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OCN 230 - Ocean Resources and Ecology
Course Description
- Prerequisite: OCN 201
OCN 230 deals with the application and extension of oceanographic principles to problems of marine ecology, resource management and environmental conservation. This course will examine a variety of potentially available ocean resources such as food, energy, minerals, oil and natural gas. Methods of extraction of these resources and their impact on marine environment will be analyzed.
Student Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of OCN 230, the student will be able to:
- Get an opportunity to expand their knowledge of oceans into areas, which are not covered in OCEAN 201 (Science of the sea).
- Study principles of ecology, marine production and world fisheries
- Understand the law of the sea concept
- Learn about mineral resources such as desalination products, manganese nodules, phosphates, metalliferous sediments
- Study of petroleum resources and sources of alternate energy from the ocean
- Examine the dynamic interaction between the ocean and atmosphere
- Survey the sources of pollution in the ocean and its impact of marine life