Course Description
Fundamentals of Biological Oceanography, with an emphasis on the ecosystem level.  We will consider the organisms in the context of their chemical and physical environment; the properties of seawater, atmosphere and ocean dynamics that affect life in the ocean; primary production and marine food webs; global cycles of carbon and other elements; current research approaches.  In addition to lectures by the professors, the course will delve deeply into the current and classic literature of oceanography and students will be expected to participate in seminar type presentations and discussions.  Two lectures/seminars per week.

Required Text:  Lalli and Parsons:  Biological Oceanograpy:  An Introduction, 2nd edition 1997.
Additional optional Texts:  Mann, Lazier and Mann:  Dynamics of Marine Ecosystems:  Biological-Physical Interactions in the Oceans.  3rd Edition, 2005
Miller:  BIological Oceanography, 2004
Required Additional Reading:  12 articles from the primary literature for seminar discussions