WHALES, SEALS AND SHARKS:

MARINE VERTEBRATES OF THE GULF OF MAINE: BIOSM 1650

dates:              JULY 11 - JULY 25, 2011

credit hours:   3 semester credits

total cost for CU/UNH students: $4,812 (includes room, board and tuition)
total cost for others and HS students: $5,646 (includes room, board and tuition)

Prerequisites: Two year-long high school courses in science, and completion of grades 10, 11 or 12.

NOTE for Cornell students: This course fulfills a CALS graduation requirement!

Introduction to biology and conservation of marine vertebrates of the Gulf of Maine based on field observation, fishing, dissection, study of skeletons, and first hand reports from fishermen, ornithologists, and mammalogists. Open-water cruises to observe fish, whale, seal and bird behavior. Lecture and lab material is organized phylogenetically, i.e., instruction begins with a consideration of hag fishes and lampreys, continues with the study of cartilaginous and bony fishes, describes migratory sea turtles, sea and shore birds, and ends with an overview of seals and whales.

Faculty: Dr. Willy Bemis, Cornell University Professor of Ecology and
Evolutionary Biology, and Director, Shoals Marine Laboratory

Teaching Assistants: Kate Bemis and Katherine Hambury