BIO180: Introduction to Marine Biology

This unit provides an introduction to marine organisms and ecosystems and thus a framework for further study of marine biology. The main topics covered are: (i) the marine environment; (ii) the types and variety of marine organisms; and (iii) major ecological categories of marine organisms. Students will conduct either a field-based or a literature-based research project.

Points	3
Enrolment Options	Murdoch: S2-internal
Contact Time	Lectures: 2 hours per week; laboratories: three 3-hour sessions over the semester; workshops: four 2-hour sessions.
Prerequisites	N103/BIO103 Environmental Biology.
School	School of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology
Unit Coordinator	Dr Jennifer Chaplin Position: Lecturer in Biological Sciences E-mail: J.Chaplin@murdoch.edu.au Location: Murdoch Campus Biological Sciences Room 2.029 Phone: Prefix: +618 9360 2294
Unit Contacts	Contact Phone Prefix: +618 Location Explanation of Location Codes Teaching Period(s) Dr Jennifer Chaplin Lecturer in Biological Sciences (J.Chaplin@murdoch.edu.au) 9360 2294 Murdoch Campus Biological Sciences Room 2.029 MURDOCH S2: Internal (02/08/2010 - 26/11/2010)

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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)