Marine Ecology

The Master in Marine Ecology has the following main objectives:

. Establish a postgraduate training, theoretical and practical, focused in the analysis of ocean and coastal environments and its associated problems;

. Privilege integrated strategies of analysis, evaluation and conservation of marine ecosystems.

At the end of the course, students should have acquired the skills and competences to:

. Solve theoretical and experimental problems in marine ecology and conduct laboratory/field work, leading to the study of the hypotheses to be tested;

. Collect, select and interpret information in order to identify solutions to reduce the impact of human activities on the marine environment, framing them in environmental legislation (national and Community) in force;

. Disseminating information obtained in the course of their work to the general public and their peers, by publishing results.