3 hours lecture. 1 term - 3 semester hours. Normally offered every Spring Semester. Biology 359 - Cetacean Biology and Conservation This upper level course examines the biology and conservation of cetaceans, whales, dolphins and porpoises. Topics include physiology, population biology, and life history analysis, molecular genetics, morphology, distributional ecology and social behavior.
Early lectures focus on the biology of cetaceans and how they are adapted to the marine environment.
Later lectures use case studies to review how biological principles can be applied to the conservation of a wide range of cetaceans species. 3 hours lecture. 1 term - 3 semester hours. Normally offered every Fall Semester. This course will examine the evolution of parasitism as well as its relationship to other symbolic interactions, such as commensalism, mutualism, etc.