Course Syllabus
Synopsis
Fish reproduction, sex determination and differentiation. Endocrinology of marine fish and shellfish. Endocrine and reproductive effects of pollutants. Applications to fisheries, aquaculture and environmental pollution assessment.
Aims
- To introduce the students to the wide diversity and variability existing in fish reproduction and sexual determination and differentiation processes.
- To offer to the students basic knowledge on endocrinology of marine fish and shellfish.
- To show the students the effects of environmental pollutants on endocrine system and reproduction of fish and shellfish
- To develop skills to estimate reproductive stages in fish and shellfish and understand modern tools on aquaculture of fish and shellfish species.
Objectives
At the end of the Unit, you should:
- Understand reproduction strategies in fish
- Identify reproduction strategies and reproductive gonad stages in fish and shellfish
- Have gained a knowledge of impact of environmental pollutants on fish and shellfish reproduction and endocrine system, as well as of hormonal regulation in aquaculture.
Key Skills Acquired
At the end of the Unit, you should be able to:
- Identify sex and gonad development in fish and shellfish
- Identify effects of pollutants in reproductive and endocrine system in fish and shellfish
Programme
- Reproduction in the marine environment: Fish and shellfish
- Reproduction strategies and cycles in fish
- Sex determination and differentiation in fish
- Endocrinology of fish
- Hormones and their function in fish
- Impact of environmental pollutants on fish reproduction and endocrine system
- Aquaculture strategies in fish: tools to improve fish reproduction
- Endocrinology of main marine shellfish groups (crustaceans, molluscs and echinoderms)
- Hormones in shellfish: participation on reproduction
- Endocrine disruption on marine invertebrates
- Shellfish aquaculture: modern tools and techniques
Learning & Teaching
- Lectures: 20 hr
- Seminars: 6 hr
- Practical sessions (lab): 6 hr
- Computer practicals: 4 hr
- Tutorials: 4 hr
Teaching Staff: M Ortiz-Zarragoitia (Coord.), U Izagirre, (AZTI)
Semester: 2
Timetable slot: To be advised
ECTS: 4
Level: Optional
Bibliography: Delivered during the course
Assessment: Written examination (100%)