Tuesday 9 - Introduction (outline), History of life in the sea, ocean exploration (outline) (PowerPoint slides, 1.6MB) (ARP)
                  (See stromatolites at the Hamelin Pool Marine Nature Reserve in Shark Bay Australia here)

Thursday 11 - Origin and ages of the oceans: Plate tectonics (outline) (PowerPoint slides, 1.6MB) (ARP)
                  (View animations of continental movements at the PaleoMap web site)
                  (View examples of the Geomagnetic Polarity Time Scale)
                  (The University of Bristol provides a very nice discussion
                 of the many possible causes of the Permo-Triassic extinction event).
                  (View animations of sea-floor spreading combined with magnetic polarity reversals here)
                  (View animations from the course textbook on the breakup of Pangea and seafloor spreading; password required)

Tuesday 16 - Oceanography: Physical and chemical properties of seawater (outline) (PowerPoint slides, 0.9MB) (ARP)
                  (See lots more on the peculiarities of Water Structure and Behavior here; thanks to Hernan for this one)
                  (view animation from the course textbook on the phases of water; password required)

Thursday 18 - Movements of air and water 1: Winds & Waves (outline) (PowerPoint slides, 8.3MB) (ARP)
                  (view animations of particle motion and wave interaction)
                  (view a stunning movie of the sailboat Orkan in very heavy seas, complete with sound track; 11MB)
                  view Bamfield rogue wave photos)
                  (view animations of Pacific tsunamis)
                  (view animation of 2004 Indonesia tsunami)
                  (access a collection of amateur videos, still and satellite photographs from the 2004 Indonesia Tsunami)
                  (view animation from the course textbook on wave motion, breaking and refraction
                    or a movie of a giant surfing wave (thanks to Kurtis Hayne), 63.3 MB!; password required)
                  (view paper on Antarctic iceberg created by North Pacific storm; password required)

Tuesday 23 - Movements of air and water 2: Air & Ocean Currents (outline) (PowerPoint slides, 1.8MB) (ARP)
                 (movie of Coriolis effect on children's merry-go-round)
                 (animation of Coriolis effect in N and S hemisphere)
                 (Another interesting animation of the Coriolis effect in N and S hemisphere;
                       how accurately can you shoot your cannon?) (thanks to Violetta for this one)
                 (animation of hurricane Mitch viewed from space; 550K. For lots more on hurricanes, see Hurricane Hunters)
                 (satellite movie of global weather over the last 2 weeks! (choose link under Global Montage; 2MB)
                 (LOTS more satellite movies of global weather, air and ocean currents; from NASA)
                 (animation of coastal upwelling off South America; 2.7MB)
                 (satellite image showing global upwelling and downwelling; 92K)
                 (vertical temperature profiles of the central Pacific during normal and El Nino years)
                 (movie of the central Pacific sea-surface temperature and winds during the 1997-99 El Nino)
                 (view animations from the course textbook on global wind patterns,
                 atmosphere and ocean currents, and El Nino / La Nina conditions; password required)

Thursday 25 - Open oceans 1: Primary productivity and productivity patterns (outline) (PowerPoint slides, 0.8MB) (ARP)
                 (satellite image showing global productivity patterns; 92K)
                 (movie of global productivity, land and sea, 2001-2002)
                 (movie of global ocean productivity 1997-2007; 11.9MB)

Tuesday 30 - Open oceans 2: Ocean classification and plankton dynamics (outline) (PowerPoint slides, 5.3MB) (ARP)
                 (computer animations of the form, and of the swimming, escape, and prey capture behaviors of a
                 predatory copepod may be viewed at the Virtual Copepod Page)

Thursday 1 - Tides: Gravitational games of the sun and moon (outline) (PowerPoint slides, 30.7MB) (ARP)
                 (view Movie- Outgoing tidal current, Cape Splitt, Bay of Fundy, 3.5MB)
                 (view animations from the course textbook on tidal cycle,
                 center of mass of earth-moon system, and lunar and solar tidal bulges; password required)

Tuesday 6 - Rocky shores 1: Inhabitants; adaptations to physical stresses (outline) (PowerPoint slides, 30.7MB) (ARP)
                 (view Movie- Open ocean swell breaking on exposed rocky shore, 11.6MB)

Thursday 8 - Rocky shores 2: Biological interactions (outline) (ARP)

Tuesday 13 - Estuaries, salt-marshes and mangroves (outline) (PowerPoint slides, 4MB) (ARP)
                 (Animations of Chesapeake Bay salinity and elevation variation over a tidal cycle)
                 (Animations of seasonal variation in Chesapeake Bay salinity and oxygen concentration)
                 (Animations of filling of San Francisco Bay due to rising sea levels; click on "Ice Age Earth")

Thursday 15 MID-TERM EXAMINATION (40% of mark)

(Mid-term exam is in 3 different rooms based on student last names;
no deferred mid-term exam)

19-23 READING WEEK (spaces may be available for a 5-day field trip to Bamfield; view details here)

Tuesday 27 - Open Oceans 3: Adaptations (notes) (KJ)

Thursday 1 - Open Oceans 4: Feeding, mating (notes) (KJ)

Tuesday 6 - Marine megafauna (notes) (KJ)

Thursday 8 - Benthic organisms (notes) (KJ)

Tuesday 13 - Deep sea adaptations (notes) (KJ)

Thursday 15 - Arctic vs. Antarctic Communities (Ian Stirling, CWS)

Tuesday 20 - Hydrothermal vents and other deep sea communities (Sally Leys, BioSci)

Thursday 22 - Coral reefs 1: Reef types and their origins (notes) (KJ)

Tuesday 27 - Coral reefs 2: Ecological interactions (notes) (KJ)

Thursday 29 - Marine life history strategies (notes) (KJ)

Tuesday 3 - Marine Resources (notes) (KJ)

Thursday 5 - Marine Biodiversity (notes) (KJ)

Tuesday 10 - Environmental concerns 1: Pollution & human activity (notes) (KJ)

Thursday 12 - Environmental concerns 2: Introduced species (notes) (KJ)

Thursday 19 - FINAL LECTURE EXAM 0900
(Main Gymnasium, Rows 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, and 11 (seats 1-5)) (60% of mark)
See IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS for details.

Friday 27 - DEFERRED EXAMINATION 0900 (0900, BioSciences Z211)