Biology:
Course content and design
All
taught day courses have specific learning outcomes which relate directly to
syllabuses. Detailed course content and programme is decided
in conjunction with visiting staff to ensure that all requirements
are met.
Course costs
Habitats available:
Rocky shore - range of wave exposures from extremely sheltered to extremely exposed
Salt marsh-grazed and ungrazed
Sand dunes- succession and management
Sand and mud shores
Freshwater- upland streams, lowland streams, ponds
Woodland-deciduous, coniferous
Pasture-improved / unimprovedSampling techniques used
- non-mobile plant and animal communities – selection of quadrat
size, random and systematic sampling
- mobile populations – mark, release, recapture
- aquatic populations – effort and area based sampling
- quantitative and qualitative recording methods - %cover, %
frequency, density, abundance scales, point quadratsEcological concepts / ecosystem function
-Influence and interaction of abiotic and biotic factors on species
distribution and abundance
-Species adaptations to the environment
-Zonation
-Succession
-Conservation and management
-Diversity / stability relationships
-Energy flow
-Freshwater pollution / indicator species / biotic indices
-Human influences on the environmentStudent investigations
Hypothesis testing, data collection, statistical analysis (computer based where appropriate), data interpretation
Contact Hallsannery for further information
Hallsannery is in the transition zone of
the Braunton Burrows UNESCO
Biosphere Reserve
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