Marine Biology

Biology 313

Kari Benson

 

This web page is your resource for class information,         

including reading lists, assignment instructions, up-to-date            

changes in laboratory plans (weather dependent),               

and general information.            

 

Marine biology class meets in Hobbs 406 on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 9:00 a.m.         

Laboratory meets three days for presentations (Hobbs 221), 1-4 p.m. on Mondays.    

a full day for a trip to the Virginia Marine Science Museum, 16 March    

 and a field trip to the Wachapreague on the Eastern Shore (12-15 April).

            

 You can use this page to email me.       

You may pose questions specifically for me or questions that you would like me to answer here.     

            

The text for this class:      

Marine Biology: Function, Biodiversity, and Ecology 2nd Edition          

2001. J. S. Levinton        

Oxford University Press            

There will be additional readings in the Bay Journal, other media and primary literature.       

            

Class information: You can access the course syllabus from this link.           

            

Student Ecosystem Outlines:

Sandy Intertidal Zone

Rocky Intertidal Zone

Bathypelagic Zone

Abyssapelagic Zone

Mangroves

Sea Grasses    

                       

            

Information on coral reefs:                                                           .

http://www.coris.noaa.gov/about/                                                

 

This is the web site from the ABC broadcast.                              

http://www.abc.net.au/science/coral/story.htm                             

 

The following are articles with which you should be familiar discussing the future of reefs.                            

http://www.aims.gov.au/pages/research/coral-bleaching/scr2000/scr-00gcrmn-report.html                            

http://news.mongabay.com/2005/1117-corals.html                                   

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/386718.stm                                       

 

         

 

                   

Photos and other links.             

           

                   

Environmental Issue Presentations:                    

 

                        

Laboratory and assignment information:                  

Field Trip Rules and Regulations                                  

                        

Additional links:              

Virginia Marine Science Museum                                                         

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA)                     

The Chesapeake Bay Program                                                             

The Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay                                                   

The Coastal Conservation Association                                                 

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology                            

Marine Conservation Biology Institute                                                  

Data Collection and Management Guidelines                                        

Ocean currents                                                                                    

Barrier Island information:                                                                    

North Carolina information                                           

            North Carolina Barrier Dynamics                                 

Powerpoint presentation on barriers.                            

Longitude, by Dava Sobel. Here is a review of the book.                      

Tide charts