BIO 5068 Tropical Ecology and Marine Biology Of Barbuda
This is a 3-week course offered during January Wintersession. Students will travel to the island of Barbuda in the Lesser Antilles Islands in the Caribbean to participate in terrestrial ecology and marine biology fieldwork and an independent research project. Topics will include basic ecology, island biogeography, diversity and vegetation succession, mangrove diversity, invertebrate and vertebrate diversity, and coral reef ecology. Exercises will involve a variety of field census, sampling, and identification techniques as well as development and execution of a novel research project and subsequent data analysis. Prerequisites: Principles of Biology I, II with minimum grade of C-. Winter. (4 cr.)