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Courses
The Coastal Plains Institute's
believes an important way to achieve its main objective is by disseminating
knowledge and understanding of natural history, ecology, and environments
of the Coastal Plain, through various means of environmental education.
With the cooperation of the Center for Professional Development in Tallahassee
Florida, Dr. Bruce Means teaches three courses. These courses consist
of six three hour, evening lectures and six all day Saturday field trips.
For a syllabus of each course click on the links below.
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Uplands
Ecosystems - The course integrates
geology, meteorology, hydrology, biogeography, and ecology in an
attempt to give the student an overview about the biotic character
of the north Florida region, a subregion of the Coastal Plain. |
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Wetlands
Ecosystem
- The Wetlands course
continues downslope from where the Uplands course leaves off. It
addresses all the emergent communities between open, freshwater
aquatic environments and true, dry upland soils. The purpose of
this course is to learn about the diverse variety of wetlands in
the Coastal Plain as demonstrated by Panhandle Florida examples.
Both lentic and lotic systems will be studied. |
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Coastal Strands & Barrier Islands - The purpose of this course is to learn about the diversity of upland and wetland habitats in the coastal strands and barrier islands of the Gulf and Atlantic coasts of Florida and southeastern Georgia. Coastal strands are important uplands along the continental margins of the coasts of the world, affected in their plant and animal composition by wind, waves, and saltwater. |
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