The course takes an ecologic approach emphasizing the roles of producers, regulation of their abundance and composition, and the structure of food chains in open-water and benthic ecosystems. Main topics are an introduction to the marine environment, plankton-based systems of the open water, tropical reefs and lagoons, soft-bottom systems on temperate shores and in the abyss, and temperate rocky shores. The laboratory is intended to introduce students with little or no experience to marine environments and their inhabitants through the examination of marine organisms and viewing videos.
Credits: 4 with lab or 3 for lecture only
Prerequisites: BIOL-104
Credits: 3 (lecture only), 4 (lecture and lab)
Prerequisites: BIOL-104
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