Verrill's Sea Star

Marine Biology
Biol. 319 - Prof. Eernisse
California State University, Fullerton
Fall, 2009
Class Times: MW 8:30-9:45 in MH287
Schedule # 10651
Office Hours: Tues. 1:30-5
Office: MH217C (enter MH207 after calling x3749 outside door)
Provisional Discussion and Readings Outline
Note: Selected additional required readings not yet listed
Pages refer to Marine Life and the Sea (MLATS) by Milne or Mapping the Deep (MTD) by Kunzig
WEEK DATE LECTURE TOPIC ASSIGNMENT
1 Aug    24
Aug    26

Course Intro/Oceans of Planet Earth
Ocean floor/Tilt and temperature (Ch. 1 Notes)

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pp. 1-21        Ch. 1 (MTD: Chs. 2&3)
2 Aug    31
Sep     2		 Ocean gyres, currents & upwelling (Ch. 2 Notes)
The tides and impact on organisms		 pp. 22-39      Ch. 2 (MTD: Chs. 4&5)
pp. 40-50      Ch. 2
3 Sep     7
Sep     9 		Labor Day
Water, salt, temperature, & gases (Ch. 3 Notes)		 ––
pp. 51-79      Ch. 3 (MTD: Ch. 1)
4 Sep    14
Sep    16		 How organisms use sunlight & sound (Ch. 4 Notes)
Density, viscosity, pressure & depth
 pp. 80-105     Ch. 4
pp. 106-125   Ch. 5
5 Sep    21
Sep    23		 Exam 1 (Chapters 1-5)
Small organisms and plants in the sea
 pp. 1-125 + MTD Chs. 1-5
pp. 126-152   Ch. 6
6 Sep    28
Sep    30

Animals without backbones - 1
Animals without backbones - 2

 pp. 153-169   Ch. 7
pp. 170-184   Ch. 7
7 Oct     5
Oct     7 		Fishes: hagfish, sharks
Fishes: herring, salmon, etc.
 		pp. 185-193   Ch. 8
pp. 193-207   Ch. 8 
8 Oct     12
Oct     14 		Marine birds
Marine mammals and turtles 		pp. 208-215   Ch. 9  
pp. 216-238   Ch. 9  
9 Oct     19
Oct     21 		Review (Furlough Day* - No Class Meeting)
Exam 2 (Chapters 6-9)*		 ––
pp. 126-238 + other as assigned
10 Oct     26
Oct     28		 Populations, communities
Communities, ecosystems
 pp. 240-248   Ch. 10
pp. 248-261   Ch. 10
11 Nov     2
Nov     4
Offshore communities & deep sea- review notes
Rocky shores, kelp forests - review notes		 pp. 293-312   Ch. 13
pp. 313-329   Ch. 14
12 Nov     9
Nov     11 		Mudflats, mangroves & reefs
Veterans Day
pp. 331-346   Ch. 14
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13 Nov    16
Nov    18
 Stability & Change in the Sea - review notes
Community/population dynamics - review notes
 pp. 347-371   Ch. 15
pp. 373-389   Ch. 16
14 Nov 23–>
Fall Break!
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15 Nov    30
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Dec     2		 Long term community change - review notes
(Nov. 30 is Furlough Day* - No Class Meeting)
Impacts of harvesting marine life

pp. 399-417   Ch. 17
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pp. 419-435   Ch. 18

16 Dec     7
Dec     9		 Global warming and ozone depletion
Review and Ch. 17 (Please turn in Extra Activity Reports)

pp. 436-458   Ch. 19
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Finals Dec     16 Exam 3 (Text pp. 248-261, 293-458 only + other as assigned)
Final Date: Turn in Extra Activity Reports (no other reports due)

9:30-11:20 AM - MH287
* Furlough Days on Oct. 19 and Nov. 30 will have no class meeting, but please note that an Exam is scheduled for Oct. 21. Professor Eernisse will also be unavailable on the following furlough dates, subject to change by announcement: Sept. 17 (Th), Sept. 25 (Fr), Oct. 20 (Tu), Oct. 22 (Th), Nov. 5 (Th), Dec. 14 (Mo).

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