11:628:320 Dynamics of Marine Ecosystems 2009
An
overview of the fundamental processes in the marine environment with emphasis
on interdisciplinary linkages in the functioning of marine ecosystems. Understanding the dynamics in the
physics, chemistry, and biology of the oceans will be emphasized.
Prerequisites:
01:640:135 OR 01:640:151 AND
01:119:102 OR 01:119:103 OR 01:160:162 OR 01:750:194 OR 01:750:204
or permission of the instructors.
This course is required
for the Marine Sciences Major and Minor (see also Undergraduate
Marine Sciences Cook Major 628)
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Class meets: Monday-Wednesday-Friday from
2:15 pm to 3:35 in Cook-Douglass
Lecture Building Room 109
Recitation
schedule: TBA
Recommended reading material is taken principally from the following books (but
these are not required texts to be purchased). Selected chapters are available
on reserve in the Chang Library.
An
introduction to marine biogeochemistry, Susan M. Libes,
Wiley, 1992
Dynamics of
marine ecosystems : biological-physical interactions
in the oceans 3rd ed. Mann, K. H. and J.R.N Lazier, Blackwell Pub., 2006
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Lecture |
Date |
Day |
Topic (links are to
lecture notes in ppt or pdf
format) |
Lecturer |
Reading |
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Theme 1. Vertical structure of the
open ocean: Biology of the mixed layer |
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Sep 2 |
W |
Orientation,
organization, philosophy |
Sikes |
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1 |
Sep 4 |
F |
Wilkin |
Mann and Lazier chapters 3.1, 3.2,
3.3.1, and 3.3.2 |
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2 |
Sep 8 |
T |
Sikes |
Libes 2nd edition: pp
221-227, 232-236, 237-246, 680-687 (or Libes 1st edition: Ch 9 pgs 142-145, 150-153;
Ch 10 pp 154-162; Ch 29 pp 429-439 |
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3 |
Sep 9 |
W |
Seasonal
succession and spring bloom Homework
1 distributed ( click
for pdf ) |
Fuchs |
Mann and Lazier chapters
3.3.3 to 3.7 |
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4 |
Sep 11 |
F |
Fuchs |
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5 |
Sep 14 |
M |
Sikes |
Libes 2nd edition section 1.3 pp4-8 sect 21.6 pp
553-556 OR Libes 1st
edition pp 4-6 |
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6 |
Sep 16 |
W |
Ocean/atmosphere
CO2 exchange (There is a recitation today 1 pm Food Science 109) |
Sikes |
Libes 2nd edition: pp 724-735 |
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7 |
Sep 18 |
F |
NO CLASS |
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8 |
Sep 21 |
M |
Nitrogen-phytoplankton-zooplankton
modelsHomework 1 due |
Wilkin |
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Theme 2: Coastal
Upwelling |
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9 |
Sep 23 |
W |
Coriolis force and Ekman transportHomework 2
distributed (click
for pdf) |
Wilkin |
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10 |
Sep 25 |
F |
Wilkin |
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11 |
Sep 28 |
M |
Sikes |
Libes 2nd edition: pp 403-418 |
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12 |
Sep 30 |
W |
Fuchs |
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13 |
Oct 2 |
F |
Fuchs |
Mann and Lazier chapter 5 |
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14 |
Oct 5 |
M |
Review for exam |
Palamara |
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Exam 1 |
Oct 7 |
W |
E X A M 1 |
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Theme 3: Equatorial
Circulation and El Nino |
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15 |
Oct 9 |
F |
Sikes |
Libes1st edition: pp 557-581 |
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16 |
Oct 12 |
M |
Carbonate Cycling and
Sediments Homework 3
distributed |
Sikes |
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17 |
Oct 14 |
W |
Wilkin |
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18 |
Oct 16 |
F |
Wilkin |
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19 |
Oct 19 |
M |
Sikes |
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20 |
Oct 21 |
W |
ENSO related variability and fisheries |
Fuchs |
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21 |
Oct 23 |
F |
NO CLASS |
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22 |
Oct 26 |
M |
Homework
3 due |
Wilkin |
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23 |
Oct 28 |
W |
Fuchs |
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24 |
Oct 30 |
F |
Wilkin |
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25 |
Nov 2 |
M |
Biological
processes in oceanic eddies
Term
Project 1-page Outline due |
Fuchs |
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26 |
Nov 4 |
W |
Review for exam |
Palamara |
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Exam 2 |
Nov 6 |
F |
E X A M 2 |
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Theme 4: Global climate system |
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27 |
Nov 9 |
M |
Global ocean circulation (1): Wind-driven gyre-scale circulation
of the surface ocean and thermocline |
Wilkin |
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28 |
Nov 11 |
W |
Global ocean circulation (2): Heat and freshwater water
transport, conservation properties Homework 4
distributed |
Wilkin |
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29 |
Nov 13 |
F |
Global ocean circulation (3): Water mass properties, polar
convection, tracer distributions, global thermohaline
circulation |
Wilkin |
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30 |
Nov 16 |
M |
Long term causes of climate change |
Sikes |
Libes 2nd edition: pp 735-758 |
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31 |
Nov 18 |
W |
Bio-impacts of climate change |
Fuchs |
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32 |
Nov 20 |
F |
Recitation |
Palamara |
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33 |
Nov 23 |
M |
IPCC climate change scenarios |
Wilkin |
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Theme 5: Land-Ocean Interactions |
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34 |
Nov 30 |
M |
Estuarine circulation |
Wilkin |
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35 |
Dec 2 |
W |
Chemistry of estuaries |
Sikes |
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36 |
Dec 4 |
F |
Estuarine larval transport |
Fuchs |
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37 |
Dec 7 |
M |
TBA |
Fuchs |
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38 |
Dec 9 |
W |
Review |
Wilkin Fuchs Sikes |
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Exam 3 |
Dec 11 |
F |
E X A M 3
Term Projects
due Friday
Dec 11 by 4 pm |
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