Academic Catalog

MASC508 TROPHIC MODELLING WITH ECOPATH WITH ECOSIM AND QUANTIFICATION OF ECOSYSTEM HEALTH

Course Code:	9500508
METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week):	3(3-0)
ECTS Credit:	8.0
Department:	Graduate School Of Marine Sciences
Language of Instruction:	English
Level of Study:	Graduate
Course Coordinator:	Assoc.Prof.Dr. EKÝN AKOÐLU
Offered Semester:	Fall and Spring Semesters.

Course Content

This course is intended to provide graduate students of marine sciences an introduction to general ecosystem theory and mathematical concepts about and quantitative representation of trophic relationships between organisms/populations/communities within marine food webs along with the command of a widely-adopted marine ecosystem modelling tool Ecopath with Ecosim (Christensen et al.,2005). The topics of interest include, but not limited to foraging arena theory, ecological network analysis, ecological indicators, and quantification of ecosystem maturity/health.