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Introduction to Marine Biology: Class organization and a bit of history

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Defining the marine environment I: Geology and oceanography.

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Defining the marine environment II: The properties of seawater

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Defining the marine environment III: Spatial and temporal patterns in seawater drive adaptation.

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Putting it all together: thinking of how spatial and temporal variance in the abiotic influence patterns of marine life (Blue Planet: Tidal Seas and Coasts).

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- Discussion questions

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6)

An introduction to life in the sea: some important "little stuff": phytoplankton and zooplankton

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The biology of seaweeds and seagrasses.

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Reading 2 on web disk

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First Midterm (covering lectures 1-8)

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-Group discussion: Results from Willapa Bay field trip.

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The Biology of Invertebrates I: sponges, cniderians, and worms.

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- Ch 5.6 (145 - 161) and see "Bio221Lect10.ppt" Webdisk

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11)

Biology of marine vertebrates I: marine fishes

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Biology of marine vertebrates II: reptiles, birds, mammals

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13)

Marine ecology overview: Primary productivity, food webs, and connectivity

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Tropical marine habitats: Coral reefs, mangroves, seagrass beds

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"Bio221Lect15.ppt" Webdisk-

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Second Midterm Exam (covering lectures 9 -15)

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The deep sea

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Temperate marine habitats: from intertidal to sub-tidal

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Polar seas and the open ocean

Ch 11 (345 - 366)

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Group discussion: Human impacts on the marine environment

NO LECTURE (Thanksgiving Holiday)

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Human impacts continued: Issues of fishing and overfishing. End of the Line

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The science of marine reserves

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21)

Course summation: what to do with what you've learned

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Dec. 13

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