Environment General Courses (ENVIRON)

taught in Beaufort

114L Biological Oceanography. Physical, chemical, and biological processes of the oceans, emphasizing factors controlling distribution and abundances of organisms. The theory, methods, and limitations of biological oceanographic research. The laboratory teaches quantitative methods, experimental design, data acquisition, data processing, and data analysis and culminates in a research cruise where the students organize into a scientific party. One course (spring); one and one-half courses (summer). (Given at Beaufort.) Prerequisite: Biology 25L. Instructor: Staff. Variable credit.