Syllabus - OC 440 - Introduction to Biological Oceanography
Lect.	Mo.	Date	Topic	Chap.	Ancillary Reading
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1	Jan	6	Introduction - course requirements - what's bio oce?
2		8	Spring bloom - phytodetritus pulses - deep sea seasonality	1
3		10	Pelagic environment 1: light, temperature, salinity	2
4		13	Pelagic environment 2: viscosity, mixing, currents, sinking		Purcell, 1977
5		15	Phytoplankton types	3
6		17	Photosynthesis & primary production
		20	Martin Luther King Day (no class)
7		22	Nutrients - growth (Diffusion)		Chisholm, 1992
8		24	Zooplankton types, DVM, patchiness
		25	Field Trip 1: Oregon Coast Aquarium & HMSC
9		27	Food chains/webs - Secondary production	4	Davis et al. 1996
10		29	The microbial loop		Yen, 2000
11		31	Global primary production patterns	5	Pomeroy, 1992
12	Feb	3	The biological pump & Fe fertilization experiments		Chisolm et al., 2001
13		5	Harmful algal blooms - dead zones		Anderson, 1994
		7	NO CLASS		Nixon, 1998
14		10	catch-up & review
15		12	MID TERM EXAM
16		14	Satellite remote sensing
17		17	Remote sensing labs (times TBD)
18		19	Nekton - Fisheries	6	Jackson et al., 2001
19		21	Marine mammals		Nelson & Johnson, 1987
		24	NO CLASS
20		26	Benthic environment, flora and fauna	7
21		28	Deposit and suspension feeding
	Mar	1	Field Trip 2: Yaquina Bay Sandflat					8
22		3	Shallow-water benthos (time-space gradients)
23		5	Paradox of deep-sea biodiversity		Snelgrove, 1999
24		7	Rocky intertidal ecology (manipulative experiments)		Menge & Branch, 2001
25		10	Hydrothermal vents & cold seeps (exploration)		Lutz et al., 2001
26		12	Impact of trawling on shelf benthos	9	Watling & Norse, 1998
27		14	Marine invasive species		Steneck & Carlton, 2001
		20	FINAL EXAM (Thurday, 12:00)