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BIO/GEO 353 - Marine Ecology - Spring 2013 – Syllabus and Course Description
Note: The course web site is NOT on Blackboard. The URL is: http://life.bio.sunysb.edu/marinebio/bio353 For general information, consult the university academic calendar for spring.
All downloadable exercises and assignments will be obtained from this URL.
There will be no paper handed out in class after this syllabus.
Please note: The powerpoint notes are not complete course notes and you cannot study only from them to pass the course. In many cases the powerpoints are only in outline structure. Photos are also sometimes missing in the downloads.
CLASS MEETS IN ROOM 079 EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCES BUILDING, MWF 11:00-11:53 A.M.
Instructor - Jeffrey Levinton, rm 680 Life Sciences (phone 28602; email levinton@life.bio.sunysb.edu), Office Hrs: M 2:30-4:00, phone or email anytime for appt. or Do drop in!)
Teaching Assistant – Abby Cahill, rm 608 Life Sciences. email acahill@life.bio.sunysb.edu, Office Hrs: (TH 10-12, email anytime for appt. or drop in.)
BIO 353 COURSE SCHEDULE
Downloading ppt lectures: The transparencies were prepared in Microsoft PowerPoint and you will be downloading pdf file versions. If you click the links on the syllabus document (e.g., "Ch. 1, 2" in the week of Jan. 31) the pdf file will start to automatically download and will probably open up on your computer. DO NOT OPEN THEM UP BEFORE MONDAY OF THE WEEK A CHAPTER IS COVERED. THEY ARE BEING REVISED.
Required textbook: Levinton, J. 2009. Marine Biology: Function, Biodiversity, Ecology, 3rd edition, Oxford University Press, New York. Available at Stony Brook University Bookstore
Lecture Schedule and Text Assignments
Week of:
28 Jan Introduction: The Ocean, Topography, Sea Floor (Ch. 1, Ch. 2)
4 Feb The Ocean (Cont'd) Circulation, Coastal Processes (Ch. 2) How Coriolis
Effect works going east and west
11 Feb Ecological Principles (Ch. 3) [GRAPHICS AND DATA INTERPRETATION EXERCISE,
Note: The course web site is NOT on Blackboard. The URL is: http://life.bio.sunysb.edu/marinebio/bio353 For general information, consult the university academic calendar for spring.
All downloadable exercises and assignments will be obtained from this URL.
There will be no paper handed out in class after this syllabus.
Please note: The powerpoint notes are not complete course notes and you cannot study only from them to pass the course. In many cases the powerpoints are only in outline structure. Photos are also sometimes missing in the downloads.
CLASS MEETS IN ROOM 079 EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCES BUILDING, MWF 11:00-11:53 A.M.
Instructor - Jeffrey Levinton, rm 680 Life Sciences (phone 28602; email levinton@life.bio.sunysb.edu), Office Hrs: M 2:30-4:00, phone or email anytime for appt. or Do drop in!)
Teaching Assistant – Abby Cahill, rm 608 Life Sciences. email acahill@life.bio.sunysb.edu, Office Hrs: (TH 10-12, email anytime for appt. or drop in.)
BIO 353 COURSE SCHEDULE
Downloading ppt lectures: The transparencies were prepared in Microsoft PowerPoint and you will be downloading pdf file versions. If you click the links on the syllabus document (e.g., "Ch. 1, 2" in the week of Jan. 31) the pdf file will start to automatically download and will probably open up on your computer. DO NOT OPEN THEM UP BEFORE MONDAY OF THE WEEK A CHAPTER IS COVERED. THEY ARE BEING REVISED.
Required textbook: Levinton, J. 2009. Marine Biology: Function, Biodiversity, Ecology, 3rd edition, Oxford University Press, New York. Available at Stony Brook University Bookstore
Lecture Schedule and Text Assignments
Week of:
28 Jan Introduction: The Ocean, Topography, Sea Floor (Ch. 1, Ch. 2)
4 Feb The Ocean (Cont'd) Circulation, Coastal Processes (Ch. 2) How Coriolis
Effect works going east and west
11 Feb Ecological Principles (Ch. 3) [GRAPHICS AND DATA INTERPRETATION EXERCISE,