OCNG 629 Lower Food web Dynamics of Aquatic Ecosystems. (2-3). Credit 3. Dynamics of the lower food web in estuaries, rivers and lakes, detailing the role and interactions between biota and how they and influenced by abiotic processes; effect of mans activities on natural succession patterns and ecosystem productivity, elucidating the potential for new management practices.

OCNG 650 Aquatic Ecology. (3-0). Credit 3. Microbes in natural environments, including other water and sediment habitats in marine, fresh and ground water systems; process studies of microbial food webs and biochemical cycling; current methods and research directions.

RLEM 633 Wetland Plant Taxonomy. (1-4). Credit 3. Interpretation of plant morphologies for keying and the identification of wetland plants from prime habitats; plant communities including the plant’s adaptation to variation in salinity and soils; identification of inconspicuous flowered plant species including sedges, rushes and grasses.

WFSC 611 Estuarine Ecology. (3-3). Credit 4. Survey the development of paradigms in evolutionary ecology; incorporates phylogenies into comparative analysis and macroecology; evaluates the role of historical and local processes in determining species diversity.

WFSC 615 Mariculture. (3-3). Credit 4. Environmental, physiological, behavioral, legal and economic factors which determine the success of efforts to cultivate saltwater species having economic importance; practices employed in various parts of the world to produce fishes, mollusks and crustaceans.

WFSC 628 Wetland Ecology. (2-3). Credit 3. Wetlands as ecological systems that are prime habitats for wildlife and fish; geomorphology, hydrology, limnology, plant and animal communities, and human use and management.

WFSC 629 Aquatic Ecology. (2-3). Credit 3. Dynamics of the lower food web in estuaries, rivers and lakes, detailing the role and interactions between biota and how they and influenced by abiotic processes; effect of mans activities on natural succession patterns and ecosystem productivity, elucidating the potential for new management practices.