MB2060:03
Marine Ecology and Environmental Assessment
| Townsville | HECS Band 2 |
26 hours lectures, 13 hours tutorials, 26 hours practicals, 8 hours field work. Semester 2.
Available to undergraduate students who have the appropriate prerequisites of biometry and/or statistics.
Staff: Dr M McCormick.
Overview of the study of tropical marine ecology. Introduction to natural and anthropogenic processes that influence marine communities. We explore methods used to describe, assess and model the marine environment. Emphasis on rigorous description, monitoring, impact assessment and experimentation. Introduction to role of ecologists in environmental management. An optional six hours of study skills lectures have been integrated into the course to improve the general skills base of students.
Learning Objectives:
- understand some of the practical applications of marine ecology;
- ability to design ecological sampling programs and experiments;
- proficiency in the collection, handling and analysis of ecological data;
- understand the role of ecologists in environmental management.
Assessment by three laboratory exercises (15%); on-course test (10%); field report (20%); a three-hour examination (55%).