Marine biology bio 210 Fall 2003 general information
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BIO 210 Fall 2003 GENERAL INFORMATION STAFF: Professor: Marianne V. Moore (Rm. 394, X3098) Office Hours: Mon 11:30 - 12:30 pm Tues 3:00 – 4:30 pm Laboratory Instructor: Dr. Simone Helluy
Nybakken, J.W. 2001. Marine Biology: An Ecological Approach, 5th Edition. Addison-Wesley Educational Publishers, Reading, MA. 481 p. Gosner,K.L. 1978. A Field Guide to the Atlantic Seashore. Houghton Mifflin, Boston. 329 p. Reserve readings and videotapes will be on reserve in the Science Library (see attached list) LECTURES: Tues and Fri 11:10 - 12:20 am in Rm. 364 Science Center LABORATORIES: Labs will occur in Rm 161 unless otherwise indicated (see attached lab schedule) on Thursdays (1:00 – 4:30 pm) & Fridays from (1:15 – 5:15 pm). Lab work consists of plant and animal identification, dissections, and field trips with sample collection and enumeration, data analysis, interpretation, and discussion. NOTE: One weekend field trip is scheduled. This trip will occur on Saturday September 20 (Thurs & Fri lab sections together). EXAMINATIONS AND GRADING: Grades will be based on a midterm (25%) and final exam (25%), a research paper (20%) and oral presentation (5%), a lab practical (15%), and lab questions (10%).  LECTURE SCHEDULE 
WEEK DATE LECTURE TOPIC READING (Nybakken) __________________________________________________________ 1 Sep 2 Oceanography I: properties of water & p. 1-10 & seawater; nutrients & dissolved gases RR 1 Sep 5 Oceanography II: zonation & geomorphology p. 10-34 & temperature and thermal stratification RR 2 Sep 9 Oceanography III: water movements; p. 10-34 & larval ecology video (see options)
blooms
grazing; vertical migration, patchiness RR
the microbial loop & the new pelagic RR, & foodweb slides 4 Sep 23 Nekton I: cetaceans; morphology, sound Chap. 3, RR production, social behavior, migrations & video & movements ('Whales') 4 Sep 26 Nekton II: bony fishes, sharks and rays, Chap. 3, RR foraging behavior and population biology of sharks 5 Sept 30 Deep-Sea Biology I: salient habitat Chap. 4 & RR features; adaptations of benthic & midwater organisms
5 Oct 3 Deep-Sea Biology II: Benthic biodiversity; Chap. 4 & maintenance of species diversity video 6 Oct 7 Deep-Sea Biology III: chemosynthetic Chap. 4 & RR communities at hydrothermal vents & hydrocarbon seeps; organism dispersal. 6 Oct 10 MIDTERM EXAM 7 Oct 14 NO CLASS - Fall Break 7 Oct 17 Intertidal ecology I: rocky shores; p. 236-276 environmental conditions; zonation; & RR keystone species and effects. 8 Oct 21 Intertidal ecology II: sandy and p. 276-300 muddy bottom communities & Chap. 7 & video
characteristics; biota; estuarine RR (two processes, productivity, and threat articles) of eutrophication
of Coastal Zone Management 9 Oct 31 Shallow-water subtidal I: kelp p. 179-218, & seagrass communities; RR biological interaction and community structure 10 Nov 4 NO CLASS - Tanner Conference 10 Nov 7 NO CLASS - Dr. Moore is out-of-town p. 370-400 & Chap 10 & video
factors; reef zonation; coral foraging & RR modes, interactions, & productivity 11 Nov 14 Coral Reef Communities II: hypotheses p. 400-416 for fish diversity; importance of herbivory
12 Nov 18 Fisheries I: commercial species; fishery p. 458-474 techniques; harvesting theory
of stock collapse; fisheries restoration 13 Nov 25 Mariculture: commercial species; p. 474-476 mariculture techniques; environmental impacts
(nutrients, toxins, oil, exotic species); & RR protection strategies (marine reserves) FIRST DRAFT - RESEARCH PAPER DUE IN LECTURE 14 Dec 5 Student presentations PEER REVIEWS DUE IN LECTURE 15 Dec 9 Student presentations 15 Dec 9 FINAL DRAFT OF RESEARCH PAPER DUE @ 5:00 pm NOTE: RR = Reserve Reading at main desk in Science Library or on E-reserve. See list on next page.  RESERVE READINGS & VIDEOS 
Week Date Title ______________________________________________________________________________ 1 Sept 2-5 "Biogeochemistry I: Solutes in the oceans" (Colinvaux 1986) Ecology chapters from an Introductory Biology text (e.g. Chapters 53 & 54 from Campbell & Reece, 2002. Biology ) 2 Sept 9-12 "Ocean of Light"--video from Atlantic Realm series focusing on organisms of the photic zone OR "Ocean Drifters"--video featuring zooplankton encountered by a young loggerhead turtle during its crossing of the Atlantic. 2 Sept 14 "Red tides" (Anderson 1994) 3 Sept 16 "The iron man's revenge" (Kunzig 1994) 3 Sept 19 "A world apart" (Wray 2001) Zooplankton images--view on course conference
changing relationship with humans; rare footage showing mating behavior of endangered right whales.
