MARI2000 (v.1) Marine Ecology
| Area: | Department of Environment and Agriculture |
|---|---|
| Credits: | 25.0 |
| Contact Hours: | 4.0 |
| TUITION PATTERNS: | The tuition pattern provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. Precise information is included in the unit outline. |
| Lecture: | 1 x 2 Hours Weekly |
| Science Laboratory: | 1 x 2 Hours Weekly |
| Equivalent(s): |
314504 (v.1)
Marine Ecology 200
or any previous version
|
| Prerequisite(s): |
8306 (v.9)
Quantitative Biology 201
or any previous version
OR STAT2002 (v.1) Quantitative Biology or any previous version |
| UNIT REFERENCES, TEXTS, OUTCOMES AND ASSESSMENT DETAILS: | The most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes, will be provided in the unit outline. |
| Syllabus: | This unit will cover the ecological processes that drive temperate and tropical marine communities, and the quantitative methods used to describe them. Students will acquire practical skills in developing hypotheses and research questions, collection of field data, and the various univariate and multivariate analyses used to measure ecological data. There will be particular emphasis on long-term monitoring and experimental design and how these are used to measure natural and anthropogenic disturbances. Topics covered include; population dynamics and processes; gene flow and connectivity; biogeography and distribution patterns; life-history attributes; biodiversity patterns in marine habitats and methods used to study community structure including diversity indices and ordination. Students are assumed to have a working knowledge of basic statistics. |
| Field of Education: | 010907 Marine Science |
| Result Type: | Grade/Mark |
Availability
| Year | Location | Period | Internal | Partially Online Internal | Area External | Central External | Fully Online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Bentley Campus | Semester 2 | Y |
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Fully Online refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External
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