Revised 6 November 2005
FIELD Limnology
PBIO/ZOOL 719/819
Fall 2005
Instructors: Prof. Alan Baker (Plant Biology) Office: Spaulding 126 (2-3845)
Prof. James Haney (Zoology) Office: Spaulding 116 (2-2105)
Graduate Teaching Assistant: Sonya Carlson (Zoology) Office: Spaulding 116 (2-2105)
Undergrad Teaching Assistant: Janet Kleiner
Texts & Materials: 1. Common Methods in Limnology, by Lind (recommended)
2. Limnoecology (Lampert & Sommer) (required)
3. Textbook of Limnology (Cole, 4th ed.) (required)
4. A Short Guide to Writing about Biology, by Pechenek (required)
5. USB data storage for PC (required)
6. Data notebook (3 ring) with plastic sheet protectors (required)
7. Clipboard/cover for recording field data (required)
8. Sunny smile and positive attitude (required)
Aug 30 Introduction to course: Course Objectives; Research Theme: Diel Vertical Migration (DVM)
Learning laboratory techniques: Introduction to laboratory examination and counting of zooplankton.
Sep 1 Field Trip 1: Barbadoes Pond (Dover, NH).
FOR NEXT CLASS: Stich and Lampert (1981)
Sep 6 Lab: Intro to zooplankton and data logger downloading. Computer graphing with SigmaPlot Seminar: 1) PPt presentation & interpretation of lake profiles: Barbadoes Pond trip
2) Discuss Stich & Lampert (1981)
Sep 8 Field Trip 2: Barbadoes Pond (Dover, NH). DVM collection
Arrive at 3 pm/Return at 10 pm
Sep 13 Introduction: Personal gear check for SLCFT (Sawyer Ponds Camping Field Trip)
Lab: Zooplankton Identification/Counting
Lecture: Light & Temperature
Seminar: Discussion of vertical profile plots of DVM at Barbadoes
FOR NEXT CLASS:
Read: Hansson L.A. (2004) Plasticity in pigmentation induced by conflicting threats from predation and UV radiation. ECOLOGY 85 (4): 1005-1016.
Prepare answers: Book Questions #1: L&S Chapter 3: Questions 1, 6 & 7
Sep 15 Seminar: Discuss Book Questions #1& Hansson 2004
Lecture: Solutes
Lab: Upload & analyze data: SigmaPlot, zooplankton & phytoplankton counting
FOR NEXT CLASS: Read: TBA
Prepare answers: Book Questions #2: L&S Chapter 3: Question 4; Chapter 4: Questions 1 & 3
Sep 20 Lab: Prepare for SLCFT by labeling containers
Seminar: Discuss Book Questions #2
Sep 22 Field Trip 3: Sawyer Ponds (Upper Sawyer and Lower Sawyer Ponds) –
Leave Spaulding loading dock at 8 am.
Return to Durham campus Friday, September 23 at 2 pm
Prepare answers: Book Questions #3: L&S Chapter 4: Questions 7 & 8
Sep 27 Due: Book Questions #3: L&S Chapter 4: Questions 7 & 8
Lab: Upload & analyze data: SigmaPlot, zooplankton & phytoplankton counting
Sep 29 Field Trip 3: Mendums Pond
Oct 4 Discussion: Introduction to scientific writing and manuscript review (Handouts)
Lab: Data uploading and analysis from Mendums Pond
Seminar: Discussion of profiles from Mendums Ponds
FOR NEXT CLASS:
Prepare answers: Book Questions 4: L&S L&S Chapter 4: Questions 11 & 12
Oct 6 Field Trip 4: Russell Pond
Leave Spaulding loading dock at 8 am.
Return to Durham campus late night
Oct 11 Data anaylsis: (1) Fluorometry Data Analysis
(2) Epilimnion Chlorophyll Analysis
FOR NEXT CLASS:
Prepare answers: Book Questions 5: L&S Chapter 6: 7, 8 & 9; L&S Chapter 7: 1 & 2
Oct 13 Discussion: 1) Introduction to scientific writing and manuscript review (handouts), with emphasis on Methods (make list of all methods used)
2) Introduction to statistics: data analysis using parametric and non-parametric tests, means, modes, variance and tests of significance
3) Select lakes and “emphasis” for manuscripts
4) Peek at Russell Pond sonar
Lab: Plankton counting & data uploading and analysis from Mendums Pond
Seminar: Discuss Book Questions 5
Assignment: Prepare first draft of Methods section due October 18.
