{"id":7424,"date":"2024-11-08T21:10:39","date_gmt":"2024-11-08T20:10:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rebreatherzone.com\/?page_id=7424"},"modified":"2024-11-08T21:34:00","modified_gmt":"2024-11-08T20:34:00","slug":"sdi-marine-ecosystems-awarness-course","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.rebreatherzone.com\/en\/scuba-training\/oc-recreational-training\/sdi-marine-ecosystems-awarness-course\/","title":{"rendered":"SDI Marine Ecosystems Awareness Course"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3772 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebreatherzone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/sdi.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"307\" height=\"138\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebreatherzone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/sdi.png 307w, https:\/\/www.rebreatherzone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/sdi-300x135.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 307px) 100vw, 307px\" \/><\/p>\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"boxed alignright wp-image-7425 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebreatherzone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/padi150_5950684588_o-300x212.jpg\" alt=\"SDI Marine Ecosystems Awareness\" width=\"300\" height=\"212\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebreatherzone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/padi150_5950684588_o-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebreatherzone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/padi150_5950684588_o-1024x724.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rebreatherzone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/padi150_5950684588_o-768x543.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebreatherzone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/padi150_5950684588_o-1536x1086.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.rebreatherzone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/padi150_5950684588_o-2048x1449.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\r\n<h2>SDI Marine Ecosystems Awareness<\/h2>\r\n<h2>Course Overview<\/h2>\r\n<p>Divers have a vested interest in protecting the marine environment. In many cases, divers do not have environmental information about local sites. This specialty is designed to increase the open water diver\u2019s understanding of marine and freshwater environments, the problems facing these unique ecosystems, and the role that diver\u2019s play in protecting our marine resources.<\/p>\r\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 31\">\r\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\r\n<h3 class=\"column\">Course prerequisites:<\/h3>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 31\">\r\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\r\n<div class=\"column\">\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Minimum age 18, 10 with parental consent<\/li>\r\n<li>SDI Open Water Scuba Diver, SDI Junior Open Water Scuba Diver, or equivalent<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\">What you can expect to learn<\/h3>\r\n<p><strong>The SDI Marine Eco Systems Awareness Diver course takes an in-depth look at all of the following and more:<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Physical attributes\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Temperature and thermoclines<\/li>\r\n<li>Salinity and halocline<\/li>\r\n<li>Dissolved gases<\/li>\r\n<li>Light, as it applies to photosynthesis<\/li>\r\n<li>Nutrient circulation<\/li>\r\n<li>Waves and tides<\/li>\r\n<li>Currents and nutrient cycling<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li>Topographical features<\/li>\r\n<li>Marine organisms\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Plankton<\/li>\r\n<li>Aquatic plants<\/li>\r\n<li>Aquatic animals<\/li>\r\n<li>Specific local animals<\/li>\r\n<li>Aquatic food webs<\/li>\r\n<li>Behavioral changes due to daily cycle<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li>Ecosystems\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Tropical reef<\/li>\r\n<li>Temperate<\/li>\r\n<li>Freshwater<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li>Environmentally friendly diving techniques\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Buoyancy control<\/li>\r\n<li>Kick technique<\/li>\r\n<li>Local considerations<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li>Issues facing marine ecosystems\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Issues of local interest<\/li>\r\n<li>Global habitat destruction and pollution<\/li>\r\n<li>Over fishing<\/li>\r\n<li>Coral bleaching<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li>Diver interactions\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Intrusive<\/li>\r\n<li>Non-intrusive<\/li>\r\n<li>Feeding<\/li>\r\n<li>Treating marine life injuries<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li>Observation Techniques\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Grids<\/li>\r\n<li>Passive observation<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li>Collection Methods<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p><em>Some of the required skills you will have to demonstrate include:<\/em> At various sites complete the following:<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Maintain good buoyancy control<\/li>\r\n<li>Make general observations\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Location<\/li>\r\n<li>Bottom composition<\/li>\r\n<li>Marine life<\/li>\r\n<li>Special characteristics<\/li>\r\n<li>Indications of human impact<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li>Grid observations\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Make two separate sets of grid observations during each dive<\/li>\r\n<li>Describe all marine life for later identification<\/li>\r\n<li>Record behavior<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li>Compare and contrast the dive sites<\/li>\r\n<li>Discuss the effect of human impacts<\/li>\r\n<li>Discuss ways to minimize human impact<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h3>Pricing:<\/h3>\r\n<div class=\"row \"><div class=\"col-sm-6 \"><table class=\"table table-striped table-bordered\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>Marine Ecosystems Awareness<\/td>\r\n<td>\u20ac200,00<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table><\/div>\r\n<div class=\"col-sm-6 \"><a href=\"\/contact\/\" title=\"Want to Know More? 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