 A band of fire lichen grows above high tide line on the pink granite coast of eastern Tasmania |
MARINE BIOLOGY
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 The 2002 class at Eagle Cove, San Juan Island |
| COURSE MATERIALS: | GO TO: Printable Syllabus--check YEAR before printing! |
GO TO: 2008 course/assignment outline |
Go to: Marine Web Resources |
 Scyphozoans (jellyfish) CLICK PICTURE FOR A MPG Movie | LECTURES: This course studies life in the oceans from the intertidal
to the deepest trenches, with emphasis on anatomical, physiological, biochemical
adaptations to major biotic and abiotic environmental factors. Bio 111 and 112 (or equivalents) are prerequisites. A typical outline of lectures is: I. ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS: a survey of the major physical, chemical, geological, and biotic factors and how they affect marine life II. MARINE LIFE and III. MARINE ECOLOGY IV. BENTHIC HABITATS: types of organisms in the intertidal, subtidal, and deep-sea bottom habitats, and their major adaptations V. PELAGIC HABITATS: types of organisms in the epipelagic and deep-pelagic, and their major adaptations VI. HUMANS & OCEANS: examination of the impact of human activity on marine habitats and life. |
 Studying zonation in the rocky intertidal |
 A rare basket star collected from Puget Sound |
THE FIELD TRIP A mandatory week-long field trip is included, usually to the University of Washington's Friday Harbor Laboratories on San Juan Island. There is a fee of $150 to cover food and lodging. The field trip includes a half-day collecting trip on the UW research ship, trips to rocky, sandy and muddy intertidal sites, rowing to kelp-bed study sites, net collection of plankton in the day and night (with bioluminescence), laboratory studies on organism adaptations, and individual projects. |
 U. W.'s Friday Harbor labs, site of our field trip |
 (2000) On the ferry approaching Friday Harbor, San Juan Island (Puget Sound) |
 (2005) Studying a mudflat (False Bay) |
 (2004) Sinking into the mudflat while examining animals |
 (2004) Aboard the Centennial, University of Washington- Friday Harbor Lab's research boat |
 (2005) Watching a seal cavorting |  (2002) Anna helping the skipper bring in the trawl catch on the Nugget |
 (2004) Investigating beach detritus in a small cove on San Juan Island |  (2002) Rowing out to the kelp beds |  (2005) Garth -- At a rocky intertidal site |
WEB RESOURCES FOR MARINE BIOLOGY:
These are useful links for finding out about marine research and careers
around the globe:
CURRENT RESEARCH: EUREKA ALERT NEWS STORIES in OCEANOGRAPHY
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