Marine Habitat

(3 Credit Hours) · Undergraduate

This module studies deep-sea, coastal and pelagic habitats Learning Outcomes 1. Identify the major groups of cnidarians commonly associated with seamounts and submarine canyons. 2. Describe the biology of deep-sea communities 3. Provide detailed description of a range of marine systems including epipelagic, rocky benthos, soft sediment benthos & estuarine systems. 4. Describe the physico-chemical gradients found in these habitats and discuss their role in structuring the marine communities found there. 5. Describe biological structuring processes in these coastal marine systems. 6. Describe the features and adaptations of animals in these systems. 7. Define the relationship between area and species richness and apply this relationship to real conservation problems.