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  • MAS 572: Estuarine Hydrodynamics

    3.00 Credits
    University of South Alabama

    This course will address physical processes in estuarine environments. With physical processes in estuaries occurring in various time scales, discussion will proceed in terms of three different time scales: turbulent, tidal, and residual time scales. Emphasis will be placed on mass transport by physical transport processes (water movement).
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  • MAS 573: Oceanology of Gulf of Mexico

    3.00 Credits
    University of South Alabama

    This course provides a survey of the physics, chemistry, biology, geology and meterology of the continental margins and deep ocean regions in the Gulf of Mexico and adjacent waters. Requires permission of instructor.
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  • MAS 575: Marine Ecology

    4.00 Credits
    University of South Alabama

    The course covers general ecological principles and how they apply to marine ecosystems. Both open ocean and nearshore waters are considered. Specific topics covered include: adaptations of marine organisms for life in the intertidal vs. subtitle zones; different modes of feeding and reproduction in marine organisms; and the importance of predation, competition, adult/larval interactions and dispersal mechanisms. The second half of the course is devoted to discussion of specific habitats including: coral reefs, mangrove swamps, kelp forests, and hydrothermal vents.
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  • MAS 576: Benthic Ecology

    2.00 Credits
    University of South Alabama

    This course covers the evolutionary history and the ecology of marine benthic communities from the earliest fossils to present. The importance of scale and of proper design will considered. Other topics include: predation, competition, adult/larval interactions and dispersal mechanisms. There will be discussion of productivity and materials cycling in benthic systems. Special topics of students' suggestions conclude the course.
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  • MAS 579: Coastal Ecosystem Dynamics

    2.00 Credits
    University of South Alabama

    Coastal Ecosystem Dynamics will allow students to investigate the basic principles of ecosystem structure and function. The course is divided into 2 parts: an instructional phase for learning basics of ecosystem modeling, and a student-led investigation of the structure and function of a variety of coastal ecosystems. This approach will give the student a set of quantitative tools for modeling ecosystems. Also, students will learn to evaluate differences and similarities of energy and nutrient processing in disparate ecosystems. There will be one 2 hr class meeting each week during which students will learn to use the ecological modeling software packages 'Ecopath' and 'Ecoism'. During the initial period, students will 'dissect' published models (obtained from the Internet) as a mechanism to understand the utility of ecosystem modeling as well as the basics of this particular software. The second half of the course will be devoted to student-constructed ecosystem models. The models will be constructed from data and pathway descriptions in Alongi's 'Coastal Ecosystem Processes' (CRC Press). A synthesis of these models will be constructed and placed on the WWW.
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  • MAS 580: Marine Biogeo and Paleoecology

    3.00 Credits
    University of South Alabama

    This graduate level course will give students a broad overview of the time course of evolutionary changes in the structure and function of marine ecosystems, and will consider the interacting roles of both historical and current factors as they influence the distrubution and abundance of marine organisms. Lectures will be mixed with discussions of assigned readings from the primary literature to stimulate critical thinking about the various topics.
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  • MAS 581: Advanced Marine Ecology

    2.00 Credits
    University of South Alabama

    This course will build on the foundations provided by introductory ecology courses to enhance understanding of the mechanisms that control the distrubution and abundance of marine plants and animals. The class periods will be dominated by discussions of assigned readings from the primary literature, which will be complemented by summary lecture material.
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  • MAS 582: Marine Larval Ecology

    2.00 Credits
    University of South Alabama

    An in depth treatment of the taxomony, nutrition, dispersal, bio-energetics, behavior, and bio-physical coupling of larval forms of marine species.
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  • MAS 583: Field Marine Science I

    2.00 Credits
    University of South Alabama

    The Field Marine Science course will consist of an 11 day field exercise in representative coastal sites in Maine with emphasis on rocky intertidal, kelp bed and eelgrass habitats. Two faculty members will accompany the students, participate in the pre-trip readings and evaluate the product developed by each student.
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  • MAS 584: Oceanographic Experience

    1.00 - 3.00 Credits
    University of South Alabama

    This course provides students with practical skills involved in oceanographic research. Skills may include hydrographic, hydroacoustic, and organismic sampling, gear deployment and use of analytical instrumentation at sea. Students participate in one or more oceanographic cruises during a semester and carry out a defined project using research tools available on the ship. A final report on the project forms the major part of the course grade. Cruises are available only on an ad hoc basis so permission of the instructor is required.
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