Feb 10, 2025  
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

BIO L479 - Environmental Assessment Lab


1 Credit Hour(s) Contact Hours: 3

Laboratory instruction and hands-on field training regarding stream environmental assessment as currently practiced by state agencies in their attempt to preserve biological integrity. Topics covered include measurement of water quality, habitat, and practice sampling techniques, with a concentration on fish and macro invertebrate assemblages. In addition, students will learn the use of the index of biological integrity using their own collections of fish assemblages.
Prerequisite(s): BIO 1101 /BIO L101  and BIO 2229 /BIO L229  
Co-requisite(s): BIO 4479