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

• Gerry Hilchie (Laboratory Coordinator); Office: Earth Sciences 215B, Phone 2-3702
  E-mail: gerald.hilchie@ualberta.ca

Teaching Assistants:

Name	Lab Section	E-mail	Phone	Office	Office Hours
Susan Anthony	Wed PM	santhony@ualberta.ca	2-2539	BioSci Z1104	by appointment
Marjan Barazandeh	Tue AM/PM	barazand@ualberta.ca	2-3633	BioSci Z1116	by appointment
Rachel Brown	Thur AM/PM	rrbrown@ualberta.ca	2-3080	EarthSci 1-52C	by appointment
Emaline Montgomery	Tue PM, Wed PM	emaline@ualberta.ca	2-2539	BioSci Z1104	by appointment

COURSE SUPPORT MATERIALS

Textbooks: Living Invertebrates, 1987 Pearse, Pearse, Buchsbaum and Buchsbaum; Blackwell, Boston, MA; ISBN 0-86542-312-1 (recommended readings from the text) Zool 250 Laboratory Guide & Lecture Handouts 2013 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. Before beginning, be sure you know how to avoid charges of plagiarism. Still need help? Check out the best annotated bibliographies from previous years. Want inspiration? Browse some cool research papers on invertebrates, or check out some of these links. To search for papers on a genus (simply enter your genus name and search!), try the following databases: Biological Abstracts (only useful for papers since 1989) Web of Science (very useful for finding recent papers that cite a specific older paper) JSTOR (helpful for finding papers from the pre-digital era, even back to 1665!; journal coverage is limited though) iSpecies (an amazing mashup site that searches databases and the web all at once! search with either Latin or common names) Or try other BioSciences databases. To browse or receive RSS notices about the latest papers on a particular genus, have a look at the UBio taxonomic RSS aggregator, which provides taxonomic browsing of thousands of articles from hundreds of journals. You can select taxonomic groups or input your own species lists for monitoring. Way cool. ON-LINE SUBMISSION: You may submit the electronic version of your annotated bibliographies here. Remember, though, you must also submit a paper copy to your TA in lab by the posted deadline, as explained in the lab guide.

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 ZooBank, or the Integrated Taxonomic Information System.     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. Curious about the meaning of scientific names of animals or body parts? Search the table of Greek & Latin roots for clues. Old Lecture Outlines & Notes: Winter 1997 (view comments by students) Winter 1998 (view comments by students) Winter 1999 (view comments by students) Winter 2000 (view comments by students) Winter 2002 (view comments by students) Winter 2004 (view comments by students) Winter 2005 (view comments by students) Winter 2006 (view comments by students) Winter 2007 (view comments by students) Winter 2009 (view comments by students) Winter 2011 (view comments by students) Winter 2012 (view comments by students)

LECTURE SCHEDULE - Winter 2013

JANUARY

Mon 7	Introduction: Why study invertebrates? (course preliminaries, outline)
Wed 9	Diversity, phylogeny, classification (outline)       (Metazoa cladogram)
Fri 11	Key characters defining the Tree of Life (outline)
Mon 14	Kingdom Protista (outline 1, outline 2)       (Protista cladogram, study images, huge collection of images, great collection of video clips)
Wed 16	Origin of Metazoa; Porifera (I): Introduction (outline)

Fri 18	Porifera (II): Function and diversity (outline); Placozoa (outline)       (Porifera cladogram & study images)
Mon 21	Cnidaria (I): Introduction, tissues, cell types (outline)
Wed 23	Cnidaria (II): Diversity- Hydrozoa, Scyphozoa (outline)       (Cnidaria cladogram & study images)
Fri 25	Cnidaria (III): Diversity- Anthozoa (outline); Ctenophora (outline)       (Ctenophora cladogram & study images)
Mon 28	Bilateria: General characteristics (outline)       (some amusing perspectives on symmetry)
Wed 30	Protostomia and Deuterostomia (outline)       (Metazoa cladogram)

FEBRUARY

Fri 1	Platyhelminthes (I): Introduction, Turbellaria (outline + links)       (Platyhelminthes cladogram & study images)
Mon 4	Platyhelminthes (II): Parasitic taxa (outline), Nemertea (outline)       (Platyhelminthes cladogram & study images)
Wed 6	Aschelminthes (I): Overview and minor phyla (outline)       (Aschelminthes cladogram & study images)
Fri 8	Aschelminthes (II): Diversity- Nematoda, Rotifera (outline)       (Aschelminthes study images)
Mon 11	Mollusca (I): Introduction & overview (outline)       (Mollusca cladogram)

Wed 13	Mollusca (II): Diversity- Minor classes (outline)       (mollusc diversity study images)
Fri 15	Mollusca (III): Diversity- Gastropoda (outline)       (Gastropoda study images)       (Read Garstang's memorable poem: How the gastropod got it's twist)
18 - 22	READING WEEK
Mon 25	Mollusca (IV): Diversity- Bivalvia, Scaphopoda (outline)       (Bivalvia study images)
Wed 27	Mollusca (V): Diversity- Cephalopoda (outline)      (Cephalopoda study images)  Sipuncula (outline)       (Sipuncula cladogram & study image)

MARCH

Fri 1	MID-TERM LECTURE EXAM       (view sample questions here)
Mon 4	Metamerism; Annelida (I)- Polychaeta (outline)       (Annelida cladogram & study images)       (Try out the Rhyming key to polychaete families)
Wed 6	Annelida (II): Oligochaeta (outline)
Fri 8	Annelida (III): Hirudinea (outline)

Mon 11	More Worms: Echiura, Pogonophora (outline)       (Echiura & Pogonophora cladogram & study images)
Wed 13	Arthropod (I): Origins, Onychophora, Tardigrada (outline)       (Onychophora cladogram & study image)
Fri 15	Arthropoda (II): Overview, exoskeleton and molting (outline)       (Arthropoda cladogram)
Mon 18	Arthropoda (III): Limbs and muscles (outline)

Wed 20	Arthropoda (IV): Eyes, respiration and coeloms (outline)
Fri 22	Arthropoda (V): Diversity, Introduction and Crustacea (outline, outline)       (Crustacea cladogram & study images)
Mon 25	Arthropod (VI): Other subphyla (outline)       (Arthropoda & Pterygota cladograms, other arthropod study images)
Wed 27	Arthropod (VI): Other subphyla (cont.) (outline)       (Arthropoda & Pterygota cladograms, other arthropod study images)
Fri 29	No Class (Good Friday)

APRIL

Mon 1	No Class (Easter Monday)
Wed 3	Deuterostomia; Echinodermata (I): Overview, body plans (outline)       (Echinoderm cladogram & study images)
Fri 5	Echinodermata (II): Skeleton, water-vascular system (outline)       (Echinoderm cladogram & study images)
Mon 8	Echinodermata (III): Feeding, locomotion, development (outline)       (Echinoderm cladogram & study images)
Wed 10	Lophophorates, Hemichordates (outline)       (Deuterostome cladogram, lophophorate & hemichordate study images)

Fri 12

Invertebrate chordates (outline), (Chordate cladogram & study image)  Retrospective: The Tree of Life (outline)

Fri 19	FINAL LECTURE EXAM
	(0900, Pavilion)
Fri 26	DEFERRED EXAMINATION
	(0900, BioSciences Z211)

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