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  Institute of Marine Sciences, UC Santa Cruz
The University of California, Santa Cruz, is on the forefront of marine science research and education.
Set on the edge of the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, the nation's largest marine sanctuary, the campus provides student and scientists who seek to study the ocean and its life a unique opportunity to pursue their dreams and ambitions.
Long Marine Lab welcomes the public to its Seymour Center where the endeavors of institute scientists are interpreted for visitors from around the world.
ims.ucsc.edu   (269 words)

  
  IMCS || Marine Sciences Program
Marine Science is the study of the marine environment and its interactions with the earth, the biosphere, and the atmosphere.
It is therefore an interdisciplinary science requiring a knowledge of the principles of physics, geology and geophysics, mathematics, chemistry, and biology.
A major in marine sciences provides students with a broad curriculum in the sciences, which demonstrates how the different disciplines can be brought to bear on understanding marine processes and managing ocean resources wisely.
marine.rutgers.edu /ed/MainUndergrad.html   (121 words)

  
 Marine Biology at Hawaii Pacific University   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Hawaii Pacific University marine biology students are exposed to (through demonstrations) and gain experience with state-of-the-art marine science equipment including CTD's (conductivity-temperature-depth recorders) equipped with pH and fluorescence sensors, ADCP's (acoustic doppler current profilers), deep-sea video systems, and multiple-corers (state-of-the-art sediment samplers), but often have the opportunity to become proficient with their use.
The objectives of the Marine Sciences program at Hawai'i Pacific University are to help students gain a rigorous scientific understanding of the world's oceans and the life they contain, and a sense of appreciation for their beauty and fragility.
Completion of the marine biology major prepares students to enter private- or public-sector and domestic or international careers in fields such as living marine resource management, marine environmental analysis and protection, and interpretation or teaching in biology and marine science.
www.hpu.edu /index.cfm?section=undergrad22   (926 words)

  
 Marine & Atmospheric Science Program - Undergraduate   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science was established in 1943 as the Marine Laboratory of the University of Miami.
Marine science is concerned with the study of the ocean in all of its aspects.
Students admitted to the graduate program in the Division of Marine Biology and Fisheries are required to have a strong undergraduate preparation in the life sciences, with additional coursework in mathematics (calculus), physics, and chemistry (through organic).
www.miami.edu /umbulletin/und/marine/index.htm   (1653 words)

  
 NCSU: MEAS: Prospective Undergraduate Students: Marine Sciences
Marine scientists explore all aspects of the seas, seeking to understand how the oceans, their biological communities, the solid earth, and the atmosphere interact.
Marine meteorologists work to better understand air-sea interactions such as the exchange of gases, nutrients, heat and water across the air sea interface.
Marine scientists are tasked with increasing the scientific knowledge base, and as professionals with interdisciplinary training are needed to advise business, industry and governments on wise use of marine resources and potential impacts of human activities.
www.meas.ncsu.edu /02-p-ug-marine.html   (502 words)

  
 Marine Sciences, 80points   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The Marine Sciences programme is multidisciplinary and provides the students with knowledge and skills to actively contribute to the marine research and for a better management of the oceans.
Widespread exploitation of marine resources is at present forcing society to develop new management plans based on the knowledge of complex systems.
Advisory and regulatory authorities require marine competence and the marine sections of teaching at schools and universities are often popular.
utbkat.gu.se /utbildning/utb/PNMAVM.html   (570 words)

  
 Marine Sciences: Graduate Catalog, University of Connecticut
Because of the varied training of students and the interdisciplinary nature of marine sciences, plans of graduate study are flexible and broad in scope, and are designed to meet the needs of the individual student.
The department offers several courses which are used as a core curriculum in the study of marine sciences, in addition to an array of other offerings in specific areas of the field.
The impact of pollution on the marine foodweb and its response is emphasized.
catalog.grad.uconn.edu /marinesci.html   (1019 words)

