BSCI439A

Acceptable toward Biological Sciences Specialization Areas: ECEV and GENB (Ecology, Behavior & Organismal category). Overview of the biology of invertebrate animals, with emphasis on freshwater and marine invertebrates. The focus will be on the functional biology of invertebrates including comparative morphology, feeding, locomotion, respiration, salt balance, defense, control systems, behavior, life history, and reproduction.