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Santa Barbara Channel Islands, USA

PARTICIPATE IN A SAILING RESEARCH EXPEDITION

This summer Mendocino College, in conjunction with the research organization Pelagikos, will be offering three sections of Natural Resource Studies (NRS) 100, Field Ecology in the Santa Barbara Channel Islands.
Pelagikos operates an 84-foot sailing research vessel which will be used during the course of study. The courses (see descriptions below) will coincide with ongoing research that Pelagikos has been conducting in bioacoustics and feeding behavior of blue and humpback whales.
This is a unique opportunity to engage in this research while attaining one unit of transferable credit to California State University (CSU). The courses will be taught by instructors who have been involved in this research for the past four years. Registration is through Mendocino College. Courses are open to both California and non-California residents.

For additional information

please call the executive director of 
Pelagikos, Urmas Kaldveer, Ph.D., 
at (707) 462-5671
e-mail Urmas_Kaldveer@RedwoodFN.org

or 
call Glen Bowden
at (510) 836-4806, 
e-mail cornflwr@well.com

NRS 100 Field Ecology
- Whale Feeding Behavior and Acoustics Course Description (1 unit transferable to CSU)
  
  An introduction to field research techniques used to detect, document and analyze the general feeding behavior and acoustics of the blue and humpback whales in the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary.
  This 7-day course will take advantage of the ongoing activities of the marine research organization Pelagikos and its 84-foot sailing research vessel. Other marine habitats and dynamics surrounding the islands will be explored. Two sections will be offered.
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Instructor: C. Hawkinson, M.S.
Sailing dates and cost information:
Section 1: Leave Sunday, July 21; return Saturday, July 27
Section 2: Leave Sunday, August 4; return Saturday, August 10
Cost per student is $1950.00
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- WHALE BEHAVIOR Course Description (1 unit transferable to CSU)
  
  This is an intensive 8-day sailing expedition. It will focus on the whale population within the Channel Islands area. In addition to the study of whale behavior, the course will examine the relationship of marine cetaceans to human evolution. This will then be discussed as a metaphor for the specimens approach to scientific study and its resultant effect on our perceptions of the natural world. One section will be offered.
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Instructor: U. Kaldveer, Ph.D.
Sailing dates and cost information:
Section 1: Leave Saturday, September 14; return Sunday, September 22
Cost per student is $2250.00
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Rauno Lauhakangas

Santa Barbara Channel Islands, USA

PARTICIPATE IN A SAILING RESEARCH EXPEDITION

For additional information

NRS 100 Field Ecology

Whale Feeding Behavior and Acoustics Course Description (1 unit transferable to CSU)

WHALE BEHAVIOR Course Description (1 unit transferable to CSU)