MAR 227 - Introduction to Field Marine Science:Subtropical Environments

Institution:

Rider University

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Description:

4 credits Quantitative comparison of (1) properties of sediments and hard bottoms; (2) associated diversity, abundance, size, and zonation of algae/plants and animals; and (3) physicalchemical properties of sea water. Habitats studied include rocky intertidal and subtidal pools, turtle grass beds, foraminiferal sandy beaches, hypersaline mangrove lagoons, quiet water fouling communities, soft coral shoals, red algal boiler reefs, and coral reefs. Emphasis on exercises involving field and laboratory instrumental analyses, group mapping project, and individual experimental research projects. Taught at the Bermuda Biological Station, Bermuda. Summer Session I.

Credits:

4.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.rider.edu

Phone Number:

(609) 896-5000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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