On successful completion of this course, students will have:

1. an understanding of environmental conditions and human impacts that are affecting marine life;
2. knowledge of and ability to classify organisms.

1. The Ocean Environment
2. Marine Habitat Types
a) Marine provinces (zones)
b) Pelagic habitats
c) Benthic habitats
d) Intertidal habitats
e) Estuaries
f) Coral reefs
g) Deep ocean
3. Life in the Oceans; Marine Life 1
a) Introduction to classification.
b) Kingdom Monera
c) Kingdom Protista
d) Kingdom Protista
e) Kingdom Plantae
f) Kingdom Fungi
4.Life in the Oceans; Marine Life 2 (Animal Kingdom)
a) Porifera
b) Cnidaria
c) Ctenophora
d) Unsegmented marine worms
e) Segmented marine worms
f) Mollusca
g) Arthropods
h) Echinoderomata
i) Lophophorate animals
j) Chaetognatha
k) Animal underworld
5. Life in the Oceans; Marine Life 3
a) Hemichordata
b) Chordata
6. Life in the Oceans; Marine Life 4
a) Agnatha
b) Chondrichthyes
c) Osterchthyes
d) Marine reptiles
e) Sea birds
f) Marine mammals
7. Ecology of Marine Life.
8. Human Impact on the Marine Environment.

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Students who have passed MARI2900 may not enrol in MARI2300. Students who have passed MARI2900 can not count MARI2300 towards their degree.

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BIOL1010 Plant and Animal Biology
BIOL1020 Cell Biology, Genetics and Evolution

Internal Mode

Lecture
Practical

Laboratory: for 3 hour(s) per Week for 12 weeks
Lecture: for 3 hour(s) per Week for Full Term