University of West Florida MARINE BIOLOGY AND TROPICAL ECOLOGY Date: August 09 - 19, 2010
Rate per student: $1200 For Applications and brochures: Wayne A. Bennett, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Vertebrate Physiology University of West Florida Department of Biology 11000 University Pkwy. Pensacola, FL 32514 Office: 850.474.3362 Fax: 850.474.2749

14 day program beginning in Hermosa Beach, Guanacaste, at the legendary Gulf of Papagayo, world famous as a great fishing destination and home to abundant marine animals and variety of species. Three marine excursions that include scuba diving, fish counting, mangrove tour, coastal species. Visit to the three main tropical forests present in Costa Rica. Two nights at the Guanacaste Conservation Area, for an in site visit to the last dry tropical forest of Central America and a historical visit to Hacienda Santa Rosa, one night at Rincon de la Vieja National Park and two nights at the precious Monteverde Cloud Forest.