ESTUARINE BIOLOGY BIO 560
Dr. Mike Mallin
SPRING 2012
office is CMS 1331
SYLLABUS
office phone 962-2358
Email mallinm@uncw.edu
home phone 790-0381
Lab website: http://www.uncwil.edu/cmsr/aquaticecology/laboratory/
DATE
SUBJECT
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January 11 Introduction, types of estuaries, estuarine mixing, stratification, turbidity, TSS
January 17
January 18
no lab
Dissolved oxygen, nutrient cycling, spiraling, and limitation
January 24
January 25
lab
chlorophyll a analysis
Estuarine productivity patterns, estuarine phytoplankton
January 31
February 1
lab
Estuarine phytoplankton microscope lab
Periphyton and benthic microalgae, microbial mats and macroalgae
February 7
February 8
no lab
Estuarine zooplankton, estuarine benthic ecology
February 14 Tidal creek field trip (van) 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
February 15 Tidal creek ecology, salt marsh lecture
February 21 Salt marsh field trip (van) 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
February 22 Detrital processing, seagrass ecology
February 28 lab
Estuarine zooplankton microscope lab
February 29 Midterm exam
March 6
March 7
Lower estuary/ocean plume boat trip – all day 9:00 am – 4:00 pm
Mangrove lecture, estuarine fish community
March 13,14 no class (spring break)
March 20
March 21
Upper estuary boat trip – all day 9:00 am – 4:00 pm
Birds, mammals and reptiles, freshwater tidal marshes
March 27
March 28
Oligohaline / freshwater tidal marsh field trip (van) 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Estuarine eutrophication
April 3
April 4
no lab
Everglades lecture, freshwater intrusion and oil spills
April 10
April 11
no lab
Estuarine structural habitats, shoreline issues, major storm impacts
April 17
April 18
no lab
The Outer Banks – man vs Nature, climate change
April 24
April 25
no lab
Estuarine restoration (papers or projects due), present class project results
May 2
Final exam