ES 350 ANAL AQUAT ECOSYS (MBL/MA)
Nature and controls of processes (production, decomposition, element cycling and biogeochemistry) in freshwater, estuarine and marine ecosystems. Application of basic principles of ecosystems ecology to investigating contemporary environmental problems such as coastal eutrophication, fisheries exploitation, effects of introduced species, acid deposition and global change.
Notes
Four credit hours. Three hours of lecture/discussion and seven hours of laboratory and field work per week for 10 weeks. Required core course of the MBL Semester in Environmental Sciences.
Prerequisite
BIO 105.