Aquatic
Biology
Wartburg's
Biology Department also has field biology courses that
study Midwestern sites. Aquatic Biology students collect
organisms and environmental data from lake, pond, river,
stream, marsh, and fen habitats. These collections are
analyzed in the laboratory. One week is spent at field
stations on Lake Okoboji in Iowa and Lake Itasca in Minnesota.
Bahamian
Ecology
Students in this course will spend the first week of May
Term on campus learning background information about the
site in the Bahamas, the research projects on site, and
practicing their snorkeling skills. The course will then
travel to the Gerace Research Center, located on San Salvador,
for 2.5 weeks. Students will spend time in the field exploring
coral reef and hypersaline lake environments, and will
participate in on-going research projects being conducted
at the research center. This course meets the field biology
requirement of the biology major.
Guyana
& Trinidad Neotropical Field Experience
Students
travel to rain forest sites by truck, boat and airplane,
experience the local Amerindian culture, participate in
research projects in an international research program
and visit Kaieteur Falls. In Trinidad and Tobago, they
experience a vibrant eastern Caribbean culture through
its arts, museums and environment.
Oregon
Coast
Students spend most of the term on the Oregon coast
near Newport, Oregon, studying marine biology and ecology.
Through this site, one can get a small taste of the
scenery in Oregon and a little glimpse into the Oregon
Coast BI 205 course. Students have studied at the Oregon
State Marine Science Center and the Yaquina Bay and
Estuary.
Tropical
Field Biology
After
an introductory overview on campus, one week is spent
on
Roaten, an island off the Honduran coast, studying coral
reef biology. The next week is spent at Blue Creek Station
in Belize, where rain forest field studies are enhanced
by using the Sky Walk in the canopy.
