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Course Criteria
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5.00 Credits
Field, lecture, and laboratory course introducing mammals in a general biological context, emphasizing ecology, evolution, behavior, morphology, and adaptation to the environment. Includes required weekend field trips, for which students may be required to share a portion of transportation costs. Offered: A.
Prerequisite:
either BIOL 354 or BIOL 356
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5.00 Credits
Field, lecture, and laboratory study of birds framed in biological theory rather than taxonomy. Breeding systems, brood parasitism, appearance, molt, migration, orientation, social behavior, song, and flight are emphasized. Includes Saturday and weekend field trips for which students are required to share a portion of transportation costs. Offered: irregularly.
Prerequisite:
BIOL 220; recommend BIOL 350 or BIOL 356
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8.00 Credits
Survey of plants represented in marine environments; natural history; ecology, distribution, habitat, adaptation, and trophic interrelationships. Offered: at Friday Harbor Laboratories; Sp.
Prerequisite:
either BIOL 102, BIOL 162, BIOL 203, or BIOL 220; BIOL 430/ZOOL 430, which may be taken concurrently
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5.00 Credits
Study of major algal groups emphasizing form, function, reproduction, distribution, biodiversity, and ecological roles in coastal, oceanic, and global ecosystems. Topics include classification, cellular and organisimal features, phylogeny, and evolution of major algal groups. Emphasizes economically useful and ecologically important algae. Offered: Sp.
Prerequisite:
either BIOL 102, BIOL 162, BIOL 180, or BIOL 203
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3.00 Credits
Marine environment in relation to requirements for algal life. Intertidal, subtidal, geographical, and seasonal distribution of marine algae. Functional aspects of algal form, structure, productivity, and energy economy of marine algal communities. Algal utilization and aquaculture. Offered: on demand.
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5.00 Credits
Important larger invertebrate groups; morphology, classification, stratigraphic distribution, evolution, paleoecology. Offered: jointly with ESS 451; W.
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5.00 Credits
The biology of vertebrate animals, emphasizing their diversity, adaptations, and evolutionary history. Introduces aspects of behavior, physiology, morphology, and ecology that emerge from the comparative study of vertebrates. Laboratory includes local field trips, films, and introduction to regional vertebrate fauna. Offered: S.
Prerequisite:
either BIOL 102, BIOL 162, BIOL 180, or both BIOL 202 and BIOL 203
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5.00 Credits
Comparison of the structure of vertebrate organ systems: integument, skeletal, muscle, digestive, respiratory, cardiovascular, urinary, and reproductive, with an emphasis on evolutionary trends. Offered: W.
Prerequisite:
BIOL 350
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3.00 Credits
Biology of terrestrial arthropods, with emphasis on insects. Structure, classification, physiology, and ecology of insects. Interrelationships of insects and man. Offered: W.
Prerequisite:
either BIOL 102, BIOL 162, BIOL 180, or both BIOL 202 and BIOL 203
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2.00 Credits
Structure and function of arthropods, with emphasis on insects. Field studies and taxonomy of important insect groups. Students may be required to share a portion of the transportation costs of field trips. Offered: Sp.
Prerequisite:
BIOL 454 which may be taken concurrently
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