MB1110:03
Introductory Marine Science
Townsville
Prerequisites: Senior Chemistry and Maths B
39 lectures, 2 tutorials, 27 hours practicals. Second semester.
Staff: Assoc. Professor C Alexander, Mrs O Bellwood.
An introduction to the study of tropical marine science as an interdisciplinary topic. Current areas of interest and opportunity in the fields of marine biology, chemistry, geology and physics will be covered.
Learning Objectives:
- basic knowledge of: the range of organisms, both plant and animal, in the sea; fundamentals of chemical oceanography; structure of ocean basins, marine sediments; fundamentals of water movement, tides and currents;
- the practical laboratory study of: living marine organisms; chemical measurements of pollutants and metabolites; interpretation of geological strata and sediments; water circulation and surface waves.
Assessment by laboratory reports (40%); written examination (60%).