BIO384: Marine and Estuarine Biology

This unit examines marine and estuarine ecosystems, their organisms and how these ecosystems function. It commences with an introduction to marine ecology, followed by an examination of various aspects of planktonic, estuarine, intertidal, benthic and coral reef communities. The information is used to illustrate the temporal and spatial structure and functioning of marine ecosystems. An essential part of the unit is a one-week field camp, which will be held in the week preceding the start of Semester 1.

Points	4
Enrolment Options	Murdoch: S1-internal
Contact Time	Lectures: 3 hours per week; laboratories and tutorials: 3 hours per week for part of the semester, and a 1-week field component in the week before the commencement of Semester 1.
Prerequisites	N261/BIO261 Animal Diversity, or N287/BIO287 Plant Diversity (Marine Science) or N265/BIO265 Plant Diversity, or N268/ENV268 Ecology.
School	School of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology
Unit Coordinator	Dr Mike Van Keulen Position: Senior Lecturer in Plant Sciences E-mail: keulen@murdoch.edu.au Location: Murdoch Campus Biological Sciences Room 2.039 Phone: Prefix: +618 9360 2369
Unit Contacts	Contact Phone Prefix: +618 Location Explanation of Location Codes Teaching Period(s) Dr Mike Van Keulen Senior Lecturer in Plant Sciences (keulen@murdoch.edu.au) 9360 2369 Murdoch Campus Biological Sciences Room 2.039 MURDOCH S1: Internal (16/02/2009 - 12/06/2009)

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Key to Offshore Campus Location abbreviations: APMISIN Asia Pacific Management Institute (Singapore) CEJTOKYO Chiropractic Education Japan (Tokyo) JKURASHIKI NET Corporation (Kurashiki, Japan) KDUPG KDU College (Penang, Malaysia) KDUPJ KDU College (Petaling Jaya, Malaysia) SGP-REPOLY Republic Polytechnic (Singapore) SMANUFED Singapore Manufacturing Federation ZHENGZHOU Zhengzhou University (China)