Biotic Response to Sea Level Change (online only)

Prerequisites: Admission to graduate program in Marine Science.

This course is an overview of sea level change over geologic time with emphasis on mechanisms of change, evidence of past sea level changes, and the impact of expected sea level changes on the marine biosphere. Topics include: global climate change and eustasy, tectonically-forced sea level change, epeiric seas, transgression and regression sedimentology, coastal geomorphology, and marine and coastal habitat change. Field studies emphasize local evidence for sea level change, habitat shift and reorganization, and human response to changing sea level, such as community displacement, shoreline stabilization, and beach-fill nourishment.

This course is designed for undergraduate and graduate students in the physical and biological marine sciences.

This course is online and asynchronous with optional field trips (days TBA).