287 Island Biology
San Salvador Island is a small Caribbean island boasting a great diversity of marine and terrestrial habitats including coral reefs, sea grass beds, mangrove forests, hypersaline ponds, limestone caverns and "blue-holes" connecting inland waterways to the sea. Students study invertebrate zoology and community ecology within these remarkable habitats. Offered during Interim 2007 and in alternate years. Prerequisites: Biology 125, 126, or permission of instructor. Apply through the instructor.