BIOL 4720 - Sediment Toxicology

3 hours

Mechanisms of contaminant transport and fate in freshwater marine sediments and pollutant effects at the individual, population and biotic community levels. Sediment contaminant bio-availability and bioaccumulation into food webs and the scientific aspects of legal control and remediation of hazardous sediments.

Prerequisite(s): Completion of foundation requirements for the declared biological sciences major. If the major is outside of biological sciences, foundation requirements for the biology BA must be completed. If these requirements are not met, department consent is required.

May not be repeated at the graduate level as BIOL 5720.