Lecture #1
Jan. 23 |
OVERVIEW:
__Brief History of Marine Sciences from 1800s to the present;
current and future issues
__Limitations to Marine Research; and Methods including spacecraft, submersibles and remote sensors
TOPIC LINKS: --Overfishing
--MBARI and new deep-sea
sensor observatory MARS
--See the The
latest satellite images of earth at this NOAA site.
--CENSUS OF MARINE LIFE
--TOPP:
Tagging of Pacific Pelagics/Predators: satellite tracking
technology for migratory marine animals
--NEPTUNE/VENUS sensor networks; W. CANADA
--Sound in the Sea: learn about
hydrophone arrays; hear sounds of earthquakes and whales and of mystery sounds (deep-sea monsters?? click for CNN story) from the
arrays!
--Nereus hybrid sub |
Lectures #2-5
Jan. 24-Feb. 1 |
I. ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS:
TOPIC LINKS: --TECTONICS of the terrible HAITI EARTHQUAKE
--New initiatives in Climate Change training/research (Whitman !)
--This Dynamic Earth--USGS site on
Plate Tectonics
Animations shown in
class: 1) Seafloor
spreading ; 2) Seafloor-->Land
subduction; 3) India colliding with Asia; 4) Hotspot
animation
--Tectonic
animations at PBS Savage Earth
--JPL's Seafloor Mapping by Satellite Altimetry and How
Satellite mapping works!
--New Millenium Observatory (NeMO) : 3d Virtual Reality explorations of Juan de Fuca vents !
--Seamounts and their lifeforms explored for the
first time (2002-03): Davidson
Seamount off California and a seamount
chain off New England. Videos and pictures at these websites!
--Wave
animation machine at PBS Savage Seas
--Coriolis effect animations
--PBS
Savage Earth -- tsunami animation
--An animation
of wind-belt cells
--Thermohaline
currents animation
--Animation of Tides from
Earth-Moon rotation
--Tide
Calculator--OCEAN CHLOROPHYLL: US Govt
satellite monitoring of the world's ecological features. To see current
and archived satellite maps of ocean color (chlorophyll), go to the Ocean Color site and click on LEVEL 1 and 2 or on LEVEL 3 BROWSER links.
--WRI's Interactive MAP OF EUTROPHIC DEAD ZONES
--A primer on IRON FERTILIZATION of the OCEANS
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Lectures #6-7
Feb. 4-6 |
II. MARINE ECOLOGY
__A. POPULATION; __B. COMMUNITY __C. ECOSYSTEMS--basic features
Quantitative measurements: Abundance, Richness, Diversity
TOPIC LINKs: SeaWIFS
Homepage --US Govt satellite monitoring of the world's
ecological features. To see current and archived satellite maps of
ocean color (chlorophyll), go to the Ocean Color site and click on LEVEL 1 and 2 or on LEVEL 3 BROWSER links.
--Overview
of Global warming as seen in ice and snow changes
--NRDC Global Warming Site
--See the The
latest satellite images of earth's weather at this NOAA site. |
FEB. 8 |
EXAM I
TOPIC LINKS: Review Outline!
--Old Exam HERE
--Exam I RESULTS this
year |
Lectures #7-10
Feb. 6-18 |
III. ORGANISMAL Biology/ Marine
LIFE
TOPIC LINKS: Census of
Marine Life
--Tree of Life Page
--Microbe-of-the-Month Pages with
biofilm and marine bacteria
--List of Marine Phyla
--Crab-Claw animation at U. Alberta
--Marine
Genomics research and Ocean Genome Legacy |
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Lectures #11-14
Feb. 20-Mar. 1 |
IV. BENTHIC BIOLOGY--GENERAL & INTERTIDAL
Videos of an octopod using a coconut for armor; the Indonesian mimic octopod ; an octopod camouflaged as algae;
--Mantis Shrimp: Sheila Patek, UCB, talks about her discoveries about this amazing kick-boxing animal
--Snapping Shrimp: the biophysics
of a unique ambush technique
--Cone shells and their toxins with videos
--Crab-Claw animation at U. Alberta
--Octopus-shark ambush at Seattle Aquarium |
Mar. 4 |
EXAM II
TOPIC LINKS: Review Outline!
