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CORAL REEF ECOLOGY: FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY OF CORAL REEFS - SUMMER COURSE SESSION 2, BERMUDA INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES (BIOS)
Monday, August 08, 2022, 8:00 AM to Friday, August 26, 2022, 5:00 PM EDT
Category: Course

Course Description:
CORAL REEF ECOLOGY: FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY OF CORAL REEFS (Session 2, August 8 - 26)Instructors: Dr. Eric Hochberg (BIOS) and Dr. Yvonne Sawall (BIOS) The overall aim of this course is to study how the environment influences reef benthic communities and the fundamental processes of photosynthesis, respiration, and calcification. Production of organic and inorganic carbon underpins growth and maintenance of the reef ecosystem. These processes are strongly influenced by environmental parameters including water chemistry, hydrodynamics, light availability/capture, and temperature, as well as the taxonomic composition of the community itself. Reef geomorphological and ecological zonation demonstrates that benthic communities have adapted to (and influence) their prevailing environmental conditions. At the same time, conditions are never static, and communities must acclimate to short- and long-term changes in their environment. A vitally important question is how global change will impact this baseline of reef function. This course provides fundamental background in reef functional ecology, as well as training in the measurement and interpretation of reef processes and environmental parameters.This is an intensive course, aimed at upper-level undergraduate students, graduate students, and postdocs. Course logistics include readings, lectures, discussions, presentations, and extensive laboratory and field work. Next to gaining a solid understanding of coral reef ecology and reef functional processes, students gain hands-on experience with state-of-the-art instrumentation and techniques for collecting and analyzing reef community and environmental data, including building underwater photomosaics, measuring current profiles, characterizing the underwater light field, characterizing water quality, and quantifying rates of primary production, respiration, and calcification using traditional and advanced approaches.Applications due April 30, 2022 Full course details, prerequisites and application information are available here: http://www.bios.edu/education/summer-courses Questions? Please contact us at [email protected]

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http://www.bios.edu/education/summer-courses/


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