An Introduction to animal behavior and types of behavior. Foraging behavior and different regimes. Behavioral physiological adaptations. Animal behavior and applied Pharmacology. The role of animal behavior in biomedical studies. Biological rhythm, homing and migration. Animal communication. Applications of Pavlov experiments. Biological control. The role of nervous system in behavior. 2+0

The main objective of the course is to introduce the students to Aquaculture w.r.t Fish farming in particular. To provide students with basic and current information on Aquaculture :Fish Culture  status worldwide as well as regional. To update them with recent trends in  Aquaculture t: Global and Regional(Saudi Arabia). 1+1

Introduction, Fisheries and Food security, Development of Fisheries , Importance and superiority of fish protein, Fisheries of Saudi Arabia, Present and Future.

—Recent advances in aquatic animal characteristics, phylogeny, adaptations, zoogeography and reproductive strategies.

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—Credit hours- 2(2+0)

Species Diversity, Community structure and diversity, Predators and  predation, Aquatic community regulation, Habitat types, Feeding mechanisms, factors controlling diversity, Freshwater wetlands, Mangrove mangles, Inorganic and Organic pollutants, Biological and Physical pollutants.2+0