Tropical Seagrasses: Ecology and Conservation

Undergraduate Prerequisites: admittance to the Marine Semester, which requires the student has taken at least one Marine Breadth class. - This field course focuses on tropical seagrasses located in the Turneffe Atoll Marine Reserve Belize. Lecture topics include seagrass biology, ecology and conservation. Students gain proficiency in research and field assessment methods and carry out a group research project.