Instructors:

• Sally Leys Office: Earth Sciences 1-42, Phone: 2-6629, (office hours: by appointment)
  E-mail: sleys@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
Marjan Barazandeh	Tues AM and PM	barazand@ualberta.ca	2-3080	BioSci 1116	by appointment
Kurtis Hayne	Wed PM	khayne@ualberta.ca	2-1299	BioSci 1104	by appointment
Jeffrey Newton	Tues PM Wed PM	jsnewton@ualberta.ca	2-0463	EarthSci 1-44	by appointment
Pam Windsor	Thurs AM and PM	pwindsor@ualberta.ca	2-2785	EarthSci 2-271	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 2009 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, GenBank, or the Integrated Taxonomic Information Server.     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)

OPTIONAL FIELD TRIPS

Bamfield Field Trip: Want to see stunning marine invertebrates in their natural habitats? Consider going on the optional Reading-Week field trip to the Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre. (Not offered 2010)

Royal Tyrrell Museum Field Trip: Ever wonder what the earliest invertebrates that inhabited the earth looked like? Maybe the one-day field trip to see the Burgess Shale Invertebrates at the Royal Tyrrell Museum is for you. (Offered Saturday, March 27, 2010)

LECTURE SCHEDULE - Winter 2010

JANUARY

Wed 6	Diversity, phylogeny, classification (outline)       (Metazoa cladogram)
Fri 8	Key characters defining the Tree of Life (outline)
Mon 11	Kingdom Protista (outline 1, outline 2)       (Protista cladogram, study images, huge collection of images, great collection of video clips)
Wed 13	Origin of Metazoa; Porifera (I): Introduction (outline)
Fri 15	Porifera (II): Function and diversity (outline); Placozoa (outline)       (Porifera cladogram & study images)

Mon 18	Cnidaria (I): Introduction, tissues, cell types (outline)
Wed 20	Cnidaria (II): Diversity- Hydrozoa, Scyphozoa (outline)       (Cnidaria cladogram & study images)
Fri 22	Cnidaria (III): Diversity- Anthozoa (outline); Ctenophora (outline)       (Ctenophora cladogram & study images)
Mon 25	Bilateria: General characteristics (outline)       (some amusing perspectives on symmetry)
Wed 27	Protostomia and Deuterostomia (outline)       (Metazoa cladogram)
Fri 29	Platyhelminthes (I): Introduction, Turbellaria (outline + links)       (Platyhelminthes cladogram & study images)

FEBRUARY

Mon 1	Platyhelminthes (II): Parasitic taxa (outline), Nemertea (outline)       (Platyhelminthes cladogram & study images)
Wed 3	Aschelminthes (I): Overview and minor phyla (outline)       (Aschelminthes cladogram & study images)
Fri 5	Aschelminthes (II): Diversity- Nematoda, Rotifera (outline)       (Aschelminthes study images)
Mon 8	Mollusca (I): Introduction & overview (outline)       (Mollusca cladogram)
Wed 10	Mollusca (II): Diversity- Minor classes (outline)       (mollusc diversity study images)

Fri 12	MID-TERM LECTURE EXAM       (view sample questions here)
15 - 19	READING WEEK Not Offered 2010 ( Optional field trip to the Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre)
Mon 22	Mollusca (III): Diversity- Gastropoda (outline)       (Bivalvia study images)       (Read Garstang's memorable poem: How the gastropod got it's twist)
Wed 24	Mollusca (IV): Diversity- Bivalvia, Scaphopoda (outline)       (Cephalopoda study images)
Fri 26	Mollusca (V): Diversity- Cephalopoda (outline)  Sipuncula (outline)       (Sipuncula cladogram & study image)

MARCH

Mon 1	Metamerism; Annelida (I)- Polychaeta (outline)       (Annelida cladogram & study images)       (Try out the Rhyming key to polychaete families)
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, Introduction and Crustacea (outline, outline)       (Crustacea cladogram & study images)
Mon 22	Arthropod (VI): Other subphyla (outline)       (Arthropoda & Pterygota cladograms, other arthropod study images)

Wed 24	Arthropod (VI): Other subphyla (cont.) (outline)       (Arthropoda & Pterygota cladograms, other arthropod study images)
Fri 26	Deuterostomia; Echinodermata (I): Overview, body plans (outline)       (Echinoderm cladogram & study images)
Sat 27	Optional field trip to the Tyrell Museum
Mon 29	Echinodermata (II): Skeleton, water-vascular system (outline)       (Echinoderm cladogram & study images)

Wed 31

Echinodermata (III): Feeding, locomotion, development (outline)       (Echinoderm cladogram & study images)

APRIL

Fri 2	Good Friday - No Class
Mon 5	Easter Monday - No Class
Wed 7	Lophophorates, Hemichordates (outline)       (Deuterostome cladogram, lophophorate & hemichordate study images)
Fri 9	Protochordates, Deuterostome relations(outline)       (Chordate cladogram & study image)
Mon 12	Retrospective: The Tree of Life (outline)