ENV208: Australian Coastal Environments

This unit will focus on the coastal environments found around the Australian continent. It provides a basic overview of coastal oceanography, marine biodiversity and coastal management. The unit covers principles of oceanography, coastal processes, coastal landforms, diversity of marine plants and animals, coastal habitats and ecosystems, marine resource usage, coastal management issues and current best practice.

Points	4
Enrolment Options	Murdoch: S2-internal
Contact Time	Lectures: 2 hours per week; laboratories: 3 hours per week.
Prerequisites	Nil.
Exclusions	Marine Science students.
Notes	This unit replaced ENV204 Principles of Oceanography as of 2007.
School	School of Environmental Science
Unit Coordinator	Associate Professor Lynnath Beckley Position: Associate Professor E-mail: L.Beckley@murdoch.edu.au Location: Murdoch Campus Physical Sciences Room 3.033 Phone: Prefix: +618 9360 6392
Unit Contacts	Contact Phone Prefix: +618 Location Explanation of Location Codes Teaching Period(s) Associate Professor Lynnath Beckley Associate Professor (L.Beckley@murdoch.edu.au) 9360 6392 Murdoch Campus Physical Sciences Room 3.033 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)