Emphasis on aquatic systems. Lectures and discussions on ecological principles and processes in marine populations, communities, and ecosystems.
Topics vary from year to year.
Because these tools are also basic to the analysis of models in biochemistry, physiology, and behavior, subject also broadly relevant to students whose interests are not limited to ecological problems. Intensive overview of biological oceanography. Major biological paradigms and processes discussed, and dependence of biological processes in the ocean on physical and chemical aspects of the environment examined. Structure of marine food webs and the flow of energy within different marine habitats detailed and contrasted.