| Possess the knowledge required to calculate and interpret the biodiversity of the organisms, their morphological adaptations and their roles in the marine ecosystem. | 20.0 % |
| Have an advanced-level understanding of the aquatic marine biogeochemical cycles, the relationships between them and the consequences of their interactions and temporal alterations on the biodiversity of biological resources. | 20.0 % |
| Understand the population biology of the marine organisms with different life histories, while being able to relate these life histories with their population dynamics and with intraspecific and interspecific interactions. | 20.0 % |
| Possess the knowledge required to understand the key processes that structure marine communities and guide their dynamics. | 20.0 % |
| Be able to design sampling plans for different marine environments that address different scales of spatial and temporal variability. | 20.0 % |
