MAR 105
Introduction to
Oceanography
Honors
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Dr. Jean Anastasia
Dr. Jean R. Anastasia
Email: anastaj@sunysuffolk.edu
Home page: www2.sunysuffolk.edu/anastaj
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Office Hours:
Monday online 3:00-4:00
Tues 10:30-12:30
Wed 1:45-2:45
Thursday 1:45-2:45
Attendance
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• All students are expected to attend every class
session of each course for which they are registered.
Students are responsible for all that transpires in
class whether or not they are in attendance.
• Attendance at laboratory meetings is required.
Students who miss more than one (1) lab session
may be dropped from the course.
• The last official date to withdraw from the
course is March 25, 2014. Students wishing to
withdraw from class after this date must contact me
and complete a withdraw slip from the registrar’s
office, which I must sign. All students who go
AWOL without completing a withdraw form will
automatically receive a grade of “F”.
Books
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• Essentials of Oceanography, 11th edition,
Trujillo and Thurman. Prentice Hall. 2014.
– Options for e-book or rental
– Let me know if you have another text
• Lab Manual at Bookstore
• Four Fish: The Future of the Last Wild Seafood
by Paul Greenberg
Grading
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Lecture:
3 lecture exams will be given
Lowest grade will be dropped ONLY
IF all exams have been taken
No- make-up exams
2 highest grades combine to make
up 35% of your course grade
Grading
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Honors Projects:
–Four Fish Presentation 5%
–Individual Project: Field Trip
Paper 5%
Grading
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Laboratory:
30% of your course grade
pop quizzes
prelabs/ homework
lab questions/ graphs
field trips
2 lab exams
Grading
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Final Exam:
– A cumulative final exam will
constitute 25% of your course
grade. It will be given on the last
day of class
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Extra Credit
• 10 current, oceanography-related
articles and an in-depth analysis/
summary of each article
• Due by May 2nd– NO LATE
JOURNALS WILL BE ACCEPTED
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Field Trips
• This course includes field trips that
will take the place of lab periods.
• Attendance on these field trips is
expected.
Lab Schedule
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MAR 105 LAB SCHEDULE
Fall 2013
Friday
Topic
Weekend Trips
** These dates are tentative and subject to change**
1/24
Introduction
1/31
Scientific Method & Density
2/7
Plate Tectonics & Ocean Profiles I
2/14
Ocean Profiles II
2/21
Salinity, Temp & Density
2/28
3/7
NO LAB (cancelled for time spent
on Aquarium Boat trip)
Ocean Circulation
3/14
Lab Exam 1
3/21
SPRING BREAK
3/28
Waves
4/4
Sediment Analysis
4/11
4/18
Smith Pt beach trip
(low tide at 2:30pm)
Size Matters
4/25
Marine Pollution
5/2
Lab Exam 2
EXTRA CREDIT DUE
5/9
Clean-Up
Explorer Tour Boat- Long
Island Aquarium- Sat 5/3
9:30
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General Policies
• No cheating/ plagiarism
• No leaving the room during exams/ no cell
phone during exams
• No late work
• No unexcused make-ups- contact me the day of
the exam!!
• No texting or disruptive behavior
• Write your own notes, study each week; come
to extra help
Lecture
Schedule
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1/22
Introduction
1/24
Structure of the Earth,
Introduction : xxi-xxv
begin Plate Tectonics
Ch1
Ch 2
1/29
Plate Tectonics continued
1/31, 2/5
Structure of the Ocean Floor: Continental Margins &
Ch 2 continued
Ch 3
Ch 3 continued
Deep Ocean Basins
2/7, 2/12
Properties of Seawater – Chemistry of Water,
Ch 5
Temperature, Salinity, Density in the Ocean
2/14
Coriolis Effect and Winds
2/19
Exam # 1
2/21
Ocean Circulation
Ch 6:6.1-6.5 (p161-173)
Ch 7
Surface Currents & Deep Circulation
2/26, 2/28
CLASS CANCELLED- Meet with group for Four Fish
Assignment
3/5
Ocean Circulation continued
begin Waves
Ch 8
3/7
Waves
Ch 8
3/12, 3/14
Tides
Ch 9
3/19, 3/21
NO CLASS- Spring Break
3/26
Paul Greenberg talk- common hour 11:00
Four Fish Presentations
3/28
Exam #2
4/2
Coasts
Ch 10
4/4
Marine Biology Intro
Ch 1: 1.6 (p24-29)
4/9
Pelagic Zone: Plankton
4/11, 4/16
Pelagic Zone: Nekton
4/18
Film and Review (if time allows)
4/23
Exam # 3
4/25
Benthic Zone
Ch 15
4/30
Field Trip Papers Due
Ch 11:11.5-11.6 (p326-
Marine Environmental Problems
342)
Ch 12
Ch 13
Ch 14 p407-409
Pollution & Waste Disposal, Global Change
5/2
Marine Environmental Problems
Fishery Management Problems
**Extra Credit Due
5/7
Review
5/9
Final Exam
Ch 14
Ch 16
Ch 13:13.6 (p394-401)
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The Ocean
Ocean Facts:
• Covers 71% of the earth’s surface
• Accounts for 97% of the water on earth
(rest in land ice, groundwater, lakes &
rivers)
• Average depth = 3,796 meters (12,451
feet) (deepest = Mariana trench 11,022 m
or 36,163 ft)
• Average temp = 3.9oC (only 39oF)
Most of Earth’s Water is Salt Water
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Fig. 1-1b, p. 2
4 Plus 1 Major Oceans of the World
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Walsh and Piccard took the Trieste to the bottom of the
Mariana Trench in 1960: 10,912 meters or 35,800ft)
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In March of 2012, James Cameron set the record for the deepest
solo dive by going to the bottom on the Mariana Trench
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2tm40uMhDI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OX8cTtOEEyI
Local Saltwater…
Water Bodies of Long Island
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Shinnecock Bay
Oceanography: What Is It?
• Oceanography is the scientific study of
the ocean by applying traditional
sciences, such as physics, chemistry,
geology, biology, and engineering, to all
aspects of the ocean.
Subdisciplines of
Oceanography
• Geological Oceanography– Composition of ocean floor and the earth
• Physical oceanography– Movement of water (waves, currents…)
• Chemical Oceanography– Ocean’s dissolved solids and gases
• Marine biology (Biological
Oceanography)– marine organisms, the impact of human
activities on these organisms
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