BIO 164 MARINE BIOLOGY, SPRING 2017 [As of January 12, 2017]

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1 BIO 164 MARINE BIOLOGY, SPRING 2017 [As of January 12, 2017] PROFESSOR JAN A. PECHENIK OFFICE: DANA 224 (X 73199) OFFICE HOURS: By appointment. To arrange a meeting time, please contact me by and give me 3 times that you are available. I will pick one that also works for me and get right back to you. This has worked well in past years, and gives us both time to think ahead about what we will be talking about. jan.pechenik@tufts.edu MARINE BIOLOGY Scope: Grading: The course is a complete introduction to the biology of marine organisms: who they are, how they work, where they live, and how they interact with each other and with their changing environment. 10% Scheduled Quizzes 25% Exam I 30% Exam II 35% Exam III Specific readings are assigned from the following texts: J. A. Pechenik Biology of the Invertebrates, 7th edition. T. M. Niesen The Marine Biology Coloring Book, 2nd edition. Later in the semester I expect to supply the PDF for a research article that will serve as the basis for an optional assignment that will add bonus points to your final exam grade. Quizzes cover only the portion of the reading material indicated on the following pages; you will not be quizzed on any "Research Focus" boxes, unless told otherwise. No make-up quizzes will be given. However, I will count only 10 of the 13 quiz scores, which means you can actually miss 3 quizzes and still get a perfect quiz score. The quizzes are intended to help you keep up with the assigned reading, which is in turn orchestrated to prepare you for lectures. The three examinations will cover all of the material listed on the next several pages (including reading material you were not quizzed on), plus material covered in lectures. Interested students should also check out these two websites from time to time: Worldwatch Institute, environmental information) (The world s only Marine Biology cartoon) Popularized marine biology news updates Information about local fisheries management issues 1

2 BIO 164 SPRING 2017 Tentative Lecture Schedule I. Cast of Characters Lecture 1 Introduction. Seawater as a biological medium. Predicting the effects of pollution and global warming. 2 Principles of the hydrostatic skeleton. 3 Introduction to the annelids. 4 The Annelida: locomotory mechanics of oligochaetes and polychaetes. 5 Figuring out evolutionary relationships. 6-8 The Arthropoda The Mollusca. FIRST EXAMINATION: FRIDAY, FEBRUARY Deuterostomes: Echinoderms and Chordates. 12 Chordates: Fish and marine mammals. 13 The Platyhelminthes: The friendly and not-so-friendly flatworms smaller groups of amazing animals: chaetognaths, ctenophores, and nematodes. 15 The Cnidaria. 16 Cnidarians and sponges. 17 Phytoplankton. Bioluminescence: distribution and adaptive value. SPRING VACATION (MARCH 18-26) Enjoy! II. Marine Habitats 1 Coral reefs. 2 The intertidal zone; estuaries; mangroves; salt marshes. 3 The deep sea: life without photosynthesis SECOND EXAMINATION: FRIDAY, MARCH 31 III. Ecological Factors Controlling the Abundance and Distribution of Marine Organisms. 1-3 Food chains, food webs, fisheries management, aquaculture 4-6 Larval substrate selection, latent effects of larval experience. 7-8 Effects of predation, competition, climate change Effects of pollution, climate change THIRD EXAMINATION: Friday APRIL 28 (There will be no official Final Examination this year) 2

3 BIO 164 SPRING 2017 PROFESSOR JAN A. PECHENIK x73199 READING ASSIGNMENTS The first few lectures follow the assigned readings rather closely, to accommodate late entries to the class. As the course continues, lectures and readings diverge considerably, but remain complementary. Please look carefully at the figures, too! Quizzes cover only the material specified; Research Focus boxes are not required reading. Quiz dates and associated readings are in color. Topic Reading Pages Quiz A. Environmental Considerations Pechenik 1-6 B. Biological Basis of Classification Pechenik 7-19 (ignore deuterostome characteristics in Table 2.1) C. Marine Animals: The Cast of Major Characters The Protostomous Coelomates Hydrostatic skeletons Pechenik Phylum Annelida General Characteristics Pechenik Class Polychaeta Pechenik Fri. 1/27 (1) Niesen 27 & 28 (One particular polychaete group, the siboglinids, will be discussed later in the course, when we talk about life in the deep sea) Class Clitellata Pechenik 318 The oligochaetes (class Oligochaeta) The leeches (class Hirudinea) Deducing Evolutionary Relationships Pechenik 7-8, (ignore Table 2.2, p 24) Tues 1/31 (2) Phylum Arthropoda General Characteristics Pechenik (left) Compound eyes 345 (right) 349 (top left) Subphylum Mandibulata Superclass Crustacea 358 (just that one intro paragraph) 373 (defining characters only) Niesen 35, 36 & 68 Class Malacostraca Pechenik Wedn. 2/8 (3) Class Cirripedia Class Copepoda Crustacean Development Subphylum Chelicerata Class Merostomata (left) 381 (right) (ending w/ quickly ensue ) Niesen 81 Phylum Mollusca General Characteristics Pechenik Class Gastropoda Niesen 32, 100, 106 Class Bivalvia Tues. 2/14 (4) General characteristics, gill function Pechenik (top) Nutrition and lifestyles 245 (left: Details of particle capture )-251 The Anomalodesmata (the septibranchs ) 251 and 254 3

