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Lecture type	Total
Lectures	30
Practicum	60
Seminar	15

* Load is given in academic hour (1 academic hour = 45 minutes)

SYLLABUS:
LECTURES:
1. Position of protists in classification of living world according to current classification systems. Cellular organization of protists.
2. Morphology and physiology of heterotrophic protists (protozoa); locomotion, receptors, orientation in their environment, feeding and osmoregulation in protozoa.
3. Morphogenesis and development, life cycles and distribution of protozoa; classification of protozoa.
4. Flagellated and amoeboid protozoa (structure, diversity, life cycles, parasites in humans).
5. Apicomplexa and Ciliophora (structure, diversity, life cycles, apicomplexan parasites in humans).
6. Introductory lecture on algae (phototrophic, mixotrophic and heterotrophic protists, evolution, thallus types, reproduction)
7. Algae in biogeochemical processes, food webs and taxonomy of algae (morphology and molecular phylogeny)
8. Cyanobacteria (structure, diversity, life cycles, biogeography)
9. Endosymbiosis - Glaucophyta and Chlorarachnophyta
10. Red algae (structure, diversity, life cycles, biogeography)
11. Green algae (structure, diversity, life cycles, biogeography)
12. Cryptophytes, Haptophytes (structure, diversity, life cycles, biogeography)
13. Chrysophytes, Silicoflagellates, Raphidophytes, Xanthophytes (structure, diversity, life cycles, biogeography)
14. Brown algae (structure, diversity, life cycles, biogeography)
15. Diatoms and Dinoflagellates (structure, diversity, life cycles, biogeography)

PRACTICUM:
1. Amoeboid protozoa (Gymnamoebae, Foraminifera, testate amoeba)
2. Flagellated protozoa (Euglenozoa, Kinetoplastidea)
3. Apicomplexa
4. Ciliophora
5. Determination literature and protozoa staining techniques
6. Cyanobacteria
7. Rhodophyceae
8. Chlorophyta I
9. Chlorophyta II
10. Cryptophyceae, Haptophyta
11. Chrysophyceae, Silicoflagellates
12. Raphidiophyceae, Xanthophyceae
13. Phaeophyceae
14. Bacillariophyta
15. Dinozoa

SEMINAR:
Students write and present an essay on additional topics in relation to syllabus.

1. Viličić, D. (2014): Ecology and composition of phytoplankton in the Adriatic Sea. Koeltz Scientific Books.
2. Habdija, I., Primc Habdija, B., Radanović, I., Špoljar, M., Matoničkin Kepčija, R., Vujčić Karlo, S., Miliša, M. Ostojić, A., Sertić Perić, M. (2011): Protista-Protozoa i Metazoa-Invertebrata. Strukture i funkcije.- Alfa d.d., Zagreb, 584 str.
3. Hausmann, K., Huelsmann, N., Radek, R., 2003: Protistology. E. Schwezerbart'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, Berlin.
4. Lee, R. E. (2008) Phycology. 4th edition. USA, Cambridge University Press
5. Viličić D. (2002) Fitoplankton Jadranskog mora. Biologija i taksonomija. Školska knjiga, Zagreb.
6. Adl, S.M., Simpson, A.G.B., Farmer, M.A., et al (2005) The new higher level classification of eukaryotes with emphasis on the taxonomy of protists. J. Eukaryot. Microbiol. 52(5): 399-451
7. Hoek, C. van den, Mann, D.G., Jahns, H.M., 1995: Algae. An introduction to phycology. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
8. Hoek, C. van den, Mann, D.G., Jahns, H.M., 1995: Algae. An introduction to phycology. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge

Enrollment :
Attended : Cell and Molecular Biology

Mandatory course - Regular study - Biology