Protists

Code:

MA114

Acronym:

PROT

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	General and Aquatic Biology

Instance: 2015/2016 - 1S (of 16-11-2015 to 15-01-2016)

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Microscopy
Course/CS Responsible:	Aquatic Sciences

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
LCMA	56	Plan 2012 to 2017	1	-	5	48	135

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

Students should acquire basic knowledge about algae and protozoans, their biological diversity, life cycles, taxonomy and phylogeny.

 

Learning outcomes and competences

Students should acquire the basic concepts on cladistics, being able to understand the current classification of protist groups. Students should also be able to recognise the main phyla of protists and the most common species of macroalgae present in the intertidal zone of the North of Portugal.

 

Working method

Presencial

Program

1) Introduction to protistology: the concept of protist and basic Cladistics. 2) General overview of the major lineages of eukaryotes according to recent phylogenetic hypotheses: the super-groups Plastidophyla, Stramenopiles, Alveolata, Rhizaria, Excavata, Opisthokonta and Amoebozoa 3) The origins of plastids from symbiosis with cyanobacteria; the Glaucophyta. 4) The major Plastidophyla clades: Rhodophyta, Chloroplastida, Haptophyta and Cryptophyta. 5) Characterization of the most relevant protist clades within the Chloroplastida: the prasinophycean clades; Chlorophyta (Chlorophyceae, Trebouxiophyceae and Ulvophycea); Streptophyta (Zygnematophyceae, Coleochaetophyceae, Charales). 6) The Stramenopiles: Chrysophyceae, Xanthophyceae, Eustigmatophyceae, Bacillariophyceae, Raphidophyceae, Phaeophyceae, Dictyochophycea, Oomycota and Hyphochytridiomycota. 7) The Alveolata: Ciliophora, Dinoflagellata, Perkinsidae and Apicomplexa. 8) Characterization of the major groups included in Rhizaria: Cercozoa, Foraminifera, Radiolaria and Haplosporidia. 9)  General characterization of the Excavata with special reference to the Euglenozoa. 9) General aspects of the Amoebozoa with special reference to the Mycetozoa. 10) Major protist clades within the Opisthokonta: microsporidia and choanoflagellates.

 

Mandatory literature

Graham Linda E. 340; Algae. ISBN: 978-0-321-55965-4

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theoretical classes; laboratory classes dedicated to the observation and identification of protozoans, marine and freshwater algae.

 

keywords

Natural sciences

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Exame	90,00
Trabalho laboratorial	10,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	86,00
Frequência das aulas	49,00
Total:	135,00

Calculation formula of final grade

Exam classification = 90% of final classification; laboratory reports = 10% of final classification