1. UWF Tropical Reef & Forest Ecology Class in Costa Rica August 9-18, 2006

2. Class Layout Three weeks of lecture: Reef Ecology Tropical Dry Forest Ecology Tropical Rain Forest Ecology Two weeks in Costa Rica: Field trips morning through mid afternoon Lectures by local biologists before dinner Free time in the evening Variable Credit: 1 credit – Attend lectures, take exams 2 credits – Lecture, exams, field notebook 3 credits - Lecture, exams, field notebook, paper

3. 25% of country is protected by the National Park System Guanacaste Conservation Area Playa Hermosa

4. Arrival Wednesday, August 9th Liberia International Airport Beach Resort at Playa Hermosa

5. Dry Forest Canopy Expedition August 10th Playa Hermosa

6. Monkey Head Island Diving/Snorkeling Turning Point and Tortuga Reef August, 11th

7. Slate Pencil Urchin (Eucidaris thouarsii) Blue Sea Star (Phataria unifascialis) Panamic Cusion Star (Pentaceraster cumingi) Whitetip Reef Shark (Triaenodon obesus ) Diving/Snorkeling West Catalina Island and “The Widow” August, 12th

8. Mangrove Field Trip August, 13 th

9. Snorkeling and Hiking Rocky Intertidal Habitats August,14 th

10. Guanacaste Conservation Area, Santa Rosa National Park Tropical dry forest August 15 th & 16 th

11. Rincon de la Vieja Volcano August, 17 th

12. Cloud Forest Tropical Rain Forest August 17 th

13. Returned to Pensacola August 18 th