Biological Oceanography

S  C  H  E  D  U  L  E      F  A  L  L      2008

Date Lecture Reading
in Niesen text
Laboratory

25 Aug Intro., The World Ocean,
Classif. of Marine Env.
-
M,Tu,W,Th Temperature, Salinity

1 Sept Salinity, Temperature,
Oxygen, Carbon Dioxide,
Nutrients, pH
-
M = holiday
Tu,W,Th Infauna (wet feet)
Online Project Part 1 DUE

8 Sept Winds, Currents, Waves,
El Niño, La Niña
1, 2, 54 M,Tu,W,Th Water Sampling
(start Decomposers)

15 Sept Plate Tectonics, Islands
PERIODICAL REPORT 1 DUE
- M,Tu,W,Th Decomposers
(start Succession)

22 Sept Productivity
(Trophic Relationships)
- M Infauna
Tu,W,Th no lab

29 Sept MIDTERM 1 (Tu)
The Benthic Environment
- M,Tu,W,Th Currents (wet feet)
LAB QUIZ 1 (Temp/Sal, Water Sampling)
Online Project Part 2 DUE

6 Oct Shallow Water Tropical 12,13,47 M,Tu,W,Th Trawl
(meet just beyond Sea Landing)

13 Oct Shallow Water Tropical
PERIODICAL REPORT 2 DUE
91,93 M,Tu,W,Th Productivity
LAB QUIZ 2 (Decomposers, Infauna)

20 Oct Shallow Water Polar 60 (walrus) M,Tu,W,Th Classification
LAB QUIZ 3 (Currents, Trawl)

27 Oct Deep Water,Hydrothermal Vents
TERM PAPER TOPICS DUE
16,17,48,69,70 M,Tu,W,Th Transects/Quadrats (wet feet)

3 Nov MIDTERM 2 (Th) - M,Tu,W,Th Pigments

10 Nov The Pelagic Environment,
Nekton, Sargasso Sea
Tues = holiday
14,15 M = no lab
Tu = holiday
W,Th Succession

17 Nov Buoyancy, Color
TERM PAPERS DUE (Tu)
33,63,64,65,
66,67
M,Tu,W,Th Adaptations/Review
(instructions/review for lab final and notebook)
Lab Quiz 4 (Productivity, Transects/Quadrats)

24 Nov Migrations, Reproduction
PERIODICAL REPORT 3 DUE
Th = holiday
53,61,87,88,
89,90)
M,Tu Succession
W no lab
Th = holiday

1 Dec Food from the Sea
Exploring the Oceans
114,115 M,Tu,W,Th LAB FINAL EXAM
NOTEBOOKS DUE AT BEGINNING OF EXAM

LECTURE FINAL EXAM IS THURSDAY DECEMBER 11, 11am – 1pm, IN EBS 309

Grading:
Midterm 1 = 100 points
Midterm 2 = 100
Final Exam = 200
Periodical Reports (3 at 15 points each) = 45
Lecture Quizzes = 65
Term Paper = 100
Lab Quizes (4 at 10 points each) = 40
Notebook (120 points for graded labs, 50 for presentation, and 80 for Online Project) = 250
Lab Final Exam = 100

GRAND TOTAL POSSIBLE = 1,000 POINTS
(900 and up = A, 800-899 = B, 700-799 = C, 600-699 = D, below 600 = F)

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