TOPICS COVERED IN

BIO 322 Biological Oceanography


                                                     (lecture)

Milestones in Oceanography

Dissolved Gases

Salinity

Temperature / Density / Pressure

Coriolis Effect

Atmospheric & Oceanic Circulation

Waves

Tides

Plate Tectonics

Ecosystems

Primary Production

Seaweeds

Phytoplankton

Zooplankton

Estuaries

Benthic Fauna

Hydrothermal Vents

Coral Reefs

Symbioses

Nekton -- Cephalopods

Nekton -- Sharks

Nekton -- Bony Fish

Nekton -- Reptiles & Birds

Nekton -- Mammals

(laboratory)

Oceanographic Profiles

Salinity Measurements

Tides

Ocean Circulation

Phototaxis in Zooplankton

Plankton Identification

Survey of Invertebrates

Age Determination in Fish Scales

Field Trips:

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution & Marine Biological Lab

Sampling Cruise Aboard R/V Mysis

Marblehead Neck Rocky Intertidal Zone

Cat Cove Marine Laboratory