MASC521 NUTRIENT CHEMISTRY
| Course Code: | 9500521 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3 (3.00 - 0.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 8.0 |
| Department: | Graduate School of Marine Sciences |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Graduate |
| Course Coordinator: | Prof.Dr. SÜLEYMAN TUĞRUL |
| Offered Semester: | Fall and Spring Semesters. |
Course Objectives
Basic concept of biochemicial cycles of nutrients in seas and oceans
Evalution of spatial and temporal distributions of nutrients in the sea and ocean system
Evaluation of nutrient ratios and eutruphication processes in the sea
Course Content
Speciation of nutrients in seawater; sampling and measurement techniques; sources and removal processes; spatial and temporal distributions in the oceans and enclosed seas; nitrogen and phosphorus cycles in the sea, factors controlling the Redfield ratio (N:P); concepts of preformed and oxidized nutrients.
Course Learning Outcomes
Ability to evaluate nutient data in the marine environments
Ability to evaluate nutrient cycling in the enclosed seas
Ability to assess conditions of eutrophication developments in coastal and enclosed seas
Understanding the roles of pysical and biological processes in the nutrient cycing/distibutions and temporal changes in the ocean system