4 Class Polyplacophora ( the chitons ) Pechenik Class Scaphopoda Class Cephalopoda (top left) Niesen 33, 34 & 80 Phylum Bryozoa Pechenik EXAMINATION NO. 1 (FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17) Topic Reading Quiz The Deuterostomous Coelomates Phylum Echinodermata General Characteristics Pechenik Class Crinoidea (top right) Class Stelleroidea Tues 2/21 (5) Niesen 39 & 40 Class Echinoidea Pechenik (top right) Class Holothuroidea (top right) Phylum Chordata Subphylum Urochordata Pechenik Niesen 42 Subphylum Vertebrata Fishes: (3 classes) Niesen 43, 44, 47, 49 Turtles, sea snakes, reptiles Niesen 53 & 54 Marine birds Niesen 55 & 58 Fri 2/24 (6) Marine mammals 59 & 60 Echolocation 61 Some Noncoelomates Nematoda, Rhynchocoela (ribbon worms) Niesen 25 Phylum Platyhelminthes Pechenik (top right) Wedn 3/1 (7) Phylum Cnidaria General Characteristics Pechenik Tues 3/7 (8) Class Scyphozoa Class Cubozoa Pechenik Class Hydrozoa Pechenik Class Anthozoa Pechenik Phylum Porifera Pechenik Niesen 22 Fri 3/10 (9) Kingdom Protozoa Key marine protozoans: ciliates, dinozoans, foraminiferans and radiolarians Pechenik (left), 51 (rt) (left) 4

5 Topic Reading Quiz D. Marine Habitats SPRING BREAK, MARCH 18 - MARCH 26 Intertidal Zone Niesen 3 & 4 Estuaries, Salt Marshes Niesen 7 Beaches and Mudflats Niesen 9 & 10 Tues. 3/28 (10) Deep Sea Niesen 16 & 17 The pogonophorans (siboglinids) Pechenik Coral Reefs Niesen 12 & 13 E. Marine Photosynthesizers EXAMINATION NO. 2 (FRIDAY, MARCH 31) Phytoplankton: The cyanobacteria, dinophytes, diatoms, Niesen 19 and coccolithophorids Seaweeds: Niesen 20 & 21 Wedn 4/5 (11) Anthophytes: the grasses and mangroves Niesen 18 F. Food webs and Fisheries Fisheries and Aquaculture as food sources Assigned research articles* Tues 4/11 (12) G. Competition and other interactions Niesen 91, H. Reproduction + Dispersal of seaweeds Niesen 73 of invertebrates Pechenik Tues 4/18 (12) of vertebrates Niesen 86 & 88 I. Pollutants in the Sea REMINDERS EXAMINATION NO. 3 FRIDAY APRIL 28 Summary of Quiz Dates (12 quizzes): Fri. 1/27, Tues 1/31, Wedn. 2/8, Tues. 2/14, Tues 2/21, Fri 2/24, Wedn 3/1, Tues 3/7, Fri 3/10, Tues 3/28, Wedn 4/5, Tues 4/11, Tues 4/18 1. EXAMS: Exam I: FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17 Exam II: FRIDAY, MARCH 31 Exam III: FRIDAY APRIL 28 *Duarte et al Will the oceans help feed humanity? BioScience 59: *Olsen How can mariculture better help feed humanity? Frontiers Mar. Sci. doi: /fmars

BIO 164 MARINE BIOLOGY, SPRING 2018

BIO 164 MARINE BIOLOGY, SPRING 2018 PROFESSOR JAN A. PECHENIK OFFICE: Robinson 362 (617-627-3199) OFFICE HOURS: By appointment. To arrange a meeting time, please contact me by e-mail and give me 3 times