Marine Ichthyology

Target Audience: Undergraduate Student
Graduate Student


Institution: University of Southern Mississippi Gulf Coast Research Lab

Institutional Web Link: http://gcrl.usm.edu/summer_field/index.php

Course Description: Marine Ichthyology is an intensive marine biological field course requiring strenuous physical activity in the ocean. This course engages students to collect and identify marine fishes in numerous habitats in the Gulf of Mexico. Students experience a variety of land-based and vessel-based collection techniques that include seining, cast netting, hook and line fishing, trawling, trolling, dip netting, and many others. Students must work effectively alone and in teams and participate in field expeditions to complete the course objectives. Successful students gain an appreciation for taxonomic identities of fishes and the synergism between abiotic and biotic factors that drive marine fish distribution and faunal diversity in Northern Gulf of Mexico. Prerequisites: Two semesters of biology and permission of instructor. COA 421/521, 421L/521L: Marine Ichthyology. Six credit hours (3/3).

Funding Source: None


How to Apply: http://gcrl.usm.edu/summer_field/docs/2017%20GCRL%20Field%20Program%20Application.pdf

Application Closing Date: 03/31/2017

Course Begins: 2017-06-05

Course Ends: 2017-06-30