CCMAS Course Search

Diversity of aquatic habitats and their vegetation; Growth forms and life form classifications; Distribution and growth of aquatic macrophytes; Reproductive strategies of aquatic macrophytes; Structural and dynamic characteristics of aquatic plant communities: Primary production and energetics; Nutrient uptake and release; Problems and control of noxious weeds: conservation of aquatic macrophytes

Affinities and evolution of higher algae; bryophytes; pteridophytes; A systematic survey of major vascular and non-vascular epiphytes; Ecology of epiphytes; Functions of epiphytes environmental monitoring and ecosystem stabilization

The study of major pollutants: oil and petrochemical; heavy metals; solid wastes of aerial; terrestrial and aquatic environment and their effects on other components of ecosystems; The study of radiation and plant life; Survey of environmental pollution control and measures

Objectives of EIA; Resources required for EIA; Basic principles of EIA; Site selection; environmental screening and preliminary assessment; Scoping of significant issues; Impact identification; prediction; measurement and evaluation; Identification of monitoring and mitigating measures; Documentation of EIA; Environmental impact statement; A selected survey with case studies

The nature and ecological significance of food and medicinal plant biodiversity in traditional subsistence systems; scientific; institutional and ethical issues in ethnobotany; evaluation; application and management of plants and Indigenous Knowledge of plants to address contemporary health and nutrition problems

Origin of plants: Green algae - multicellular and mosses as aquatic ancestors; Movement to land: mosses and liverworts; Characteristics of first terrestrial plants; Origin of seeds; Evolution of higher plants and their diversity; Importance of plant diversity; Relationship between families of flowering plants; Diversity and evolution of gymnosperms; Reticulate evolution of higher plants; Evolution of flower; Ecological importance of species diversity

The synthetic theory of evolution and its development; The sources of variability; The nature of mutation; its causes and adaptiveness; The organization of genetic variability; The differentiation of population; Reproductive isolation and the origin of species; The role of hybridization and polyploidy in evolution; Major trends of evolution; Current issues in evolution

An intensive field investigation into the taxonomy and ecology of critical groups of vascular and non-vascular plants; Indicator species for major biomes in Nigeria; Threatened and Endangered plant species in Nigeria; Invasive plants; Exotic invasives (Management; law and legislation)

Community structure of tropical rainforests and Savanna ecosystems; Natural and man-made forests; Habitat characteristics and Biodiversity; Global warming; Roles of forest in carbon sequestration and modification of microclimate; Ecological factors that affect the productivity of forests and savanna ecosystems; Nutrient cycling and ecosystem dynamics; Deforestation and forest regrowth; Land use practices and Nigerian vegetation profile; Fire as a management tool in forests; Savanna forest fires; Timber and non timber forest products (NTFPs); Forestry administration and management programmes in Nigeria; Community forests; Forestry policies and legislation; Forest conservation and the Nigerian protected area system

Plant growth: Effects of irradiance; light quality; temperature; duration of light on reproductive growth; Seasonal and geographic aspects of photoperiodism; Long-day; and short-day plants as the basic categories; Photoperiodic induction; mechanism of photoperiodism; Rhythmic behaviour of plant processes; Growth and vernalization and apical dominance; Cyclical periodicity abscission and mechanism of abscission; Dynamics of primary vegetative growth; Totipotency; Measures of indices of growth and rates of growth; Alternative ways of plant growth for their products for world market; Hormones in horticulture and agriculture