Carl Roush - Belize

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Welcome to "Tropical Ecosystems" through the Study Abroad program at Lower Columbia College. The course offers you the opportunity to explore the ecology and diversity of the Belize barreir reef, second largest in the world. You will also receive instruction in principles of ecology as reflected through study of this colorful and diverse Carribean carbonate ecosystem. We will visit a mainland Belize Mayan site and observe the inalnd rainforest diversity along the way.

The course when taken for credit fulfills three credits of natural science distribution list requirement with lab. There are no prerequisites, but comfort in the water and a capacity for extended moderate physical activity is necessary for your safety and enjoyment.

SCHEDULE

December 9-17: Caribbean bound. That's "bound" as in all tied up! A journal is due at completion of trip.

OBJECTIVES

Identify representative verebrate, and invertebrate species comprising coral reef communities.

Discuss factors threatening survival of coral reef communities.

Examine the historical Mayan culture and interact with the ethnic cultures (Mestizo, Creole, Maya) represented today.

ASSESSMENT

Pre-Belize:

Visual identification of reef fish and dominant coral species.

Belize:

Daily journal - habitats/sites visited, species seen, lecture notes.

Maintain a species list - fish and coral species - and where - proposed parameters affecting distribution.

Questions:

detail Carl Roush
Biology Instructor
360-442-2886

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