EV3203:03
Conserving Marine Wildlife: Sea Mammals, Birds, Reptiles
Townsville
Prerequisites: BZ1030
Inadmissable Subject Combination: TG3006
26 lectures, 36 hours practicals, 2 days field trip. First semester.
Available to level 3 students with background in zoology, marine biology or natural resource management.
Staff: Professor H Marsh, Dr E Gyuris.
Role of wildlife in marine systems; threatening processes, current and historical, impacting on marine wildlife; indigenous people’s use of marine wildlife, including management strategies; the theory and practice of the scientific study of populations of marine wildlife; the theoretical basis to, and practical application of, management practices to control human impacts on marine wildlife.
Learning Objectives:
- to gain familiarity with current theory of, and controversies associated with, management of marine wildlife;
- understanding of relevant field techniques;
- understanding the historical perspective of processes threatening marine wildlife;
- appreciate the importance of socio-political issues relevant to management and conservation goals.
Assessment by field trip report (30%); projects (40%); examination (30%).