MASC 3660 Biological Oceanography
Study of the biological aspects of the marine environment, including the interaction of organisms with their chemical and physical environment. Adaptations, distribution patterns, plankton, nekton and benthos production will be studied, as well as the physiology and ecology of organisms, highlighting the oceanographic aspects of the organism, its relationship with biogeochemical cycles and the effects of ocean currents on the distribution of these. Emphasis on the processes that regulate species and communities and on changes in ecosystem patterns. The uses of the sea, productivity problems and pollution, among others, will be discussed. The application of core concepts is emphasized with examples in the marine biology of Puerto Rico and the Caribbean.
Prerequisite
MASC 3600 and MASC 3603