Biology 424 - Marine Biology
Spring
2021
01
4.00
Akiko Okusu
M W F 11:15AM 12:05PM
UMass Amherst
72873
Fully Remote Lecture
aokusu@umass.edu
This course introduces life in the sea from ecological and evolutionary perspectives. Topics will include primary and secondary production, interrelations of marine organisms and their environment (e.g. rocky intertidal, estuaries, interstitial communities, coral reefs, deep-sea communities), adaptations of marine organisms, human impacts on marine life, biodiversity, conservation, and aquaculture. Students will also learn about recent advances in marine research by reading primary literature on topics including reproduction, embryology, paleontology, metazoan body-plan evolution, evolution of development, and phylogeny.
This course is open to BIOLOGY majors only. BIOLOGY 280 OR 287 w/ C
Multiple required components--lab and/or discussion section. To register, submit requests for all components simultaneously.