Todd W. Anderson
Professor and Director, Coastal & Marine Institute                      
Department of Biology
San Diego State University
San Diego, California 92182-4614    

E-mail:    todda@sunstroke.sdsu.edu
Phone:   619-594-0995
FAX:       619-594-5676                  

Lower Division courses

Biology 215 -- Biostatistics (Fall 2001, 2010)
Methods and experience in defining and solving quantitative problems in biology, including design of experiments, and parametric and nonparametric statistical techniques.

Upper Division courses

Biology 324 -- Life in the Sea (Fall 2004)
Overview of complexity of marine life. Diverse interactions of organisms in the intertidal zone, over the continental shelves, and in the open oceans (not applicable to biological sciences majors).

Biology 354 -- Ecology and the Environment (Spring 2001, 2002, 2003, 2008, Fall 2006)
Fundamental concepts in population, community, and ecosystem ecology.

Biology 541 -- Ecology of Fishes and Fisheries Biology / Biology 596 -- Biology of Fishes (Fall 2000, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011)
Biology and ecology of fishes, including environmental constraints, habitats, feeding, behavior, growth, reproduction, biotic interactions, population dynamics, and assemblage structure. Fisheries biology concepts, including stock-recruitment models, climates and fisheries, density dependence and population regulation, and population dynamics theory.

Graduate courses

Biology 600 -- Seminar (Spring 2000)
An intensive study in advanced biology.

Biology 604 -- Seminar in Aquatic Ecology (Spring 2002, 2005, 2007)
Study topics on the ecology of aquatic ecosystems.