Course Listing For FISH

(FISH)WILD 3000. Introduction to Fish and Wildlife Management. 2 hours.
Oasis Title: INT FISH WILDL MAN.
Not open to students with credit in FORS 3300.
Prerequisite: (BIOL 1104 and BIOL 1104L) or BIOL 1108-1108L.
Principles governing conservation and management of fish and wildlife. The interrelations of wildlife management and other forest resource uses.
Offered fall semester every year.

FISH(WASR) 4100/6100-4100L/6100L. Environmental Monitoring. 3 hours. 2 hours lecture and 3 hours lab per week.
Oasis Title: ENVIRON MONITORING.
Not open to students with credit in FORS 4160/6160-4160L/6160L.
Undergraduate prerequisite: [CRSS(FORS) 3060-3060L or CRSS(FANR) 3060-3060L] and STAT 2000.
Design, implementation, and interpretation of sampling programs for environmental systems (especially aquatic systems) for monitoring, regulatory activities, quality control, scientific study, and impact assessment.
Offered fall semester every year.

(FISH)ECOL(WASR) 4310/6310-4310L/6310L. Limnology. 4 hours. 3 hours lecture and 4 hours lab per week.
Oasis Title: LIMNOLOGY.
Not open to students with credit in FORS 4310/6310-4310L/6310L.
Undergraduate prerequisite: ECOL(BIOL) 3500-3500L or FORS 3300 or WILD(FISH) 3000.
Aquatic ecosystems (lakes and streams) and their biota. Linkages between terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.
Offered fall semester every year.

FISH(ECOL) 4360/6360. Fish Ecology. 4 hours.
Oasis Title: FISH ECOLOGY.
Not open to students with credit in FORS 4360/6360.
Undergraduate prerequisite: ECOL(BIOL) 3500-3500L or FORS 3020-3020L or FANR 3200-3200L.
Undergraduate prerequisite or corequisite: ECOL 4050/6050-4050L/6050L or FORS(BIOL) 4050/6050-4050/6050L or WILD(BIOL) 4050/6050-4050L/6050L.
Lectures and discussions will be used to provide an interactive exploration of the ecology of fishes. Topics include: foraging, reproduction, habitat selection, niche, competition, and the mechanisms controlling fish biodiversity. Instruction includes both the status of a topic and appropriate research designs. The latter materials will be relevant to most animal taxa.
Offered spring semester every year.

(FISH)MARS 4380/6380-4380L/6380L. Marine Fisheries Biology. 3 hours. 2 hours lecture and 2 hours lab per week.
Oasis Title: MAR FISHERIES BIOL.
Not open to students with credit in FORS 4380/6380-4380L/6380L.
Undergraduate prerequisite: BIOL 1108-1108L and permission of department.
Interaction of oceanographic processes with the life histories and productivity of marine fisheries species, and the human interactions with major marine fisheries.
Offered spring semester every year.

FISH 4500/6500. Fish Physiology. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: FISH PHYSIOLOGY.
Not open to students with credit in FORS 4370/6370.
Undergraduate prerequisite: ECOL 3260-3260L or FORS(ECOL) 3580-3580L or WILD(ECOL) 3580-3580L.
Basic fish physiology with an emphasis on the effects of environmental stresses on physiological functions of fish.
Offered fall semester every year.

FISH 5360/7360. Fisheries Management. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: FISHERIES MGT.
Not open to students with credit in FORS 5360/7360 or FISH 5300/7300.
Undergraduate prerequisite: BIOL 1108-1108L.
Principles, methods, and techniques used in the management of freshwater and marine fisheries resources. Practical, theoretical, and ethical questions are addressed.
Offered fall semester every year.

FISH 5360L/7360L. Fisheries Management Laboratory. 1 hour. 3 hours lab per week.
Oasis Title: FISHERIES MGT LAB.
Not open to students with credit in FISH 5300L/7300L or FORS 5360L/7360L.
Corequisite: FISH 5300/7300.
Principles, methods, and techniques used in the identification and sampling of freshwater and marine fisheries. Emphasis is on hands-on experience in both field and laboratory settings.
Non-traditional format: Three overnight field trips will be required.
Offered fall semester every year.

