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Courses at UC Davis related to aquatic biology and aquaculture
Agricultural and Resource Economics
ARE 175 - Natural Resource Economics
Description: Economic concepts and policy issues associated with
natural resources, renewable resources (groundwater, forests,
fisheries, and wildlife populations), and non-renewable resources
(minerals and energy resources, soil). (3 Units)
Instructor: Wilen
Quarter: Winter
Animal Science
ANS 18 - Introductory Aquaculture
Description: Historical and contemporary aquacultural practices.
Interaction between the aqueous culture environment and the biology of
aquatic animals. Impact of economics and governmental policies on the
development of aquaculture. Interaction of aquacultural practices with
larger societal goals. (4 Units)
Instructor: Conklin
Quarter: Fall
ANS 49 - Animal Management Practices
Description: The application of the principles of elementary biology;
the art and science of management of a specific animal species. Each
quarter students will be able to choose from the following sections:
beef, dairy cattle, dairy goats, horses, sheep, swine, laboratory
animals. May be repeated up to four times with a different species. (2
Units)
Instructor: VanLiew
Quarter: Fall, Winter, Spring
ANS 92 - Internship in Animal Sciences
Description: Internship off and on campus in dairy, livestock, and
aquaculture production, research and management; or in a business,
industry, or agency associated with these or other animal enterprises.
All requirements of Internshi Approval Request form must be met (1-12
Units).
Instructor: The Staff (Department Chairperson in Charge)
Quarter: Fall, Winter, Spring
ANS 118 - Fish Production
Description: Current practices in fish production; relationship between
the biological aspects of a species and the production systems,
husbandry, management, and marketing practices utilized. Emphasis on
species currently reared in California. (4 Units)
Instructor: Doroshov
Quarter: Winter
ANS 119 - Invertebrate Aquaculture
Description: Management, breeding and feeding of economically important
aquatic invertebrates; application of basic principles of physiology,
reproduction, and nutrition to production of mollusks and crustaceans
for human food; emphasis on interaction of species biology and
managerial techniques on production efficiencies. (4 Units)
Instructor: Conklin
Quarter: Spring
ANS 131 - Reproduction and Early Development in Aquatic Animals
Description: Physiological and developmental functions related to
reproduction, breeding efficiency and fertility of animals commonly
used in aquaculture. (4 Units)
Instructor: Doroshov
Quarter: Spring
ANS 136A - Aquatic Animal Laboratory
Description: Care and maintenance of fish culture in research,
production, and personal use. Students will conduct an eight-week
growth trial with proper experimental design, care and maintenance of
fish and data collection, interpretation and reporting. (2 Units)
Instructor: Hung
Quarter: Spring
Applied Biological Systems Technology
ABT 161 - Water Quality Management for Aquaculture
Description: Basic principles of water chemistry and water treatment
processes as they relate to aquacultural systems. (3 Units)
Instructor: Piedrahita
Quarter: Winter (alternate years)
ABT 163 - Aquaculture Systems Engineering
Description: Design of aquacultural systems: design methodology,
principles of fluid mechanics, site selection and facility planning,
management operations, computer modeling. (3 Units)
Instructor: Piedrahita
Quarter: Spring (alternate years)
Engineering: Biological and Agricultural
EBS 220 - Pilot Plant Operations in Aquacultural Engineering
Description: Topics in water treatment as they apply to aquaculture
operations. Laboratory study of unit operations in aquaculture. (3
Units)
Instructor: Piedrahita
Quarter: Fall or Spring (alternate years)
Biological Sciences: Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior
NPB 126 - Comparative Physiology: Sensory Systems
Description: Comparative approach to considerations of
mechano-sensitive systems (audition, lateral lines, touch, echo
location, equilibrium), chemosensitive systems (olfaction, taste,
pheromones), photosensitive systems (vision, infrared detection, UV
detection), electroreception, and pain. Emphasis on receptors. (3 Units)
Instructor: Sillman
Quarter: Winter
NPB 128 - Comparative Physiology: Endocrinology
Description: Comparison of physiological functions in the animal
kingdom: animal hormones and their functions. Not open for credit to
students who have completed course 120D or Physiology 120D. (3 Units)
Instructor: Furlo
Quarter: Winter
NPB 141 - Physiological Adaptation of Marine Organisms
Description: Physiological adaptation to the environment among
organisms in marine and estuarine habitats. Course offered at Bodega
Marine Laboratory. (4 Units)
Instructors: Clegg, Chang
Quarter: Spring
