Class Hours and Location

MARN 5010/4010-Biological Oceanography Spring 2014 Date Lecture Instructor Topic 21-Jan 1 HD Course information; Introduction to biological oceanography 23-Jan 2 HD Basic biological concepts and physical biological coupling

28-Jan 3 SL Primary producers: Early phototrophs, N2 fixers, and eukaryotic algae 30-Jan 4 SL Photosynthesis, growth rate, primary productivity 4-Feb 5 SL Effects of environmental factors I: light and temp (global warming) Effects of environmental factors II: nutrients and pH (ocean 6-Feb 6 SL acidification) 11-Feb 7 SL Effects of environmental factors: nutrient limitation and eutrophication 13-Feb 8 SL Temporal and spatial dynamics 18-Feb 9 SL Harmful algal blooms 20-Feb Exam SL Exam I 25-Feb 10 HD Metazoan bioenergetics 27-Feb 11 HD Metazoan bioenergetics 4-Mar 12 HD Metazoan population biology 6-Mar 13 HD Metazoan population biology

11-Mar 14 HD Secondary Production

13-Mar 15 HD Pelagic recycling and export

18-Mar No class Spring break

20-Mar No class Spring break

25-Mar Exam HD Exam II

27-Mar 16 JG

1-Apr 17 JG

3-Apr 18 JG Elemental cycles

15-Apr 21 JL Introduction to the benthos

17-Apr 22 JL Animal-sediment relationship

22-Apr 23 JL Ecology of deposit-feeders

24-Apr 24 JL Benthic space-time concepts – I

29-Apr 25 JL Benthic space-time concepts – II

1-May 26 JL Deepsea benthos

May 3? Exam JL Exam 4

HD = Hans Dam, SL = Senjie Lin; JG=Julie Granger; JL=Josh Lord (for Robert Whitlatch) MARN 5010/4010 Biological Oceanography Spring 2014

CLASS HOURS AND LOCATION Tuesday and Thursday, 11:00-12:15 Alternate between MAR123 (Avery Point) and CUE321 (Storrs)

HOW TO CONTACT INSTRUCTORS

Instructors Avery Point E- mail Office Hours Phone number

Beach Hall, room 317

Phone Number: 486- 1395 or Offices at Avery Point, by appointment Hans Dam 405-9098 [email protected] Tue and Thu 10:00-11:00 am Julie Granger 405-9094 [email protected] Tue and Thu 10:00-11:00 am Senjie Lin 405-9168 [email protected] Tue and Thu 10:00-11:00 am Robert Whitlatch 405-9154 [email protected] Tue and Thu 10:00-11:00 am

COURSE INFORMATION Biological Oceanography is a core course for graduate students in all subdisciplines of Oceanography. In addition, this course is intended for undergraduate students majoring in Environmental Science with the Marine Science concentration, for undergraduate students pursuing a minor in Marine Science, and for other graduate and undergraduate students with interests in biological processes of the ocean. There are prerequisites for the course (see course catalogue). Furthermore, those taking this course are assumed to have acquired moderate mathematical skills (basic calculus).

COURSE FORMAT The course covers pelagic and benthic autotrophic and heterotrophic processes; benthic microbial processes and sediment biogeochemistry; pelagic and benthic population and community structure. Besides the information in lectures, there are homework assignments and supplemental readings from the textbooks and the primary literature. All readings should be done prior to class. The lecturers employ the Socratic method. Hence, students are expected to be fully prepared to answer questions in class and to have a scientific dialogue.

GRADING Distribution of points among the instructors is determined by the number of lectures given by each. HD=33 pts; SL=31 pts; JG=12 pts; RW=24 pts.

TEXTBOOKS Course textbook: none Reference textbook (available at Avery Point and in Homer library on three-hour reserve) Charles B. Miller. 2004. Biological Oceanography. Blackwell Science Ltd, Oxford, 402 pp. Valiela, I. 1995. Marine Ecological Processes, 2nd ed. Springer, New York. 686 pp.