EMBC+ MODULE 2: Toolbox for investigating marine Biodiversity
semester:
3
ects:
6
• Conceptualizing, implementing, optimizing and understanding models in marine biology
• Biogeochemical models, from simple models to functional types models
• Individual-based models, including ecophysiological and behavioural IBMs
• Population dynamics and marine resources management
keywords:
1) Quantitative ecology,
2) Modelling,
3) Marine ecosystems
initial:
-Marine ecology concepts
-Population dynamics concepts
-Predator-prey interaction
-Basic notions in mathematics (derivate, derivative equations, matrix algebra)
final:
Ability to understand, to construct, and to use models in marine biology, to test hypotheses using models, to calibrate and validate those models against observations.