  
 Oceanlink | marine sciences education and fun
Some marine biologists collect most of their research data in the field, therefore spend most of their time outdoors, while others are usually working in a laboratory.
Almost all marine biologists use computers and here are some examples of how computers are used in marine biology: typing up research reports, analysing results, communicating with other professionals in their field, using many types of scientific equipment (i.e.
Marine biology is definitely one of the more difficult areas to find a permanent job in, although I can't really estimate whether there will be more or fewer jobs in the future.
oceanlink.island.net /ask/answerscar.html   (7667 words)

  
 An Ocean View: A Career in Marine Sciences
Marine Sciences encompass a world of inquiry that extends from the ecology of salt marshes to the biology of deep sea bacteria, and from the physics of ocean currents to the geology of the seafloor.
A love of dolphins or other things marine is a good reason to consider a career in Marine Sciences, but your success in such a career will very much depend upon the strength of your science and math skills.
In fact, the traditional route into a marine career is training in a basic science (like biology, chemistry, physics) at the undergraduate level, and this path is still perfectly reasonable, especially if you intend to get a graduate degree.
www.thehighschoolgraduate.com /editorial/AT/marinescience.htm   (736 words)

  
 Marine Sciences Research Center
The Marine Sciences Research Center (MSRC) is the center for marine research, education, and public service in the marine sciences for the State University of New York system.
The Marine Sciences Research Center is also committed to applying the results of research to solve problems arising from society’s uses and misuses of the environment.
The minor in marine sciences is open to students who either wish to prepare themselves for future graduate education in marine sciences or who are preparing for a career in a marine-related field.
naples.cc.sunysb.edu /CAS/ubdepts2.nsf/pages/mar   (435 words)

  
 Marine Sciences - SouthEast Center for Ocean Sciences Education Excellence
High school science teachers and honor students participate in the education cruises required in N.C. State University’s marine science curriculum for undergraduate and graduate students.
The 10 participating programs, of which Marine Sciences is one, are listed at www.ibiblio.org/res/natural.php.
Savannah State University’s “Collaboration to Integrate Research and Education in Marine Sciences” is funded by the National Science Foundation and it is designed around a vision to establish a well-coordinated, long-term collaborative program integrating research and education in marine and environmental science and biotechnology at SSU and SkIO.
www.scseagrant.org /se-cosee/diversity/div_marine.htm   (1148 words)

  
 Marine Sciences Program at Avery Point - Faculty
Molecular population genetics, phylogeography, and systematics of marine zooplankton
Marine Geology and Tectonics, Convergent Margin Geology, Structural Geology.
Aquatic biology, aquatic toxicology, marine invertebrate and vertebrate genetics, polymorphic DNA markers for marine invertebrates and vertebrates - use in analysis of population structures, aquaculture, and DNA technology.
www.marinesciences.uconn.edu /faculty.html   (315 words)

  
 Marine Sciences at Cal Poly State University: Research Programs
Recent passage of the Marine Life Management Act and the Marine Life Protection Act has focused on near shore fisheries resources, which have undergone significant reductions in recent times.
These include hypotheses related to genetic structure and panmixia, spatial genetic patterns of populations as the related to oceanographic currents and coastal topography, directionality of gene flow and assessments of historic population sizes.
The project is a cross of traditional fisheries science and conservation biology.
www.marine.calpoly.edu /researchprograms/fisheriesgenetics.htm   (228 words)

  
 The Marine Mammal Center
Marine Science Careers are a broad category of careers that specialize in the ocean environment and its inhabitants.
At The Marine Mammal Center we employ or collaborate with marine biologists, veterinarians, veterinary technicians, parasitologists, pathologists, medical technologists, educators, and artists that specialize in marine science, specifically, marine mammal science.
If science is not your best subject but participating in the conservation and understanding of marine mammals or the marine environment is your passion, you can still get involved.
www.marinemammalcenter.org /learning/education/careers/careers.asp   (245 words)

