• 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
Suzanne Earle	Wed PM Thur AM	earle@ualberta.ca	2-1295	BioSci Z911	by appointment
Glen Elliott	Tue AM Tue PM	gelliott@ualberta.ca	2-3080	EarthSci 1-52F	by appointment
Holly Parkis	Tue PM	hparkis@ualberta.ca	2-1299	BioSci Z1106	by appointment
Kylee Pawluk	Wed PM Thur PM	kpawluk@ualberta.ca	2-3080	EarthSci 1-52D	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 2006 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) Science Citation Index (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!) 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 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.

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.

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.

LECTURE SCHEDULE - Winter 2006

JANUARY

Mon 9	Introduction: Why study invertebrates? (course preliminaries, outline)
Wed 11	Diversity, phylogeny, classification (outline)       (Metazoa cladogram)
Fri 13	Key characters defining the Tree of Life (outline)
Mon 16	Kingdom Protista (outline 1, outline 2)       (Protista cladogram, study images, huge collection of web images)
Wed 18	Origin of Metazoa; Porifera (I): Introduction (outline)
Fri 20	Porifera (II): Function and diversity (outline); Placozoa (outline)       (Porifera cladogram & study images)
Mon 23	Cnidaria (I): Introduction, tissues, cell types (outline)
Wed 25	Cnidaria (II): Diversity- Hydrozoa, Scyphozoa (outline)       (Cnidaria cladogram & study images)
Fri 27	Cnidaria (III): Diversity- Anthozoa (outline); Ctenophora (outline)       (Ctenophora cladogram & study images)
Mon 30	Bilateria: General characteristics (outline)       (some amusing perspectives on symmetry)

FEBRUARY

Wed 1	Protostomia and Deuterostomia (outline)       (Metazoa cladogram)
Fri 3	Platyhelminthes (I): Introduction, Turbellaria (outline + links)       (Platyhelminthes cladogram & study images)
Mon 6	Platyhelminthes (II): Parasitic taxa (outline), Nemertea (outline)       (Platyhelminthes cladogram & study images)
Wed 8	Aschelminthes (I): Overview and minor phyla (outline)       (Aschelminthes cladogram & study images)
Fri 10	Aschelminthes (II): Diversity- Nematoda, Rotifera (outline)       (Aschelminthes study images)

Mon 13	Mollusca (I): Introduction & overview (outline)       (Mollusca cladogram)
Wed 15	Mollusca (II): Diversity- Minor classes (outline)       (mollusc diversity study images)
Fri 17	MID-TERM LECTURE EXAM       (view sample questions here)
20 - 24	READING WEEK       (Optional field trip to the Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre)
Mon 27	Mollusca (III): Diversity- Gastropoda (outline)       (Bivalvia study images)       (Read Garstang's memorable poem: How the gastropod got it's twist)

MARCH

Wed 1	Mollusca (IV): Diversity- Bivalvia, Scaphopoda (outline)       (Cephalopoda study images)
Fri 3	Mollusca (V): Diversity- Cephalopoda (outline)  Sipuncula (outline)       (Sipuncula cladogram & study image)
Mon 6	Metamerism; Annelida (I)- Polychaeta (outline)       (Annelida cladogram & study images)       (Try out the Rhyming key to polychaete families)
Wed 8	Annelida (II): Oligochaeta (outline)
Fri 10	Annelida (III): Hirudinea (outline)

Mon 13	More Worms: Echiura, Pogonophora (outline)       (Echiura & Pogonophora cladogram & study images)
Wed 15	Arthropod (I): Origins, Onychophora, Tardigrada (outline)       (Onychophora cladogram & study image)
Fri 17	Arthropoda (II): Overview, exoskeleton and molting (outline)       (Arthropoda cladogram)
Mon 20	Arthropoda (III): Limbs and muscles (outline)
Wed 22	Arthropoda (IV): Eyes, respiration and coeloms (outline)
Fri 24	Arthropoda (V): Diversity, Introduction and Crustacea (outline, outline)       (Crustacea cladogram & study images)

Sat 25	Optional day-trip to the Tyrrell Museum to view the Burgess Shale exhibit       and other fossil invertebrates.
Mon 27	Arthropod (VI): Other subphyla (outline)       (Arthropoda & Pterygota cladograms, other arthropod study images)
Wed 29	Arthropod (VI): Other subphyla (cont.) (outline)       (Arthropoda & Pterygota cladograms, other arthropod study images)
Fri 31	Deuterostomia; Echinodermata (I): Overview, body plans (outline)       (Echinoderm cladogram) & study images)

APRIL

Mon 3	Echinodermata (II): Skeleton, water-vascular system (outline)       (Echinoderm cladogram & study images)
Wed 5	Echinodermata (III): Feeding, locomotion, development (outline)       (Echinoderm cladogram & study images)

Fri 7	Lophophorates & Deuterostome relations (outline)       (Deuterostome cladogram, lophophorate study images)
Mon 10	Hemichordata (outline)       (Deuterostome cladogram, hemichordate study image)  Invertebrate chordates (outline)       (Chordate cladogram & study image)
Wed 12	Retrospective: The Tree of Life (outline)