:00-17:00 except on Mondays. 19:00-20:00 take place the meals at the student restaurant

MARINE BIOLOGY (60 h= 6 ECTS) 10h = 1 ECTS

MON TUE WED THU FRI      
  1/2       Introduction to Marine environment
Structure and Function of the Marine Environment		 Voultsiadou 3
    2/2     The bottom of the Sea Zonation
Intertidal Communities/ Estuaries		 Voultsiadou 3
      3/2   Life on the continental shelf/ Coral reefs
Marine birds, reptiles and mammals		 Voultsiadou 3
        4/2 Life near the surface of the Sea/The ocean depths Voultsiadou 3
7/2         Oceans and Seas. Zonation of marine phytobenthos Haritonidis 3
  8/2       Taxonomy of macroalgae and marine phanerogams Haritonidis 3
    9/2     Excursion in meditteranean marine biotopes Haritonidis In the morning
      10/2   Laboratory work /
Evolution of marine plant communities and climax communities		 Haritonidis 3+1
        11/2 Presentation of results Haritonidis 3
14/2         Ecological zones of benthos and pelagic systems/
Sampling in marine biotopes and analysis of data		 Chindiroglou 2+2
  15/2       Laboratory work Chindiroglou 3
    16/2     Meditteranean benthos communities/ Symbiosis
/ “Sherfing” on marine invertebrates biology (Presentation of a CDRom)		 Chindiroglou 2+2
      17/2   Excursion in meditteranean marine biotopes (Chalkidiki)/Look at photos Chindiroglou All day
        18/2 Excursion (Kalochori-pollutant area)/ Laboratory work Chindiroglou All day
21/2         Presentation of results Chindiroglou 4

ANIMAL AND PLANT SYSTEMATICS (160 h=16 ects)
Bring animal and plant (mediterranean) guides in your language

MON TUE WED THU FRI      
  22/2       Principles of Animal Systematics Voultsiadou 4
    23/2     Amphibia Kyriakopoulou 2+2
      24/2   Sampling terrestrial animals Argyropoulou 3
        25/2or 3/3 Fieldwork Staikou, Kyriakopoulou, Argyropoulou All day
28/2 or 4/3         Laboratory work on sampling methods Argyropoulou 3
  29/2       Principles of Vascular Plant Systematics Kokkini 4
    1/3 2/3   The main families of the world flora and their evolutionary relationships. The non-flowering plants Hanlidou 2+2+2
6/3 7/3       Reptiles Loumbourdis 3+3
      16/3   How to make a plant collection. Creating a small herbarium.
The early flowering plants		 Hanlidou 3
        17/3-19/3 Excursion Dadia Evros Staikou, Kyriakopoulou, Goutner,Argyropoulou, Voultsiadou Fieldwork
20/3 21/3 22/3     Birds Goutner 3+3+2
      23/3 24/3 Field work Staikou, Kyriakopoulou,Goutner 3+3
27/3 28/3       Mammals Staikou 4+4
        31/3 BIODIVERSITY REPORTS 10 MINUTES EACH ALL DAY
3/4 4/4 5/4 6/4 7/4 The main families of the world flora and their evolutionary relationships. The flowering plants Kokkini, Karousou, Hanlidou, Karagiannakidou 3+3+3+3+3
10/4 11/4       The richness and peculiarities of the Greek flora. Patterns of speciation Kokkini,Karousou 3+3
      10-13/5   Fieldwork on Animal Systematics Staikou,Kyriakopoulou 3 days
        14-16/5 Fieldwork on Plant Systematics Kokkini, Karagiannakidou, Karousou,Hanlidou 3 days

FRESHWATER ECOLOGY (90 h=9 ects)

MON TUE WED THU FRI      
      13/4   09.00-12.00:
Introduction/The structure of Aquatic Ecosystems/Zonation/
Streams Rivers and Estuaries12.00-14.00:
Oxygen and Carbon Dioxide /Nitrogen / Phosphorus/ Other Nutrients/16.00-17.00: Innorganic Pollution

17.00-18.00:
Water And Light/Flow of heat/Discharge/Flow /
Cd Rom

Lazaridou

Artemiadou

Artemiadou

Lazaridou

3

2

1

1
        14/4 09.00-12.00         Acidification,pH,Alcalimity,TSS,Conductivity,TDS Lazaridou 3
17/4        

09.00-11.30: Pollution

14.30-19.30: Phytoplankton, Eutrophication+Lab

 LazaridouMoustaka 2,55
  18/4       09.00-13.00: Zooplancton+Laboratory Mihaloudi 4
    19/4     09.00-11.00:
Animal of fresh aquatic ecosystems/
Biodiversity/ Biomonitoring12.00-13.00: Zoobenthos

14.00-17.00: Laboratory

Lazaridou

Lazaridou

Lekka

2

1

3
      20/4   09.00-12.00: Fish and Fisheries +Laboratory Economidis 3
8/5         09.00-13.00:
Food-Chain Dynamics/ Management of Fisheries
Resourses/ Applied Limnology, Case Studies		 Mihaloudi/ Stergiou/ Lazaridou 4
  9-11/5       Fieldwork on Animal Systematics and Freshwater ecology Lazaridou, Mihaloudi, Lekka All day
    12/5     09.00-14.00: Labwork Lazaridou, Mihaloudi, Moustaka 5
15/5         09.00-11.00:
Origin of Lakes and Estuaries and Paleolίmnology		 Albanakis 2
     17/5     09.00-12.00: Presentation of Results Lazaridou, Mihaloudi, Moustaka,
Artemiadou		 3
        19/5 09.00-12.00: Exams All the professors 3
    24/5     09.00-12.00: Plant Taxonomy Kokkini 3

18/5-26/5 EXAMS PERIOD
INTERNATIONALLY TAUGHT CLASS+ FINAL PROJECTS (70h =7 ECTS)
30/5-1/6 Fieldwork……..2/6-4/6 Labwork & preparation …….5/6 Presentations & FINALE
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