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3.00 Credits
Introduction to marine environmental challenges, and how to address these issues to achieve sustainability. Topics include green boats, green seaports, plastics in the oceans, pollution, wind, wave and tidal power, oil and gas production, sustainable coasts, sustainable fisheries. Lectures, discussion of readings, invited speakers. Field trip to coast to explore sea port and ships. Prerequisite: one introductory oceanography course or consent of instructor. Instructor: Corliss
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3.00 Credits
Population dynamics of managed and unmanaged populations. A quantitative approach to exploitation and conservation of animal and plant populations, including harvesting, population viability analysis, population genetics. Prerequisites: introductory statistics, calculus, and computer programming or consent of instructor. Instructor: Pimm
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3.00 Credits
Ecosystem, community, and population ecology of tropical plants and animals with application to conservation and sustainable development. Prerequisite: a course in general ecology. Instructor: Staff
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2.00 Credits
Introduction to Geographic Information Systems, software and analysis methods. Based on series of self-paced modules with all content provided over the Internet. Basic structure of vector and raster geographic data and spatial analysis methods. Intended to provide self-paced alternative for students interested in gaining an overview of current software and applications. Consent of instructor required. Instructor: Halpin
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3.00 Credits
Emphasis on soil resources as central components of terrestrial ecosystems, as rooting environments for plants, and as porous media for water. Soil physics and chemistry provide the basis for the special problems examined through the course. Laboratory emphasizes field and lab skills, interpretive and analytical. Instructor: Richter
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3.00 Credits
Nonlab version of Environmental Sciences and Policy 225L. Principles of transport, fates, food-web dynamics, and biological effects of pollutants in the marine environment. No laboratories. Short local field trips possible. (Given at Beaufort.) Prerequisites: introductory chemistry and biology. Instructor: C. Bonaventura
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3.00 Credits
Ecology, social organization, behavior, acoustic communication, and management issues. Focused on marine mammals in the southeastern United States (for example, bottlenose dolphin, right whale, West Indian manatee). Only open to undergraduates under Biology 126. (Given at Beaufort.) Prerequisite: introductory biology. Instructor: Read or staff
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4.00 Credits
Laboratory version of Environment 226. Laboratory exercises consider social organization and acoustic communication in the local bottlenose dolphin population. (Given at Beaufort.) Prerequisite: introductory biology. Instructor: Read, Reynolds, or staff
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4.00 Credits
Biology including the anatomy, physiology, behavior, life histories, and population dynamics of sea turtles linked to conservation issues and management. Focus on threatened and endangered sea turtle species, with special attention to science and policy issues in United States waters. Includes field experience with the animals and with their habitat requirements. Sea turtle assessment and recovery efforts, fishery-turtle interactions, population modeling and state/national/international management efforts. Only open to undergraduates under Biology 125L. (Given at Beaufort.) Prerequisite: introductory biology. Instructor: K. Eckert or S. Eckert
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1.00 - 6.00 Credits
Functional, structural, and evolutionary relationships of biochemical processes of importance to marine organisms. Open to undergraduates only under Biology 155L. Four units (fall and spring); variable credit (summer). (Given at Beaufort.) Prerequisites: Biology 25L and Chemistry 11L, 12L. Instructor: Rittschof (fall and summer)
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