{"id":764,"date":"2015-03-09T13:08:39","date_gmt":"2015-03-09T13:08:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/immersionlearning201314\/?p=764"},"modified":"2016-06-27T18:02:35","modified_gmt":"2016-06-27T18:02:35","slug":"biology-immersed-in-belize-animal-diversity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/immersionlearning\/2015\/03\/09\/biology-immersed-in-belize-animal-diversity\/","title":{"rendered":"Biology Immersed in Belize’ Animal Diversity"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Professor Eric Wetzel<\/em> – There’s no better way to learn about the great diversity of animals\u00a0than to experience them first-hand in their\u00a0natural\u00a0habitats.\u00a0And there’s no better place to lo\u200bok for invertebrates (animals without backbones) than the coral reef.<\/div>\n
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Wabash students in Prof. Eric Wetzel’s Biology of the Invertebrates course will do just that as they spend the week on South Water Caye, a small island 10 miles from the coast of Belize. South Water Caye is in the heart of a large Marine Reserve in the Caribbean and sits directly\u00a0on Belize’s\u00a0barrier reef.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Students will spend most of their time in the water as they explore\u00a0the various\u00a0habitats adjacent to the island such as patch\u00a0reefs, mangroves, and\u00a0the deeper water of the\u00a0fore\u00a0reef; they’ll also be able to experience the dynamic intertidal zone as they search for snails, worms, seastars, corals, and the occasional octopus or squid. Even while it’s possible to study these animals in the lab on campus, there’s absolutely no substitute for learning about\u00a0these animals in their ecological context as they face the challenges of these different habitats.<\/div>\n
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Be on the lookout for student posts and photos from this Wabash Immersion experience that lives up to its name!<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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