Coastal Environmental Oceanography

Target Audience: Undergraduate Student
Graduate Student


Institution: Chincoteague Bay Field Station

Institutional Web Link: http://www.cbfieldstation.org/2017-coastal-environmental-oceanography.html

Course Description: ESS 451

This field-intensive course examines the interaction of biological, chemical, physical, geological, and ecological ocean processes as applied to coastal environments. A significant emphasis is focused on describing and documenting coastal environments, their biotas, their environmental tolerances and ranges. Emphasis is also placed on environmental management issues of the coastal zone. Topics include water quality analysis, barrier island geology and ecology, estuarine pollution, beach defense and biological implications in areas of coastal upwelling and coastal fronts. Specific cases in coastal pollution, human impacts on coastal landforms, shoreline erosion, wetland loss, sea-level fluctuations, nutrients in estuaries, and climate change will be examined from coastal environments around the U.S. Lecture, field trips, and laboratory exercises are designed to provide students with hands-on experience with field and laboratory equipment used to solve real-world problems in diverse coastal settings. The course is field-based and taught in Wallops Island, Virginia.


Course Fees and Expenses: $922 Field Station fee

Funding Source: None


How to Apply: Visit: http://www.cbfieldstation.org/2017-coastal-environmental-oceanography.html

Application Closing Date: 05/31/2017

Course Begins: 2017-07-02

Course Ends: 2017-07-21