BIO 440 - Field Biology Of The Desert Southwest

Institution:

Creighton University

Subject:

Biology

Description:

A field course designed to allow students to study faunal and floral desert adaptations. Students spend three weeks living at a field station in San Carlos, Mexico on the Sea of Cortez. Participants obtain and analyze field data to determine how small, ectothermic vertebrates utilize external heat sources in order to thermoregulate, culminating in a paper written while at the field station. Bioinventory activities include collecting, preserving and identifying museum quality specimens; trips to nearby Nacapule Canyon, night time and day time visits to local tide pools, snorkeling trips including Isla San Pedro and its sea lion colonies. Participating students should be prepared for warm, sunny weather and time both in and out of the water, kyaking and sailing. Qualifies as a population level biology course and as a laboratory course and is now Certified Writing. P: BIO 212, and IC.

Credits:

0.00 - 4.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.creighton.edu

Phone Number:

(402) 280-2700

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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