MARINE BENTHIC ECOLOGY

Date		Topic & Outlines	Books Papers	Links
Jan	14	Introduction / Geologic Origins	P (1)	(1)
	17	MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. HOLIDAY
	19	Marine Sediments	B (1, 2)	(1)(2)(3) (4)(5)(6)
	21	Discussion 1
	24	Marine Benthic Provinces	B (3)	(1)(2)
	26	Physical & Chemical Environment Characteristics	B (4, 5, 6)	(1)(2)(3)(4)
	28	Discussion 2
	31	Benthic Microbial Components (Autotrophic)	B (7)(8)	(1)(2)
Feb	2	Benthic Microbial Components (Heterotrophic)	B(7)(9)(10) P (2)	(1)
	4	Discussion 3
	7	Benthic Food Webs and the Microbial Loop (Who eats Who?)	P (2)(3+)	(1)
	9	Detritus as a Food Resource	B(10)
	11	EXAM 1
	14	Types of Meiofauna	B(11)	(1)(2)(3)(4) (5)
	16	Ecology of Meiofauna	B(12)
	18	Celebration of Inquiry / Discussion 4
	21	Types of Macrofauna	B(13)	(1)
	23	Ecology of Macrofauna	P (4)(5)
	25	Demersal Fishes & Other Top Carnivores		(1)
	28	Discussion 5	B (14)
Mar	1	Intertidal Sand Communities	B (15)(16)
	3	Intertidal Mud Communities	B (15)(16)
	6	Discussion 6
	8	EXAM 2 (TAKE HOME)
	10	BENTHIC ECOLOGY MEETING
	13-17	SPRING BREAK (THANKS!!)
	20	Salt Marsh Biogeography	B (17)(18) (19)	(1)(2)(3)
	22	Growth Controls upon Spartina	B (17)(18) (19)
	24	Marsh Detritus Consumers	B (17)(18) (19)	(1)(2)
	27	Discussion 7
	29	Seagrass Communities	B (20)(21)	(1)(2)(3)(4)
	31	Controls Over Seagrass Growth	B (20)(21)
Apr	3	Seagrass - Animal Interactions
	5	Discussion 8
	7	Kelp Beds and Forests		(1)(2)
	10	Climatic & Keystone Species Controls of Kelps	P (6)	(1)(2)(3) (4)(5)
	12	Rocky Intertidal Communities		(1)(2)
	14	Adaptations of Rocky Intertidal Organisms
	17	Competition, Predation, Zonation in the Rocky Intertidal
	19	Discussion 9
	21	Coral Reef Basics	B (22)(23)	(1)(2)(3)
	24	Coral Diversity, Physiology, and Habitat Preferences	B (22)(23)	(1)
	26	Bioerosion, Disease, and Competition with Macroalgae	B (22)(23)	(1)(2)(3)
	28	Discussion 10
		Essay Question Pool
May	3	EXAM 3