BIO 364 Tropical Marine Biodiversity

Credit, two hours.
This course, designed for advance Marine Science and Biology majors, will explore the behavior, diversity, ecology, and evolution of tropical marine species interactions, with a particular focus on symbiotic relationships (mutualism, commensalism, and parasitism). This course is a hybrid in-person/online course that will serve as a precursor to a 12-day field-based course that will travel to the island of Utila, part of the Bay Islands, Honduras (dateTBD yearly) to study the tropical marine biodiversity and behavior of symbiotic interactions in the Caribbean Sea. A special fee applies to this course. Cross-listed as: MAR 364 Prerequisite(s): BIO 211 and BIO 212