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Lecture Schedule for 2008

TABLE 4. LECTURE SCHEDULE.
DATE TOPIC READINGS
REQUIRED RECOMMENDED
9/1/08 Mo LABOR DAY
9/2/06 Tu SEMESTER START
1 9/2/08 Tu Introduction to the course. Syllabus Appendix 1: Terms (pdf) Appendix 1: Terms (html) html version
 
DATE TOPIC READINGS
REQUIRED RECOMMENDED
2 9/4/08 Th Benthic Feeding Guilds, Functional Groups Chapter 1 Benthic feeding guilds Jumars & Fauchald (1977) Cammen (1980) Boudreau (1998), Fauchald & Jumars (1979), Jaksic (1981),Jumars (1993), Woodin & Jackson (1979)
3 9/9/08 Tu Benthic Feeding Guilds Continued
4 9/11/08 Th Benthic Feeding Guilds (end) & Bioturbation Chapter 2 Bioturbation Boudreau (1998), Shull (2001) Boudreau (1994),Boudreau (1998), Cammen (1980),Gallagher & Keay (1998), Jumars (1993b), Matisoff (1982), Miller (2004) Chapter 13, pp 287299, Rhoads (1974),Rice (1986), Shull & Yasuda (2001)
5 9/16/08 Tu Bioturbation (end) & Microphytobenthic production Chapter 4 Gould & Gallagher 1990 Admiraal 1984 Admiraal et al. 1982 Ludden et al. 1985 Redalje & Laws 1981
6 9/18/08 Th Benthic Population Processes & Community Structure Chapter 3 Gallagher et al. (1990) Fenchel (1977), Virnstein (1977)
7-8 9/23/08 Tu 9/25/08 Th Benthic Community Structure: Case Study 1 & 2, Buzzards Bay & MA Bay Chapter 3
 
DATE TOPIC READINGS
REQUIRED RECOMMENDED
9 Global patterns of benthic community structure Chapter 5 Mills (1969), Sanders (1968), Huston (1979), Etter & Grassle (1992), Grassle & Maciolek (1992), Trueblood et al. (1994)
Deep-sea benthic diversity & rate processes Jumars & Gallagher (1982) Rex et al. (2005) Sanders (1968), Huston (1979), Etter & Grassle (1992), Grassle & Maciolek (1992)
10 Pollution problems in Boston & New Bedford Harbors Chapter 6 & Chapter 7 Gallagher & Keay (1998) Gray et al. (1988), Pearson & Rosenberg (1978), Grassle & Grassle (1974), Rhoads et al. (1978) Rosenberg (2001)
11 Methods for estimating primary production using 2the 14C- and O methods Chapter 8 Peterson (1980) Falkowski & Raven (1997, Chapter 9 Fogg (1980) 24-45, Miller (2004) Chapter 3, Parsons et al. (1984a) [ Pp. 115120], Harrison & Platt (1980), Parsons et al. (1984b) 61-66, Pregnall (1991) 53-75
12 The effects of light on phytoplankton growth, P vs. I curves & light adaptation EDG Chapter 9 Harrison et al. (1985) Falkowski & Raven (1997) Chapter 9 263276, 282-288 Miller (2004) Chapter 3; Parsons et al. (1984b) 61-80
Columbus Day Holiday
 
DATE TOPIC READINGS
REQUIRED RECOMMENDED
13 Nutrient effects on phytoplankton growth EDG Chapter 10 Howarth (1998) DeBaar (1994), Goldman (1980), Miller (2004) Chapter 3 p. 56-69, Mills (1989), Nixon & Pilson (1983) Parsons et al. (1984, pp. 100-108) Ward (2000)
14 Sverdrup’s critical depth concept & “Why is there a March bloom in MA Bay?” EDG Chapter 11; Sverdrup (1953), Parsons et al. (1984), Townsend & Spinrad (1986) Evans & Parslow (1985), Miller (2004) Chapter 1, Nelson & Smith (1991), Mills (1989) Pp. 120171,Parsons et al.(1966) Parsons et al.(1984b) Pp. 87-100 Smetacek & Passow (1990),
15 Upwelling, Ekman Transport, and ENSO events EDG Chapter 12 Mann. and Lazier ( 1996)[pp. 161212], Ryther et al (1971) Barber & Chavez (1986), Pickard & Emery (1982) [Read pages 215-218 on coastal upwelling.], Pond & Pickard 1978. [Skim pages 8196.], MacIsaac et al. (1985), Schreiber & Schreiber (1984)
16 Factors controlling primary production on continental shelves EDG Chapter 13 & Chapter 14 Eppley et al. (1979), Riley (1967) Lunven et al. (2005)
 
