MB5400 - Biology of Reef Corals
| Credit points: | 03 |
| Year: | 2005 |
| Student Contribution Band: | Band 2 |
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Available to GDipResMeth, GCertResMeth, GDipSc, MAppSc and MSc students. A quota will apply on the basis of marks in MB5002.
An introduction to the biology of corals and processes involved in building and maintaining reefs. An overview of the life histories of sessile, modular organisms, incorporating current research findings e.g. with respect to sexual/asexual reproduction, larval dispersal, recruitment, growth, lifespan and population genetics. A treatment of the functional morphology of corals as an example of a modular organism. An introduction to the taxonomy of reef-building corals. Students will be required to attend lectures and practical classes in Mb3210.
Learning Outcomes
- develop skills required for independent research through lab and field exercises involving literature reviews, data collection, data analyses and critical interpretation;
- gain a working knowledge of the identification and classification of the major families and genera of reef-building corals;
- gain awareness of issues underlying long-term conservation and management of reef corals;
- gain knowledge of the anatomical features and physiological specialisations of corals that are keys to understanding how corals build reefs;
- understand life history theory of modular organisms using reef corals as a model.
| Prerequisites: | Consult HoS |
| Inadmissible Subject Combinations: | MB3210 and MB3219 |
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| Census Date 31-Mar-2005 | |
| Coord/Lect: | Empro Bette Willis. |
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| Assessment: | (40%); (25%); (35%). |
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