BIOEE 4930 - [Marine Invertebrate Biodiversity]

(OPHLS-AG, PBS-AS, BIO-AS) (CU-UGR)

Spring (weeks 8-14). Not offered: 2020-2021. Next offered: 2022-2023. 6 credits. Letter grades only.

Prerequisite: intro biology or equivalent. Application required. Offered in Friday Harbor, Washington. This course is part of an off campus program at Friday Harbor Marine Labs that provides field research experience for advanced students in marine biology.

D. Harvell.

The course will take advantage of the species diversity of marine invertebrates in the Salish Sea of the Pacific Northwest, the huge variation in easily accessible field habitats and the excellent research-oriented facilities of Friday Harbor Laboratories. The course will be a survey of phyletic diversity of all the marine invertebrates but will be in depth in exploring class and order-level diversity within each phylum. The excellent running seawater facilities in each laboratory will allow detailed behavioral and morphological observation of different invertebrates. Students will be exposed to lectures and labs focused on each group and be responsible for weekly video summaries and notebook recordings of their observations.

Outcome 1: Name all the characteristics of each phylum.

Outcome 2: Name the phylogenetic relationships within phyla.

Outcome 3: Describe key aspects of the life history in many of the phyla.

Outcome 4: Collect field specimens and understand the habitats they come from.

Outcome 5: Describe behavior of animals in the field.

Outcome 6: Name the major organ system in each phylum and class of invertebrate.

Outcome 7: Describe the different body plans and taxonomy in high diversity sites.