Didattica & Tesi

Siti dei Docenti

 

Proposte di tirocini/tesi per Laurea Triennale in:  

Scienze Ambientali

 

Scienze Biologiche

indirizzo marino

 

·         Analisi in laboratorio della fauna associata alla spugna massiva Geodia cinonyum in Adriatico settentrionale

http://www.progettomac.it/Geodia.asp

 

·         Analisi al computer di profili di temperatura provenienti da subacquei volontari in relazione ai fenomeni di moria di gorgonie

http://www.progettomac.it/rilievo_temperatura.asp

 

·         Sviluppo di chiavi tassonomiche combinatorie informatizzate (preferibilmente per policheti). In collaborazione con the Natural History Museum of London

http://www.nhm.ac.uk/

 

 Per informazioni:

Dr. Massimo Ponti

massimo.ponti@unibo.it

 

 

Materiale didattico del corso opzionale

 

RICERCA SCIENTIFICA SUBACQUEA

 

Materiale esercitazioni

 

Esercitazione transetti e cartografia:

Esercitazione analisi campioni fotografici:

 

Slides delle lezioni (PDF): 01 - 02 - 03 - 04 - 05 - 06 - 07

Slides delle esercitazioni (PDF): 01

Esercitazione in mare

Ponti M, Abbiati M (2003) Variability in distribution of macrobenthos on rocky shores at Elba Island. In: Özhan, E. Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on the Mediterranean Coastal Environment, MEDCOAST 03. Ravenna, Italy. Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey. 729-737 pp. (Poster PDF 0.2 Mb) (Paper PDF)

 

 

Testi di riferimento

  • Colantoni P. 2007 L'immersione scientifica. Tecniche di indagine subacquea. Editrice La Mandragora, Imola, 144 pp.

  • Gambi M.C., Doppiano M. (Eds.) 2003 Manuale di metodologia di campionamento e studio del benthos marino mediterraneo. Biologia Marina Mediterranea 10 (s): 638 pp.

 

Testi di approfondimento

  • Bakus G.J. 2007 Quantitative analysis of marine biological communities. John Wiley & Sons, Hoboken, New Jersey, 435 pp.

  • Barbieri F. 1999 Speleologia marina. Gribaudo, 1999, 176 pp.

  • Heine J.N. 1999. Scientific Diving Techniques. A pratical guide for the research diver. Best Publishing Company, Flagstaff, Arizona (USA), 225 pp.

  • Holme N.A., McIntyre A.D. 1984 Methods for the study of marine benthos. IBP Handbook. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford, 388 pp.

 

Alcuni riferimenti bibliografici utili

Bell J.J. (2007). The use of volunteers for conducting sponge biodiversity assessments and monitoring using a morphological approach on Indo-Pacific coral reefs. Aquatic Conservation-Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 17(2): 133-145. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aqc.789

Dethier M.N., Graham E.S., Cohen S., Tear L.M. (1993). Visual versus random-point percent cover estimations: ‘objective’ is not always better. Marine Ecology Progress Series 96: 93-100. http://www.int-res.com/articles/meps/96/m096p093.pdf

Fava F., Ponti M., Scinto A., Calcinai B., Cerrano C. (2009) Possible effects of human impacts on epibenthic communities and coral rubble features in the marine Park of Bunaken (Indonesia). Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 85: 151-156. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2009.02.028

Foster M.S., Harrold C., Hardin D.D. (1991). Point vs. photo quadrat estimates of the cover of sessile marine organisms. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 146(2): 193-203. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0022-0981(91)90025-R

Hodgson G. (2001). Reef Check: The first step in community-based management. Bulletin of Marine Science 69: 861-868. http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/umrsmas/bullmar/2001/00000069/00000002/art00048

Meese R.J., Tomich P.A. (1992). Dots on the rocks: a comparison of percent cover estimation methods. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 165(1): 59-73. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0022-0981(92)90289-M

Parravicini V., Micheli F., Montefalcone M., Villa E., Morri C., Bianchi C.N. (2010). Rapid assessment of epibenthic communities: A comparison between two visual sampling techniques. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 395(1-2): 21-29. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2010.08.005

Parravicini V., Morri C., Ciribilli G., Montefalcone M., Albertelli G., Bianchi C.N. (2009). Size matters more than method: Visual quadrats vs photography in measuring human impact on Mediterranean rocky reef communities. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 81(3): 359-367. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2008.11.007

Ponti M., Fava F., Abbiati M. (2011) Spatial-temporal variability of epibenthic assemblages on subtidal biogenic reefs in the northern Adriatic Sea. Marine Biology (in press). http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00227-011-1661-3

Sgorbini S., Peirano A., Cocito S., Morgigni M. (2002) An underwater tracking system for mapping marine communities: an application to Posidonia oceanica. Oceanologica Acta 25(3-4): 135-138. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0399-1784(02)01188-X

Virgilio M., Airoldi L., Abbiati M. (2006) Spatial and temporal variations of assemblages in a Mediterranean coralligenous reef and relationships with surface orientation. Coral Reefs 25(2): 265-272. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00338-006-0100-2

 

Link utili

Basi di statistica

Fotografia digitale subacquea

Software

 

 

Last update: 21/03/2011