BIOSM 4650 - [Sharks: The Biology, Evolution, and Conservation of Sharks and Their Allies]

Summer. 3 credits.

Prerequisite: vertebrates or comparative anatomy and ichthyology or permission of SML director. Next offered 2014-2015. Offered in Maine at Shoals Marine Laboratory on Appledore Island.

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The last 30 years have produced an explosion of new information on the biology of the approximately 1,000 living species of sharks, skates, rays, and chimaeras, which collectively make up the group Chondrichthyes. This course will cover advanced topics in the evolution, diversity, anatomy, functional morphology, neurobiology, sensory systems, behavior, reproduction, development, and conservation of cartilaginous fishes.