Tuesday 10 - Introduction (outline), History of life in the sea, ocean exploration (outline) (PowerPoint slides) (ARP)
                  (See stromatolites at the Hamelin Pool Marine Nature Reserve in Shark Bay Australia here)

Thursday 12 - Origin and ages of the oceans: Plate tectonics (outline) (PowerPoint slides, 1 MB) (ARP)
                  (View animations of continental movements at the PaleoMap web site or here)
                  (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 from the course textbook on the breakup of Pangea and seafloor spreading; password required)

Tuesday 17 - Oceanography: Physical and chemical properties of seawater (outline) (PowerPoint slides, 658 KB) (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 19 - Movements of air and water 1: Winds & Waves (outline) (PowerPoint slides, 2.8 MB) (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)

Tuesday 24 - Movements of air and water 2: Air & Ocean Currents (outline) (PowerPoint slides, 1.3 MB) (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)
                 (view animations from the course textbook on global wind patterns,
                 atmosphere and ocean currents, and El Nino / La Nina conditions; password required)

Thursday 26 - Open oceans 1: Primary productivity and productivity patterns (outline) (PowerPoint slides, 2.2 MB) (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 31 - Open oceans 2: Ocean classification and plankton dynamics (outline) (PowerPoint slides, 17.8 MB) (ARP)

Thursday 2 - Tides: Gravitational games of the sun and moon (outline) (PowerPoint slides, 4.1 MB) (ARP)
                 (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 7 - Rocky shores 1: Inhabitants; adaptations to physical stresses (outline) (PowerPoint slides, 18.8 MB) (ARP)

Thursday 9 - Rocky shores 2: Biological interactions (outline) (ARP)

Tuesday 14 - Estuaries, salt-marshes and mangroves (outline) (PowerPoint slides, 14.7 MB) (ARP)
                 (Animations of Chesapeake Bay salinity and elevation variation over a tidal cycle)
                 (Animations of seasonal variation in Chesapeake Bay salinity and oxygen concentration)

Thursday 16 MID-TERM EXAMINATION (40% of mark)

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

20-24 READING WEEK (spaces may be available for a 5-day field trip to Bamfield; view details here)

Tuesday 28 - Open Oceans 3: Adaptations (outline) (PowerPoint slides, WebCT) (SPL)

Thursday 2 - Open Oceans 4: Feeding, mating (outline) (PowerPoint slides, WebCT) (SPL)

Tuesday 7 - Deep sea 1: Adaptations (outline) (PowerPoint slides, WebCT) (SPL)

Thursday 9 - Deep sea 2: Hydrothermal vent and other communities (outline) (PowerPoint slides, WebCT) (SPL)

Tuesday 14 - Marine Mammals (outline) (PowerPoint slides, WebCT) (SPL)

Thursday 16 - (CANCELLED, NO CLASS)

Tuesday 21 - Arctic vs. Antarctic Marine Community (Ian Stirling, CWS)

Thursday 23 - Deep reefs (PowerPoint slides, WebCT) (SPL)

Tuesday 28 - Coral reefs (PowerPoint slides, WebCT) (SPL)

Thursday 30 - Marine life history strategies (PowerPoint slides, WebCT) (SPL)

Tuesday 4 - Marine Resources, Fisheries (PowerPoint slides, WebCT) (SPL)

Thursday 6 - Environmental concerns 1: Pollution & environmental impacts (PowerPoint slides, WebCT) (SPL)

Tuesday 11 - Environmental concerns 2: Introduced species (PowerPoint slides, WebCT) (SPL)

Thursday 19 - FINAL LECTURE EXAM 0900 (60% of mark; ALL students in Pavilion= Butterdome)

Wed. May 3 - DEFERRED EXAMINATION 0900 (0900, BioSciences Z211)