SUF332 Plastic Pollution in Aquatic Ecosystems

3 ECTS - 1-2 Duration (T+A)- 6. Semester- 2 National Credit

Information

Code SUF332
Name Plastic Pollution in Aquatic Ecosystems
Term 2024-2025 Academic Year
Semester 6. Semester
Duration (T+A) 1-2 (T-A) (17 Week)
ECTS 3 ECTS
National Credit 2 National Credit
Teaching Language Türkçe
Level Belirsiz
Type Normal
Mode of study Yüz Yüze Öğretim
Catalog Information Coordinator Prof. Dr. SEDAT GÜNDOGDU
Course Instructor
1 2
Prof. Dr. SEDAT GÜNDOGDU (A Group) (Ins. in Charge)


Course Goal / Objective

The aim of the course is to create knowledge about the sources, effects, distribution dynamics, and transformation processes of plastic pollution in aquatic ecosystems, including the methods used in researching plastic and microplastic pollution

Course Content

The course will cover topics such as: What is plastic? What are the different types of plastic? The historical development of plastic production, the sources of plastic pollution in aquatic ecosystems, how plastic pollution enters aquatic environments, the classification of plastics based on size and shape, microplastics, the dynamics of microplastic formation, the areas of microplastic accumulation in aquatic environments, the effects of microplastic pollution on living organisms, the relationship between microplastic pollution and associated chemical pollution, research methods for investigating microplastic pollution, research methods for investigating macroplastic pollution, and plastic and microplastic pollution in Turkish freshwater and marine environments. The course will draw on various sources and current scientific studies.

Course Precondition

None

Resources

Gündoğdu, S., Çevik, C., & Karaca, S. (2017). Fouling assemblage of benthic plastic debris collected from Mersin Bay, NE Levantine coast of Turkey. Marine pollution bulletin, 124(1), 147-154. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0025326X17306045 Gündoğdu, S., & Çevik, C. (2017). Micro-and mesoplastics in Northeast Levantine coast of Turkey: The preliminary results from surface samples. Marine pollution bulletin, 118(1-2), 341-347. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0025326X17302084 Gündoğdu, S. (2017). Türkiye’nin kuzeydoğu Levant kıyısındaki İskenderun Körfezi’nde yüksek düzeyde mikroplastik kirliliği. Su Ürünleri Dergisi, 34(4), 401-408. http://dergipark.gov.tr/egejfas/issue/29803/329228 Gündoğdu, Sedat. “Contamination of table salts from Turkey with microplastics.” Food Additives & Contaminants: Part A (2018): 1-9. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/19440049.2018.1447694 Gündoğdu, S., Çevik, C., Ayat, B., Aydoğan, B., & Karaca, S. (2018). How microplastics quantities increase with flood events? An example from Mersin Bay NE Levantine coast of Turkey. Environmental Pollution, 239, 342-350. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0269749118300939 Gündoğdu, S., Çevik, C., Güzel, E., & Kilercioğlu, S. (2018). Microplastics in municipal wastewater treatment plants in Turkey: a comparison of the influent and secondary effluent concentrations. Environmental monitoring and assessment, 190(11), 626. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10661-018-7010-y Gündoğdu, S., Yeşilyurt, İ. N., & Erbaş, C., (2018). Potential interaction between plastic litter and green turtle Chelonia mydas during nesting in an extremely polluted beach. Marine pollution bulletin, 140, 138-145. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0025326X19300426 Gündoğdu, S., & Çevik, C. (2019). Mediterranean dirty edge: High level of meso and macroplastics pollution on the Turkish coast. Environmental Pollution, 113351. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2019.113351

Notes

Ayat, B., Aydoğan, B., Gündoğdu, S. (2022). Modeling the Fate and Transport of Microplastics in Coastal Areas. In Book: Microplastic Pollution: Environmental Occurrence and Treatment Technologies, Springer Nature. 241. https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-89220-3 Gündogdu, S., Rathod, N., Hassoun, A., Jamroz, E., Kulawik, A., Gokbulut, C., Aït-Kaddour A., Özogul, F. (2022). The impact of nano/micro-plastics toxicity on seafood quality and human health: facts and gaps, Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition. https://doi.org/10.1080/10408398.2022.2033684 Gündoğdu, R., Önder, D., Gündoğdu, S., & Gwinnett, C. (2022). Microplastics Derived From Disposable Greenhouse Plastic Films and Irrigation Pipes: A Case Study From Turkey. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11356-022-21911-6 Bergmann, M., Almroth, B. C., Brander, S. M., Dey, T., Green, D. S., Gundogdu, S., … & Walker, T. R. (2022). A global plastic treaty must cap production. Science, 376(6592), 469-470. https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abq0082 Akça, M. O. , Gundogdu, S. & Turgay, O. C. (2022). Çilek üretiminde plastik malç uygulamasından kaynaklı toprakta plastik birikiminin belirlenmesi . Toprak Bilimi ve Bitki Besleme Dergisi. Volume 10, Issue 2, 165 – 176 https://doi.org/10.33409/tbbbd.1185820 Gündoğdu, S., Köşker A.R. (2023).Microplastic contamination in canned fish sold in Turkey. PeerJ 10:e14627 http://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14627 Green DS, Almroth BC, Altman R, et al (2023) Time to kick the butt of the most common litter item in the world: Ban cigarette filters. Science of the Total Environment. 161256. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.SCITOTENV.2022.161256


