• A. Richard Palmer Office: Biological Sciences Z1116, Phone: 2-3633, (office hours: by appointment)
  E-mail: rich.palmer@ualberta.ca

• Ron Koss (Laboratory Coordinator); Office: Biological Sciences Z215, Phone 2-1270,
  E-mail: ron.koss@ualberta.ca

Teaching Assistants:

Name	Lab Section	E-mail	Phone	Office	Office Hours
Glen Elliott	Tue AM Tue PM	gelliott@ualberta.ca	2-3080	EarthSci 1-52B	by appointment
Jenn Kelly	Thur PM	jkelly@ualberta.ca	2-4637	BioSci Z1007	by appointment?
Tara Macdonald	Thur AM Thur PM	tam4@ualberta.ca	2-2539	BioSci Z1104	by appointment
Stephanie Neufeld	Tue AM Wed PM	sneufeld@ualberta.ca	2-1299	BioSci Z813a	by appointment
Shawn Parries	Wed PM	sparries@ualberta.ca	2-6162	BioSci Z517	by appointment?

COURSE SUPPORT MATERIALS

Textbooks: Living Invertebrates, 1987 Pearse, Pearse, Buchsbaum and Buchsbaum; Blackwell, Boston, MA; ISBN 0-86542-312-1 Zool 250 Laboratory Guide & Lecture Handouts 2004 A.R. Palmer & R. Koss Annotated Bibliography: Each student will write a short (250 word) annotated bibliography of three papers from the primary scientific literature on any aspect of the biology of a single genus of invertebrate that appeals. A sample annotated bibliography provides tips on how to approach this assignment. Still need some help? Check out the best annotated bibliographies submitted by students in previous years. Want some inspiration? Have a look at some recent cool papers on invertebrates. To search for papers on a genus (simply enter your genus name & search), try the following databases: Current Contents (only useful for papers since 1994) Biological Abstracts (only useful for papers since 1989) Science Citation Index (very useful for finding recent papers that cite a specific older paper) Other potentially useful databases may be found here.

Lecture & Laboratory Study Materials: View the entire classification of animals (to subclass) as in the course text or check out the classification of particular groups at GenBank.     Browse the Tree of Life of animal phyla as followed in Zool 250 and review key characters defining major branches. Having trouble remembering some of the material you saw in lab? Maybe the study images of prepared slides and dissections will help. Still mulling over key concepts or processes discussed in lecture? Some entertaining and informative animations are available for review or self test. Self-testing exams may help you prepare for lecture and laboratory exams. Ever wonder about the meaning of scientific names of animals or body parts? Search the table of Greek & Latin roots for clues.

LECTURE SCHEDULE - Winter 2004

JANUARY

Mon 5	Introduction: Why study invertebrates? (course preliminaries, outline)
Wed 7	Diversity, phylogeny, classification (outline)       (Metazoa cladogram)
Fri 9	Key characters defining the Tree of Life (outline)
Mon 12	Kingdom Protista (outline 1, outline 2)       (Protista cladogram & study images)
Wed 14	Origin of Metazoa; Porifera (I): Introduction (outline)
Fri 16	Porifera (II): Cell types, feeding, development and diversity (outline)       (Porifera cladogram & study images)
Mon 19	Cnidaria (I): Introduction, tissues, cell types (outline)
Wed 21	Cnidaria (II): Diversity (outline)       (Cnidaria cladogram & study images)
Fri 23	Cnidaria (II): Diversity (cont.) (outline); Ctenophora (outline)       (Ctenophora cladogram & study images)
Mon 26	Bilateria: General characteristics (outline)       (some amusing perspectives on symmetry)
Wed 38	Protostomia and Deuterostomia (outline)       (Metazoa cladogram)
Fri 30	Platyhelminthes (I): Introduction, Turbellaria (outline)       (Platyhelminthes cladogram & study images)

FEBRUARY

Mon 2	Platyhelminthes (II): Parasitic taxa (outline), Nemertea (outline)       (Platyhelminthes cladogram & study images)
Wed 4	Aschelminthes (I): Overview (outline)       (Aschelminthes cladogram & study images)
Fri 6	Aschelminthes (II): Diversity- Nematoda, Rotifera (outline)       (Aschelminthes study images)
Mon 9	Mollusca (I): Introduction & overview (outline)       (Mollusca cladogram)

Wed 11	Mollusca (II): Diversity- Minor classes (outline)       (mollusc diversity study images)
Fri 13	MID-TERM LECTURE EXAM       (view sample questions here)
16 - 20	READING WEEK       (Optional field trip to the Bamfield Marine Station)
Mon 23	Mollusca (III): Diversity- Gastropoda (outline)       (Bivalvia study images)
Wed 25	Mollusca (IV): Diversity- Bivalvia, Scaphopoda (outline)       (Cephalopoda study images)
Fri 27	Mollusca (V): Diversity- Cephalopoda (outline)  Sipuncula (outline)       (Sipuncula cladogram & study image)

MARCH

Mon 1	Metamerism; Annelida (I)- Polychaeta (outline)       (Annelida cladogram & study images)
Wed 3	Annelida (II): Oligochaeta (outline)
Fri 5	Annelida (III): Hirudinea (outline)
Mon 8	More Worms: Echiura, Pogonophora (outline)       (Echiura & Pogonophora cladogram & study images)
Wed 10	Arthropod (I): Origins, Onychophora, Tardigrada (outline)       (Onychophora cladogram & study image)
Fri 12	Arthropoda (II): Overview, exoskeleton and molting (outline)       (Arthropoda cladogram)
Mon 15	Arthropoda (III): Limbs and muscles (outline)
Wed 17	Arthropoda (IV): Eyes, respiration and coeloms (outline)
Fri 19	Arthropoda (V): Diversity, Overview and Crustacea (outline, outline)       (Crustacea cladogram & study images)
Mon 22	Arthropod (VI): Other subphyla- Chelicerata (outline) (Proctor notes)       (Arthropoda, other arthropod study images)
Wed 24	Arthropod (VII): Other subphyla- Trilobitomorpha, Uniramia (outline) (Proctor notes)       (Arthropoda & Pterygota cladograms, other arthropod study images)
Fri 26	Deuterostomia; Echinodermata (I): Overview, body plans (outline)       (Echinoderm cladogram) & study images)
Mon 29	Echinodermata (II): Skeleton, water-vasacular system (outline)       (Echinoderm cladogram & study images)
Wed 31	Echinodermata (III): Feeding, locomotion, development (outline)       (Echinoderm cladogram & study images)

APRIL

Fri 2	Lophophorates & Deuterostome relations (outline)       (Deuterostome cladogram, lophophorate study images)
Mon 5	Hemichordata (outline)       (Deuterostome cladogram, hemichordate study image)  Invertebrate chordates (outline)       (Chordate cladogram & study image)
Wed 7	Retrospective: The Tree of Life (outline)