Shoals Marine Laboratory

==January 2007 announcement==
The Shoals Marine Laboratory Director Willy Bemis would like to 
announce the following courses:
The Diversity of Fishes: June 11-July 2, 2007
An intensive lecture, laboratory, and field course. Field and 
laboratory work is extensive and an independent paper on the anatomy 
and osteology of a local species of teleost is required. Lectures 
cover the basic anatomy and physiology of fishes with examples drawn 
from a wide variety of fishes from throughout the world. The course 
emphasizes the diversity of fishes in two aspects, diversity of 
evolutionary solutions to problems faced by fishes and the great 
diversity of different types of fishes that inhabit the world. 
Laboratory exercises cover the anatomy and osteology of teleost 
fishes and identification of local species. Field work is designed to 
demonstrate some of the many ways that fishes are collected and to 
provide material for identification in the laboratory. Each student 
selects a different local species of teleost fish to study and 
dissect and prepares a comprehensive paper on its morphology, soft 
anatomy, and osteology.
Faculty:
Dr. Bruce Collette, National Marine Fisheries Service Systematics 
Laboratory, Smithsonian Institution
Marine Vertebrates: July 23-August 13, 2007
A course in marine vertebrate biology emphasizing laboratory studies, 
field collections or observations, and reading from current 
literature. General topics will include vertebrate evolution, 
ecology, conservation, and management of existing marine vertebrate 
populations. Special emphasis on Gulf of Maine species and their 
complex inter-relationships, with critical analysis of current issues 
in management including national and international economic and 
political aspects. The general curriculum is subdivided into three 
categories: (1) Systematics of Gulf of Maine fishes, elasmobranch 
biology, teleost skeleto-muscular structure and function, population 
biology and contemporary Gulf of Maine fisheries; (2) Biology of 
marine reptiles and birds, ecology and conservation of sea turtles, 
avian adaptations to life at sea and coloniality in sea birds; (3) 
Evolution and systematics of marine mammals, marine mammal anatomy, 
sensory biology and diving physiology, cetacean feeding behavior and 
ecology.
Faculty:
Dr. John B. Heiser, Cornell University
Sharks: The Biology, Evolution and Conservation of Sharks and Their 
Allies. August 13-20, 2007
The last 30 years have produced an explosion of new information on 
the biology of the approximately 1000 living species of sharks, 
skates, rays and chimaeras, which collectively make up the group 
Chondrichthyes. This course will cover advanced topics in the 
evolution, diversity, anatomy, functional morphology, neurobiology, 
sensory systems, behavior, reproduction, development, and 
conservation of cartilaginous fishes.
Faculty: 
Dr. John Morrissey, Hofstra University
For application and scholarship information, see the SML web site at: 
http://www.sml.cornell.edu 
or email SML admissions: LHJ1@CORNELL.EDU
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