Dolphin & Whale Biology/Conservation
in Tropical Asia
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Field Course - Summer 2010
Dolphin and Whale Biology and Conservation in Tropical Asia
May 4 - 20, 2010
Course Information and Registration Procedure
Field Course - Summer 2010
Dolphin and Whale Biology and Conservation in Tropical Asia
May 4 -20, 2010
Earn credit conducting fieldwork on marine mammals.
Investigate conservation issues facing marine mammals in Asia and throughout
the world!
Asia has some of the world's most populated countries that have heavily
exploited marine resources and massive industrialization along coastal regions.
As a result, Asia is facing some of the worst marine conservation issues
in the world. This course will introduce students to many of the main marine
conservation issues using a highly visible group of organisms. Students
will learn the kinds of information that are needed to assess and understand
the impact of human activities on cetaceans (e.g., threats, taxonomy, distribution,
population biology) and research methods to obtain such information.
They
will also learn research methods at sea (such as: exploratory surveys, line-transect
surveys, photo-identification) and will visit coastal regions and fishing
ports to experience the local conditions.