Courses

Indigenous conservation strategies and introduction to management systems of forests, rangelands and wildlife; conservation of water catchment and soil; in situ and ex situ conservation practices. Application of ecological principles to the management of...

Oil pollution: behavior, characteristics and impact of oil pollution on biota and recreational facilities. Damage estimation methods and management of oil spills in terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. Impact assessment and clean-up. Ballast water ecology:...

Composition, ecology and adaptation of invertebrates in lenthic and lotic systems; plankton, neuston, benthos and aufwuchs; organisms in special environments; groundwater, swamps, and saline water, temporal and thermal waters; role of vertebrates in aquatic...

Field trips to selected areas with potential for vast ecological biodiversity in the major ecological biotopes. Reporting on the form and function of the ecological associations using statistical designs/ model. Presentation of study reports.

Marine plants and primary production. Major groups of marine invertebrates and vertebrates: morphology and systematics. Biology, pelagic and benthic life. Ecology. Special ecological habitats. Adaptations to extreme conditions in the marine environment.

Wetland values, human impacts and regulations. Wetland evaluation and delineation. History of wetland management in Ghana. Principles of wetland restoration. Wetlands management for waterfowl. Integrated catchments management: challenges and realities....

Introduction to Limnology. The water cycle. Basic hydrology. Stream classification. Lakeformation and morphology. Optical and thermal properties of water. Water movements in lakes.Global geochemistry. Ionic composition of natural waters. Dissolved gases....

Evolutionary trends among vertebrates. The Agnatha, Chondrichthyes, Osteichthyes, Amphibia, Reptilia, Aves and Mammalia. Biology, ecology and systematic of vertebrates. Interaction of humans with other vertebrates (e.g. snakes).

Sampling techniques. Dispersion. Population parameters. Methods of animal population estimation. Natural regulation of animal populations. Life table and Key-factor analyses.

Basic definitions and principles of epidemiology: The science of epidemiology, objectives, methods and tools. Introduction to modelling in epidemiology. Major parasitic diseasesystems and their management.