Salt Marsh Plant Ecology

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A study with emphasis on the botanical aspects of local marshes; includes plant identification, composition, structure, distribution, and development of coastal marshes. Biological and physical interrelationships. Primary productivity and relation of marshes to estuaries and associated fauna. Must be taken at the Gulf Coast Research Laboratory, Ocean Springs, Mississippi. May be taught concurrently with BIO 637. Cannot receive credit for both BIO 537 and BIO 637. Prerequisite: BIO 122 and BIO 334 and BIO 367 and BIO 368 and BIO 544 ; and concurrent enrollment in BIO 538 . Corequisite: BIO 538