Course Information


Course Information
Course Title Code Semester L+U Hour Credits ECTS
FISH BIOLOGY ZSÜ306 0 + 0 3.0 3.0

Prerequisites None

Language of Instruction Turkish
Course Level Graduate Degree
Course Type Compulsory
Mode of delivery Theoretical knowledce and laboratory practices; lessons are supported by presentations using audiovisual devices. In Laboratory practices the students perform work groups on different fish samples in parallel to lessons.
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Goals In this course description of fishes, their life cycles and relationships between the fish and their environment issues will be discussed.
Course Content The objective of this course is to describe the life history and the environmental relationships of fishes. In this sense, the main topics covered include: capture sampling, identification and examination of fishes, age and growth (length-weight relationships and condition), fish populations, eggs and early life history, migrations, methods of studying food and feeding habits, marking and tagging. Laboratories are an integral part of the course.
Learning Outcomes 1) Know the morphological and anatomical structure of fish
2) Applies examination methods and techniques
3) This information gained can be used to protect natural fish populations and to evaluate fish cultivation in hunting, culture conditions

Weekly Topics (Content)
Week Topics Teaching and Learning Methods and Techniques Study Materials
1. Week Description of Fish Biology -Catching fish and sampling methods -Fishing methods Lecture
Brainstorming
 Practice (Teaching Practice, Music/Musical Instrument Practice, Statistics, Laboratory, Field Work, Clinic and Polyclinic Practice)
2. Week Biological characteristic of fish, -Breeding behaviour, -Breeding strategy Lecture
Brainstorming
 Homework Practice (Teaching Practice, Music/Musical Instrument Practice, Statistics, Laboratory, Field Work, Clinic and Polyclinic Practice)
3. Week he fish fertilization and development, -Water temperature of embrionel development, -Calculation of incubation period, -Shapes of fish eggs -Larval and juvenile periods Lecture
Brainstorming
 Homework Practice (Teaching Practice, Music/Musical Instrument Practice, Statistics, Laboratory, Field Work, Clinic and Polyclinic Practice)
4. Week Fish eggs and larvea collection techniques Lecture
Brainstorming
 Homework Practice (Teaching Practice, Music/Musical Instrument Practice, Statistics, Laboratory, Field Work, Clinic and Polyclinic Practice)
5. Week Fish; -Calculation of the efficiency of eggs and egg storing methods Lecture
Brainstorming
 Homework Practice (Teaching Practice, Music/Musical Instrument Practice, Statistics, Laboratory, Field Work, Clinic and Polyclinic Practice)
6. Week Fish nutrition and feeding patterns, feed conversion -Stomach fullness index Lecture
Brainstorming
 Homework Practice (Teaching Practice, Music/Musical Instrument Practice, Statistics, Laboratory, Field Work, Clinic and Polyclinic Practice)
7. Week Examination of fish; fish species used for differentiating the measured properties (metric characters) Lecture
Brainstorming
 Homework Practice (Teaching Practice, Music/Musical Instrument Practice, Statistics, Laboratory, Field Work, Clinic and Polyclinic Practice)
8. Week Examination of fish; fish species used for differentiating the countable properties (meristic characters) Lecture
Brainstorming
 Homework Practice (Teaching Practice, Music/Musical Instrument Practice, Statistics, Laboratory, Field Work, Clinic and Polyclinic Practice)
9. Week Age determination of fish with scales Lecture
Brainstorming
Project Based Learning 		Homework Practice (Teaching Practice, Music/Musical Instrument Practice, Statistics, Laboratory, Field Work, Clinic and Polyclinic Practice)
10. Week Fish age and growth; -Age-lenght and age-weight relationship -Lenght of height grouping -Lenght-weight relationship -Condition factor Lecture
Brainstorming
 Homework Practice (Teaching Practice, Music/Musical Instrument Practice, Statistics, Laboratory, Field Work, Clinic and Polyclinic Practice)
11. Week xplanation of fish migration; -Some of the terms of fish migration, -how to determined of fish migraiton, -migration of some economically important fish; migration of mackerel migraiton of anchovy migration of bonito migration of bluefish migration of horse mackerel migration of haddock Lecture
Brainstorming
 Homework Practice (Teaching Practice, Music/Musical Instrument Practice, Statistics, Laboratory, Field Work, Clinic and Polyclinic Practice)
12. Week Migration of some economically important fish; Migration of red mullet Migration of turbot Migration of mullet Migration of allis shad Migration of sturgeon Migration of Shark Migration of Eel Migration of stingray Migration of pacific salmon Migration of atlantic salmon Lecture
Brainstorming
 Homework Practice (Teaching Practice, Music/Musical Instrument Practice, Statistics, Laboratory, Field Work, Clinic and Polyclinic Practice)
13. Week Migration of some economically important fish; Migration of Shark Migration of Eel Migration of stingray Lecture
Brainstorming
 Homework Practice (Teaching Practice, Music/Musical Instrument Practice, Statistics, Laboratory, Field Work, Clinic and Polyclinic Practice)
14. Week Migration of some economically important fish; Migration of pacific salmon Migration of atlantic salmon Lecture
Brainstorming
 Homework Practice (Teaching Practice, Music/Musical Instrument Practice, Statistics, Laboratory, Field Work, Clinic and Polyclinic Practice)
15. Week ish marking techniques; -Used areas of marking -Selection of the marking method to search for properties - Group marking; fin cutting, operculum and fins, drilling, etching, making scalings, subcutaneous injections, deep injection techniques Lecture
Brainstorming
 Homework Practice (Teaching Practice, Music/Musical Instrument Practice, Statistics, Laboratory, Field Work, Clinic and Polyclinic Practice)
16. Week Fish labelling techniques; -Individual marking (labelling) techniques; hydrostatic, petersen, carlin, spaghetti, ribbon, operkular, chin, sonic tags Lecture
Brainstorming
 Homework Practice (Teaching Practice, Music/Musical Instrument Practice, Statistics, Laboratory, Field Work, Clinic and Polyclinic Practice)

Sources Used in This Course
Recommended Sources
Çelikkale, M.S. 1986 Balık Biyolojisi. K.T.Ü. Sürmene Deniz Bilimleri ve Teknolojisi Yüksekokulu Yayın:1, 387 s.
Demir, N. 1992. İhtiyoloji. İstanbul Üniversitesi Fen Fakültesi Yayınları No: 3668, 391 s.
Geldiay, R. ve Balık S. 1996. Türkiye Tatlısu Balıkları. Ege Üniversitesi Su Ürünleri Fakültesi Yayınları No:16,532 s.
Hart, J.B. and Reynolds H.2002. Handbook of Fish Biology and Fisheries. Blackwell Publishing, Volume 1, p. 413
Hart, J.B. and Reynolds H.2002. Handbook of Fish Biology and Fisheries. Blackwell Publishing, Volume 2, p. 410
Lagler, K.F. 1969. Freshwater Fishery Biology. WMC Brown Company Publisher, p. 421.

Assessment
Measurement and Evaluation Methods and Techniques
1 Mid-term exam (40%) and 1 Final exam (60%)
ECTS credits and course workload
Event Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Course Duration (Total weeks*Hours per week) 16 4
Work Hour outside Classroom (Preparation, strengthening) 16 2
Midterm Exam 1 2
Time to prepare for Midterm Exam 1 2
Time to prepare for Final Exam 1 2
Total Workload
Total Workload / 30 (s)
ECTS Credit of the Course
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