MB2060 - Marine Ecology and Environmental Assessment

Credit points:	03
Year:	2006
Student Contribution Band:	Band 2
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Available to undergraduate students who have the appropriate prerequisites of biometry and/or statistics.

Overview of the study of tropical marine ecology. Introduction to natural and anthropogenic processes that influence marine communities. 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 three hours of study skills lectures have been integrated into the subject to improve the general skills base of students.

Learning Outcomes

• ability to design ecological sampling programs and experiments;
• proficiency in the collection, handling and analysis of ecological data;
• understand some of the practical applications of marine ecology;
• understand the role of ecologists in environmental management.

Prerequisites:	BS2001 (or equivalent)
Inadmissible Subject Combinations:	MB5002

Availabilities
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Census Date 08-Sep-2006
Coordinator:	mbmim
Lecturers:	Professor Andrew Hoey, Professor Sean Connolly, Professor Geoffrey Jones, mbmim.
Contact hours:	28 hours 6 hours 26 hours 8 hours
Assessment:	(55%); (10%); (20%); (15%).

Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.