| Date | Topic | Reading | |
| Week 1 | |||
| Thursday 9 Sept. | Course Introduction Oceanography for Marine Ecologists |
Ch 1 (1-16, 32-34) | |
| Week 2 | |||
| Tuesday 14 Sept. | Ecological Principles Structure of Marine Communities |
Ch 1 (17-22) Buss 1979 Peterson 1977 Peterson & Black 1988 |
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| Thursday 16 Sept. | Larval Ecology | Ch 1(22-32) Grosberg 1981 Farrell et al. 1991 Pawlick et al. 1991 |
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| Week 3 | |||
| Tuesday 21 Sept. | Rocky Intertidal I: Competition | Ch 6(219-255) Paine 1966 Lubchenco 1978 |
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| Thursday 23 Sept. | Rocky Intertidal II: Disturbace and Larval Supply | Gaines et al. 1995 Menge et al. 1997 |
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| Week 4 | |||
| Tuesday 28 Sept. | Rocky Subtidal: networks and multiple stable states | Ch 5 (165-184) Connell & Sousa 1983 Sutherland 1974 |
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| Thursday 30 Sept. | Kelp Beds: Sea otters and urchins | Ch 5 (185-193) Estes et al. 1998 Simenstad et al. 1978 |
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| Week 5 | |||
| Tuesday 5 Oct. | Grassbeds: Macrophyte Ecology | Bulthuis et al 1984 Dennison & Alberte 1982 Fonseca & Bell 1998 Short & Burdick 1996 Williams & Ruckelshaus 1993 |
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| Thursday 7 Oct. | Grassbeds: Fauna | Irlandi & Peterson 1991 Smmerson & Peterson 1984 |
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| Esuarine Productivity | Ch 8 Haines 1977 |
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| Week 6 | |||
| Tuesday 12 Oct. | Soft-substrate I: physical and biological factors | Ch 5 (185-193) Rhodes & Young 1970 Woodin 1985 |
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| Thursday 14 Oct. | Soft-substrate II: Top-down and bottom-up organization | Ch 6(255-284) Ambrose 1984 Posey et al. 1995 Virnstein 1977 |
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| Week 7 | |||
| Tuesday 19 Oct. | TAKE HOME EXAM DUE | ||
| Thursday 21 Oct. | FALL BREAK | ||
| Week 8 | |||
| Tuesday 26 Oct. | Plankton I: 1¡ Productivity & Food chain structure | Ch 2 Azam et al. 1983 Martin et al. 1994 Ryther & Sanders 1990 |
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| Thursday 28 Oct. | Plankton II: Predator Control | Fulton 1984 Pauly & Christensen 1995 |
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| Week 9 | |||
| Tuesday 2 Nov. | Mudflat Lab: NO class | ||
| Thursday 4 Nov. | Mudflat Lab:NO class | ||
| Week 10 | |||
| Tuesday 9 Nov. | Pelgaic-Benthic Coupling | Ambrose & Renaud 1995 Smith et al. 1999 |
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| Thursday 11 Nov. | Coral Reefs I: Coral-Coral Interaction | Ch 9 (338-364;374-377) Chornesky 1989 Jackson 1991 Maida et al. 1995 |
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| Week 11 | |||
| Tuesday 16 Nov. | Coral Reefs II: Bleaching and Fishes | Ch 9 (364-374) Doherty 1991 Glynn 1991 Hay & Taylor 1985 |
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| Thursday 18 Nov. | Fisheries | Auster et al. 1996 Botsford et al. 1997 |
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| Week 12 | |||
| Tuesday 22 Nov. | THANKSGIVING BREAK | ||
| Thursday 25 Nov. | THANKSGIVING BREAK | ||
| Week 13 | |||
| Tuesday 30 Nov. | Rocky Intertidal Lab: NO class | ||
| Thursday 2 Dec. | Rocky Intertidal Lab: NO class | ||
| Week 14 | |||
| Tuesday 7 Dec. | Deep Sea I: Diversity | Ch 4 Gray 1994 Poore & Wilson 1993 Snelgrove et al. 1992 |
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| Tuesday 9 Dec. | Deep Sea II Hydrothermal Vents | Tunnicliff 1992 Smith et al. 1989 |
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| Week 15 | |||
| Tuesday, December 14, 1700 | Final Exam | Due at 1700 | |