BIO 140-I
BIO 340-I
Instructor: William Capman

THE Florida Keys provide an excellent site for study of natural history and ecology of marine, coastal and sub-tropical communities. This class will spend about 2-1/2 weeks in Florida at the Newfound Harbor Marine Institute located on Big Pine Key. The Institute offers laboratory facilities, ocean-going research platforms, housing and a dining hall. Field trips to coral reefs (Looe Key National Park), tide pools, turtle grass flats, mangrove islands and upland hammocks will be led by professional naturalists from the institute. Organisms and communities will be studied on site and in the laboaratory. Research projects studying the ecology of seagrass communities will be initiated shortly after arrival at the station in order to provide opportunities to gather data over a period of weeks. Visits to the Everglades and Key West will be included.

Evaluation will be based on:

BIO 140:

1. field and laboratory records
2. personal journal
3. quizzes at Marine Institute
4. final exam

Prerequisite for BIO 140: Any one of the following courses or their equivalents--BIO 101, 102, 103, 114, 114 or consent of the instructor.

BIO 340:

1. field and laboratory records
2. personal journal
3. quizzes at Marine Institute
4. written report of the research project
5. final exam

Prerequiste for BIO 340: BIO 351 or 481 or consent of the instructor.

Prerequsite: See Above
Maximum Enrollment: 12