Course Name:
Deep-Sea Biology

Location (Field Station):
Oregon Institute of Marine BIology

Start Date:
06/21/2022

End Date:
07/15/2022

Course Description:
BI 457/557 DEEP-SEA BIOLOGY (5 quarter credits)This course is an overview of the organisms, habitats and ecological processes occurring in deep-water systems on the continental shelf and slope, submarine canyons, seamounts, abyssal plains, methane seeps, hydrothermal vents and hadal trenches. Laboratory activities and field trips will strongly supplement lecture material and assigned reading; field work and projects will involve the collection and analysis of offshore trawl, dredge, core, ROV and camera sled data.

Web Address of Course Info:
https://oimb.uoregon.edu/academics/summer/

Contact (Name and email):
Maya Watts, [email protected]