Course Information:

Lectures, videos, and discussions of assigned readings during the first week on campus will be followed by a 20-day field trip to Belize.  Students will be required to design and complete a short research project in addition to compiling a detailed field notebook.

Cost: 2010 cost will be $3340, covering transportation (including air travel from Boston), llodging, three meals daily, and local group expenses. Limited scholarship funds are available to students on financial aid. 

Objective:

• To observe and study in detail selected tropical fauna and flora of Belize .
• Identify fauna and flora indigenous to the area.
• Qualitative and quantitative field investigations will emphasize the ecological relationships in coral reefs, seagrass beds, and tropical rain forests.
• Environmental challenges of living in a tropical country will also be investigated.

Tentative Schedule

Slides of Belize

About Belize

Belize Ecosystem Conservation

Course materials:

Fish slides

Fish slides without names

Plant slides

Bird slides (DnLoad)

Bird plates (DnLoad)

Freshwater fish

Coral slides (DnLoad)

Coral Pictures to ID (DnLoad)

Belize Biodiversity

Belize Barrier Reef

Readings Downloads