BI 457/557 SEAWEED ECOLOGY

Target Audience: Undergraduate Student
Graduate Student


Institution: Oregon Institute of Marine Biology

Institutional Web Link: http://oimb.uoregon.edu

Course Description: BI 457/557 SEAWEED ECOLOGY (6 quarter credits)
This field-oriented course will be an ecological survey of the diverse seaweed communities on rocky intertidal, subtidal, and soft-sediment shores in the Coos Bay/Cape Arago area. The class will investigate ecological patterns and processes of seaweed distribution and experimentally test interactions with consumers and competitors. Current topics to be covered will include (i) invasive species and their management, (ii) economic uses of seaweeds, (iii) evolution of different life histories, and (iv) kelp bed restoration. Meets 8:00 am – 5:00 pm Tues. and Thurs. (with some early morning low tides). Instructor: Cynthia Trowbridge

Scholarships, Fellowships, Associated with the Course: http://oimb.uoregon.edu/academics/scholarships/

Funding Source: None


How to Apply: To apply, please complete and return the OIMB Summer 2017 Application found here: http://oimb.uoregon.edu/academics/summer/

Application Closing Date: 05/30/2017

Course Begins: 2017-06-26

Course Ends: 2017-08-18