Marine Conservation Biology

Catalog description

Credits 4. 3 Lecture Hours. 3 Lab Hours. Lectures and laboratories cover the major principles of conservation biology; a new synthetic field that applies concepts of ecology, systematics and evolution, biogeology, genetics, behavioral sciences, and social sciences to the conservation of marine fisheries resources. Lab exercises include morphometric and genetic variation, GIS, molecular systematics and phylogenetic inference. Prerequisites: MARB 215 or BIOL 112 ; junior or senior classification, or approval of instructor.