University of Alberta: Survey of the Invertebrates 2002

(Glaucus, a pelagic nudibranch (sea slug) that feeds on jellyfish; curtesy of Image Quest 3D)

| Lecture Schedule | Cladogram for Z250 Metazoa |

Instructors:

A. Richard Palmer Office: Biological Sciences Z1116, Phone: 2-3633, E-mail:
(office hours: by appointment)
Ron Koss (laboratory technician); Office: Biological Sciences Z215, Phone 2-1270

Teaching Assistants:

Name	Lab Section	E-mail	Phone	Office	Office Hours
Alice Graham	Wed PM Thur AM	akgraham@gpu.srv.ualberta.ca	2-0463	EarSci 1-44	by appointment
Kerry Marchinko	Wed PM Thur PM	kbm@ualberta.ca	2-1299	BioSci Z1106	by appointment
Brian Weiss	Tue AM Tue PM	bweiss@gpu.srv.ualberta.ca	2-1280	BioSci Z609	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 2002
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 (useful for finding recent papers that cite a specific older paper)

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 Station.
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 2002

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)
Wed 16	Origin of Metazoa, Introduction to Porifera (outline)
Fri 18	Porifera: function & diversity (outline) (Porifera cladogram & study images)
Mon 21	Tissue organization, Introduction to Cnidaria (outline)
Wed 23	Cnidaria Diversity: Hydrozoa, Scyphozoa (outline) (Cnidaria cladogram & study images)
Fri 25	Cnidaria Diversity: Anthozoa (outline); Ctenophora (outline) (Ctenophora cladogram & study images)
Mon 28	Bilateria: general characteristics (outline) (some amusing perspectives on symmetry)
Wed 30	Protostomia & Deuterostomia (outline) (Metazoa cladogram)

Fri 1	Introduction to Platyhelminthes,Turbellaria (outline) (Platyhelminthes cladogram & study images)
Mon 4	Parasitic Platyhelminthes (outline), Nemertea (outline) (Platyhelminthes cladogram & study images; Metazoa cladogram)
Wed 6	Aschelminthes: Overview & minor phyla (outline) (Aschelminthes cladogram)
Fri 8	Aschelminthes: Nematoda, Rotifera (outline) (Aschelminthes study images)

Mon 11	Mollusca (I): Introduction & overview (outline) (Mollusca cladogram)
Wed 13	Mollusca (II): Gastropoda (outline) (Gastropoda & mollusc diversity study images)

Fri 15	MID-TERM LECTURE EXAM (view sample questions here)
18 - 22	READING WEEK (Optional field trip to the Bamfield Marine Station)

Mon 25	Mollusca (III): Bivalvia, Scaphopoda (outline) (Bivalvia study images)
Wed 27	Mollusca (IV): Cephalopoda (outline) (Cephalopoda study images)

Fri 1	Mollusca (V): Minor classes (outline) Sipuncula (outline) (Sipuncula cladogram & study image)
Mon 4	Metamerism, Introduction to Annelida (outline) (Annelida cladogram & study images)
Wed 6	Annelida: Polychaetes (outline)
Fri 8	Annelida: Oligochaetes. Hirudinea (outline)
Mon 11	More Worms: Echiura, Pogonophora (outline) (Echiura & Pogonophora cladogram)
Wed 13	Arthropod origins: Onychophora (outline) (Onychophora cladogram & study image)
Fri 15	Arthropoda (I): Overview, exoskeleton (outline) (Arthropoda cladogram)
Mon 18	Arthropoda (II): limbs, eyes, respiration (outline)
Wed 20	Arthropoda (III): coeloms, traits of subphyla (outline)
Fri 22	Arthropoda (IV): Crustacean diversity (outline) (Crustacea cladogram & study images)
Mon 25	Arthropod (V): Other subphyla (Chelicerata, Trilobitomorpha, Uniramia) (outline) (Arthropoda & Pterygota cladograms, other arthropod study images)
Wed 27	Deuterostomia; Echinodermata (I): symmetry, body plans (outline) (Echinoderm cladogram & study images)
Fri 29	(no class, Good Friday)

Mon 1	(no class, Easter Monday)
Wed 3	Echinodermata (II): Skeleton, coeloms, development (outline)
Fri 5	Echinodermata (III): Feeding, locomotion, diversity (outline)
Mon 8	Lophophorates & Deuterostome relations (outline) (Deuterostome cladogram, lophophorate study images)
Wed 10	Hemichordata (outline) (Deuterostome cladogram, hemichordate study image) Invertebrate chordates (outline) (Chordate cladogram & study image)
Fri 12	Retrospective: The Tree of Life (outline)