5 Sept 30 – Oct 3 “Transparent animals” (Johnsen 2000) "The Abyss"--video from Atlantic Realm series featuring animals of the deep sea. Contains footage of marine animals never before seen alive! 6 Oct 7 "Hydrothermal-vent communities of the deep sea" (Tunnicliffe 1992) Reserve Readings (Cont) Week Date Title ______________________________________________________________________________ 7 Oct 17 "Give me your shelled, your clawed" (Vermeij 1994) 8 Oct 21 "Margins of the Land"--video from David Attenborough's Living Planet series. Excellent introduction to estuarine, sandy and rocky intertidal, and mangrove communities 8 Oct 24 "The ecology of a New England salt marsh" (Bertness, 1992) "Bringing back the Chesapeake" (Boyle 1999) 9 Oct 31 “Turbulent world of moss animals” (Reed 1991) 10 Nov 4-7 "City of Coral"—NOVA video presenting an excellent introduction to the major organisms of the coral reef and their diel activity patterns. Rare footage of coral reproduction. 11 Nov 11-14 “Climate change, human impacts, and the resilience of coral reefs” (Hughes et al. 2003) 12 Nov 18-21 "A tale of two fisheries" (Tierney 2000)
ecosystems” (Jackson, et al. 2001) 13 – 15 Nov 25 –Dec 9 No readings (Work on research paper, oral presentation) Reference List for above Reserve Readings Anderson, D.M. 1994. Red tides. Scientific American 271:62-68. Bertness, M.D. 1992. The ecology of a New England salt marsh. American Scientist 80: 260-268. Boyle, R.H. 1999. Bringing back the Chesapeake. Audubon 99 (Mar – Apr):46-53. Colinvaux, P. 1986. Chapter 18: Biogeochemistry I: Solutes in the oceans. Ecology. Wiley, New York. Geber, L.R., D.P. DeMaster and S.P. Roberts. 2000. Measuring success in conservation. American Scientist 88:316-324. Hughes, T.P., A.H. Baird, D.R. Bellwood, M.Card, S.R. Connolly, C. Folke, R. Grosberg, O. Hoegh-Guldberg, J.B.C. Jackson, J. Kleyp0as, J.M. Lough, P. Marshall, M. Nystrom, S.R. Palumbi, J.M. Pandolfi, B.Rosen, J. Roughgarden. 2003. Climate change, human impacts, and the resilience of coral reefs. Science 301:929-933. Jackson, J.B.C., M. X. Kirby, W. H. Berger, K. A. Bjorndal, L.W. Botsford, B.J. Bourque, R.H. Bradbury, R.Cooke, J. Erlandson, J.A. Estes, T.P. Hughes, S. Kidwell, C. B. Lange, H. S. Lenihan, J.M. Pandolfi, C.H. Peterson, R.S. Steneck, M. J. Tegner, and R.R. Warner. 2001. Historical overfishing and the recent collapse of coastal ecosystems. Science 293:629-638.Johnsen, S. 2000. Transparent animals. Scientific American 282:80-89.Kunzig, R. 1994. The iron man's revenge. Discover 15:32-35. Martin, Glen. 1999. The great white’s ways. Discover 20:54-61 Reed, C.G. 1991. Turbulent world of moss animals. Natural History 4/1991:41-47. Tierney, J. 2000. A tale of two fisheries. The New York Times Magazine. Aug 27, 2000: 38-43. Tunnicliffe, V. 1992. Hydrothermal-vent communities of the deep sea. American Scientist 80:336-349. Vermeij, G.J. 1994. Give me your shelled, your clawed. Natural History 103:32-39. Wray, G.A. 2001. A world apart. Natural History 110:52-63.   LABORATORY SCHEDULE
DATE TOPIC LOCATION11 & 12 Sept Stratification of Lakes & Oceans Rm 161 Field trip- Sampling on Lake Waban. L. Waban Wear clothes that can get wet! 18 & 19 Sept Introduction to Library Resources Rm 161 2:30-4:00 pm 20 Sept Intro to Oceanography Boston SATURDAY Field trip-Arrive @ UMass-Boston Harbor Harbor at 8:30 a.m.!! Both Thurs & Fri lab sections will go to sea together on this research cruise. Return to Wellesley ~ 12:30-1 pm. 25 & 26 Sept Plankton Rm 161 2 & 3 Oct Fish Ecomorphology Rm 161 9 & 10 Oct Estuaries & Tidal Marshes Plum Island Field trip--meet in Rm 161 at 1:00 pm sharp! MA Low tide at 18:07 pm (Thurs) and 18:46 pm (Fri) (Estuary) Will return ~ 5:30-6:30 pm.
Independent Project Proposals 23 & 24 Oct Rocky Intertidal Zonation Nahant, Field trip-meet in Rm 161 at 1:00 pm sharp! MA (Rocky Low tide at 16:07 pm (Thurs) and 16:56 pm (Fri) Seashore) Will return ~5-5:30 pm. 30 & 31 Oct Molluscs and Echinoderms Rm 161 6 & 7 Nov Marine Arthropods Rm 161 13 & 14 Nov Lab Practical Rm 161 20 & 21 Nov Independent Project 27 & 28 Nov THANKSGIVING break; No lab! 4 & 5 Dec Student Oral Presentations Rm 161 Self-Scheduled: New England Aquarium OR Whale Watch Directory: Biology -> Faculty Biology -> For Thursday Nov 13th Students will choose one side of this assignment page Biology -> For Thursday Dec 9th Students will choose one side of this assignment page. The Adaptationist Program Discussion Biology -> Discussion Questions regarding the Adaptationist Program Biology -> Atypical Sexual Behavior Common Versus Atypical Sexual Behavior Biology -> Data acquisition wcr 20131018 Biology -> Island biogeography and evolution Biology -> Study Guide for Chapter 30 Lab Exam Biology -> Midterm 1: Answer Key Biology -> - Download 84.45 Kb. Share with your friends:
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