SHARKS: The Biology, Evolution and Conservation
of Sharks and Their Allies: BIOSM 4650/ZOOL 741
credit hours: 3 semester credits
total cost: $3,597 (includes room, board and tuition)
Prerequisites:
Vertebrates or comparative anatomy and ichthyology or permission of instructor.
The last 30 years have produced an explosion of new information on the biology of the approximately 1000 living species of sharks, skates, rays and chimaeras, which collectively make up the group Chondrichthyes. This course will cover advanced topics in the evolution, diversity, anatomy, functional morphology, neurobiology, sensory systems, behavior, reproduction, development, and conservation of cartilaginous fishes.
Faculty: Dr. Willy Bemis Cornell University Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, and Director, Shoals Marine Laboratory
Dr. Dominique Dagit, Biology Department, Millersville University
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