Biology 336L—Marine & Freshwater Botany

Syllabus for Spring Term 2007

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M    22   Jan    Introduction,  field and culture techniques

W    24   Jan    Aquatic environment (Campbell/Reece pp. 1100-1108; Graham et al. pp. 556-560, 562-565)

R     25   Jan   Laboratory 1: Culture materials/media preparation

F      26   Jan    Aquatic environment (Graham et al. pp. 476-477, 546-552; Campbell & Reece pp. 1095,

                        1200-1205, 1217-1218)

                                                                                                                                            

M    29   Jan    Aquatic environment (Graham et al. pp. 38, 65-67)

W    31   Jan    Planktonic habit (Graham et al. pp. 335, 561-563, 228-232, 239-241, 336-338, 560-561)

R     1     Feb   Laboratory 2: Instrumentation, culture innoculation

F      2     Feb   Cyanobacteria  (Graham et al. pp. 59-65; Chapter 18)

 

M    5     Feb   Cyanobacteria (Graham et al. pp. 122-124, 401, 477-478, 484-486, 535-536)

W    7     Feb   Diatoms (Graham et al. pp. 348--350)  (Journal report 1 due)

R     8     Feb   Laboratory 3: Winter Church Farm field trip (marsh, river and ponds)

F     9     Feb   Diatoms (Campbell & Reece pp. 560; Graham et al. pp. 561)

                                                                                

M    12   Feb   Dinoflagellates (Graham et al. pp. 345-348, 561-562; Campbell & Reece pp. 556, 568)

W    14   Feb   Dinoflagellates (Buddemeier & Fautin 1993)

R     15   Feb   Laboratory 4: Unialgal cultures

F      16   Feb   Lesser plankton (Saar 2000)  

                                                                                                            

M    19   Feb   Lesser plankton (Graham et al. pp. 338-341, 350-351, 562)

W    21   Feb   Plankton ecology (Graham et al. pp. 463-464)

R     22   Feb   Laboratory 5: Field trip (estuary)

F     23   Feb   Plankton ecology (Graham et al. pp. 545)  (Journal report 2 due) 

                                                                   

M    26   Feb   Trinity Days—no class  (Research proposals due by Tues. 5 pm)

W    28   Feb   EXAMINATION I  (75 points) (Carroll 1-2 for exam)

R     1     Mar  Laboratory 6: Unialgal cultures, research projects

F      2     Mar   Benthic habit (TBA)

                                                                                                            

M    5     Mar   Brown algae (Graham et al. pp. 341-344, 352)

W    7     Mar   Brown algae (Campbell & Reece pp. 562-564)

R     8     Mar  Laboratory 7: Field trip (freshwater)

F      9     Mar   Brown algae

                                                                                         

M    12   Mar   Red algae  (Graham et al. pp. 344-345, 353-354)

W    14   Mar   Red algae (Campbell & Reece pp. 565)

R     15   Mar  Laboratory 8: Field trip  (marine)

F      16   Mar   Red algae 

                                                                                              

    17-25 Mar   Spring Vacation

                                                                                                            

M    26   Mar   Macroscopic green algae (Graham et al. pp. 351, Campbell & Reece pp. 565-567)

W    28   Mar   Macroscopic green algae (Graham et al. pp. 372-373)

R     29   Mar  Laboratory 9: Student projects

F     30   Mar   Xanthophytes, Charophytes (TBA)  (Journal report 3 due)

 

M    2     Apr   Benthic algal ecology (TBA)

W    4     Apr   Benthic algal ecology (Saffo 1987)

R     5     Apr   Laboratory 10: Spring Church Farm field trip (marsh, river and ponds) 

F      6     Apr   Benthic algal ecology (Duffy & Hay 1990)

                                                                                                         

M    9     Apr   EXAMINATION II (100 points)   (Carroll 3-4)

W    11   Apr   Seaweed biogeography  (Druehl 1981)

R     12   Apr   Laboratory 11: Student projects          

F      13   Apr   Seaweed biogeography  (De Wreede 1996)

 

M    16   Apr   Wetlands: freshwater (Campbell/Reece pp. 1108-1112; Graham et al. pp. 548-549, 552-556)

