BIOO 415 - Ichthyology

4 Credit(s)

Students will describe the key characteristics of fishes and summarize their evolutionary history. They will describe the physiological, morphological, and behavioral adaptations that fish have for swimming, respiring, osmoregulating, thermoregulating, reproducing, migrating, capturing prey, and avoiding predators. Through dissection-based labs, students will describe the key internal and external anatomical features of fish and how they function. Students will also become familiar with characteristic features of major aquatic environments and the adaptations that fish have for surviving and reproducing in each. Students will describe the role of glaciation in influencing present day distributions of fishes and will summarize the key conservation issues surrounding management of fishes around the globe. Students will also learn how to identify important species fishes, both globally and in Montana. Prerequisite(s): BIOB 170; or c/i. (fall/odd-numbered years) 75.00

Prerequisite(s): BIOB 170
fall/even-numbered years