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Demonstrate a general understanding of how DNA (and RNA) based methods contribute to many areas of ecology, including the identification of species for wildlife management and forensic purposes, conservation biology, behavioural ecology, the study of dispersal on historical and contemporary timescales, management of captive breeding to rescue and support wild populations
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BIOL 3042
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Describe the use of key conservation policy initiatives, such as the IUCN Red List and Protected Area categories
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BIOL 3065
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Develop familiarity with how science is translated into policy, the history of global conservation efforts, and the governmental, non-governmental, and inter-governmental bodies involved in implementing policy
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BIOL 3065
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Identify key ecological and coastal issues in Nova Scotia
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BIOL 3623
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Demonstrate critical and independent thinking skills to understand coastal policies and action plans in Nova Scotia
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BIOL 3623
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Describe the differences and similarities between marine and terrestrial mammals and their relative ecological importance
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BIOL 3090
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Understand the origins, taxonomic diversity, structure and ecological importance of the marine mammal orders and families
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BIOL 3090
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Explain the fundamental principles and ethics of resource management and conservation
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BIOL 3063
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Demonstrate awareness that science, law and politics play an important role in the conservation and management of marine mammals, threats they face and mitigation options
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BIOL 3090
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Interpret the consequences of climate change on ecosystems and communities, including unexpected and unintuitive consequences, and explain how conservation planning should take climate change into account
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BIOL 3065
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Produce an independent project researching the biology, population status, exploitation history, management and conservation of a resource species
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BIOL 3063
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Understand sound propagation in water, fundamental sound component analysis (e.g. amplitude, frequency), sound production and receiving mechanisms in various marine mammal taxa and the impacts harmful sound can have on populations
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BIOL 3090
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