Marine Resource Management (GLS617) Syllabus Notes

This course introduces the basic concepts of marine resources and management of marine environments, its complex interactions between flora and fauna ecosystem (i.e fisheries, coral reefs and mangrove forest), as well as marine resources inventory and management. Understanding of different marine resources will be explore further through understanding of various marine resources with appropriate technologies (such as Satellite Imagery Processing/Remote Sensing and GIS) which covers on several applications related to marine environments. This course will provides the understanding of concepts of resource management and be able to apply that understanding to marine resources. Furthermore, supposedly to describe the complexity and dynamic changes of marine environment related to marine resources such as fisheries, coral reefs ecosystem and mangrove forest. Lastly, it capable to employ appropriate skills with the use of remote sensing digital image processing software in the extraction of information related to marine resources applications from remote sensing data.

Marine Resource Management (GLS617) Notes :

1. Introduction: Coastal and Marine Resources and Management
2. Mangrove Fundamentals, Types, Threats and Management
3. Coral Reefs Fundamentals, Types, Threats and Management
4. Coral Reefs Bleaching
5. Marine Ecosystem : Phytoplankton
6. Marine Ecosystem : Zooplankton
7. Marine Fisheries Management