Nov 21, 2024  
2024-2025 Graduate Bulletin 
    
2024-2025 Graduate Bulletin

BIOL 5340 - Graduate Algal Ecology

Credit Hours 3
Prerequisite: Admission  to M.S. Biology or permission of instructor;
Corequisite: BIOL 5341 ;
Description: A study of structure, evolution, ecology, and physiology of algae. Students will conduct research which will include evaluations of the impacts of aquatic pollution on algal biomass, composition, and physiological status at aquatic sites. Students will write a manuscript which will include tables of taxa present at the sites studied and indices which reveal the health of algal assemblages and the quality of water.