MARINE BIOLOGY 278/279 — Spring 2009

 

 

Dr. Paul H.

Yancey

people.whitman.edu/~yancey/marine.html
 

Sci 300

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Office Hrs:

1 M

9 Tu

10 Th

Tentative Schedule

DATE

LECTURE=8M 9WF

EXAMS

READING*

Jan.        21            23

1. Overview

2. ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS—Tectonic/Geologic

 

 

Chap. 1

 

Jan.        26

            28

            30

3. ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS--Physical

4.           "                     "        --Movements

5.            "                    "        --Other Physical

 

 

 

Chap. 2

 

 

Feb.         2

              4

              6

6. ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS--Chemical

7.         "                       "                         --Biotic

8. ECOLOGY--Ecosystems, Diversity; Biogeochemistry

 

 

 

Chap. 4

 

Chap. 3

Feb.         9

            11

            13

9. ORGANISMAL BIOLOGY & MARINE LIFE

10.     "                      "             "

11. BENTHIC BIOLOGY—General

 

 

 

Chaps. 5-6

and 11-13

 

Feb.      18

            20

12. BENTHIC BIOLOGY—General

13.     "             "           "

 

 

Chaps. 5-6

and 11-13

Feb.      23

            25

            27

14. BENTHIC BIOLOGY—Intertidal

EXAM I –through Benthic--General

15. BENTHIC BIOLOGY—Intertidal

 

 

 

Chap. 14

Mar.         2

              4

              6

16. BENTHIC BIOLOGY—Intertidal

17.    "              "                "

18. BENTHIC BIOLOGY—   Ň

 

 

 

 

Chap. 14

 

Mar.         9

             11

             13

19. BENTHIC BIOLOGY— Estuaries; Subtidal

20.   "               "                "

21.   "               "                "

 

 

 

Chap. 15

 

 

Mar.  14-21

SPRING BREAK

 

 

Mar.  22-28

 

FIELD TRIP** to FRIDAY HARBOR—Biol 279

         Lecture 22: Planktonic Life; Adaptations

 

 

ALL LABS

Chap. 14 (part)

Mar.      30

Apr.          1

              3

23. BENTHIC BIOLOGY—Coral Reefs

24. .   "             "                "     

25. BENTHIC BIOLOGY—Deep sea                     

 

 

 

Chap. 15

 

 

Apr.         6

               8

             10

26. BENTHIC BIOLOGY—Deep sea

27.   "               "                "

EXAM II through Benthic—Deep sea

 

 

Chap. 16 (part)

 

Apr.      13

             15

             17

28. PELAGIC BIOLOGY—Plankton

29. PELAGIC BIOLOGY—Plankton, Nekton

30. PELAGIC BIOLOGY—Nekton

 

 

Chaps. 7, 9-10

 

 

Apr.      20

             22

             24

31. PELAGIC BIOLOGY—Nekton

32. .   "             "                "

33. .   "             "                "

 

 

 

Chap. 8

 

 

Apr.      27

             29

May          1

34. PELAGIC BIOLOGY—Nekton

35. .   "             "                "

36. .   "             "                "

 

 

 

Chap. 8

 

 

May          4

              6 

              8

37. PELAGIC BIOLOGY—Deep sea

38. .   "             "                "

39. HUMAN Interactions

 

 

 

Chap. 16 (part)

 

Chap. 19

May       11

40. HUMAN Interactions–Fisheries                       

 

Chaps. 18-19

May      19

 

FINAL EXAM:  2-4pm (Tuesday)

 

Semi-comprehensive

 

*TEXT = Levinton, Marine Biology, 3rd ed., 2009; there will be many HANDOUTS to read also!      **Over   

         

**FIELD TRIP BIOL 279:  You will also need a field/lab manual, which will be handed out in class and charged to your account. PLEASE GET A BINDER FOR THESE. The trip is has lectures and videos as well as field / lab experiments with write-ups.

 

GRADING:  for Biol 278 will be based on 300 total points, as follows:

      EXAM I    (12.5  lectures)                  -- 90 points (30%)

      EXAM II  (13+ lectures)                     -- 95 points (32%)

      FINAL EXAM (13+ lectures, & review) --115 points (38%)--partly comprehensive

For Biol 279, grading is based on:

      FIELD TRIP (reports)                                    --150 points (unless some exercises are canceled due to weather)

ATTENDANCE: lectures rely heavily on visual material not in the text. Significant unexcused absence from class may result in a drop in the final grade.

 

GRADE SCALE:  Unless an exam results in an unexpectedly low average, grading will be:

A=90-100%;     B=80-89.9%;         C=70-79.9%;                D=60-69.9%;          F<60%

With Plus/Minus cutoffs at 93, 87, 83, 77, 73, 67, 63%

 

BIOL 279: PRELIMINARY TRIP INFORMATION

 

During Spring Break, on San Juan IslandŐs U.W. Friday Harbor Laboratories, you will be doing a number of projects and experiments in the lab and at field sites. There will be numerous write-ups (equivalent to a semesterŐs worth).  You will also be working in teams of 2, so be thinking about a partner.

I. SCHEDULE (Details later):           Leave WW            Sunday Mar. 22 --8am for coast

                                                            Depart San Juan I. Saturday Mar. 28 --7am for Walla Walla          

II. TRANSPORTATION:  2 VANS will be used. 

 

III. ASSISTANTS:  TBA

IV. MATERIALS TO BRING:  PERSONAL  (pack lightly--space is usually tight!)

1. SLEEPING BAG — or sheets and blanket

2. Flashlight!!!

3. Bathroom items—soap, toiletries

4. General outdoor clothes incl. something WARM!

5. Grubby shoes or high BOOTS for mudflat

6. RAINGEAR

7. Work Gloves or waterproof marine gloves

 8. Small backpack or other container for field trips

 9. Course materials—lab manual, pen/pencils

10. Small NOTEPAD for taking notes in the field (rain?           

OPTIONAL:       11. Money for goodies in town

                        12. Alarm clock