Provide examples of how biological interactions (competition, predation, mutualism) structure communities [BIOL 1011]
Assess practices of controlling resource production, pests, and predators [BIOL 3063] Compare relative usefulness of qualitative versus quantitative approaches and models in ecosystem-level ecology (ELE) [BIOL 3061] Describe the distribution, environmental features, and trophic structure of tropical coral reefs [BIOL 3761] Differentiate food web models including loop analysis and contrast their potential to be useful [BIOL 3061] Discuss current topics in marine sciences that are at the forefront of fundamental and applied research. [MARI 4350] Evaluate the effects of humans, past and present, on marine species, populations and ecosystems worldwide [BIOL 3761] Explain processes that determine patterns of distribution, abundance and productivity of kelp beds/forests along temperate coasts [BIOL 3761] Explain the fundamental principles and ethics of resource management and conservation [BIOL 3063] Explain the interplay of biological interactions and physical factors in determining patterns of intertidal zonation on rocky shores [BIOL 3761] Explain the roles of disturbance and biological interactions (competition, grazing, predation and disease) in shaping community organization in kelp beds/forests worldwide, and the impact of invasive species on the kelp-bed ecosystem of the Northwest Atlantic [BIOL 3761] Hypothesize casual relationships among community diversity, ecological stability and complexity [BIOL 3061] Identify a range of community descriptors that are useful for characterizing natural community structure in terrestrial, marine, and freshwater communities. [BIOL 3061] Identify how species diversity, food-webs and ecosystems influence resource abundance [BIOL 3063] Produce an independent project researching the biology, population status, exploitation history, management and conservation of a resource species [BIOL 3063]
BIOL 2060
