A field-based course exploring the connections between primary producers and organisms that utilize the marine environment; observation, identification, and counting of organisms in tropical marine environments including phytoplankton in coastal waters, coral reefs, seagrass meadows, and mangrove forests. Prerequisites: MARB 215; concurrent enrollment in MARB 421; completion of swim test Credits 3. 2 Lecture Hours. 3 Lab Hours.
A field-based course exploring the connections between primary producers and organisms that utilize the marine environment; observation, identification, and counting of organisms in tropical marine environments including phytoplankton in coastal waters, coral reefs, seagrass meadows, and mangrove forests. Prerequisites: MARB 215; concurrent enrollment in MARB 421; completion of swim test Credits 3. 2 Lecture Hours. 3 Lab Hours.