MASC 431 — Marine Turtle Ecology and Conservation
Marine and Fisheries Sciences · University of Ghana
Turtle Population Ecology, Taxonomy and Foraging ecology. Behaviour - Orientation, Navigation, Natal Beach Homing, Sea Turtle Locomotion - Mechanics, Energetics, Habitat Utilization, Migration and Habitat Use. Life History Patterns. Physiological and diving adaptations. Reproduction – Nesting Embryonic Development and Sex Determination, Conservation - Human Impacts and threats, Contemporary Fisheries Related Mortality and Turtle Excluder Devices. Conservation strategies.
- Credits
- 3
- Level
- Level 400
- Semester
- Semester One
Other courses on this programme
- FISH 414 — Fish Processing and Utilization
- FISH 417 — Fisheries Data Management
- FISH 418 — Current Research in Fisheries Acquaintance with current research in
- FISH 421 — Fisheries and Higher Vertebrate Interactions
- FISH 424 — Fish Trade and Marketing
- FISH 425 — Fish Stock Assessment
- FISH 426 — Fisheries Governance and Institutional Framework
- FISH 429 — Fisheries Economics
- MASC 402 — Marine Pollution
- MASC 411 — Marine Plankton Ecology
- MASC 412 — Marine Ecology
- MASC 413 — Marine Benthic Ecology
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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).