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BOT 7980: Research for Doctoral Dissertation (1-15) S/U.
PCB 5046C: Advanced Ecology (3) Prereq: basic ecology and one
course in statistics; physics, chemistry, and physiology desirable.
Ecological research skills, emphasizing design of field studies and
data analysis. Offered fall term in odd-numbered years.
PCB 5338: Principles of Ecosystem Ecology (3) Prereq: BSC
2010 or BSC 2011, and PCB 3034C or PCB 4044C. Examines
principles that govern the structure and function of terrestrial
ecosystems. Ecosystem Ecology is the study of flows of energy and
materials between organisms and their environment.
PCB 5356: Tropical Ecology (3) Prereq: elementary biology or
consent of instructor. Global overview of tropical environments,
natural history, biological communities, and their structure and
function. Addresses basic and applied ecological issues in the
tropics.
PCB 6176: Electron Microscopy of Biological Materials (2)
Prereq: MCB 3020 or equivalent. Use of the electron microscope,
including fixation, embedding, sectioning, freeze-etching, negative
staining, and use of vacuum evaporator.
PCB 6176L: Laboratory in Electron Microscopy (2) Coreq: PCB
6176 and consent of instructor. Laboratory training in using electron
microscopes, ultramicrotomes, vacuum evaporators, and freeze-etch
machines.
PCB 6605C: Principles of Systematic Biology (4) Theory of
biological classification and taxonomic practice. Laboratory
experience in taxonomic procedures and techniques, including
computer methods. Offered spring term in even-numbered years.
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