Contents Lecture and Seminar “Evolution of reef ecosystems” Structure: Reefs: Structure, ecology, types, reef zonation and distribution: tropical and cold water. Past reefs: Reef evolution, controlling factors in Earth's history. Reefs as archives of past climate and environmental change. Present-day reefs: Benefits, threats: anthropogenic influence, global climate change, coral bleaching. Reefs of the future: reef protection/management (individual, regional, global), scenarios Possibly visit to the Berlin Zoo aquarium (or optional in Stralsund: Meeresmuseum, Ozeaneum) Seminar: Develop and present short presentations on a topic of your choice Watch documentary movies at home and discuss their contents in online class