2005 Marine Biology Itinerary
June 12 - 23, 2005 - Florida State University Marine Lab at Turkey Point

Course Description
The panhandle of Florida is known for its great diversity of Carolinian species, being similar to those found in the Caribbean. Using boat and shoreline based collection methods, this course will survey the diversity of life along marine shorelines, intertidal and subtidal zones of the Apalachee/Apalachicola Bay of the northern Gulf of Mexico. The importance of coastal communities as nurseries for both pelagic and benthic species of the ocean will be emphasized. The FSU Marine Lab at Turkey Point will be used as our base station. Specimens will be field collected by day and laboratory identified in the evenings. Each student is required to conduct a field/lab based research project dealing with some aspect of marine ecology, behavior, or physiology.

Biol 375.4, Advanced Marine Biology, is designed for students who have completed either a course in Invertebrate Zoology (e.g. UVa-Wise's Biol 331.4) or An Introduction to Marine Biology (e.g. UVa-Wise's Biol 275.3). Includes 10-12 field days in Florida surveying the diversity of life along marine shorelines, intertidal and subtidal zones using boat and shorebased collection methods. Lectures emphasize marine and coastal diversity and the importance of coastal communities as nurseries for pelagic and benthic species. Students prepare illustrated, taxonomically correct catalogs of species collected, and using data from field work and thorough literature review, prepare a major research paper, due one week before the end of Summer Session I. Food, lodging, transportation and laboratory fees are in addition to tuition.

Biol 275.3, An Introduction to Marine Biology, is designed for any student who has completed 8 hours of introductory biology, regardless of intended major. Twelve field days are required in Florida to generate data for a researchbased, 7-page term-paper, due one week before the end of the first summer session. Using boat- and shoreline-based collection methods, this course will survey the diversity of life along marine shorelines, intertidal and subtidal zones. The importance of coastal communities as nurseries for both pelagic and benthic species of the ocean will be emphasized. Food, lodging, transportation, and lab fees are in addition to tuition. Students who have completed BIOL 375 may not take this course.