LECTURE OUTLINE

If Changes are announced, they will appear on an updated syllabus online at http://faculty.valencia.cc.fl.us/tklenk/syllabus/syllabusmb08.htm

 

The assignments are arranged by weeks and indicate the approximate dates for topic discussions and are subject to change if necessary. For

                                                                     LAB ORDER SUBJECT TO CHANGE
Date Lecture                                                                  Lab

8/27

Intro to course/Science of Marine Biology
and history/Sonar/-Longititude and Latititude/Metrics

Intro to Marine Lab Equip/Dilution lab/

9/3

Ocean Features//Plate tectonics// Water
 Chemistry

Ice lab// Density lab ///thermocline lab//
ocean profile

9/10

Currents//Waves/Tsunamis//Tides

wave lab// /Current Lab///tide lab

9/17

Beaches//Rockyshores

Sand lablab sheet//Sand Slope//Disappearing Shoreline

9/24

Coral reefs//Estuaries

http://www.eduweb.com/jason/ //Coral Lab

10/1

Marine Ecology/Zones/

Ecology lab

10/8 

Taxonomy///Marine Algae, Plankton

Algae lab///Plankton Lab ///Pressing Algae//Plankton ID

10/15

 Invertebrates 1///Inverts 2

Protozoan lab 1/// jelly-worm //mollusks/shell lab

10/22

          Mid-term Exam

no lab (LRC maybe for paper?)

10/29

Inverts3///Inverts 4///Inverts 5

/Crustacean lab and sea star dissection

11/5

Fish//sharks//viscious fishes //cold read fish

Fish and Shark Dissection  

 11/12

Marine Reptiles//Marine Birds

LRC Night-no lab

11/19

Marine Mammals//dolphins///vocalizations Man and the Marine Envir--reviews

Papers Due  Manatee lab /

11/26

no class thanksgiving break

12/3

Lab Final  

 

extras  Collecting meiofauna///lab quiz example

 12/10

 Final Exam