All Laboratories will be held at the RSMAS Campus. The Hurricane Shuttle will provide transportion. Check the shuttle schedule in the Marine Science office SA 184.

Text: Pinet,Paul. 1998 "An Invitation to Oceanography"

Lecture and Laboratory Schedule

Aug. 27 Introduction: What is Marine Science

Tools-- Taking Notes and Using the Text: Preparation for the Coral Reef Field Trips: Reading: Preface,Ch. 1,Ch.11(411-417)

Sept. 1 A Biochemical View of Ocean Life

Definition of life and its role in nature. Distrbution of light and nutrients:Phytoplankton, zooplankton and vertical chemical fluxes; The role of physical transport. Measuring primary production; vertical zonation of life. Reading: Chapter 9,10

Laboratories: Introduction and Reef Review

Sept. 3 Phytoplankton

Different types of phytoplankters-- plants and bacteria; ultra-;nanno-;and micro-plankton;diatoms, cocolithophores and dinoflagellates; harmful forms. Reading: Ch. 9, 10,11(418-420,423-428)

Sept. 8 Zooplankton

Types of zooplankton; ways of feeding, vertical migration, bioluminescence, life histories -- holo vs. meroplankton; lifestages. Reading: Ch. 9, 10, 11 (418-420; 423-428)

Sept. 10 Models of Planktonic Life

Food chains to foodwebs; Using some math for a bloom model. Reading Ch. 9,10,11

Laboratories: Identifying Zooplankters

Sept. 15 Life on the SeaFloor

The bernthos -- in and on the sediments; hard bottoms, reef formation,deep sea vents Reading; Ch. 9 (345-353); Ch. 11

Sept. 17 Ecosystems in the Sea

Oligotrophic central gyres -- the ocean deserts; nutrient rich subpolar regions; upwelling regions; coastal regions; esturaries. Reading: Ch.11

Sept. 22 EXAM I

Laboratories: Zooplankton Grazing

Sept. 24 Nekton -- the free swimmers

Squid; the fish -- variety of form, some examples -- Demersal forms (cod and hake); Pelagics (billfish and tuna); small pelagics(sardines and anchovies) Reading: Ch 9.(340-345) ,Ch.11 (419-

Sept. 29 Marine Mammals and Turtles

Types of marine mammals; Migragion patterns; tracking endangered species. Understanding behavior. Reading: Chapter 9(340-345); Ch. 11 (419-437)

Laboratories: Marine Biomedical Studies

Oct. 1 Marine Biology

Marine organisms as biomedical model systems; stress -- osmotic processes; physiology -- biochemistry of marine species; growing lab animals from the sea. Reading Ch. 12( 326-336)

Oct. 6 Basic Structure of the Earth

Dimensions and make-up; latitude and longitude; geophysical descriptions; geochemical descriptions. Reading: Ch.2

Laboratories: Tracking Whales

Oct. 8 Plate Tectonics I

Features of the sea floor; plate theory; Seafloor spreading and continental drift. Evidence of these processes. Reading: Ch. 2

Oct. 13 Plate Tectonics II

Oct. 15 Records of Change

Geologic Time; time scales of change;tectonics, climate, biogeography. Records in stone, ice, mud sea and air. Reading: Ch. 3 (109-114), Ch. 5 (209-213)

Oct.20 EXAM II

Laboratories : Reading Core Samples

Oct. 22 Ocean Chemistry I

Elements in seawater; residence times; conservative and non-conservative species; biogeochemical cycles; tracers of circulation; deep-sea sediments. Reading: Ch. 3, 4

Oct. 27 Ocean Chemistry II

Laboratories: Ocean Chemistry

Oct. 29 Ocean Chemistry III

Nov. 3 The Climate System

Reading: Ch. 5

Laboratories: Watching the Weather

Nov. 5 Ocean Currents I

Nov. 10 Ocean Currents II

Laboratories:Monitoring Lake Osceola

Nov. 12 Biogeography and Climate Change

History of life on earth and the impact of climate; Catastrophes; Nature and evolution; Life today and climate variability

Nov. 17 Oceanic Resources

Laboratories: Bear Cut Beach Sampling

Nov. 19 Coastal Environments

Coastlines and sea level; coastal currents; estuaries and lagoons; Biscayne Bay and the Florida reef track

Nov. 24 EXAM III

Dec. 1 Global Ocean Projects and Politic

"Big Science" programs; National Science Foundation; Navy Programs; Life in the lab and at sea

Laboratories: Tour of the RV Calanus

Dec. 3 Marine Science Careers

Laboratories: Marine Science Careers

Grades: Each unit examination will be worth 25% of the final grade and 25% will be assigned for notebooks and laboratory participation. The unit exams will include some objective multiple choice question, but the majority of the questions will be short answer essay. There is no final exam for the course.

Notebooks: Notebooks should record both lecture and laboratory notes and assignments. There will be some discussion in class on notetaking. Notebooks will be reviewed by your lab instructor throughout the course.