BIO 1080 - Biology and Ecology of the Chesapeake Bay

Institution:

College of Southern Maryland

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Description:

Prerequisite: RDG 0800 or placement; and MTH 1000 or MTH 1040 or math placement; or permission of department chair This course is an introduction to the Chesapeake Bay with emphasis on the patterns of water circulation, and the geological processes that produced this estuary, the largest and most productive in the United States. Students learn how physical and chemical factors produced within the drainage basin or imported from the Atlantic Ocean, both natural and man-made, influence the ecology and life history of selected commercially and recreationally important species from the bay's major biological communities. Optional self-guided field trips have variable costs.

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3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.csmd.edu/

Phone Number:

(301) 934-2251

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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