Oceanography Seminar Course Tentative Syllabus

Oceanography Seminar Course Spring 2014

Instructors: Liz Sikes (room 114C ext 2-3257) John Wilkin (room 214C ext 2-3419) Course Philosophy and grading: click here

Course theme: Human interactions with the ocean and Earth environment Syllabus as of April 21, 2014 Class meets Wednesdays from10:00-11:30 in the Ocean Modeling room

Week 1 January 19 Canceled due to snow Week 2 January 26 Liz Sikes and John Wilkin - Introduction to class, discussion of topics intent etc.

Resource faculty member: Liz Sikes - Student presenter: Jack McSweeney

Reading: Bauer, James E., Wei-Jun Cai, Peter A. Raymond, Thomas S. Bianchi, Charles S. Hopkinson & Pierre A. G. Regnier The changing carbon cycle of the coastal ocean, Nature, 504,61-70, 2013

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Week 3 February 5 Canceled due to snow

Week 4 February 12 Resource faculty member: Kay Bidle- Student presenter: Brittany Schieler Reading: Assaf Vardi, Liti Haramaty, Benjamin A. S. Van Mooy, Helen F. Fredricks, Susan A. Kimmance, Aud Larsen, and Kay D. Bidle, Host–virus dynamics and subcellular controls of cell fate in a natural coccolithophore population, PNAS, 109:47, 19327–1933, 2012. Click here for pdf Supplemental reference paper (skim for background info) Click here for pdf

Week 5 February19 Resource faculty member: John Wilkin- Student presenter: Alex Lopez with Aboozar Tabatabai

Reading: J.N. Druon, A. Mannino, S. Signorini, C. McClain, M. Friedrichs, J. Wilkin, K. Fennel, Modeling the dynamics and export of dissolved organic matter in the Northeastern U.S. continental shelf, Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 88, 488- 507 (2010). Click here for pdf Supplemental reference paper (skim for background info) Click here for pdf

Week 6 February 26 Resource faculty member: Becca Barnes- Student presenter: Lauren Weisel Reading Aufdenkampe, A.K., E.Mayorga, Raymond, P.A., Melack, J.M., Doney, S.C., Alin, S.R., Aalto, R.E., Yoo, K., Riverine coupling of biogeochemical cyclesbetween land, oceans, and atmosphere. Frontiers Ecol Environ 9, 53–60, 2011.

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Week 7 March 5 Resource faculty member: Ben Horton- Student presenter: Dean Lyons

Reading: Glenn A. Milne, W. Roland Gehrels, Chris W. Hughes and Mark E. Tamisiea, Identifying the causes of sea-level change, Nature Geosciences, 2, 471-478 (Click here for the pdf)

Week 8 March 12 Resource faculty member: Liz Sikes- Student presenter: group discussion

Reading: T.E. Törnqvist, D. J. Wallace, J. E. A. Storms, J. Wallinga, R. L. Van Dam, M. Blaauw, M. S. Derksen, C. J. W. Klerks, C. Meijneken, And E. M. A. Snijders, Mississippi Delta subsidence primarily caused by compaction of Holocene strata, Nature Geosciences, 1:173-176, 2008 Click for pdf Optional background Reading: A. Cazenave andW. Llovel, Contemporary Sea Level Rise, Annu. Rev. Mar. Sci. 2010. 2:145–73. Click here for pdf Special interest reading on sea level in Norfolk, VA from the NYTimes 2010 Click here for pdf For a very nice little primer on sea level from the physics point of view by MinutePhysics you can watch this: (Thanks Brittany!) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q65O3qA0-n4

*No Class March 19 - Spring Break

Week 9 March 26 Resource faculty member: Olaf Jensen- Student presenter: Amy Anderson

Reading: Ransom A. Myers & Boris Worm, Rapid worldwide depletion of predatory fish communities, Nature, 423: 280-283, 2003 Click here for pdf

Reading: John Sibert, John Hampton, Pierre Kleiber, Mark Maunder, Biomass, Size, and Trophic Status of Top Predators in the Pacific Ocean, Science, 314:1773- 1776, 2006 Click here for pdf

Week 10 April 2 Resource faculty member: Liz Sikes- Student presenter: Lauren Weisel We are going back upstream this week! Reading: Walter, R., and D. Merritts (2008), Natural streams and the legacy of water- powered milling, Science, 319(5861), 299-304. Click here for pdf

Week 11 April 9 Resource faculty member: Daphne Munroe- Student presenter: Brittany Schieler

Reading: Julie M. Rose, Suzanne B. Bricker, Mark A. Tedesco, and Gary H. Wikfors, A Role for Shellfish Aquaculture in Coastal Nitrogen Management, Environ. Sci. Technol., 48, 2519−2525, 2014 Click here for pdf Reading: Colleen B. Higgins, Kurt Stephenson, and Bonnie L. Brown, Nutrient Bioassimilation Capacity of Aquacultured Oysters: Quantification of an Ecosystem Service, J. Environ. Qual. 40:271–277 (2011) Click here for pdf

Week 12 April 16 Resource faculty member: Malin Pinsky- Student presenter: Sushmita Patwardhan

Reading: Esben M. Olsen, Mikko Heino, George R. Lilly, M. Joanne Morgan, John Brattey, Bruno Ernande & Ulf Dieckmann, Maturation trends indicative of rapid evolution preceded the collapse of northern cod, Nature, 428: 932-935, 2004.

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Week 13 April 23 Resource faculty member: TBA- Student presenter: Sushmita Patwardhan

Readings: L.E. Fleming, K. Broad, A. Clement , E. Dewailly, S. Elmir A. Knap,S.A. Pomponi, S. Smith, H. Solo Gabriele, P. Walsh, Oceans and human health: Emerging public health risks in the marine environment, Marine Pollution Bulletin, 53, 545-560,2006. Click here for pdf

Week 14 April 30 Resource faculty member: Liz Sikes - Student presenter: Dean Lyons Reading:W. Ruddiman, The Anthropogenic greenhouse era began thousands of years ago, Climatic Change 61: 261–293, 2003.

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