Novel Marine Ecosystems

5 credits

Covers how novel marine ecosystems arise from extinctions, introductions, climate change, and habitat change. Students apply fundamental ecological concepts to investigate novel ecosystem dynamics and management. Uses place-based, field-based, and project-based learning. Teaches hands-on scientific and professional skills in ecological theory and practice. Prerequisite: either FISH 310, FISH 312, FISH 323, FISH 370/MARBIO 370/OCEAN 370, BIOL 356, OCEAN 320, or OCEAN 330; recommended: background in marine ecology; evolution; and ecosystems and organisms; and a course in quantitative reasoning at the level of either Q SCI 381 or STAT 311. Offered: ASp.