Apply quantitative field methods to assess species diversity, abundance and biomass in rocky shores and soft-sediment habitats [BIOL 3664] Assess practices of controlling resource production, pests, and predators [BIOL 3063] Calculate different types of plant diversity. [BIOL 3066] Describe the differences and similarities between marine and terrestrial mammals and their relative ecological importance [BIOL 3090] Describe the patterns, drivers, and consequences of the distribution of global biodiversity on land and sea [BIOL 3065] Discover the relationship between biological interactions and community structure [BIOL 3061] Discuss current topics in marine sciences that are at the forefront of fundamental and applied research. [MARI 4350] Explain the fundamental principles and ethics of resource management and conservation [BIOL 3063] 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] Understand how social systems have evolved, the types of social systems in marine mammals and the evolution of mating strategies as an example of a social system Describe the influence of social structure on vocal categories [BIOL 3090] Understand large scale biogeographic and macroecological patterns [BIOL 3065] Understand optimal foraging theory, the pros and cons of dietary techniques for estimating diet and the importance of the development of new technologies [BIOL 3090] Understand the concepts and role genetics plays in conservation of marine mammals [BIOL 3090] Understand the evolutionary physiological adaptations in marine mammals to adapt to diving, cold and swimming [BIOL 3090] Understand the origins, taxonomic diversity, structure and ecological importance of the marine mammal orders and families [BIOL 3090]
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