Open AccessCREARE: A Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experience to Study the Responses of the Endangered Coral Acropora Cervicornis to a Changing Environment †
Author(s) -
Juan S. Ramírez-Lugo,
Carlos Toledo-Hernández,
Ivonne Vélez-González,
Claudia Patricia Ruiz-Diaz
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of microbiology and biology education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1935-7885
pISSN - 1935-7877
DOI - 10.1128/jmbe.v22i1.2253c
Subject(s) - acropora , coral , endangered species , undergraduate research , medical education , ecology , biology , medicine , habitat
There is mounting evidence to support that students who participate in scientific research experiences are more likely to continue on to advanced degrees and careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). To introduce more students to the benefits of research, we have drawn on an ongoing project aimed at understanding how the Caribbean staghorn coralAcropora cervicornis responds to environmental fluctuations to develop a semester-long course-based undergraduate research experience (CURE), entitled CREARE (Coral Response to Environment Authentic Research Experience).