Marine phycology course - MB120T119
Title: Kurz mořské algologie
Czech title: Kurz mořské algologie
Guaranteed by: Department of Botany (31-120)
Faculty: Faculty of Science
Actual: from 2025 to 2025
Semester: summer
E-Credits: 3
Examination process: summer s.:
Hours per week, examination: summer s.:0/1, C [TS]
Capacity: 23
Min. number of students: unlimited
4EU+: no
Virtual mobility / capacity: no
State of the course: taught
Language: Czech
Explanation: omezení dané kapacitou ubytování
Note: you can enroll for the course repeatedly
enabled for web enrollment
Guarantor: doc. RNDr. Yvonne Němcová, Ph.D.
Teacher(s): doc. Mgr. Jana Kulichová, Ph.D.
doc. RNDr. Yvonne Němcová, Ph.D.
prof. RNDr. Jiří Neustupa, Ph.D.
Pre-requisite : {At least one of subjects: MB120P183, MB120P184, MB120P10, MB120P89, MB120P76U}
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download abstrakty.pdf Graphical abstracts of student projects realized during the Marine Phycology Couse 2020 at Poulsker (Bornholm, Denmark). prof. RNDr. Jiří Neustupa, Ph.D.
Annotation -
This course is concentrated on biodiversity of marine algae communities in the Mediterranean or along the European northern coasts (Baltic, North Sea). In addition, marine phytoplankton is also demonstrated during the course that takes place usually in September.

Last update: Neustupa Jiří, prof. RNDr., Ph.D. (08.10.2022)
Requirements to the exam -
The final part of the course is based on the presentations of student projects that were prepared during individual field trips.
Last update: Neustupa Jiří, prof. RNDr., Ph.D. (19.09.2021)
Syllabus -

List of observed objects and topics of student projects depend on particular conditions in the field.

Identification literature:

Braune W. (2008): Seaweeds, Koeltz Scientific Books, Konigstein.

Carmelo R. T.(1997): Identifying Marine Phytoplankton, Academic Press, London.

Castro P. and Huber M.E. (2007). Marine Biology, Seventh Edition. McGraw Hill.

Mediterranean variant of the course:

Vilicic D. (2002): Fitoplankton Jadranskoga mora, biologia i taksonomija, Skolska knjiga, Zagreb.
Castro P. and Huber M.E. (2007). Marine Biology, Seventh Edition. McGraw Hill.

Baltic variant of the course:

Pankow, H.: Ostsee-Algenflora. Jena, Gustav Fischer Verlag, 1990.

Nielsen R. (2005): Danish Seaweeds.

The course is taught with the support of the project reg. number CZ.02.2.69/0.0/0.0/16_015/0002362

Last update: Neustupa Jiří, prof. RNDr., Ph.D. (19.09.2021)
Learning outcomes -

After completing the course, the student is able to:

Explain the basic ecological conditions of the marine environment and characterize the main groups of marine macroalgae and phytoplankton. Recognize and describe key morphological and anatomical features of marine macroalgae (Rhodophyta, Chlorophyta, Phaeophyceae). Carry out field sampling, document study sites, identify collected material to an appropriate taxonomic level, and apply basic laboratory methods (microscopy, measurements, data processing) according to the assigned project. Analyse the obtained data and interpret it in an ecological context (e.g. relationships between environmental conditions and community structure). Process and present the results of the field project and critically evaluate their biological significance.

Last update: Němcová Yvonne, doc. RNDr., Ph.D. (07.01.2026)