| Summer
Session 2007 short courses |
Introduction to San Francisco Bay
Ecology |
| Saturday, July 14 |
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM |
San Francisco Bay Ecology –
This introductory level class will cover bay plankton,
benthic (bottom) ecology, hydrology (temperature and
salinity) and geology. One half of the class will
be taught on the Romberg Tiburon Center’s research
vessel the Questuary. Participants will learn about
and help deploy current scientific equipment and collect
samples. The other half of the class will take place
at Romberg Tiburon Center’s teaching laboratories,
where participants will examine samples using a video
microscope, and learn more about the geology, history
and current issues facing San Francisco Bay through
an interactive lecture.
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| Instructor: Erin
Blackwood, Lecturer in Biology, SFSU |
Erin Blackwood is the Education
and Outreach Coordinator for the Romberg Tiburon Center.
Erin holds an M.Ed. in Natural Science Education and
knows the San Francisco Bay and local coastal environments
well.
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