Rhedir gan School of Ocean Sciences

10.000 Credyd neu 5.000 Credyd ECTS

Semester 1

Trefnydd: Dr Sarah Zylinski

This module is designed to educate students in the field and to allow them to reinforce and demonstrate practically information that they have gained during their 1st and 2nd year lecture and practical courses. The field excursions will introduce students to the ways in which various biological and physical environmental factors and their interactions can control community organisation and population structure in a selection of benthic systems in a sub-tropical estuarine setting overseas. Students will have the opportunity to sample and study saltmarsh communities, pelagic fisheries, intertidal and subtidal sediments using shore and boat based techniques.

This field course will take place during the summer following the second year at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS), USA. The module is designed to educate students in the field and to allow them to reinforce and demonstrate practically information that they have gained during their 1st and 2nd year lecture and practical courses. The field excursions will introduce students to the ways in which various biological and physical environmental factors and their interactions can control community organisation and population structure in a selection of benthic systems in a sub-tropical estuarine setting overseas. Students will have the opportunity to sample and study saltmarsh communities, pelagic fisheries, intertidal and subtidal sediments using shore and boat based techniques.

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Knowledge based around lectures and, for marks at the higher end of the scale, with clear evidence of reading the prescribed literature outside the lectures. The student understands the fundamentals and demonstrates some ability to critically synthesize the various strands of information.

ardderchog

Clear and concise presentation of the fundamentals and the details of all areas of the module supported by reading prescribed (and other) literature outside the lectures. Highly developed ability to critically synthesize the module information and to link with other modules in the programme.

trothwy

Basic knowledge derived from the lectures and some prescribed reading, but with limited ability to critically synthesize this basic knowledge. Good

1. Comprehend the physical and biological factors controlling local distribution patterns of sub-tropical marine organisms.

2. Understand the concepts of marine community structure and biodiversity

3. Become familiar with a range of organisms from a sub-tropical environment and reinforce knowledge obtained during the lecture course OSX2009 (Marine Ecology)

4. Gain experience of operating dredges, seine nets and other trawls in the shallow, warm waters of Wachapreague Bay

Math	Enw	Disgrifiad	Pwysau
	Test		30.00
	Field notebook		10.00
	Report		60.00

		Oriau
Private study	Directed Study – material in the form of illustrations, references to journal articles, reviews and book chapters will be placed on Blackboard for the students to access. Students will be directed to particular material during the course of the field work. Material will also be consulted following the field course and it is expected that elements of the directed reading will be used to support the information gained during the field work. Time will be spent writing one of two required reports	45
Fieldwork	Daily field excursions including preparatory lectures and follow up discussions i.e. seven of 5 hours duration.	35
Laboratory	Students will spend up to 20 hours in the laboratory examining animals that they have collected during the field trips.	20

• Llythrennedd - Medrusrwydd mewn darllen ac ysgrifennu drwy amrywiaeth o gyfryngau
• Rhifedd - Medrusrwydd wrth ddefnyddio rhifau ar lefelau priodol o gywirdeb
• Defnyddio cyfrifiaduron - Medrusrwydd wrth ddefnyddio ystod o feddalwedd cyfrifiadurol
• Hunanreolaeth - Gallu gweithio mewn ffordd effeithlon, prydlon a threfnus. Gallu edrych ar ganlyniadau tasgau a digwyddiadau, a barnu lefelau o ansawdd a phwysigrwydd
• Archwilio - Gallu ymchwilio ac ystyried dewisiadau eraill
• Adalw gwybodaeth - Gallu mynd at wahanol ac amrywiol ffynonellau gwybodaeth
• Sgiliau Rhyngbersonol - Gallu gofyn cwestiynau, gwrando'n astud ar atebion a'u harchwilio
• Dadansoddi Beirniadol & Datrys Problem - Gallu dadelfennu a dadansoddi problemau neu sefyllfaoedd cymhleth. Gallu canfod atebion i broblemau drwy ddadansoddiadau ac archwilio posibiliadau
• Ymwybyddiaeth o ddiogelwch - Bod yn ymwybodol o'ch amgylchedd a hyder o ran cadw at reoliadau iechyd a diogelwch
• Cyflwyniad - Gallu cyflwyno gwybodaeth ac esboniadau yn glir i gynulleidfa. Trwy gyfryngau ysgrifenedig neu ar lafar yn glir a hyderus.
• Gwaith Tîm - Gallu cydweithio'n adeiladol ag eraill ar dasg gyffredin, ac/neu fod yn rhan o dîm gweithio o ddydd i ddydd
• Mentora - Gallu cefnogi, helpu, arwain, ysbrydoli ac/neu hyfforddi eraill
• Gofalu - Dangos consyrn am eraill; gofalu am blant, pobl ag anableddau ac/neu'r henoed
• Dadl - Gallu cyflwyno, trafod a chyfiawnhau barn neu lwybr gweithredu, naill ai gydag unigolyn neu mewn grwˆp ehangach
• Hunanymwybyddiaeth & Ystyried - Bod yn ymwybodol o'ch cryfderau, gwendidau, nodau ac amcanion eich hun. Gallu adolygu ,cloriannu a myfyrio'n rheolaidd ar eich perfformiad eich hun ac eraill.
• Arweinyddiaeth - Gallu arwain a rheoli, datblygu cynlluniau gweithredu ac amcanion, cynnig arweiniad a chyfarwyddyd i eraill, ac ymdopi â'r pwysau sy'n gysylltiedig ag awdurdod o'r fath

• Develop and identify research question(s) and/or hypotheses as the basis for investigation.
• Conduct fieldwork and/or laboratory work competently with awareness of appropriate risk assessment and ethical considerations
• Consider issues from a range of interdisciplinary perspectives.
• Apply subject knowledge to the understanding and addressing of problems.
• Collect, analyse and interpret primary and/or secondary data using appropriate qualitative and/or quantitative techniques.
• Demonstrate awareness of the importance of risk assessment and relevant legislation
• Demonstrate awareness of the importance of risk assessment and relevant legislation

Goblygiadau o ran adnoddau ar gyfer myfyrwyr

Students usually pay ~£650

Rhestr ddarllen

Students are provided with relevant information and selected relevant publications during the field course