MASC 318 — Marine Invertebrates and Tetrapods
Marine and Fisheries Sciences · University of Ghana
Taxonomic diversity of major invertebrate groups. Invertebrate life cycle and larval forms. Important migratory species: marine reptiles (turtles); marine birds (population trend and status; bird diversity, bill shape and pursuit patterns, range and country distribution, important bird areas (IBAs), threats and impact, the roles of Birdlife International and other relevant NGOs in their conservation)); representative members of the cartilaginous fish (sharks and raysmain types of shark fisheries and fishing methods; global shark catch and trade trends); marine mammals (representative sirenians, cetaceans and pinnipeds, diving physiology, aerobic dive limit, apneustic breathing patterns, echolocation, whaling, ecological status of marine mammals and their protection).
- Credits
- 3
- Level
- Level 300
- Semester
- Semester Two
Other courses on this programme
- FISH 312 — Fish Physiology
- FISH 314 — Principles of Fisheries Management
- FISH 316 — Fishing Technology
- FISH 317 — Introductory Research Methods
- FISH 318 — Inland Fisheries
- FISH 321 — Ichthyology
- FISH 325 — Marine Fisheries
- FISH 326 — Fisheries Field Course
- FISH 329 — Fish and Fisheries of West Africa
- FISH 332 — Industrial Internship
- MASC 311 — Nautical Science
- MASC 312 — Marine Ecology I
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Start freeCourse details from University of Ghana Volume 3 Handbook for the Bachelor's Degree: Course Descriptions for Programmes in the Sciences (2017).