Origin and seawater composition, chlorophyll and algal pigments, anoxic and oxic environments, pH, salinity, alkalinity, temperature variation, upwelling and mixing, dissolved and particulate species, residence time, study of the nomenclature, properties, reactions and synthesis of major classes of organic compounds with reference to marine natural products will be introduced. Environmental assessment will involve analytical techniques covering spectrophotometry (Beer's Law, etc.), atomic absorption, chromatographic techniques (gas, liquid, HPLC, thin layer, etc.), electrochemistry, among others. |
Administrative assistant: RAINA FERHANA HOSSENBUX
Telephone: 4037400
Email: r.hossenbux@uom.ac.mu |