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Coral Reef: Environment and Ecology - MSCI2051
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Faculty: Faculty of Science
 
 
School:  School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences
 
 
Contact: Johnston,Emma
 
 
Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Undergraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 3
 
 
Contact Hours per Week: 0
 
 
Offered: 
Semester 1 2005
Semester 2 2005
 
 
Fee Band: 2
 
 

Description

Basic oceanographic processes and how these apply in the Great Barrier Reef, the characteristics of the waters of the Great Barrier Reef; the types and development of reefs, corals and reef communities, environmental damage to corals and exploitation of the reef, management by Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority. Laboratory classes include a study of the reef flat, its inhabitants, their distributions and interactions, the reef environment and its measurement.

Note/s: Available February and July. Personal expenses will be incurred.

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