Instructors:

• Oceanography: An Invitation to Marine Science, 3rd edition. 1998
  Tom Garrison; Wadsworth, Inc., Belmont, CA; ISBN 0-534-53082-6
  (reading assignments for 1st, 2nd & 3rd editions)
  A copy of this textbook is on reserve in the Cameron Library.

For additional reading:

• Seashore Life of the Northern Pacific Coast (useful reference for BC coast)
  E.N. Kozloff
• Marine Biology: An Ecological Approach (nice overview of marine communities)
  J. Nybakken (4th edition)

Prerequisites:

• Biology 208, Principles of Ecologyor Zoology 250, Survey of Invertebrates (Z250 may be taken as a co-requisite, see instructor)

JANUARY

Tuesday 18 - Oceanography: Physical and chemical properties of seawater (outline) (ARP)
Thursday 20 - Movements of air and water 1: Winds & Waves (outline) (ARP)

Tuesday 25 - Movements of air and water 2: Air & Ocean Currents (outline) (ARP)
Thursday 27 - Open oceans 1: Primary productivity-- energy into biomass (outline) (ARP)

FEBRUARY

Tuesday 1 - Open oceans 2: Plankton Community & Productivity patterns (outline) (ARP)
Thursday 3 - Tides: Gravitational games of the sun and moon (outline) (ARP)

Tuesday 8 - Rocky shores 1: Inhabitants & overview (ARP)
Thursday 10 - Rocky shores 2: adaptations to physical stresses (outline) (ARP)

Tuesday 15 - Rocky shores 3: Biological interactions (outline) (ARP)
Thursday 17 - MID-TERM EXAMINATION (40% of mark)

21-25 READING WEEK

Tuesday 29 - Coral reefs 1: Reef types and their origins (outline) (ARP)

MARCH

Monday 18 - FINAL LECTURE EXAM 0900 (60% of mark; ALL students in gymnasium)

Wednesday 26 - DEFERRED EXAMINATIONS 0900 (0900, BioSciences CW306)

Links:

• Department of Biological Sciences (also connects to other BioSci courses with WWW content)
• Bamfield Marine Station (for more Marine Biology courses available through the University of Alberta)
• Oceanography (study materials, current research, career opportunities, by McGraw-Hill)
• The World Lecture Hall (courses with WWW content)
• Biology & Natural History (an extensive list by Mrinal Das)
• Marine Links [by Rich Palmer (includes marine weather links)]
• OceanLink (Marine Science Information and Interaction Web Site; includes career information)
• MBWEB [educational resources for marine biology students (references, glossary, many links) by Jeff Levinton]
• Whale-Watching Internships (assist whale biologists or coastal landscape ecologists, but you do have to pay for the privilige)

Maintained by A. R. Palmer