  
 Marine Sciences (MARSC)
MARINE BIOLOGY (3) Morphologic and ecologic study of marine biota, with emphasis on environmental factors affecting biota in littoral and shallow sublittoral habitats.
MARINE BOTANY (3) Study of marine and marine fringe plants of the Middle Atlantic Coast; their taxonomy, ecology, distribution, life histories, and physiology.
MARINE GEOLOGY (3) Study of the structure and sedimentary environments of the continental shelf, slopes, and ocean basins.
www.psu.edu /bulletins/bluebook/courses/marsc.htm   (628 words)

  
 Marine Sciences Department of the University of Puerto Rico   (Site not responding. Last check: )
In addition to classroom and laboratory facilities, the marine station has indoor and outdoor aquaria and tanks with running sea water and three museums containing reference collections of fish, invertebrates, and algae.
The Magueyes Island Facilities are located at a field station established in 1954 in support of marine science research and education for the academic programs of the Institute of Marine Sciences, now Department of Marine Sciences of the University f Puerto Rico at Mayagüez.
The marine station is located within a broad embayment protected by coral reefs and within close proximity to a wide variety of tropical marine habitats: large coral reef complexes, mangrove islets, extensive seagrass beds, rocky and sandy shorelines, a world-famous bioluminescent bay, sand and macroalgal plains, and hypersaline pools.
cima.uprm.edu /magueyes.html   (833 words)

  
 Marine Science Center of Northeastern University
In addition to great marine programs, Northeastern operates its own research lab, the Marine Science Center, just north of Boston, and is partnered with leading marine research institutions around the world.
The Marine Biology Concentration is designed to provide Biology Majors with a strong foundation in marine biology and related disciplines.
The Marine Biology Minor is designed to provide Majors in disciplines other than Biology with a strong foundation in marine biology and related disciplines.
www.marinescience.neu.edu /degrees/index.html   (301 words)

  
 Rider University - Marine Sciences Major Requirements
The program investigates and emphasizes the multiple feedback interactions among unicellular to vertebrate marine organisms, the physiochemistry of the water in which they live, and the substrates in or on which they dwell.
Introduction to Field Marine Science courses are taught on a rotating basis during the Summer I or Summer II terms and include:
Graduation with Honors in Marine Sciences is awarded in recognition of majors who have demonstrated outstanding academic ability.
www.rider.edu /172_1896.htm   (540 words)

  
 Marine Sciences
This programme provides an integrated approach to biological and physical processes in the marine environment, with particular reference to coastal waters and estuaries.
The knowledge gained from biological studies that examine how marine organisms function, and the processes affecting their distribution and abundance is critical for the sustainable exploitation of marine environments.
This specified programme for the Bachelor of Science or Bachelor of Science (Technology) degree is jointly taught between the Departments of Biological Sciences, Chemistry and Earth and Ocean Sciences.
sci.waikato.ac.nz /marine.shtml   (123 words)

  
 Wilkes Marine Sciences Program
The Consortium is an association of 22 state and private undergraduate institutions that oversees the operation of a marine field station and offers educational programs that support classroom, laboratory, and field activities.
Biology majors who minor in Earth and Environmental Sciences may formally pursue a Marine Science Option concentration in a four-year program that is fully integrated into their major and minor.
Then you must register, which is a two-step procedure: (1) Apply to the Marine Science Center in Virginia.
www.wilkes.edu /pages/606.asp   (590 words)

  
 Texas A&M University at Galveston
The Marine Sciences program concentrates on the physical and chemical aspects of science of the marine, estuarine, and coastal environment.
Electives in the junior and senior year allow the student to obtain a broader background in ocean studies or to specialize, usually in the areas of environmental science, geology, or chemistry or to prepare for admission to graduate school or professional positions in industry or government.
The Marine Sciences graduate has a strong, well-rounded foundation in the quantitative physical sciences with considerable field and laboratory experience.
www.tamug.edu /mars   (455 words)

