Biological Oceanography • T-‐Th 10:00 – 11:45 • Discussion Sec=ons Weds. 2:00 – 3:10 TA: Jillian Sills Office Hours: Tu 12-‐2, Grad Student Commons 206 Discussion Sec=on STARTS NEXT WEEK Textbook(s) • Primary text is Townsend, “Oceanography & Marine Biology” • This is an excellent text, but fairly general (the first half is review of basic oceanography) • Other texts are used as sources of material for the class— generally, if we want you to read it, we will make it available as a PDF Other Useful Textbooks (not required): -‐ Marine Ecology: Processes, Systems, and Impacts. Kaiser et al. Oxford, 2011. ISBN 9780199227020 -‐ Biological Oceanography. Charles Miller, Blackwell Publishing 2004. ISBN 0632055367 Oceanography: An Illustrated Guide. Summerhayes, C.P. and S.A. Thorpe. Wiley, 1998. Science Library Call # GC11.2 .O22 1996 -‐ Marine Ecological Processes. Valiela, I.Springer, 1995. Science Library Call # QH541.5.S3.V34 1995. -‐ Dynamics of marine ecosystems: biological-‐physical interacCons in the oceans. Mann, K.H. and J.R.N. Lazier. Blackwell Science, 1996. QH541.5.S3.M25 1996. -‐ AquaCc Photosynthesis. Falkowski, P.G. and J.A. Raven. Blackwell Science, 1997. QK882.F36 1997. -‐ Concepts in biological oceanography: an interdisciplinary primer. Jumars, P.A. Oxford University Press, 1993. QH541.45.S3J85 1993. Biological Oceanography • Exam Format: – Midterm Exam (25%) – Final Exam (25%) • Proposal or Term Paper (25%) • Homework (20%) • Par=cipa=on/Amendance (5%) Biological Oceanography • Exam Format: – Midterm Exam (short answer/essay) – Final Exam (short answer/essay) • Papers (from primary literature) – Approx. 2 per week, we will tell you if you need to read them carefully – Discussion Sec=on topic • Proposal or Term Paper • Homework Biological Oceanography • End of Quarter Panel – We will hold an NSF-‐style panel – This is run by the class—the Program Manager posi=on will be taken by the instructors – Each student will be assigned as the PRIMARY for one proposal, and SCRIBE for one proposal – The primary gives a brief overview, the scribe takes notes on the discussion – Everyone in class can vote on every proposal Biological Oceanography • Wai=ng for a Permission Code – Contact me during the break or aoer class • Accommoda=on: – please turn in paperwork at least 1 week before the midterm exam Biological Oceanography 3/31 IntroducEon and Overview of the Course The Big Picture 4/2 Discuss the SOIREE and NPZ papers in class Phytoplankton—the Link Between Physics and Food Webs 4/7 Descrip=on of Phytoplankton (taxonomy), coun=ng, measuring 4/9 Pigments, light harves=ng Rate Processes and Growth 4/14 Photosynthesis 4/16 How do we measure photosynthesis? Nutrients 4/21 Abio=c/Bio=c controls of photosynthesis 4/23 Uptake kine=cs, growth rates, nutrient pulsing/community structure 4/28 New, Regenerated, Export produc=on 4/30 Microbial Food Web Zooplankton 5/4 Microzooplankton—descrip=on, sizes, dynamics 5/6 MIDTERM EXAM 5/12 Metazooplankton and copepods 5/14 Fish and higher trophic levels ConnecEng the Boxes 5/19 Spring Bloom, seasonal cycles, mixing in the Atlan=c and Pacific 5/21 Steady State versus Non-‐Steady State and the role of models 5/26 Environmental Control—small scale to mesoscale to basin scale The Missing Box—Benthic Ecology 5/28 Benthic Ecology Anomalous SituaEons 6/2 Regime Shios, Episodic Events, Global Warming InteracEve Class ParEcipaEon 6/4 Science Panel FINALS WEEK: Thursday June 11, 8:00 – 11:00 AM Darwin Model hmps://www.youtube.com/watch? feature=player_embedded&v=wAsNzQ2RDqM Ques=on: If you wanted to model an organism, how would you do it? • Start with a simple model, and add complexity un=l you meet your goal • First step: understand the physiology • Second step: understand biological interac=ons (behaviour) • Third step: Add mesoscale dynamics • Fourth step: Keep going! NPZ Models of Biology P Z Michaelis-Menten Feeding efficiency Respiration Respiration, excretion Temperature Light N Circulation/physics Remineralization time
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