B361: Marine Biology- 1997 Lecture Outline

Instructor:

A. Richard Palmer Office: Biological Sciences Z1116, Phone 3633
(office hours: Mon 1-2, Tue 1:30-2:30, or by appointment)

Textbooks:

Oceanography: An Invitation to Marine Science, 2nd Ed. 1996
Tom Garrison; Wadsworth, Inc., Belmont, CA; ISBN 0-534-25728-3
(reading assignments for both 1st & 2nd editions)

Prerequisite:

Zoology 250, Survey of Invertebrates (may be taken as a co-requisite, see instructor)

LECTURE SCHEDULE - Winter 1997

(*** REVISED to reflect actual dates material was covered ***;
see also reading assignments for both 1st & 2nd editions of text)

January

Tuesday 7 - Introduction, history of marine science, scientific method (housekeeping notes, lecture outline)
Thursday 9 - Origin and ages of the oceans: History of Continental Drift (lecture outline)

Tuesday 14 - Origin and ages of the oceans: History of Continental Drift (cont.) (lecture outline)
Thursday 16 - Oceanography: Physical and chemical properties of seawater (lecture outline)

Tuesday 21 - Movements of air and water 1: Winds & Waves (lecture outline)
Thursday 23 - Movements of air and water 2: Air Currents (lecture outline)

Tuesday 28 - Movements of air and water 3: Ocean Currents (lecture outline)
Thursday 30 - Open oceans 1: Primary productivity measurement (lecture outline)

February

Tuesday 4 - MID-TERM EXAMINATION I (30% of mark)
Thursday 6 - Open oceans 2: Primary productivity patterns (depth, geographic, seasonal) (lecture outline)

Tuesday 11 - Oceans at high latitudes: The Arctic and Antarctic (guest lecture, Ian Stirling, CWS)
Thursday 13 - Marine mammals (guest lecture, Ian Stirling, CWS)

17-21 READING WEEK

Tuesday 25 - Marine insects: Why are there so few? (guest lecture, George Evans, UA)
Thursday 27 - Marine reptiles: How do they survive? (guest lecture, John Holmes, UA)

March

Tuesday 4 - Open oceans 3: Plankton Community (lecture outline)
Thursday 6 - Tides: Gravitational games of the sun and moon (lecture outline)

Tuesday 11 - Rocky shores: Overview and inhabitants (no outline)
Thursday 13 - Rocky shores: Causes of Zonation (lecture outline)

Tuesday 18 - MID-TERM EXAMINATION II (30% of mark)
Thursday 20 - Soft bottoms (those of sand and mud) (lecture outline)

Tuesday 25 - Estuaries, salt marshes, mangroves and beaches (lecture outline)
Thursday 27 - Coral reefs: Overview and inhabitants (no outline)

April

Tuesday 1 - Coral reefs: Corals, reef growth and reef communities (lecture outline)
Thursday 3 - Coral reefs: Biotic interactions & biogeography; Course Evaluations (lecture outline)

Tuesday 8 - Marine resources, aquaculture
Thursday 10 - Resource management & environmental concerns

Wednesday 23 - FINAL LECTURE EXAM 0900 (40% of mark)

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