• A. Richard Palmer Office: Biological Sciences Z1116, Phone: 3633
  (office hours: by appointment)

• Lynn Yip Office: Biological Sciences B420, Phone: 2785
  (office hours: by appointment)

Textbook:

• Oceanography: An Invitation to Marine Science, 3rd edition. 1998
  Tom Garrison; Wadsworth, Inc., Belmont, CA; ISBN 0-534-53082-6

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)

Tuesday 12 - Oceanography: Physical and chemical properties of seawater (outline) (ARP)
Thursday 14 - Movements of air and water 1: Winds & Waves (outline) (ARP)

Tuesday 19 - Movements of air and water 2: Air & Ocean Currents (outline) (ARP)
Thursday 21 - Open oceans 1: Primary productivity-- energy into biomass (outline) (ARP)

Tuesday 26 - Open oceans 2: Plankton Community & Productivity patterns (outline) (ARP)
Thursday 28 - Coral reefs 1: Reef types and their origins (outline) (ARP)

FEBRUARY

Tuesday 2 - Coral reefs 2: Corals and reef growth, ecological interactions (outline) (ARP)
Thursday 4 - Oceans at high latitudes: The Arctic and Antarctic (guest lecture, Ian Stirling, CWS) (no outline)

Tuesday 9 - Tides: Gravitational games of the sun and moon (outline) (ARP)
Thursday 11 - MID-TERM EXAMINATION (40% of mark)

16-20 READING WEEK

Tuesday 23 - Rocky shores 1: Overview and inhabitants (ARP) (slides, no outline)
Thursday 25 - Rocky shores 2: Adaptations to physical stresses (ARP)

MARCH

Tuesday 2 - Rocky shores 3: Biological interactions (ARP)
Thursday 4 - Beaches & estuaries (LY)

Tuesday 9 - Salt marshes & mangroves (LY)
Thursday 11 - Soft bottoms (those of sand and mud) (LY)

Tuesday 16 - Deep sea communities (LY)
Thursday 18 - Marine plants (LY)

Tuesday 23 - Marine reptiles & birds (LY)
Thursday 25 - Marine mammals (LY)

Tuesday 30 - Marine natural products: Chemicals from sea life (LY)

APRIL

Thursday 1 - Marine resources (LY)

Tuesday 6- Aquaculture (LY)
Thursday 8 - Resource management & environmental concerns (LY)

Monday 19 - FINAL LECTURE EXAM 0900 (60% of mark; ALL students in gymnasium)

Wednesday 28 - DEFERRED EXAMINATIONS 0900 (0900, BioSciences CW306)

• 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]

Maintained by A. R. Palmer