Course Description
BIO 309 Marine and Estuarine Biology includes the study of the marine and estuarine ecosystems. The biological, chemical and physical parameters influencing these ecosystems will be discusses, as will the natural history, physiology and ecology of selected plant and animal phyla. About one half of the laboratory exercises will be spent in off-campus field trips, including a mandatory overnight trip to a field station. Prerequisite: BIO 112 and one 200 level biology course.

• Course syllabus: lecture and lab schedules, course policies
• Outlines, lecture notes and PowerPoint presentations
• Lab protocols & lectures
• Pictures from the lab field trip to the College of Marine Studies in Lewes, DE.
• Pictures from the lab field trip to the mudflat at Eastern Neck Island National Wildlife Refuge.
• Marine and estuarine links.