W    18   Apr   Wetlands: freshwater (Tiner 1991; Baskin 1994)

R     19   Apr   Laboratory 12: Students projects and Cleanup

F      20   Apr   Wetlands: marine and brackish (Graham et al. pp. 565-569)

                                                                                                                                                       

M    23   Apr   Wetlands: marine and brackish (Bertness 1992; Levenson 1989)

W    25   Apr   Wetlands ecology (Cox 1993; Philbrick & Les 1996)   (Research paper draft date) 

R     26   Apr   Laboratory 13: Field trip (quaking bog)

F      27   Apr   Nuisance Waterweeds (Barrett 1989)

                                                                                             

M    30   Apr   Nuisance Waterweeds (Room 1990)

        2-6 May Review period     (Research paper due during this time, TBA)

 

M    7     May  EXAMINATION III (125 points) (9 am, during final exam period)  (Carroll 5-7)

 

Grading

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Lecture            - Three exams (75, 100, 125 points) = 300 points

Laboratory      - Journal reports (30), unialgal culture (10), work habits (10),

                          research and final paper (100, optional hand-in of draft 1 week early)

                        = 150 points, 33% of 450 overall total

                                                                                                                                                                                                     

            Late journal reports devalued at the rate of 2 points/day

            Late research paper devalued at 5 points/day

 

Texts and Sourcebooks      

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Graham, L.E., Graham J.M. & Wilcox, L.W. 2006. Plant Biology, 2e. Pearson Prentice Hall, NJ.

Campbell, N.A. & Reece, J.B. 2002. Biology, 6e. Benjamin Cummings, San Francisco.

Carroll, D.M. 1999. Swampwalker's Journal (A Wetlands Year). Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston.

Ambrose H.W. & Ambrose, K.P. 1995. A Handbook of Biological  Investigation,  5e. Hunter

    Textbooks Inc., Winston-Salem.

Belcher, H. & Swale, E. 1982.  Culturing Algae. Institute of Terrestrial Ecology, Cambridge.

 

Reserve Readings (Botany Laboratory, LScC 140)

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1. Stevens, J.E. 1995.  The Antarctic pack-ice ecosystem.  BioScience 45: 128-132.

2. Buddemeier, R.W. & Fautin, D.G. 1993.  Coral bleaching as an adaptive mechanism. BioScience  43: 320-326.

3. Saar, R.A. 2000.  The unbearable capriciousness of Bering.  Science 287: 1388-1389.

3. Saffo, M.B. 1987.  New light on seaweeds. BioScience 37: 654-664.

4. Duffy, J.E. & Hay, M.E. 1990.  Seaweed adaptations to herbivory. BioScience 40: 368-375.

5. Druehl, L.D. 1981.  Geographical distribution.  pp. 306-325 in Lobban, C.S. & Wynne, M.J.

    (eds), The Biology of Seaweeds, University of California Press, Berkeley, 786 pp.

6. De Wreede, R.E. 1996. The impact of seaweed introductions on biodiversity.  Global Biodiversity 6: 2-9.

7. Baskin, Y. 1994.  CaliforniaÕs ephemeral vernal pools may be a good model for speciation. BioScience 44: 384-388.

8. Tiner, R.W. 1991. The concept of a hydrophyte for wetland identification. BioScience 41: 236-247.

9. Bertness, M.D. 1992.  The ecology of a New England salt marsh. American Scientist 80: 260-268.

10. Levenson, T. 1989.  A warm and foreign place.  pp. 191-212 in Ice Time, Harper & Row, N.Y., 242 pp.

11. Cox, P.A. 1993. Water-pollinated plants.  Scientific American 269: 68-74.

12. Philbrick, C.T. & Les, D.H. 1996.  Evolution of aquatic angiosperm reproductive systems. BioScience 46: 813-826.

13. Barrett, S.C.H. 1989.  Waterweed invasions. Scientific American 261: 90-97.

14. Room, P.M. 1990.  Ecology of a simple plant-herbivore system: Biological control of Salvinia. TREE 5: 74-79.