BIOL 4453

Exclusion(s): Unavailable to students with credit for BIOL485. A comprehensive look at the evolution and phylogenetic relationships of fishes. Students survey their morphological, physiological, behavioural and ecological adaptations to their aquatic environments. Conservation management of fish habitats will be discussed. The laboratory will include studies of structural diversity, anatomy and osteology, morphometrics, age and growth and other selected topics. Course includes lab component.