FISH 5400/7400-5400L/7400L. Fish Culture. 3 hours. 2 hours lecture and 4 hours lab per week.
Oasis Title: FISH CULTURE.
Not open to students with credit in FORS 5380/7380-5380L/7380L.
Undergraduate prerequisite: BIOL 1108-1108L.
Biological and abiological aspects of extensive and intensive culture of freshwater fishes. Emphasis is on species and methods utilized in the eastern United States.
Offered spring semester every year.

(FISH)FANR(FORS)(NRRT)(WASR)(WILD) 5950. Special Topics in Forestry and Natural Resources. 1-4 hours. Repeatable for maximum 12 hours credit.
Oasis Title: SPECIAL TOPICS.
Not open to students with credit in FORS 5930.
Prerequisite: Permission of school.
Special-interest or experimental courses offered on a one-time basis. Course content will vary with each offering.
Non-traditional format: Lecture/lab hours will be determined by course instructor as appropriate to topic and credit hours assigned.
Not offered on a regular basis.

FISH 7980. Fisheries and Aquaculture Problems. 1-12 hours. Repeatable for maximum 24 hours credit.
Oasis Title: FISHERIES PROBLEMS.
Not open to students with credit in FORS 7981.
Prerequisite: Permission of school.
Individual student problems pertaining to fisheries and aquaculture at the masters level.
Non-traditional format: Formal classes are not held. Faculty members assist students as needed.
Offered fall, spring, and summer semesters every year.

(FISH)WILD 8300. Wildlife and Fisheries Seminar. 1-2 hours. Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit.
Oasis Title: WILDLIFE SEMINAR.
Not open to students with credit in FORS 8300.
Recent advances in wildlife and fisheries research and management.
Offered fall, spring, and summer semesters every year.

(FISH)WILD 8360. Quantitative Approaches to Conservation Biology. 4 hours.
Oasis Title: QUANT CON BIOL.
Not open to students with credit in FORS 8360.
Course format utilizes lectures, discussions of journal articles, and computer simulation exercises (including model selection/analysis) to explore new quantitative approaches to conservation biology. Topics include habitat selection theory, landscape ecology, and population viability analysis. Students should have previous courses in ecology and statistics.
Offered fall semester every year.

(FISH)WILD 8390-8390L. Estimation of Fish and Wildlife Population Parameters. 4 hours. 3 hours lecture and 3 hours lab per week.
Oasis Title: EST FISH WILDL POP.
Not open to students with credit in FORS 8390-8390L.
Prerequisite: Permission of school.
Statistical methods for estimating parameters and testing hypotheses of fish and wildlife populations. Models of population dynamics. Sampling and estimation methods including line-transect, mark-recapture, removal, catch-effort, tag-recovery, and analysis of failure times. Optimization and decision-theoretic methods for wildlife and fisheries management.
Offered spring semester every year.

(FISH)(ECOL)EHSC(WASR) 8610. Aquatic Toxicology. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: AQUATIC TOXICOLOGY.
Prerequisite: CHEM 2211 and CHEM 2211L and [EHSC 4490/6490 or PHRM(VPHY) 6910 or PHRM(VPHY)(POUL)(EHSC) 8920].
Toxicological effects of aquatic pollution focusing on fate and transport of xenobiotics; xenobiotic accumulation, dynamics, and toxicity in aquatic organisms; the analysis and modeling of the effects of aquatic pollution on organisms; and the determination of related risks to aquatic ecosystems and human populations.
Offered spring semester every odd-numbered year.

(FISH)(ECOL)WILD 8680. Animal Biodiversity and Conservation. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: ANIM BIODIV CONS.
Not open to students with credit in FORS 8680.
Prerequisite: ECOL(BIOL) 3500-3500L or FORS 3020-3020L or FANR 3200-3200L.
Topics include formal logic and conservation biology, habitat selection theory, landscapes and biodiversity, island biogeography and biodiversity, environmental variation, biodiversity, and resource use.
Offered fall semester every year.

FISH 8980. Fisheries and Aquaculture Problems. 1-12 hours. Repeatable for maximum 36 hours credit.
Oasis Title: FISHERIES PROBLEMS.
Not open to students with credit in FORS 8981.
Prerequisite: Permission of school.
Individual student problems pertaining to fisheries and aquaculture at the doctoral level.
Non-traditional format: Formal classes are not held. Faculty assist students as needed.
Offered fall, spring, and summer semesters every year.