This is the scientific study and analysis of interactions of organisms with their environment. In this course, Coastal Ecology, explores the biotic and abiotic factors that affect coastal communities.
The University of Houston Coastal Center (UHCC) is designated by the Texas legislature as the home of the Texas Institute for Coastal Prairie Research and Education and is home to a mosaic of habitats: high-quality coastal prairie, forested wetland and manmade wetlands, and coastal prairie in the process of restoration.
Viewing Room: UHCL, Bayou Building, Room 3615. Thesis Defense: "Habitat Use, Distribution, and Density of Dwarf Seahorse ( Hippocampus zosterae) Populations along the Texas Gulf Coast" by Story Lesher. UHCL, Bayou Building, Room 3615.
Educating students and community members about the environment is our primary objective.
The three non-advising members must include one member with a primary appointment in the Ecology and Evolution Division and one member from outside the department. At least two of the committee members (advising or non-advising) must have their primary appointment in the Ecology and Evolution Division.
The student’s choice of faculty advisor must be approved by the graduate committee chair. If a student wishes to work jointly with more than one professor, an understanding as to who is primarily responsible for supervision of the student’s graduate studies should be reached. Thesis or Dissertation Committee.
During the first year, each student is required to select, by mutual agreement, a tenured or tenure-track member of the faculty of the Division of Ecology and E volution as a major professor who, with the thesis (M.S. Plan I), study (M.S.
The University of Houston has reciprocal arrangements with Baylor College of Medicine and Rice University that enable graduate students to take a limited amount of graduate-level course work at these institutions for credit. There is no payment of fees and tuition at the host institution, and a simplified enrollment procedure is used. Courses may also be taken at other institutions in the Houston area, but additional paperwork and fees may apply. The student must notify the Graduate Coordinator prior to the beginning of the semester to fill out the appropriate forms. For more information, see the Associate Chair for Graduate Affairs.
The Environmental Institute Houston provides access to environmental information to the university and the community through activities, seminars and presentations that spotlight topics of vital importance to students, citizens, teachers and technical audiences.
Our research activities focus on water resources, wetlands, fisheries, and wildlife conservation management. Institute scientists apply their diverse skills to examine environmental issues statewide and throughout the Gulf of Mexico. EIH delivers unbiased technical and scientific expertise to provide clarity to environmental challenges.