Tuesday 11 - Introduction (outline), History of life in the sea, ocean exploration (outline) (PowerPoint slides- revised) (ARP)
                  (See stromatolites at the Hamelin Pool Marine Nature Reserve in Shark Bay Australia here)

Thursday 13 - Origin and ages of the oceans: Plate tectonics (outline) (PowerPoint slides- revised, 6 MB) (ARP)
                  (View animations of continental movements at the PaleoMap web site or here)
                  (View examples of the Geomagnetic Polarity Time Scale)

Tuesday 18 - Oceanography: Physical and chemical properties of seawater (outline) (PowerPoint slides) (ARP)
                  (See lots more on the peculiarities of Water Structure and Behavior here; thanks to Hernan for this one)

Thursday 20 - Movements of air and water 1: Winds & Waves (outline) (PowerPoint slides) (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)

Tuesday 25 - Movements of air and water 2: Air & Ocean Currents (outline) (PowerPoint slides) (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)
                 (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)

Thursday 27 - Open oceans 1: Primary productivity and productivity patterns (outline) (PowerPoint slides) (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 1 - Open oceans 2: Ocean classification and plankton diversity patterns (outline) (PowerPoint slides) (ARP)

Thursday 3 - Tides: Gravitational games of the sun and moon (outline) (PowerPoint slides) (ARP)

Tuesday 8 - Rocky shores 1: Inhabitants; adaptations to physical stresses (outline) (ARP)

Thursday 10 - Rocky shores 2: Biological interactions (outline) (ARP)

Tuesday 15 - TBA (ARP)
Thursday 17 MID-TERM EXAMINATION (40% of mark)

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

21-25 READING WEEK (spaces may be available for a 5-day field trip to Bamfield; view details here)

Tuesday 1 - Estuaries, salt-marshes and mangroves (outline) (ARP)

Thursday 3 - Open Oceans 3: Adaptations (outline) (PowerPoint slides) (SPL)

Tuesday 8- Open Oceans 4: Feeding, mating (outline) (PowerPoint slides) (SPL)

Thursday 10 - Sponge reefs (outline) (PowerPoint slides) (SPL)

Tuesday 15- Marine Mammals (outline) (PowerPoint slides) (SPL)

Thursday 17 - Arctic vs. Antarctic Marine Community (suggested readings) (PowerPoint slides: Color- 16 MB!, Greyscale, fewer pictures ) (Ian Stirling, CWS)

Tuesday 22 - Deep sea 1: Adaptations (outline) (PowerPoint slides) (SPL)

Thursday 24 - Deep sea 2: Hydrothermal vent and other communities (outline) (PowerPoint slides) (SPL)

Tuesday 29 - Coral reefs 1: Reef types and their origins (outline) (PowerPoint slides) (SPL)

Thursday 31 - Coral reefs 2: Ecological interactions (outline) (PowerPoint slides) (SPL)

Tuesday 5 - Marine life history strategies (outline) (PowerPoint slides) (SPL)

Thursday 7 - Marine Resources, Fisheries (outline) (PowerPoint slides) (SPL)

Tuesday 12- Environmental concerns 1: Pollution & environmental impacts (outline) (PowerPoint slides) (SPL)

Thursday 14 - Environmental concerns 2: Introduced species (outline) (PowerPoint slides) (SPL)

Thursday 28 - FINAL LECTURE EXAM 0900 (60% of mark; ALL students in Pavilion (Butterdome), Rows 16, 18, 20, 22)

Wed. May 4 - DEFERRED EXAMINATIONS 0900 (0900, BioSciences Z211)