BIOL 529, 529L, 592I				Marine Ecology		Dr. Mark Steele
SPRING 2015
			Tentative Schedule (subject to change)
Week				Topic	Reading	Work Due
1	20-Jan	Tuesday	Lecture:	Introduction and Review of Ecology & Scientific Method	Estes et al. 1998
			Lab:	Identification of Marine Organisms	Springer et al. 2003
	22-Jan	Thursday	Fieldtrip:	Rocky Intertidal (Leo Carrillo) - Introduction to Organisms
2	27-Jan	Tuesday	Lecture:	General approaches to studying Marine Ecology
			Lab:	Review of Statistics/Practice with Software Packages
	29-Jan	Thursday	Lecture:	Determinants of Distribution & Abundance	Srinivasan 2003	Question Set 1: Identification of Marine Organisms
			Lab:	Sampling Techniques		Question Set 2: Basic Statistics
3	3-Feb	Tuesday	Fieldtrip:	Rocky Intertidal Zonation (Leo Carrillo State Beach)
	5-Feb	Thursday	Lecture:	Population Ecology I
			Lab:	Population Dynamics Computer Exercise
4	10-Feb	Tuesday	Lecture:	Population Ecology II	Berkeley et al. 2004	Question Set 3: Sampling Techniques & Statistics
			Lab:	Analysis of Rocky Intertidal data		Question Set 4: Population Dynamics
	12-Feb	Thursday	Lecture:	Community Ecology		Question Set 5: Rocky Intertidal Zonation
			Lab:	Initial Discussion of Independent Research Projects
5	17-Feb	Tuesday	Fieldtrip:	Hermit Crab Shell Use (Leo Carrillo State Beach)
	19-Feb	Thursday	Lecture:	Rocky Intertidal Ecology I	Connell 1961
			Lab:	Analysis of Hermit Crab Shell Use data
6	24-Feb	Tuesday	Midterm Exam 1
	26-Feb	Thursday	Fieldtrip:	Sandy Beach Ecology I (El Matador State Beach)
7	3-Mar	Tuesday	Lecture:	Rocky Intertidal Ecology II		Question Set 6: Hermit crab shell use
			Lab:	Discussion of Independent Research Project Ideas
	5-Mar	Thursday	Fieldtrip:	Sandy Beach Ecology II (Zuma Beach)
8	10-Mar	Tuesday	Lecture:	Maintenance of Diversity	Paine 1966
			Lab:	Analysis of Data from Sandy Beach fieldtrips
	12-Mar	Thursday	Lecture:	Settlement and Pre-settlement Processes	Steele 1997
			Lab:	Work on Independent Research Projects
9	17-Mar	Tuesday	Lecture:	Recruitment: Pre-Settlement Processes
			Lab:	Presentation of Research Proposals
	19-Mar	Thursday	Lecture:	Recruitment: Settlement & Pre-settlement Processes		Research Report: Beach Grooming
			Lab:	Work on Independent Research Projects
10	24-Mar	Tuesday	Lecture:	Estuarine Ecology	Bertness 1984	Research Proposal
			Lab:	Work on Independent Research Projects
	26-Mar	Thursday	Midterm Exam 2
11	31-Mar	Tuesday	Holiday: Ceasar Chavez Day
	2-Apr	Thursday	Fieldtrip:	Estuarine Fishes (Carpinteria Salt Marsh)
12	7-Apr	Tuesday	Spring Break
	9-Apr	Thursday	Spring Break
13	14-Apr	Tuesday	Lecture:	Soft-Sediment Communities
			Lab:	Work on Independent Research Projects
	16-Apr	Thursday	Fieldtrip:	Distribution of Estuarine Bivalves (Carpinteria Salt Marsh)
14	21-Apr	Tuesday	Lecture:	Recruitment: Early Post-Settlement Processes	Hixon & Carr 1997	Question Set 7: Estuarine Fishes
			Lab:	Work on Independent Research Projects
	23-Apr	Thursday	Lecture:	Kelp Bed Ecology		Question Set 8: Estuarine Bivalves
			Lab:	Work on Independent Research Projects
	24-Apr	Friday	Fieldtrip:	Catalina Island
	25-Apr	Saturday	Fieldtrip:	Catalina Island
	26-Apr	Sunday	Fieldtrip:	Catalina Island
15	28-Apr	Tuesday	Lecture:	Coral Reef Ecology	Edmunds & Carpenter 2001
			Lab:	Work on Independent Research Projects
	30-Apr	Thursday	Lecture:	Seagrass Ecology		Question Set 9: Catalina Island Studies
			Lecture:	Mangrove Ecology
			Lab:	Work on Independent Research Projects
16	5-May	Tuesday	Lecture:	Human Impacts on Marine Systems
			Lab:	Independent Research Project Presentations
	7-May	Thursday	Lecture:	Conservation & Management in the Sea
			Lab:	Independent Research Project Presentations
	8-May	Friday		research paper due		Research Report: Independent Project
17	12-May	Tuesday	Final Exam	12:45 - 14:45