--Old Exam here |
Lecture #15
Mar. 6 |
IV. BENTHIC BIOLOGY: SUBTIDAL KELP, Polar ICE
TOPIC LINK: Guide
to Life under the Antarctic Ice--great photos |
FIELD TRIP!
Mar. 10-16
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FIELD TRIP!--Schedule
for the 2009 Trip
Lectures:
V. PELAGIC BIOLOGY-- PLANKTON
Adaptations
TOPIC LINKs: --ORCA FM--live
broadcast of Pacific NW orcas; other orca information |
Lectures #16-17
Mar. 25-27 |
PELAGIC BIOLOGY: PLANKTON |
Lectures #17-21
Mar. 27-Apr. 12 |
PELAGIC BIOLOGY-- NEKTON and SEABIRDS
TOPIC LINKs: --Humpbacks' bubblenetting
--Airborne White Sharks!
--Penguins feeding under the ice with Crittercam!
--Dolphins' unique feeding behaviors: VIDEOS of 1) corralling in Florida; and 2) Surfing, beaching (Australia)
--The Great Turtle race
--TOPP.org
--The Center
for Cetacean Research and Conservation, including Songs of the Humpback whale
--Sounds of the Minke Whale (recently discovered)--download the whale's mysterious "Star Wars" sound
--Dolphin
and Whale sounds with sound files to download
--The Dolphin Institute--learn
about social adaptations and language abilities in dolphins
--Blue Whale photos underwater!
--Gail Patricelli, a Whitman Biology-Art grad: her robotic-bird test of bird courtship behavior (not marine, but very cool!) |
Apr. 15 |
EXAM III
TOPIC LINK: Review OUTLINE!
--Old Exam HERE
--Exam II RESULTS |
Lectures #22-23
Apr. 17-19 |
PELAGIC BIOLOGY--DEEP
PELAGIC:
TOPIC LINKS: Karen Jacobsen's
art
Bioluminescence
page - information on deepsea biological light production
__Prof. Yancey's pictures of
mesopelagic fishes |
Lectures #23-25
Apr. 19-24 |
BENTHIC BIOLOGY-- DEEP BENTHIC --SEA FLOOR:
TOPIC LINKS: NOAA Ocean
Explorer site --recent expeditions and videos of deep-sea
vents, volcanoes, etc.
The Monterey Bay Aquarium
Research Inst.
--NOAA Monitors Eruption off Oregon coast:
Apr. 2001--ASSIGNED reading
--COLD SEEPS: for lots of detail and pictures, see
the MBARI SITE or PENN-STATE SITE (both excellent)
--HYDROTHERMAL VENTS: see U.W.'s Exploraquarium Vents Site
OR see the Office of Naval Research Vents site for animations!
--High-Pressure
Effects
--Virtual Tour of Rift Valley at
UCSB
--A Manganese Nodule
picture; and --The Manganese nodule web site
--Hydrocarbon-seep tubeworm in the Gulf of
Mexico--the oldest known invertebrates? See NY Times article
--Prof. Yancey's Deep-Sea
Pages for pictures of bathyal and abyssal animals (optional)
--Prof. Yancey's New Deep-Sea
Research Pages for the latest deepsea news stories and
research (optional)
--Weird deepsea squid discovered (2001) |
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Lectures #26-27
Apr. 29-May 1 |
IV. BENTHIC BIOLOGY--CORAL REEFS
TOPIC LINKS: --Bacterial diseases on reefs
--The
Reef Relief Page
--The
Reef Education Network
--NOAA's
Reef Monitoring program |
Lectures #27-28
May 1-6 |
VI. HUMANS INTERACTIONS
TOPIC LINKS: _NEWS on FISHERIES at Christian Science Monitor
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Overfishing
--Fisheries
monitoring on an offshore bank
--Mediterranean
Tuna face extinction (2002
TOPIC LINKS: The Oceans
in Trouble
--Fate
of DOM and the Greenhouse effect
--Rogue
Algae--invaders wipe out locals
--Fisheries
monitoring on an offshore bank
--Mediterranean
Tuna face extinction (2002) |
May 9
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FINAL EXAM
TOPIC LINK: Review OUTLINE!
--Old Exam with answers--HERE.
__ FINAL EXAM RESULTS and ANSWERS |
