COURSE OBJECTIVES:
Through active participation in the field course, students will explore the diversity of typical autochthonous taxa of macroscopic and microscopic autotrophic protists (algae), heterotrophic protists (protozoa), invertebrates and fungi, leading to the acquisition of basic theoretical and practical understanding of the subject, necessary for their participation in subsequent courses on the study programme. Students will develop the ability to recognize and determine the most common taxa, and understand their roles in the living world. Using practical and field work, students will acquire expertise necessary for the improvement of school cabinet for biology and/or to design practical and/or research-based learning.
COURSE CONTENT:
Five-day fieldwork is organised at a selected location (e.g. the surrounding of Zagreb, Rovinj, Pula), during which the students keep detailed notes (field journal).
Collecting of autotrophic protists (algae), heterotrophic protists (protozoa), invertebrates and fungi is done during fieldwork in the selected ecosystem and/or habitat, along with observing and noting (diversity of environmental conditions on the sampled habitats, adaptations of certain taxa on environmental conditions). Standard methods for the sampling of the selected organisms are used during fieldwork.
Subsequent laboratory analysis of collected organisms allows students to closely observe and discuss the adaptations of certain organisms to environmental conditions, based on where they are collected.
In laboratory work, the selected organisms are preserved or prepared for cultivation to produce permanent and/or temporary organism preparations for further observation and/or storage in the collection.
Various methods of preparation and cultivation of certain taxa and/or dissection of fresh material are applied, with the aim of analysing morphology and anatomy of organisms and their vital functions.
Students will study the ethology of collected organisms and their anatomy as a result of environmental adaptations. Collected organisms are quantified and identified using the appropriate identification literature with the goal of assessing abundance and diversity. Qualitative and taxonomic data are analysed with the goal of assessing diversity in the selected ecosystem and/or habitat.
The possible influence of environmental factors on diversity of collected organisms is discussed. Simple experiments are conducted using instructions and appropriate taxa to evaluate the environmental influence on organisms, after which the results obtained are discussed (independent assignments).
Students prepare group presentations on their findings and conclusions based on field measurements and data analysis.
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Algae, 4th Ed., L. Graham, J. Graham, L. W. Wilcox, M. E. Cook, Algae (4th Ed.., LJLM Press, LLC.A., 2022.), L. Graham, J. Graham, L. W. Wilcox, M. E. Cook, LJLM Press, LLC.A., 2022.
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Protista-Protozoa i Metazoa-Invertebrata. Strukture i funkcije, I. Habdija, B. Primc Habdija, I. Radanović, M. Špoljar, R. Matoničkin Kepčija, S. Vujčić Karlo, M. Miliša, A. Ostojić, M. Sertić Perić, Protista-Protozoa i Metazoa-Invertebrata. Strukture i funkcije (Alfa, Zagreb, 2021.), I. Habdija, B. Primc Habdija, I. Radanović, M. Špoljar, R. Matoničkin Kepčija, S. Vujčić Karlo, M. Miliša, A. Ostojić, M. Sertić Perić, Alfa, Zagreb, 2021.
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