SEMINAR IN BIOLOGICAL OCEANOGRAPHY

This course will provide students with an advanced understanding of the latest research in biological oceanography, with a particular focus on developing the skills needed to critically review the methods and logic of this literature.  Students will learn through practice how to synthesis papers, provide appropriate background, and facilitate discussion in a group context, building communication skills.  For those taking the 3 credit version of the course, this will culminate in a final paper that builds on these literature discussions with a forward thinking paper that takes a publication and outlines a future research effort that builds on this prior work and rationalizes it in the context of the literature. This paper will be discussed individually with the Professor as part of the assessment process. The intent is to provide graduate students with a strong background in the methods and logic behind key papers in the biological oceanography literature but other members of the Lamont community are welcome to participate in a regular or drop-in basis.

Prerequisites: This course assumes a background in biological or chemical oceanography like EESC W4923 Biological Oceanography, W4926 Chemical Oceanography, or EESC G6823 Microbial Oceanography (or equivalent).