BIOLOGY 320 - Tropical Biology

Institution:

Connecticut College

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Description:

An intensive field course emphasizing community ecology and adaptations of organisms to tropical environments. Field trips and research projects will be based at research stations in Belize, and will include studies of the following natural communities: tropical forests, mangrove swamps, seagrass beds and coral reefs. One lecture per week and 12 days of intensive field work in Belize during spring break. Prerequisite: Biology 207 and permission of the instructor. Enrollment limited to 16 students. Special Fee.Offered in 2008-2009 and alternate years. S. Loomis, R. Askins, A. Bernhard

Credits:

4.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.connecticutcollege.edu

Phone Number:

(860) 447-1911

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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