BIOSM 3120 - [Lobster Biology]

Summer. 1.5 credits.

Prerequisite: one semester college-level biology or equivalent. Next offered 2014-2015. Offered in Maine at Shoals Marine Laboratory on Appledore Island.

J. Factor.

An introduction to the biology of the American lobster, Homarus americanus. The course will include an overview of this ecologically and economically important species, as well as cover several major topics in depth, each taught by a lobster biologist expert in that field. Topics may include life history, larval development and metamorphosis, anatomy, physiological adaptation, fisheries and fishing methods, feeding mechanisms, ecology, and behavior. Course will include lecture, laboratory, discussion, and the natural field environment of Appledore Island.