26 hours lectures, 6 hours tutorials, 20 hours practicals, 8 hours field work. Semester 2.
Available to level 3 students who have a working knowledge of marine invertebrates.
Staff:
Dr J Collins.
An advanced treatment of the communities associated with tropical intertidal and shallow water habitats, with an introduction to deeper water benthos.
Learning Objectives:
application of benthic sampling techniques;
comparison of tropical and temperate systems; benthic communities;
evaluation of benthic data;
identify the components of tropical food webs based on sedimentary and rocky shores.
Assessment by written examination (60%); laboratory and field work (30%); tutorials (10%).
