Invertebrate Biology

Catalog description

A survey of adaptations and classification of invertebrate animals. Characteristics of various taxonomic groups are emphasized within an ecological and evolutionary context. Laboratory activities focus on the functional morphology, comparative anatomy, and identification of representatives of major phyla and classes of invertebrates. field-based lab exercises emphasize sampling and identification of orders and families of arthropods and mollusks in local ecosystems. (lecture three hours, laboratory two hours)