BISC 582, Fall 2015

Advanced Biological Oceanography

Tuesdays-Thursdays, 2-320, C-Debi Conference Room

Sergio Sanudo-Wilhelmy (, phone 213-821-1302, office in AHF 206)

Dale Kiefer (, phone 213-740-5814, office in AHF 342).

Douglas Capone (, phone 213-740-2772, AHF 108))

Textbook: David W. Townsend, Oceanography and Marine Biology, 2012, Sinauer Assoc.

Other Recommended Resources:

A. Longhurst, Ecological Geography of the Sea, 2nd Ed., 2007, Acad. Press., San Diego

J. Sarmiento & N. Gruber, Ocean Biogeochemical Dynamics, 2006, Princeton Univ. Press.

D. Kirchman (Ed), Microbial Ecology of the Oceans, 2nd ed. 2008, Wiley, NY.

W. Schlesinger & E. Bernhardt, Biogeochemistry: An Analysis of Global Change, 3rd Edition (2013), Academic Press, San Diego.

Andrew Bakun. Patterns in the Ocean, Ocean Processes and Marine Population Dynamics. California Sea Grant College System, NOAA.

K.H. Mann & J.R.N. Lazier. Dynamics of Marine Ecosystems, Biological–Physical Interactions in the Oceans. 3rd Edition, Blackwell Publishing.

Classical Papers Web-sites

http://www.soest.hawaii.edu/oceanography/zij/education/ocn750-hp/

http://marine.rutgers.edu/main/Great-Papers.html

Additional outside reading assignments will be provided for many of the lectures.

All PowerPoint lectures will be posted on Blackboard.

Grading will be based on two comprehensive mid-term exams (30% each), participation in the two directed primary literature reading discussions (10%), and a research paper (~10 pages) on a topic of current interest in biological oceanography that will be due on the last day of class (30%). Paper topics must be approved by one of the instructors and must be finalized by the end of September. Further instructions on the format of the paper and the discussion sessions will be provided after the start of the class.

Date / Topic / Lecturer / Reading
25 Aug / Course Description and History of Oceanog / Sanudo/ Capone / Chap 1 Townsend
27 Aug / Chemical Oceanography / Sanudo / Chap. 4.
Sep 1 / (con’t) / Sanudo
Sep 3 / Stella Modelling / Kiefer / Stella Project
Sep 8 / Physical Oceanography / Kiefer / Chap. 5,6
Sep 10 / (con’t) / Kiefer / Mann & Lazier: 2.1-2.2.9,3.1-3.2.3, 5.1-5.2.4, 8.1-8.2.5
Sep 15 / Marine Ecosystems, Ocean Food Webs and Distributions of Marine Organisms / Capone / Chap. 7, 12
Sep 17 / (con’t) / Capone
Sep 22 / Phytoplankton & Primary Production / Kiefer / Townsend Ch 7 p.227-231,Ch. 8;
Sep 24 / Phytoplankton & Primary Production II (optics) / Kiefer / Kiefer Mitchell, 1983
Sep 29 / Zooplankton & Secondary Production / Duguay / Chap. 9
Oct 1 / Nutrient Biogeochem- General Concepts / Capone / Moore et al.
Oct 6 / Nutrient Biogeochem- C cycle / Capone
Oct 8 / (con’t) / Capone
Oct 13 / Nutrient Biogeochemistry (trace metals, vitamins) / Sanudo
Oct 15 / (con’t) / Sanudo
Oct 20 / Nutrient Biogeochem- N cycle / Capone / Capone
Oct 22 / (con’t) / Capone
Oct 27 / Nutrient Biogeochem- P, S cycles / Capone / Karl
Oct 29 / Midterm
3 Nov / Optical Oceanography and Remote Sensing / Kiefer / Kirk Chap. 1
5 Nov / (con’t) / Kiefer / Kiefer et al. 1979; Wilson Kiefer 1979
10 Nov / Modeling Plankton Dynamics / Kiefer
12 Nov / (con’t) / Townsend Chap. 14
17 Nov / Fisheries and Aquaculture, Benthic Biology / Kiefer / Bakun Chap. 2-7
19 Nov / (con’t) / Kiefer
24 Nov / Climate Change, Ocean Acidification and Other Human Impacts / Sanudo
26 Nov / Thanksgiving
1 Dec / (con’t)
3 Dec / Selected primary literature readings in BO / Sanudo/ Capone
10 Dec / Midterm 2, 2-400 pm

Sanudo-Wilhelmy: 8 Lecture

Kiefer: 10 Lectures

Capone: 9 Lectures