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2017-2018 UMass Dartmouth Undergraduate Catalog [Archived Catalog]

BIO 414 - Biology of Marine Mammals

Credits 3
Lecture / 3 hours per week
Requirements: Prerequisite: BIO 121,122,131,132,210,211,234,244; Biology majors only or permission of the instructor
Biology of marine mammals, including cetaceans (whales and dolphins), pinnipeds (seals, sea lions, and walruses), sirenians (dugongs and manatees), and sea otters. Fossil, anatomical, physiological, life history, behavioral, and ecological evidence is marshaled to explore marine mammal adaptations for reproduction, feeding, locomotion, diving, thermoregulation, communication, and sensing their environment. Cross-listed with BIO 514
Graded