Course Learning Outcomes

Order Course Learning Outcomes
LO01 It is learned to pay attention to plastic pollution, which is an important environmental problem, while practicing the profession.
LO02 Knowledge is gained about the impact of plastic pollution on aquatic ecosystems.
LO03 An understanding is gained about the details of plastic presence in seafood and what measures are needed to prevent it.
LO04 Develops the ability to establish cause-effect relationships between environmental problems.
LO05 Comprehensive knowledge is gained about the causes of plastic pollution.
LO06 An understanding is gained about the transition of plastic pollution between environmental compartments and its dynamics.


Relation with Program Learning Outcome

Order Type Program Learning Outcomes Level
PLO01 Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal Having knowledge on “natural and applied sciences” and “basic engineering”; combination of their theoretical and practical knowledge on fisheries engineering applications. 4
PLO02 Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal Assessment of data scientifically on fisheries engineering, determining and solving the problems 4
PLO03 Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal Uses theoretical and practical knowledge in the field of fisheries to design; investigates and interprets events and phenomena usig scientific methods and techniques. 3
PLO04 Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal Collecting data in fisheries science, making the basic experimental studies, evaluating the results, identifying the problems and developing methods of solution 4
PLO05 Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal Having plan any study related to fisheries science as an individually, managing and consulting. 2
PLO06 Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal Learning the knowledge by the determining learning needs; developing positive attitude towards lifelong learning
PLO07 Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı Communicating oral and written in expertise field, monitoring the seminars and meeting in expertise field, following the foreign language publication. 5
PLO08 Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı Improving life-long learning attitude and using the information to the public interest. 5
PLO09 Yetkinlikler - Bağımsız Çalışabilme ve Sorumluluk Alabilme Yetkinliği Creating public awareness about fisheries and having the ability to ensure sustainable use of aquatic resources. 5
PLO10 Yetkinlikler - Bağımsız Çalışabilme ve Sorumluluk Alabilme Yetkinliği Communicating oral and written effectively, participating the seminars and meetings in expertise field, following the foreign language publications. 3
PLO11 Yetkinlikler - Bağımsız Çalışabilme ve Sorumluluk Alabilme Yetkinliği Using the informatics and communicating technology 2
PLO12 Yetkinlikler - Bağımsız Çalışabilme ve Sorumluluk Alabilme Yetkinliği Improves constantly itself , as well as professional development scientific, social, cultural and artistic fields according to his/her interests and abilities identifying needs of learning.
PLO13 Yetkinlikler - Öğrenme Yetkinliği Gaining competence to determine the current status of aquatic resources and its sustainable use, water pollution and control, and biotechnology areas. 5
PLO14 Yetkinlikler - Öğrenme Yetkinliği Having ability to promote the study about aquaculture techniques by saving the natural environment, fishery diseases, fishing and processing technology, structure of fishery sector, problems and solution of their expertise field 5
PLO15 Yetkinlikler - Öğrenme Yetkinliği Ability to act in accordance with the regulation, social, scientific, cultural, and ethical values on fisheries field 5


Week Plan

Week Topic Preparation Methods
1 What is plastic? Reading related sources, homework Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma
2 What are the different types of plastic? Reading related sources, homework Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Soru-Cevap
3 The historical development of plastic production Reading related sources, homework Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Soru-Cevap, Tartışma, Anlatım
4 The sources of plastic pollution in aquatic ecosystems Reading related sources, homework Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Tartışma
5 How plastic pollution enters aquatic environments Reading related sources, homework Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma
6 The classification of plastics based on size and shape Reading related sources, homework Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma
7 Microplastics Reading related sources Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma
8 Mid-Term Exam Studying midterm exam Ölçme Yöntemleri:
Proje / Tasarım
9 The dynamics of microplastic formation Reading related sources, homework Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma
10 The areas of microplastic accumulation in aquatic environments Reading related sources Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma
11 The effects of microplastic pollution on aquatic organisms Reading related sources, homework Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma
12 The relationship between microplastic pollution and associated chemical pollution Reading related sources Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma
13 Research methods for investigating microplastic pollution Reading related sources, homework Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Gösteri
14 Research methods for investigating macroplastic pollution Reading related sources Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Gösteri
15 Plastic and microplastic pollution in Turkish freshwater and marine environments Reading related sources, homework Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Soru-Cevap
16 Final Term Exams Studying final term exam Ölçme Yöntemleri:
Yazılı Sınav, Proje / Tasarım
17 Final Term Exams Studying exam Ölçme Yöntemleri:
Proje / Tasarım


Student Workload - ECTS

Works Number Time (Hour) Workload (Hour)
Course Related Works
Class Time (Exam weeks are excluded) 14 2 28
Out of Class Study (Preliminary Work, Practice) 14 2 28
Assesment Related Works
Homeworks, Projects, Others 1 0 0
Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) 1 4 4
Final Exam 1 12 12
Total Workload (Hour) 72
Total Workload / 25 (h) 2,88
ECTS 3 ECTS

Update Time: 10.05.2024 11:40