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3.00 Credits
Reading and discussion of primary literature relating to physiological and ecosystem ecology. Topics include resource acquisition, energetics, nutrient cycling, and energy flow.
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3.00 Credits
The course covers the classification and biology of major groups of organisms found in fresh water, characteristics of aquatic habitats, pollution of aquatic environments, and the role of physical and chemical factors in aquatic ecosystems.
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3.00 Credits
The focus of the course is on global environmental issues. The issues examined have been making the news during the last year and at the time the course is taught. Changes in climate, overpopulation, pollution, conservation, development, genetically modified organisms, invasive species, illegal species trade, etc. are some of the ongoing issues that are covered in the course. The format of the course invites participation, discussion and critical thinking.
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3.00 Credits
The course is an overview of ichthyology, fisheries biology, and fisheries conservation. Students will be introduced to the taxonomic diversity of fish, fish adaptations, techniques and models used in the study of fish populations, community interactions, and issues concerning fisheries conservation and management. Special emphasis will be placed on understanding the Great Lakes fisheries.
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3.00 Credits
The course will first provide background to the discipline of animal behavior and examine the levels of questioning in this field. The class will discuss the influence of genetics and the environment on behavior (nature vs. nurture). It will magnify its focus to the roots of behavior, the proximate causes of behavior, specifically its neural and hormonal control. The class will examine the cases of bird song, electric fish EODs, shark electroreception, moth hearing and bat echolocation, and then focus on those behaviors that make up the many tasks animals must accomplish to survive and reproduce.
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3.00 Credits
Study of the life processes and responses of plants, including water relations and transport, photosynthesis and general metabolism, mineral and organic nutrition, photoperiodic responses and rhythms, growth and differentiation, and plant relationships with the environment. Laboratory includes problems and exercises in whole plant physiology as well as at the molecular level. The laboratory stresses methods rather than results. Two lectures, one laboratory.
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3.00 Credits
Lectures on techniques required for application of radioactive isotopes to biological research. Experimental isotope tracer techniques deal with in vitro and in vivo labeling as well as autoradiographic studies. Variety of living systems used.
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3.00 Credits
Consideration of the theoretical framework of evolutionary biology and the mechanisms of evolution. Special topics include microevolution, macroevolution and coevolution.
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
An in-depth examination of selected areas of biology for interested upper-division students. Topics are determined by faculty and student interests and emphasize methods and recent research developments. Examples of topics currently offered on a rotating basis include: Biomembranes, Molecular Genetics, Cell and Hybridoma Culture, Enzymes, Ethology, Hormone Mechanisms, Bioenergetics, Microbial Genetics, Field Biology, and Advanced Developmental Biology, PCR, DNA Synthesis and Immunology.
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
An in-depth examination of selected areas of biology for interested upper-division students Topics are determined by faculty and student interests and emphasize methods and recent research developments. Examples of topics currently offered on a rotating basis include: Biomembranes, Molecular Genetics, Cell and Hybridoma Culture, Enzymes, Ethology, Hormone Mechanisms, Bioenergetics, Microbial Genetics, Field Biology, and Advanced Developmental Biology, PCR, DNA Synthesis and Immunology.
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