Fisheries Oceanography

• have acquired knowledge of the diversity of fish life forms, and how these relate to the spatial and temporal dynamics of fish populations
• have gained a conceptual understanding of historic and current hypotheses and concepts associated with fish recruitment variations
• have developed essential analytical skills and quantitative reasoning to address ecological aspects of fish population dynamics, particularly during early life history stages
• be able to critically examine and discuss the scientific literature on fisheries oceanography
• be able to write pertinent research proposals addressing ecological aspects of fish population dynamics in relation to environmental variability
• have gained essential knowledge to design and perform marine sample surveys on pelagic and benthic marine communities to address relevant questions in fisheries and marine conservation
• have acquired practical skills to handle and process collected biological samples for downstream analyses

Instruction is provided in the form of lectures, seminars, and compulsory laboratory exercises and fieldwork. Instruction will be given in English. Students will individually prepare a research proposal as a course project, which will also be presented orally.

Information will be given in Canvas at the start of the course.

Estimated student workload in this course is 270 hours.

3-hour written individual examination counts 50%. Projects counts 50%. Both parts must be passed.

Graded assessment A-F.