LECTURE SCHEDULE, FALL '98
Week
Date
Lecture Topic
Readings (Nybakken)
1
Sep 8
Oceanography I: Properties of water & seawater; nutrients & dissolved gases
p. 1-10 & RR
1
Sep 10
Oceanography II: zonation & geomorphology; temperature & thermal stratification
p. 10-35 & RR
2
Sep 15
Oceanography III: water movements; larval ecology
p. 10-35 & video
2
Sep 17
Plankton I: Phytoplankton--diversity; growth & production; nuisance algal blooms
p. 36-66 & RR
3
Sep 22
Plankton II: Zooplankton -- diversity, grazing, vertical migration, patchiness
p. 67-78 & RR
3
Sep 24
Planton III: Picoplankton--diversity; microbial loop & the new pelagic foodweb
p. 78-89, RR & slides
4
Sep 29
Nekton I: cetaceans--morphology, sound production, social behavior, migration & movements
ch. 3, RR & video ('Whales')
4
Oct 1
Nekton II: bony fishes, sharks & rays, foraging behavior & population biology of sharks
ch. 3, RR
5
Oct 6
Deep sea biology I: salient habitat features; adaptations of benthic & midwater organisms
Ch. 4 & RR
5
Oct 8
Deep sea biology II: trends in species diversity; research techniques employed
ch. 4 & video
6
Oct 15
Deep sea biology III: chemosynthetic communities at hydrothermal vents & hydrocarbon seeps; organism dispersal
RR
7
Oct 20
MIDTERM EXAM
7
Oct 22
Intertidal ecology I: rocky shores; environmental conditions; zonation; keystone species & effects
p. 219-255 & RR
8
Oct 27
Intertidal ecology II: sandy & muddy bottom communities
p. 255-284 & ch. 7 & video
8
Oct 29
Shallow-water subtidal I: kelp communties; biological interactions & community structures
p. 165-167, 185-194 & RR
9
Nov 3
Shallow-water subtidal II: unvegetated sedimentary habitat; seagrass communities; role of large herbivores
p. 167-180, 194-202
9
Nov 5
Estuaries & salt marshes: physical characteristics; biota; estuarine processes, productivity, and threat of eutrophication
ch. 8 & RR
10
Nov 10
Coral reef communities I: Video 'City of Coral'
p. 338-355 & c. 10
10
Nov 12
Coral reef communities II: limiting factors; reef zonation; coral foraging modes; interactions & productivity
p. 338-355 & RR
11
Nov 17
Coral reef communities III: hypotheses for fish diversity; importance of herbivory
p. 355-377
11
Nov 19
Mangrove forests: structure; distribution; biota; succession; FIRST DRAFT OF RESEARCH PAPER DUE
p. 377-394
12
Nov 24
Fisheries: commercial species; fishery techniques; havesting theory; fishery management; causes of stock collapses
p. 418-433
13
Dec 1
Mariculture: commercial species; sustainable yield; mariculture
p. 431-433
13
Dec 3
Protecting marine biodiversity: threats (nutrients, toxins, oil, alien species); protection strategies
p. 433-444 & RR
14
Dec 8
Student Presentations
14
Dec 8
FINAL DRAFT OF RESEARCH PAPER DUE @ 4:30pm
14
Dec 10
Student presentations
Note: RR=Reserve Reading at main desk in Science Library