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687. SYSTEMATICS OF MARINE FISHES 
Classification and evolution of the major groups of fishes, 
with emphasis on the family level and higher. Current re- 
search and literature on modern groups. Speciation, zoo- 
geography, methods. One credit problem in directed research 
and methods on local marine species optional. Research 600, 
700 toward master's thesis or doctoral dissertation. 
Oceanography 
203. INTRODUCTION TO OCEANOGRAPHY 
An introduction to the physical nature of the ocean, its 
topography and circulation. Chemical nature of ocean water. 
Bottom deposits. Relation to biological, geographical, geo- 
logical and economic problems, including fisheries. 
501. GENERAL OCEANOGRAPHY 
Physical properties and chemical composition of sea water, 
and relationships to activities of plants and animals; main 
features of the physics of the oceans; quantitative chemical 
and physical methods in the laboratory; use of oceanographic 
instruments in the field. - 
511. DESCRIPTIVE OCEANOGRAPHY 
Theory of oceanographic measurements; preparation and direction 
of cruises; description of water masses in the ocean parti- 
cularly the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean Sea and the equatorial 
Atlantic; the current system of the ocean. 
531. RADAR METEOROLOGY 
The essential fundamentals of radar; the operational and re- 
search uses of radar meteorological data, their derivation 
from radarscope interpretation, and actual radar operation. 
533. DYNAMIC METEOROLOGY 
The thermodynamic and hydrodynamic principles for the under- 
standing of the physical behavior of the atmosphere and its 
motions. 
541. GEOCHEMISTRY 
Distribution of chemical elements and significant compounds 
in nature, and their major and minor cycles. Geochemical 
processes in the lithosphere, the atmosphere, and the ocean. 
The chemical interrelations between organisms and their en- 
vironment. 
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