SIO department

SIO 134. Introduction to Biological Oceanography (4 units)

Link to catalog page: https://catalog.ucsd.edu/courses/SIO.html#sio135

Description

Basics for understanding the ecology of marine communities. The approach is process-oriented, focusing on major functional groups of organisms, their food-web interactions and community response to environmental forcing, and contemporary issues in human and climate influences. (Students may not receive credit for both SIO 134 and BIEB 134.) Prerequisites: BILD 3 and upper-division standing or consent of instructor.

Prerequisite courses

Successor courses

SIO 134 is a prerequisite of the following 4 courses:

• SIO 136
• SIO 137
• SIO 145
• SIO 185