THIS SYLLABUS IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE.
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Week Beginning |
Lecture Topics |
Laboratories and Events |
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Aug. 30 |
Introduction to class and 1st Field Trip |
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Sept. 6 |
Ocean Motion and the Coast |
Sun, Field Trip #1 Depart 8:30 a.m. Work on benthic samples |
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Sept. 13 |
Intertidal: Soft Bottoms |
Work on benthic samples |
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Sept. 20 |
Intertidal: Physiology & Hard Bottoms |
Sun. Data due, 1 p.m. Mon, receive class data Wed, Thurs. Lab discuss |
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Sept. 27 |
Intertidal: Hard Bottoms & Estuaries |
Mon. 1st paper due Mon. Guest Speaker Wed. Thurs. in-lab prep of 2nd project proposals |
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Oct. 4 |
Guest Speaker: Dr. Koehl & Estuaries |
Sun, Field Trip #2 Depart noon Mon. Guest Speaker Crab Lab I |
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Oct. 11 |
Fall Break |
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Oct. 18 |
More Near-Shore Habitats |
Crab Lab II |
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Oct. 25 |
Pelagic Zone |
Crab Lab III |
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Nov. 1 |
Pelagic Zone, Deep Sea |
Crab Lab IV |
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Nov. 8 |
Deep Sea |
Sunday group reports, at Merz home 2nd paper due Wed. Thurs. in-lab prep of 3rd project proposals |
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Nov. 15 |
Special Topics: Aquaculture |
Patrick and Barbara Woodbury Independent projects |
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Nov. 22 |
Coral Reefs |
Independent projects |
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Nov. 29 |
Coral Reefs, Special Topics |
Independent projects |
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Dec. 6 |
In-Class Progress Reports of Projects |
Independent projects Wed. Thurs, Lab clean-up |
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Dec. 13 |
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Papers due Weds., December 16, 6pm |
Readings
I have decided (after consultation with previous students) to have no official textbook for this course. Nonetheless, I recognize that there are a variety of circumstances where it is useful to examine a general text. Therefore, I have put several copies of Marine Biology and Invertebrate Zoology texts on reserve in Cornell Library in case you would like to have reference to such a source.
As described below, you will have mandatory assigned readings from the original literature each week. These will be in folders at the reserve desk in Cornell.
Grading
(1) Weekly Quizes – Almost every Friday I will give a short (10 to 15 minute) quiz that will cover material from lecture and from the assigned papers. A quiz will typically focus on the material covered since the last quiz, but, I reserve the right to use the quizes to pull different elements of the course together and as such they will be cumulative. (~30%)
(2) Three "Full Dress" Lab Reports - Two will be on experiments that will be conducted by the whole class, the third will be on an experiment of your own design. All written assignments are due at the beginning of class on the due date. (~55%)
(3) Discussion of Assigned Papers and general participation - Each week (usually on Friday) we will discuss material from the primary literature. Three times during the semester, you will have to help lead group discussion. Your grade for this category will come from the questions that you supply to lead discussion and your participation in discussion on other Fridays. I will also be evaluating your participation and on field trips and in the lab. (~15%)
Important Dates as of 9/4/98
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Sun. Sept. 6 |
Field trip to Shark River Inlet, N.J., leave at 8:30 a.m., breakfast and lunch provided - hope to return by 6:30 |
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Sun. Sept. 20 |
Turn in raw data for benthic samples by 1:00 pm. |
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Mon. Sept. 21 |
Receive tabulated class data, examine |
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Wed., Thur. Sept. 23,24 |
Class discussion of data and paper format in lab |
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Mon. Sept. 28 |
First lab report due, at beginning of class PLUS Dr. Jean Boal will give a seminar, "Cuttlefish Communication: Clams or Peacocks?" Kirby Lecture Hall, 2 p.m. |
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Wed. Sept. 30 |
Important paper discussion – basis of 2nd project |
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Wed. Thur. Sept. 30, Oct. 1 |
In-lab preparation of 2nd project proposals |
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Sun. Oct. 4 |
Field trip to Woodland Beach State Park, Del, leave at noon, Hope to return by 6 p.m. |
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Mon. Oct. 5 |
Special in-class presentation from Guest Speaker Dr. Mimi Koehl "Hydrodynamic Forces on Bottom-Dwelling Marine Organisms" Discussion section with lunch. |
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Mon. Oct. 5 |
Phi Beta Kappa Lecture by Dr. Koehl, 8 p.m. Kirby lecture Hall "Feeding, smelling and swimming with hairy little legs" |
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Sun. Nov. 8 |
Presentation of crab lab results, Merz home for food and group talks. Second Lab Report due. |
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Wed., Thur. Nov. 11, 12 |
In lab preparation of 3rd project proposals |
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Fri. Nov. 20 |
Special in-class presentation from Patrick and Barbara Woodbury on mariculture |
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Week of Dec. 7-11 |
In-class, in-lab progress reports of 3rd project results |
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Wed., Thurs. Dec. 9, 10 |
End of data collection for individual projects, lab clean up |
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Wed. Dec. 16 |
Third lab report due, by 6 pm in RAM office |