| Course ID: | BBL-SE>ZOOL1 |
| Course title: | INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY I |
| Semester: | 1 / Winter |
| ECTS: | 4 |
| Lectures/Classes: | 15 / 30 hours |
| Field of study: | Biology |
| Study cycle: | 1st cycle |
| Type of course: | compulsory |
| Prerequisites: | none |
| Contact person: | prof. dr hab. Joanna Mąkol joanna.makol@upwr.edu.pl |
| Short description: | General characteristics of unicellular heterotrophs (protozoans) and of invertebrates. Origin. Living environment. Basics of classification, systematics and phylogeny. Structure and functions. Life cycles. Ontogeny and phylogeny. Origin of major groups of Metazoa. Systematic review of Protozoa and Metazoa, with special reference to the Polish fauna (Part 1: Animalia: Porifera, Cnidaria, Ctenophora, Platyhelminthes, Nemertea, Blastocoelomata). Characteristics of qualitative and quantitative methods of collecting of invertebrate fauna. Extraction of invertebrates from soil samples in Tullgren funnels. Direct sampling, sampling with sweep net. Sorting and identification of the material under stereomicroscopes. |
| Full description: | General characteristics of unicellular heterotrophs (protozoans) and of invertebrates. Origin. Living environment. Basics of classification, systematics and phylogeny. Structure and functions. Life cycles. Ontogeny and phylogeny. Origin of major groups of Metazoa. Systematic review of Protozoa and Metazoa, with special reference to the Polish fauna (Part 1: Animalia: Porifera, Cnidaria, Ctenophora, Platyhelminthes, Nemertea, Blastocoelomata). Characteristics of qualitative and quantitative methods of collecting of invertebrate fauna. Extraction of invertebrates from soil samples in Tullgren funnels. Direct sampling, sampling with sweep net. Sorting and identification of the material under stereomicroscopes. |
| Bibliography: | Brusca, R. C. and G. J. Brusca. Invertebrates. Second edition. Sinauer Associates, Inc. Publ. 2004 Hickman C. P. Jr., Roberts L. S., Larson A. Integrated principles of zoology. McGraw-Hill Education. 2001 |
| Learning outcomes: | Knowledge: student knows the backgroundsof systematics and classification of selected groups of Protista and of invertebrate animals, knows their origin, structure, biology and importance; possesses the general knowledge of life functions of representatives of the kingdoms Protista and Animalia; describes the external and internal morphology of animals student understands the increasing complexity of animal structure, resulting from the sequence of evolutionary events student knows the methods of collecting, preservation, storing and labeling of invertebrates Skills: student operates the light– and stereomicroscopes; safely deals with the preserved material(invertebrate animals); operates the equipment serving for collecting the invertebrate animals; correctly carries out the field observations, interprets and describes their results and also forwards the conclusions using the adequate biological terminology student identifies the representatives of particular classes of animals and – in case of native fauna – the representatives of orders (or lower taxonomic categories, as far as protected taxa and taxa of economic importance are concerned) student applies the adequate study techniques (methods of collecting, preservation, dissection, observation and identification) used in relation to various groups of invertebrates Social competences: student understands the increasing complexity of animal architecture, being in concordance with the evolutionary process student is aware of the collective responsibility for fulfilling the tasks assigned to the team student is responsible for the equipment he/she was entrusted with |
| Assessment methods and assessment criteria: | During semester - 8 short one question tests (max. 4 pts/test); 2 extended tests (max. 16 pts/test). Possesion of the approved (accepted by the course leader) set of drawings (morphology, anatomy) prepared with the use of optical tools. Obligatory attendance at practicals and in the field work. Grade based on the number of acumulated points. |