An advanced level graduate class concentrating on the major problems of benthic ecology, such as how food is supplied to benthic animals, what factors control the structure of biological communities, and how the benthos is related to geomicrobiological processes in the sediments. The class is heavily oriented to the current literature.
Classes consist of two lectures per week and one journal paper discussion session.
The last 3 weeks of the class are devoted to a class research project. Students are required to have a background in ecology, statistics, and invertebrate zoology. All Rights Reserved.