Everything you wanted to know about cephalopods 1300-TWCWG
The student selects, in consultation with the tutor, a cephalopod group of interest and stratigraphic range. Further student work focuses on selected topics related to that cephalopod group.
The tutor assists in the selection of literature and supervises the correctness of inferences based on literature data. During individual discussion meetings, the student, after reviewing the literature, presents a prepared scope of the issue, and there is time for questions and discussion. The student acquires the ability to conduct a scientific discourse, formulate oral statements using correct scientific terminology and the ability to critically evaluate literature data. The aim of the course is to broaden knowledge, beyond the obligatory curriculum, about the group of cephalopods that currently inhabit all ecological niches of the seas and oceans and represent an important position in the food chain in modern oceans. The members of this group exhibit a variety of behaviors, interesting adaptations to the environment, and show differences in how they reproduce and how they acquire food. Some, like octopuses, exhibit pro-social behavior, while others are loners. These include conservative groups with ancestry dating back to distant eras, such as the modern boatman Nautilus pompilius (Nautilidae), and the octopus Vampyroteuthis infernalis (Vampyromorpha) considered living fossils. There are also groups evolutionarily quite young, like cattlefish. Ammonites proper and belemnites flourished in the Mesozoic. Neither of these two groups survived the Cretaceous/Paleogene boundary. What reasons governed the extinction of some groups and the survival of others is the subject of study by many scientists. An international symposium on modern and fossil cephalopods is held every four years, called "Cephalopods Present and Past”.
Examples of issues covered in the tutorial:
1. Phylogenetic classification of selected groups of cephalopods
2. Evolution
3. Extinctions, radiation, living fossils
4. Functional morphology
5. Bioluminescence, camouflage, ways of communicating with other individuals
6. Sex and reproductive strategies
7. Habitat
8. Diet and means of obtaining food
9. Internal skeleton, external skeleton
10. Unique fossil states of preservation
11. Extinct cephalopods as carriers of information about the marine environment (isotopes and geochemistry)
12. Cephalopods in culture, art
Type of course
Prerequisites (description)
Course coordinators
Learning outcomes
Knowledge: graduate knows and understands
K_W12 knows the basics of methods allowing to present research results in a statistical view. He knows methods of referencing research results and referencing the state of the knowledge related to this research on the basis of the existing domestic and foreign literature; he knows and correctly uses terms in a foreign language (English) in the field of geology, with particular emphasis on the terminology related to the implementation of European standards
K_W14 has in-depth knowledge of the connections between fields of science and scientific disciplines specific to his/her field of study and other fields of science and scientific disciplines of the area, or areas, from which his/her field of study has been selected, allowing for the integration of the perspectives characteristic of several scientific disciplines
Abilities: graduate is able to
K_U04 analyze in an independent way the collected scientific material, interpret the obtained results and draw adequate conclusions
based on own experiences and the latest literature data
K_U08 is able to interpret the results of research independently and have his/her own opinion on the differences in opinions; he/she can efficiently use a variety of Polish and foreign professional literature and critically evaluate its contents; he/she can refer the results of research and the state of knowledge related to this research on the basis of existing Polish and foreign literature using multimedia techniques; he/she can write a research paper in Polish
Social competences: graduate is prepared to
K_K01 The graduate is ready to continuously improve their professional competences and to find new technologies in order to solve research problems by familiarizing with professional literature and legal acts
K_K05 is able to present and explain the social and environmental aspects of practical application of the acquired knowledge and skills, also in terms of existing risks and possible environmental hazards
K_K06 communicates effectively with specialists and society in oral, written and by multimedia presentation of research results
Assessment criteria
The basis for the assessment is the control of attendance of students at all meetings each time documented by the tutee with a brief report and a literature list posted by the tutor on the Kampus platform. The final grade consists of a continuous evaluation of the student's work, in addition to a final essay, report, article manuscript or poster presenting the issue under development. Independently, the student is required to give a short presentation summarizing the tutorial at a plenary session of all tutees and their tutors. This session takes place at the end of the academic year in which the subject is taught.
Practical placement
Not required.
Notes
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Term 2024:
Classes follow the rules for taking tutorials in the Faculty of Geology. |
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