BIOSM 3290 - Field Animal Behavior

(crosslisted)
(also BIONB 3290)

Summer. 3 credits. S-U or letter grade option.

Prerequisite: one semester of college-level biology or equivalent. Recommended prerequisite: course work in ecology, psychology, or behavior. A two-week course offered at Shoals Marine Laboratory (SML), on Appledore Island in the Gulf of Maine.

H. Weeks and W. Kimler.

Presents the ecological significance of behaviors of coastal organisms, with emphasis on field and laboratory research methods. Lectures and readings address the major subareas of behavior (communication, orientation, social behavior, foraging, predator avoidance, and sensory mechanisms). Each student engages in short-term behavioral observation and prepares a research proposal for studying a problem within the course subject area.