SIO 134Introduction to Biological Oceanography
Basics for understanding the ecology of marine communities. The approach is process-oriented, focusing on major functional groups of organisms, their food-web interactions and community response to environmental forcing, and contemporary issues in human and climate influences. (Students may not receive credit for both SIO 134 and BIEB 134.)
Prerequisites
From the catalog: “BILD 3 and upper-division standing or consent of instructor.”
Where it sits in degree plans
Suggested plans most often put it in Year 2 · Winter (1 program).
Required in (1)
- Marine Biology (B.S.)
One of the options in (2)
- Environmental Systems—Ecology, Behavior and Evolution (B.S.)
- Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences (B.S.)