DATE TOPIC READINGS
REQUIRED RECOMMENDED
17 Primary production in Boston Harbor & Massachusetts Bay EDG Chapter 14 Cole & Cloern (1987) McGillicuddy et al. 2003 Adams et al. (1992), Cullen (1982), Haury et al. (1983), Kelly (1997), Kelly & Doering (1997), Mann & Lazier (1996), Lunven et al. (2005), Nixon (1995) Officer & Ryther (1977), Townsend (1997)
18 Upwelling & El Niño Upwelling, Ekman Transport, and ENSO events EDG Chapter 12 Mann. and Lazier ( 1996)[pp. 161-212], Ryther et al (1971)
19 Primary production in oligotrophic gyres Chapter 15 Platt et al. (1989) Eppley (1980), Gieskes & Kraay (1984), Grande et al.(1989), Laws et al. (1990), Venrick (1990)
20 Satellite remote sensing Gallagher Chapter 16, Perry (1986), Behrenfield & Falkowski (1997) Campbell & O’Reilly (1988), Eppley et al. (1985), Platt (1986), Platt et al. (1988), Platt & Sathendrayath (1988)
21 Zooplankton grazing mechanisms EDG Chapter 17 Koehl & Strickler (1981) Miller Chapter 7 Banse (1992), Frost (1980a) Pp. 465-491 Purcell (1977) Price (1988) Welschmeyer & Lorenzen (1985)
 
DATE TOPIC READINGS
REQUIRED RECOMMENDED
22 Size-selective predation & competition Virtual copepod page: for Jaffe, Fowler & Yen Euchaeta movies Gallagher Chapter 18 Brooks & Dodson (1965) Greene (1983), Kerfoot (1975), Neill (1975), Paine (1966)
23 Vertical Migration Playing cards for the vertical migration game Scorecard & rules for the vertical migration game Chapter 19 Ohman et al. (1983) Frost (1988), Gliwicz (1986), McLaren (1974), Ohman (1990)
24 The microbial loop. Factors controlling bacterial production and standing stocks Gallagher Chapter 20 Azam et al. (1983), Ducklow (2000), Fenchel (1988), Fuhrman & Azam (1982), Hoppe et al. (2002), Jumars et. al (1989), Jumars (1993, 179-197),Miller Chapter 5, Riemann & Bell (1990)
25 Primary production in nitrate-rich seas Gallagher Chapter 23 Boyd et al. (2000), Morel & Price (2003) Boyd et al. (1996), Coale et al. (1996) Evans & Parslow (1985), Frost (1987, 1991), Martin & Fitzwater (1988), Miller et al.(1991), Parsons et al.(1966)
26 Numerical models the standard form of pelagic theory. North Sea Ecosystem model Steele (1974), Landry (1976) Gallagher Chapter 25
 
DATE TOPIC READINGS
REQUIRED RECOMMENDED
27 Last class New England Coastal Ecosystem Modeling: Narragansett Bay and Hydroqual MA Bay Eutrophication Model Chapter 26 Kremer & Nixon (1978) (3 chapters) Read 1-5, especially 2359 Frost (1980b) Kremer & Nixon (1978) Mills (1989), Steele (1976)
(Final Exam Period) 8 am in Presentation Room 3 & ITV classrooms at Dartmouth & Amherst Final exam, in class, 3 hours, closed book
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