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MAR 388 - Tropical Marine Ecology
A Winter Session Travel Course, Discovery Bay Marine Lab, Jamaica

Stony Brook University - School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences
Course Syllabus (.pdf)(from previous year)                            
Course Schedule (.pdf)(from previous year)

Catalog Description

This travel course surveys organisms (invertebrates, fishes and algae) and habitats (coral reefs, sea grass meadows and mangrove forests) within tropical marine coral reef ecosystems. The course consists of formal lectures, demonstrations and instructor-led field trips and involves snorkeling, SCUBA diving, reefwalking and underwater photography.  Students will develop individual research projects requiring field observations and collecting data and will write a research proposal and final research papers.

Prerequisites: BIO 201 and permission of instructor
4 credits


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