Emphasis is placed on economically important marine and estuarine fish and shellfish species.
To understand the strategies of material and energy acquisition in marine organisms. To understand the processes of nutrient and energy transfer within an organism and between trophic levels. To examine the relationship between nutrition and recruitment of the species. To evaluate the impact of environmental factors on energy mobilization and storage in marine organisms. To expose students to current methodologies of lipid and fatty acid analyses, and total lipid, protein and carbohydrate determination.