> > https://www.coa.edu/summerclasses.htm > > Marine Ecology > Faculty: > Helen Hess (hh...@coa.edu) - Faculty > Bio<http://www.coa.edu/faculty_24.htm> > Chris Petersen (cpeter...@coa.edu) - Faculty Bio > <http://www.coa.edu/faculty_34.htm> Dates: June 9–23 > > This summer field course is intended for students who have some > familiarity with the natural history and ecology of local marine organisms > along the coast of Maine and are eager to take their understanding to the > next level in the context of an intensive summer course. The class will > meet all day, every day for 15 days, from June 9 through June 23, and will > comprise several parts, including lecture and discussion of papers from the > primary literature, field trips to explore diversity of local habitats, and > several research projects. We will work together on two class projects. > One will involve the reproductive biology of mummichogs, a small, estuarine > fish that is locally abundant. Although not on the scale of wild salmon > runs, mummichog spawning is a frenzied spectacle of nature involving dozens > of fish simultaneously releasing gametes in the shallows at high tide. > Students will collect data on spawning behavior and patterns of > survivorship among eggs laid at intertidal sites. The other class project > will involve population biology of three species of intertidal snails and > how parameters such as species abundance and diversity, size-frequency > distribution, and population density vary among populations on various > small coastal islands. We will access these islands for censusing via sea > kayak, and students interested in learning more about safety and navigation > in sea kayaks will have that opportunity. We may include an overnight trip > if weather and timing permit. Finally, students will also design their own > independent projects, and they will meet individually with instructors to > discuss hypothesis generation, experimental design, data collection and > analysis, and final communication of results. The final day of class will > involve a presentation of individual projects. Students will be evaluated > on participation on the class projects and other activities, short written > assignments, and the quality of the final project. > > Intermediate/Advanced. Prerequisites: Marine Biology, Invertebrate Zoology > or an intermediate-level course in ecology or behavior and permission of > instructor. > *ES* Class size limit: 16 > Lab fee: $80 > application deadline May 17 >
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