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Monterey Bay supports an amazing diversity of marine life, important fisheries, and coastal agriculture. There is much to explore here, from a submarine canyon that rivals the Grand Canyon in scope to Elkhorn Slough, California's third largest estuary. A day on the Bay can reveal a fleet of purse-seine vessels searching for squid, sport fishermen seeking salmon and halibut, and humpback whales breaching as they feed on anchovies ¿ all within a relatively small area. What are the oceanographic and biological processes that support these creatures and human endeavors? How do they vary in different parts of the Bay? How are these processes linked to the fog that dominates the coastal climate and is critical to local agriculture? We will address these questions through lectures, discussion, and field work using the restored Western Flyer ¿ the ship John Steinbeck and Ed Ricketts took to the Gulf of California in 1940, resulting in publication of Sea of Cortez. You will collect oceanographic and biological data at sea using a variety of research instruments, including remotely operated video platforms, echosounder (sonar), water-column profiler, and plankton-imaging microscope. These observations will be related to the processes and trophic webs in the bay, moving all the way from wind to whales. At Elkhorn Slough we will observe sea otters and birds from kayaks. We will analyze water and sediment samples for nutrients and other properties and compare our results to real-time data from moorings in the slough and bay. We will learn about agriculture, the largest economic driver in Monterey County, and its connections to Monterey Bay through fog, nutrient runoff into Elkhorn Slough, and seawater intrusion into critical aquifers. We will also dive into Monterey Bay's rich cultural and literary history in developing a holistic view that will reveal a dynamic ocean from new viewpoints and build teamwork skills that are essential to working at sea.Our base of operation will be Hopkins Marine Station in Pacific Grove. We will make several field trips on land and use the Western Flyer as our at-sea classroom (day trips only -- all nights will be spent on land). We will study spawning squid and feeding whales, carry out an oceanographic transect across the Bay from kelp forest to canyon, and collect data for projects of your own design. You will analyze the data collected and consider experiences formed during our explorations to create individual or team projects. Projects will be presented at a symposium at the end of the program.

This is an experiential field course on the ecology of giant kelp forests. Through daily scuba dives, lectures, and labs, students become acquainted with the common invertebrates, fishes, and seaweeds and how their interactions shape the community. The course has three major components: natural history, ecology, and research. The first portion of the course concentrates on how to recognize the common species, how to identify them if you don't know who they are, and to learn where they can be found. Second, once students are familiar with the natural history of kelp forest inhabitants, we use that as a springboard to discuss population and community processes that affect both obvious and more subtle differences in patterns of distribution and abundance that can be seen in different kelp forests around the Monterey peninsula. Third, students will formulate and test a hypothesis related to the ecology of kelp forests. We will practice commonly used methods for quantifying the abundance and population structure for a variety of species. The data we collect during the course contribute to ongoing time series for the Hopkins Marine Life Observatory, some of which have been conducted for nearly three decades. This course will be held in person at Hopkins Marine Station from 25 June to 25 July, 2025. Prerequisite(s): AAUS scientific diver certification; a separate workshop will be offered immediately prior to this class (13 June to 24 June 2025). Apply here: https://forms.gle/1HdF54hnM41FhKTj8.

May be taken as a prelude to research and may also involve participation in a lab or research group seminar and/or library research. Credit for work arranged with out-of-department instructors restricted to Biology majors and requires department approval. May be repeated for credit. Formerly BIOHOPK 198H.

This is an experiential field course on the ecology of giant kelp forests. Through daily scuba dives, lectures, and labs, students become acquainted with the common invertebrates, fishes, and seaweeds and how their interactions shape the community. The course has three major components: natural history, ecology, and research. The first portion of the course concentrates on how to recognize the common species, how to identify them if you don't know who they are, and to learn where they can be found. Second, once students are familiar with the natural history of kelp forest inhabitants, we use that as a springboard to discuss population and community processes that affect both obvious and more subtle differences in patterns of distribution and abundance that can be seen in different kelp forests around the Monterey peninsula. Third, students will formulate and test a hypothesis related to the ecology of kelp forests. We will practice commonly used methods for quantifying the abundance and population structure for a variety of species. The data we collect during the course contribute to ongoing time series for the Hopkins Marine Life Observatory, some of which have been conducted for nearly three decades. This course will be held in person at Hopkins Marine Station from 25 June to 25 July, 2025. Prerequisite(s): AAUS scientific diver certification; a separate workshop will be offered immediately prior to this class (13 June to 24 June 2025). Apply here: https://forms.gle/1HdF54hnM41FhKTj8.

Open to upper-division undergraduates and graduate students. Practical supervised teaching experience in a biology or lecture course. Training often includes attending lectures, initiating and planning discussion sections, and assisting in the preparation of course materials. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: consent of instructor. Formally BIOHOPK 290H.

For graduate students only. Individual research by arrangement with in-department instructors.