MARRES Education
In a changing world, this module addresses the principles of marine ecophysiology and ecotoxicology by describing the response strategies of marine organisms to environmental perturbations: from interspecific interactions to climate change and marine pollution.
program: Science & Society
code name: REMOTE
module family: #Marine Biology
credits: 4 ECTS
semester: Spring (semester 2)
UN Sustainable Development Goals:
LEARNING OUTCOMES
Students should
- appreciate the notions of stress, resilience, hysteresis, pollution, biomarkers...
- distinguish between acclimation and adaptation responses.
- review the consequences of climate change on marine organisms
- critically review recent research
TOPICS
- Introduction to Ecophysiology
- Introduction to Ecotoxicology
- Introduction to environmental perturbations
- Facing interspecific interactions
- Tools in ecotoxicology
- Photobiology and stress
- Marine symbiosis & Global change
- Marine biotoxin pollution
- Heavy metal pollution
- Plastic pollution
- Adaptation to Abyss
- Endocrine disruptors
- Dealing with ocean acidification
INSTRUCTORS
- Paola Furla, Université Côte d'Azur (IRCAN lab), module coordinator
- Eric Beraud, CSM (Monaco)
- Rachel Clausing, University of California Los Angeles (UCLA, United States)
- Marie-Yasmine Dechraoui Bottein, Université Côte d'Azur (ECOSEAS lab)
- Sébastien Duperron, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle (MNHN, Paris)
- Marc Metian, IAEA (Monaco)
- Stéphane Roberty, Université de Liège (Belgium)
- Alexander Venn, CSM (Monaco)
- Nathalie Vigier, Sorbonne Université (IMEV, Villefranche sur Mer)
ASSESSMENT
- Written examination (final)
- Oral presentations
- Journal club
- Lab projects (1-week ecotoxicology lab & symbiosis lab)