BIO 343 – Alpine Ecology Schedule 2015 – Sunday 30 August - Friday 4 September

Sunday 30 August / Monday 31 August / Tuesday 1 September / Wednesday 2 September / Thursday 3 September / Friday 4 September
9.15 /
Meet at the train station 09.45! / Terje Lislevand: Birds / Siri Olsen: Climate effects on vegetation / Ingrid Wathne: Zooplankton in alpine ponds and lakes / Yngvar Gauslaa: Lichens in extreme environments – a study in photobiology / Torbjørn Ergon
10.15 / Departure from Bergen 10.28
(Finse 12.51) / Terje Lislevand: Birds /
Trip to Sandalsnuten: climate effects on vegetation and pollination/seed set / I. Wathne: Fish in Norwegian lakes / Yngvar Gauslaa: Lichens and herbivores / Torbjørn Ergon
11.15 / ¾¾½½¾¾ / Trip to Midtdalsbreen: demonstration of vegetation gradients and succession / ¾¾½½¾¾ / Take day samples of plankton / Sorting and identification of insects / Group work: Presentation - Diel migration and predators
Lunch / ¾¾½½¾¾ / ¾¾½½¾¾ / ¾¾½½¾¾ / ¾¾½½¾¾
13.15 / B.A. Hatteland & E. Leslie: Practical information / ¾¾½½¾¾ / ¾¾½½¾¾ / Sorting and identification of plankton samples / ¾¾½½¾¾ / Group work: Presentation - Diel migration and UV-B
14.15 / B.A. Hatteland: Alpine environments / ¾¾½½¾¾ / ¾¾½½¾¾ / ¾¾½½¾¾ / Group work / Group work: Presentation – Pollination/seed set
15.15 / B.A. Hatteland: Arthropods in altitude gradients / ¾¾½½¾¾ / ¾¾½½¾¾ / ¾¾½½¾¾ / ¾¾½½¾¾ / Group work: Presentation – Insects and vegetation gradients
16.15 / Trip to Kvannjolnuten and bird spotting with Terje / Ørjan Totland / Torbjørn R. Paulsen: Plant defence / Sampling insects / Sigmund Hågvar: Arthropods across succession gradients / Group work: Presentation –
17.15 / ¾¾½½¾¾ / Ørjan Totland / Torbjørn R. Paulsen: Plant defence / ¾¾½½¾¾ / ¾¾½½¾¾ / Afternoon meal and practical information
Dinner / International dinner / Clean and pack
Evening /
E. Leslie:
Pictures from Finse / Group work / Take night samples of plankton / Steffen Roth: Amphibians in alpine regions / Group work /
Dep. 20.21 (Bergen 22.35)

All days: Breakfast 0800 (remember to pack lunch), Lunch 1200, Dinner 1830.