NPB 141P - Physiological Adaptation of Marine Organisms/Advanced Lab Topics
Description: Students pick a research topic for intense study. Research
will be related to a topic covered in course 141 and will be conducted
at the Bodega Marine Laboratory with close supervision of resident
faculty. (6 Units)
Instructors: Clegg, Chang
Quarter: Spring
Ecology
ECL 203 - Physiological Ecology
Description: A comparative examination of several animal groups
addressing fundamental physiological mechanisms that shape the ecology
of each animal group. (3 Units)
Instructors: Wainwright, Cech
Quarter: Spring
Entomology
ENT 116 - Biology of Aquatic Insects
Description: A study of the life history, ecology, and identification
of insects associated with streams, ponds, and lakes. (3-5 Units)
Instructor: Lawler
Quarter: Spring
Environmental Science and Policy
ESP 116 - The Oceans
Description: Introductory survey of the marine environment; oceanic
physical phenomena, chemical constituents, geological history, the
sea's biota, and utilization of marine resources. (3 Units)
Instructors: Spero, Cowen
Quarter: Fall and Winter
ESP 116G - The Oceans: Discussion
Description: Scientific method applied to the discovery of the
processes, biota, and history of the oceans. Group discussion and
preparation of papers on related topics. (2 Units)
Instructors: Spero, Cowen
Quarter: Fall and Winter
ESP 121 - Population Ecology
Description: Development of exponential and logistic growth models for
plant and animal populations, analysis of age structure and genetic
structure, analysis of competition and predator-prey systems. Emphasis
is on developing models and using them to make predictions and solve
problems. (4 Units)
Instructor: Hastings
Quarter: Winter (alternate years)
ESP 124 - Marine & Coastal Field Ecology
Description: Full time study at Bodega Marine Laboratory. Intensive
lecture-laboratory-field study of current ecological theory and
problems with emphasis on marine populations and communities;
techniques and evaluation of quantitative field research. (10 Units)
Instructor: Chow
Quarter: Summer
ESP 150A - Physical and Chemical Oceanography
Description: Physical and chemical properties of seawater, fluid
dynamics, air-sea interaction, currents, waves, tides, mixing, major
oceanic geo-chemical cycles. (4 Units)
Instructors: McClain, Spero
Quarter: Fall
ESP 150B - Geological Oceanography
Description: Introduction to the origin and geologic evolution of ocean
basins. Composition and structure of oceanic crust; marine volcanism;
and deposition of marine sediments. Interpretation of geologic history
of the ocean floor in terms of sea-floor spreading theory. (3 Units)
Instructor: McClain
Quarter: Winter
ESP 150C - Biological Oceanography
Description: Survey of the ecology of major marine habitats including
intertidal, shelf benthic, deep-sea and plankton communities. Existing
knowledge and contemporary issues in research. Portion of course is
devoted to man's use of and impact on the ocean. (3 Units)
Instructor: Staff
Quarter: Winter (alternate years)
ESP 151 - Limnology
Description: The biology and productivity of inland waters with
emphasis on the physical and chemical environment. (4 Units)
Instructor: Goldman
Quarter: Spring
ESP 151L - Limnology Laboratory
Description: Limnological studies of lakes, streams, and reservoirs with interpretation of aquatic ecology. (3 Units)
Instructor: Goldman
Quarter: Spring
Evolution and Ecology
EVE 112 - Invertebrate Zoology
Description: Survey of the invertebrate phyla emphasizing aquatic forms
and focusing on morphology, development, natural history, and
phylogenetic relationships. (4 Units)
Instructor: Grosberg
Quarter: Winter
Food Science and Technology
FST 120 - Principles of Meat Science
Description: Anatomical, physilogical, developmental and biochemical
aspects of muscle underlying the conversion of muscle to meat. Includes
meat processing, preservation, microbiology and public health issues
associated with meat products. (Same course as Animal Science 120.) (3
Units)
Instructors: Bandman, Lee
Quarter: Spring
FST 202 - Chemical & Physical Changes in Food
Description: Fundamental principles of chemistry and physics are
applied to a study of changes in water binding properties and activity,
changes in proteins, nutrients, toxic constituents, and other compounds
during storage, heating, freezing, dehydrating, and concentrating of
food materials. (4 Units)
Instructor: Reid, Dungan
Quarter: Winter
Medicine and Epidemiology
VME 416 - Fish Medicine
Description: Etiology, pathology, diagnosis, treatment and prevention
of diseases of fish and of some aquatic arthropods and marine
shellfish. Preventive management of diseases in aquaculture. (2 Units)
Instructor: Hedrick
Quarter: Fall
Nutrition
NUT 115 - Animal Feeds and Nutrition
Description: Analysis and evaluation of feeds, influences of
production, processing and storage methods on nutritive value of feeds.
