Biology of Marine Mammals Lab

Fall & Spring | 1 credits | Elective
Majors: Biology

This course gives students in Biology of Marine Mammals the chance to gain laboratory credit while abroad. Students learn the process of a porpoise or seal necropsy. This includes correct measurement procedures, identifying diseases and parasites and compiling data to then produce a report. A half lab day will allow students to do an actual dissection followed up by a written investigation of the necropsy based on specific parameter relationships.

You must also be enrolled in the 3 credit course Biology of Marine Mammals.

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Field Studies

Marine Mammal Necropsy

A full day lab trip to perform a dissection of a seal or porpoise.

Instructors

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  Maria Iversen

  Cand.scient. (Biology, University of Aarhus, 2004). Ph.D. candidate studies in Spain, Iceland and Norway. Researcher in several projects concerning marine mammals both in Denmark, Scotland, Canada and Greenland since 1999. With DIS since 2005.