By the end of the course, the students are expected to
understand the general concepts used in ecological modelling (e.g. carrying capacity, functional response, closure term, state variables etc.),
be able to construct simple ecosystem models by formulating trophic interactions within a food web,
be competent in using Ecopath with Ecosim to set up trophic mass-balance and dynamic representations of given ecosystems,
understand, calculate and be able to interpret commonly used ecological indicators as means of ecosystem structure and function of marine ecosystems.