AFFILIATED BIOLOGICAL FIELD STATIONS
For students who desire biological field experience, the Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences is a affiliated with two regional biological field stations.
Gulf Coast Research Laboratory, located in Ocean Springs, Mississippi, offers summer marine science field courses. The Gulf Coast Research Laboratory is a public, non-profit research facility dedicated to working toward a future of sustainable marine and coastal resources through scientific discovery, development of new technology, and education of future scientists and citizens.
Highlands Biological Station, located in Highlands, North Carolina, is a year-round biological field station with the mission to promote research and education in biodiversity studies (ecology, systematics, evolution, and conservation), with special emphasis on the diverse flora and fauna of the Appalachian Mountain region.
OTHER BIOLOGICAL FIELD STATIONS
Field course work or internships for credit can also be arranged
at other biological field stations.
Some other possible sites are:
Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods
Hole, Massachusetts
Scripps Institution of
Oceanography
Hopkins Marine Station - Stanford University
Friday Harbor Laboratory
Shoals Marine Laboratory
Duke University Marine Laboratory
Grice Marine Laboratory - College of Charleston
Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory
Mount Desert Biological Laboratory
University of Michigan Biological Station
Yellowstone Field Station
- Montana State University
Cowetta Long Term Ecological Research
Savannah River Environmental Sciences Field
Station
Savannah River Ecology Laboratory
Hollings Marine Laboratory
Virginia Institute of Marine Science
University of Georgia Marine Institute - Sapelo Island
Sapelo Island National Estaurine Research Reserve
Gerace Research Center (formerly Bahamian Field Station) San Salvador Island
Institute for Tropical Marine Ecology -
Dominica, West Indies