  
 UCOP, Office Of Research -- UC Marine Council Directory
Collectively the University of California campuses have marine research and education capabilities that are unparalleled and provide fundamental talent and tools to carry out research in the interests of and in collaboration with local, state and federal agencies on problems of mutual interest.
The UC Marine Council Directory of Marine Sciences includes over 600 individual faculty and researchers from the different campuses listed by research categories.
The Directory is intended to provide a comprehensive reference for marine research and educational resources of the University of California system.
www.ucop.edu /research/ucmarine/marinesearch2.php   (139 words)

  
 Marine Sciences   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Jackson Estuarine Laboratory is the largest of three laboratories administered by the UNH Center for Marine Biology.
The Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences is a private, non-profit research institution whose principal scientific concern is the biological productivity of the oceans.
The Laboratory is located on the shore of the Gulf of Maine, among the most biologically productive marine areas in the world and within one of the largest watersheds in northeastern North America.
www.unh.edu /marine-education/pages/sciences.html   (409 words)

  
 Welcome to Marine Sciences at UNC-Chapel Hill — UNC-CH Marine Sciences Program
The Marine Sciences Program is comprised of two separate administrative units, the Department of Marine Sciences (MASC) in Chapel Hill and the Institute of Marine Sciences (IMS) in Morehead City.
Check out our Marine Sciences News page for the most up to date information on happenings in our department and marine sciences news from around the world.
Candidates interested in graduate study in Marine Sciences at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill must submit most application materials online to the Graduate School of the University of North Carolina.
www.marine.unc.edu   (216 words)

  
 Applied Marine Sciences: Staff
Spies has investigated the fate of radionuclides in coastal and coral atoll marine ecosystems and has studied the fate and effects of petroleum hydrocarbons on the ecosystems of the Southern California Bight.
He was the Principal Investigator for a study of the occurrence of polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons in the sediments in San Francisco Bay and in charge of a project applying accelerator mass spectrometry to marine ecology.
He has studied biochemical and physiological indicators of contaminant exposure in feral fish and investigated the effects of polynuclear aromatic compounds on stripped bass.
www.amarine.com /corporate/staff/staff.html   (226 words)

  
 Marine Sciences Summer Internship Program   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Ten science, engineering, and mathematics undergraduates will be awarded 2007 summer internships to conduct guided research in marine science.
The 2007 Marine Sciences Summer Intern Program is supported by a grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Ocean Sciences.
Any student who is asked to accept or reject an offer prior to March 15th should contact the Division of Ocean Science's REU Program Director, Lisa Rom at elrom@NSF.gov or 703-292-7709.
www.ocean.udel.edu /graduate/reu.html   (524 words)

  
 Marine Sciences Program at Avery Point - University of Connecticut
The Marine Sciences Program is located on UConn's coastal campus at Avery Point, on the shores of Long Island Sound.
Heidi Dierssen, Assistant Professor, with a joint appointment in Marine Sciences and Geography has been appointed to the National Research Council, Space Studies Board, Committee on Earth Studies.
Vlahos, a chemical oceanographer, is part of a UConn team sampling wind and water in an effort to understand how pollutants reach the most remote parts of the globe, many thousands of miles from where they were generated.
www.marinesciences.uconn.edu   (285 words)

  
 Gardline Marine Sciences
Gardline Marine Sciences is the world's largest independently owned survey group with offices in the UK, USA, Australia and South East Asia.
As a leading geophysical, geotechnical, hydrographic and environmental survey specialist, the Group provides a wide range of integrated marine science services including: 2D seismic, 2D/3D high resolution data acquisition and interpretation, shallow gas hazard analysis, seabed mapping, shallow to deep water soil investigation, nearshore and coastal surveys, water flow measurement and water quality.
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www.gardlinemarinesciences.com   (141 words)

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