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Semester II Examinations 2008/2009: Zoology and Marine Science, Exams of Zoology

Symbiosis InternationalZoology

Information on semester II exams in zoology and marine science in the 2008/2009 academic year. Topics include fish biology, marine climate change, wave physics, marine species spread, benthic habitat assessment, marine monitoring techniques, crustacean adaptations, urban fox ecology, cetacean monitoring, fish migration, decline of European eel stocks, fish parasite communities, sponge ecology and biology, marine biotechnology, lentiviruses, viral impact on wildlife, adhesion in marine organisms, urchin fisheries management, intertidal invertebrate settlement, global warming effects, and rotifer life strategies.

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Semester II Examinations 2008 / 2009
Exam Code(s)
4BS2, 4MR2
Exam(s)
4th Undenominated Science, 4th Marine Science
Module Code(s)
Z0410 and ZO421
Module(s)
Specialist Topics
Paper No.
I
External Examiner(s)
Professor C. Holland
Internal Examiner(s)
*Professor W. Arthur
Dr. U. Frank
Prof. M. Johnson
Dr. F. Kavanagh
Dr. B. Kennedy
Dr. C. Lawton
Dr. T.K. McCarthy
Dr. G. McCormack
Dr. A.M. Power
Instructions:
Answer three questions from one section.
Duration
3hrs
No. of Pages
5
Department(s)
Zoology
SECTION A (UF)
1. Discuss the biology of the Labridae.
2. Write an essay on growth and feeding in fish.
3. Discuss sex change in fish.
4. Give an account of social hierarchies in fish.
5. Write an essay on stress and behaviour in fish.
6. Discuss the use of cleaner fish in aquaculture.
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Exam Code(s) 4BS2, 4MR Exam(s) 4 th^ Undenominated Science, 4th^ Marine Science Module Code(s) Z0410 and ZO Module(s) Specialist Topics Paper No. I External Examiner(s) Professor C. Holland Internal Examiner(s) *Professor W. Arthur Dr. U. Frank Prof. M. Johnson Dr. F. Kavanagh Dr. B. Kennedy Dr. C. Lawton Dr. T.K. McCarthy Dr. G. McCormack Dr. A.M. Power

Instructions: Answer three questions from one section.

Duration 3hrs

No. of Pages 5 Department(s) Zoology SECTION A (UF)

  1. Discuss the biology of the Labridae.
  2. Write an essay on growth and feeding in fish.
  3. Discuss sex change in fish.
  4. Give an account of social hierarchies in fish.
  5. Write an essay on stress and behaviour in fish.
  6. Discuss the use of cleaner fish in aquaculture.

SECTION B (MJ)

  1. Discuss the effects of wave exposure on rocky shore communities.
  2. Write an essay on the geographical patterns of intertidal species richness.
  3. Discuss marine climate change.
  4. What is meant by intertidal zonation and why do the patterns vary in time and space?
  5. Give an account of the physics of waves.
  6. Evaluate the causes and consequences of the spread of introduced marine species. SECTION C (BK)
  7. Write an essay on the use of multimetric indices in benthic habitat quality assessment for water framework directive applications in coastal and transitional water.
  8. Write an essay on marine benthic hypoxia.
  9. Describe the use of sediment profile imagery in marine monitoring programmes.
  10. Describe the use of geographic information systems in environmental monitoring.
  11. Write an essay on bioturbation.
  12. Write an essay on effective survey design to determine ecological change on the soft seafloor. SECTION D (FK)
  13. Write an essay on the role of Hox genes in the evolution of the crustacean body plan or The role of crustacean gnathopods in feeding and grooming, with an emphasis on functional morphology.
  14. Write an essay on crustacean adaptations to the deep-sea environment.
  15. Discuss the extent to which there is variation and conservation in arthropod body patterning.
  16. Give an account of the role of hormones in Crustacea.
  1. Describe reproduction & development in the Porifera. SECTION H (GMcC/2)
  2. Write an essay on the biology of the Porifera.
  3. Describe how sponges could be viewed as ecosystems.
  4. Discuss the potential of biodiscovery from sponges.
  5. Write an essay on the origin and evolution of the Porifera.
  6. Write an essay on Marine Biotechnology.
  7. Describe the applications of molecular techniques in phylogenetic studies. SECTION I (GMcC/3)
  8. Discuss the origin and evolution of animal lentiviruses.
  9. Write an essay on the molecular epidemiology of animal viruses.
  10. Write an essay on molecular diagnostics.
  11. Describe the impact of viruses on wild animal populations.
  12. Write an essay on Feline Immunodeficiency Virus in the domestic cat.
  13. Describe retrovirus genomes. SECTION J (AMP/1)
  14. Write an essay on the biodeterioration of intertidal zone substrates.
  15. Compare and contrast tubeworm, barnacle and mussel adhesion.
  16. Write an essay on the significance of Van der Waals forces in adhesion.
  17. Write an essay on management approaches that might be applicable to urchin fisheries.
  18. Write an essay on the settlement of intertidal invertebrates.
  19. Write an essay on spatial variability in ecology. SECTION K (AMP/2)
  20. Write an essay on global warming and phenology.
  21. Write an essay on indicator organisms of global warming.
  1. Write an essay on breeding cues in barnacles.
  2. Write an essay on the ‘everything is everywhere’ hypothesis.
  3. Write an essay on epibiosis by rotifers in intertidal habitats.
  4. Write an essay on rotifer life history strategies.