Master's degree in coastal and marine biology and Ecology

The course aims to provide students with the tools for understanding the basic processes and dynamics that are responsible for the characteristics of the marginal seas and coastal areas. The course:

• Introduces concepts and methods of climatology applied to coastal marine areas and marginal seas.
• Describes the processes responsible for salinity, temperature, transport processes, and variability of the sea level.
• Describes the specific characteristics of the Mediterranean in the global context.
• Introduces by the recent changes of the Mediterranean climate Students are required to have a basic knowledge of calculus, mechanics, thermodynamics and fluid dynamics.

The course includes two sessions with practical exercises in the Laboratory of Informatics.