Oct 18 Field Trip: Stonehouse Pond DVM
Meet at 2 pm, Return at 9:30 pm
Methods MS due
Assignment: Review two METHODS manuscripts (due October 20)
Oct 20 Lab: Plankton counting & data uploading and analysis from Russell Pond
Data analysis techniques: Regressions Introduction to the use of cladistics
Lecture: Diel Vertical Migration (Sonya Carlson)
MS Writing: Peer reviews of METHODS MS due
Assignments: 1) Write INTRODUCTION (due October 27) 2) Read Papers for Oct 27
Oct 25 Lecture: Origins and Diversity of Lakes and Watersheds
Lab: Plankton counting & data uploading and analysis from Stonehouse Pond
Data analysis: Examination of fluorescence data
Seminar: TBA
Oct 27 Lecture: Eutrophication: Causes, consequences and trophic Classification of Lakes
Lab: Chaoborus crop analysis and calculation of feeding electivity indicies
MS Writing: MS INTRODUCTION: first draft due for peer review
Seminar: Impact of Chaoborus predation
Nov 1 Lecture: Phytoplankton: Diversity and Competition
Lab: Sample processing: Computer Image analysis of plankton body lengths
Graphing of plankton profiles
MS Writing: Peer Reviews of INTRODUCTION due
Assignment: Prepare preliminary manuscript tables and figures (due Nov 8)
Nov 3 Lecture: Zooplankton Grazing: Mechanisms and Impact on Phytoplankton
Manuscript preparation: Data analysis, graphics and sample processing:
Seminar: TBA
Nov 8 Lecture: Vertebrate and Invertebrate Predation in the Pelagic Zone
Manuscript preparation: Data analysis, graphics and sample processing:
Nov 10 Lecture: Biomanipulation as a Lake Restoration Tool
Lab: Group projects on Lake Model Videos (fish selective feeding & thermal stratification)
Assignment: Review test manuscript (due Nov 17)
Manuscript tables and figures due (hardcopies, or PowerPoint files)
Nov 15 Lecture: Seasonal and Long-term Succession in Lakes
Student DVM Presentations*: Barbadoes Pond & Mendums Pond
* 15-min PowerPoint presentations of results (graphs, tables, photos, etc) from phytoplankton and zooplankton emphasis, i.e. two presentations per lake
Nov 17 Lecture: Fish and Pelagic Food Webs
Manuscript preparation
Student DVM Presentations: Russell Pond & Stonehouse Pond
Seminar: Comparision of class reviews of the test MS
Nov 22 Manuscript preparation
Seminar: TBA
Nov 24 Thanksgiving Holiday
Nov 30 Manuscript preparation
Seminar: TBA
Dec 1 *Submit DVM manuscripts to editors at 2:00 PM
Pick CLS manuscripts to review at 3:00 PM
Dec 6 1:00 PM: Reviewers return manuscripts to editors
2:10 PM Authors pick up reviewed manuscripts.
2:20 PM List what manuscript needs: Major changes, minor changes, typographical corrections
2:35 PM List graphs, information, or references needed to revise your manuscript
3:00 PM Conference with instructors to review your progress on your manuscript
4:30 PM Authors revise manuscripts and change to co-authored (CFB journal format)
*By the end of class, you are expected to have the abstract, introduction, methods, and 1 table & figure embedded into a new document.*
Dec 8 Continue to revise manuscript into co-authored DVM manuscript (CFB journal format)
Complete student faculty evaluations
Dec 15 Submit Revised DVM manuscript (CFB journal format) to CFB on-line journal (Center for Freshwater Biology Research)
Summary of Grading:
Manuscript draft
Introduction 5%
Methods 5%
Single Author Manuscript* 15%
Co-Authored Manuscript 15%
MS reviews
Introduction 5%
Methods 5%
Single Author Manuscript 10%
Student Presentations on Lake 5%
Student Lectures 10%
Book Questions @ 2 pts per hand-in 10%
Seminars 10%
Class & field trip participation 5%
TOTAL 100%
*=Single Author Manuscript has emphasis on either phytoplankton or zooplankton
Writing Timeline:--
Oct 18 Draft 1 of Methods due
Oct 20 Review of Methods due
Oct 27 Draft 1 of Introduction due
Nov 1 Review of Introduction due
Nov 22 Single Author DVM Manuscript due
Dec 2 Review of Single Author Manuscript due
Dec 15 Co-Authored Manuscript due
Text topics for student lectures (30 min):
1. Sep 22: Regulation of Phytoplankton (Janet)
2. Oct 6: Lakes and Watersheds
3. Oct 11: Trophic Classification of Lakes
4. Oct 13: Zooplankton Grazing
5. Oct 18: Predation in the Pelagic Zone
6. Oct 20: DVM
7. Oct 25: Seasonal and Long-term Succession in Lakes
8. Oct 27: Pelagic Food Webs and Microbial Loops
9. Nov 1: Fluorescence & Chlorophyll in lakes
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