Course
This course will cover the major topics in coastal marine
ecology and provide an understanding of the physical and chemical processes
that control the coastal and estuarine biota.
Lectures will emphasize our current understanding of the topics outlined
below.
Course Topics
- Introduction to Coasts and Estuaries
- Physical Processes
- Geology
- Physical oceanography
- Chemical Processes
- Primary Producers:
- Phytoplankton
- Seagrasses
- Marshes and Mangroves
- Microbial Processes
- Consumers
- Zooplankton
- Benthos
- Nekton
- Higher vertebrates
- Human Impacts
Course
Morphology, taxonomy, physiology and ecology of
aquatic plants, including freshwater, marine algae, freshwater submerged
macrophytes and seagrasses.