Chesapeake Bay Ecology October 4, 2010

The Irvine Institute for Environmental Education CHESAPEAKE BAY ECOLOGY, 9 Sessions. The Chesapeake Bay estuary is the most complex aquatic environment on earth. This course provides an overview of the physical and chemical processes, and biological communities that make up the Bay. Learn about the forces that drive the Chesapeake Bay: geology, salinity gradients, tides and the ecological relationships of the Bay's flora and fauna. The integration of all these features demonstrates how this body of water, although massive, is extremely fragile. Instructor: Dr. Sarah Haines, Assistant Professor of Biology, Towson University. Date/Time: Mondays, October 4 November 29, 10:00 11:30 a.m. (no class on November 22) and Saturday, November 13, 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Irvine Nature Center, 11201 Garrison Forest Road, Owings Mills, MD 21117 443-738-9200 www.ExploreNature.org