Animal nutrition. Diet formulation. (4 Units)
Instructor: DePeters
Quarter: Winter
NUT 124 - Nutrition & Feeding of Finfishes
Description: Principles of nutrition to feeding of fishes under
commercial situations; implication of fish nutrition to the environment
and conservation of endangered species. (3 Units)
Instructor: Hung
Quarter: Spring
Plant Biology
PLB 118 - Introductory Phycology and Bryology
Description: Comparative morphology, physiology, development and
reproduction of cyanobacteria, the major algal groups, and the
bryophtes. Focus on structure-function and evolutionary relationships.
Ecological factors and commercial uses considered. Laboratory includes
study of living organisms and identification exercises. (4 Units)
Instructor: Canington
Quarter: Winter
PLB 178 - Biology and Management of Freshwater Macrophytes
Description: Brief survey of common fresh water macrophytes, their
reproductive modes, physiology, growth (photosynthesis, nutrient
utilization), development (hormonal interactions), ecology and
management. (3 Units)
Instructor: Anderson
Quarter: Fall (alternate years)
Wildlife, Fish & Conservation Biology
WFC 10 - Wildlife Ecology & Conservation
Description: Introduction to the ecology and conservation of
vertebrates. Complexity and severity of world problems in conserving
biological diversity. (4 Units)
Instructors: Moyle, Kelt
Quarter: Fall
WFC 102 - Field Studies in Fish Biology
Description: Emphasis on theory of quantitative fish capture methods
and design of individual research projects on ecology, behavior,
physiology or population biology of fishes. (1 Unit)
Instructor: Moyle, Cech
Quarter: Spring (alternate years)
WFC 102L - Fish Studies in Fish Biology Lab
Description: Field investigations of fish biology are emphasized
including quantitative capture methods and individual research projects
on ecology, behavior, physiology or population biology of fishes at the
field site in relation to their habitats. (6 Units)
Instructor: Moyle, Cech
Quarter: Spring (alternate years)
WFC 120 - Biology & Conservation of Fishes
Description: Introduction to evolution, ecology, and conservation of marine and freshwater fishes. (3 Units)
Instructor: Moyle
Quarter: Fall
WFC 120L - Biology & Conservation of Fishes Lab
Description: Morphology, taxonomy, conservation, and identification of
marine and freshwater fishes with emphasis on California species. (1
Unit)
Instructor: Moyle
Quarter: Fall
WFC 121 - Physiology of Fishes
Description: Comparative physiology, growth, reproduction, behavior, and energy relations of fishes. (4 Units)
Instructor: Cech
Quarter: Winter
WFC 122 - Population Dynamics & Estimation
Description: Description of bird, mammal and fish population dynamics,
modeling philosophy, techniques for estimation of animal abundance
(e.g., mark-recapture, change-in-ratio, etc.), mathematical models of
populations (e.g., Leslie matrix, logistic, dynamic pool,
stock-recruitment); case histories. (4 Units)
Instructor: Botsford
Quarter: Spring
WFC 123 - Freshwater Invertebrate Ecology
Description: Ecology and classification of freshwater invertebrates
with emphasis on life history, habitat, diversity, and behavior.
Invertebrate monitoring to assess environmental impacts and
classification based on morphology as a tool for understanding ecology
and biology of aquatic organisms. (4 Units)
Instructor: To be Announced
Quarter: Spring
WFC 157 - Coastal Ecosystems
Description: Overview of coastal ecosystems, physical and biological
elements and processes, and coastal zone dynamics, including sandy,
muddy and rocky shorelines, the nearshore zone, kelp forests, mangrove
forests, salt marshes, estuaries, dunes, and coastal watersheds.
Discussion of the role of historical factors and conservation,
restoration, and management approaches. Overview of plankton, marine
algae, marine and coastal angiosperms, invertebrates, and vertebrates
(fish, birds and mammals) in the labs. Field trips to Pt. Reyes
National Seashore, the Bodega Marine Reserve and Laboratory, and the
San Francisco Bay-Delta. (4 Units)
Instructor: Elliot-Fisk
Quarter: Winter (alternate years)
WFC 190 - Proseminar in Wildlife, Fish and Conservation Biology
Description: Reports and discussions of recent advances related to wildlife and fisheries biology. (1 Unit)
Instructor: Staff
Quarter: Fall, Winter, Spring
