INVERTEBRATE
ZOOLOGY – COMPARATIVE ANIMAL DIVERSITY
THIS IS A GENERIC SYLLABUS FOR
OUR COURSE (BI451/551
SPRING 2010)
Below you can see the actual syllabus for Spring 2010
Week
1
Introduction to the class, goals, and an overview
of Invertebrates
Phylum Porifera
(sponges)
Phylum Cnidaria
(anemones, corals and jelly fishes)
Anthozoa
Hydrozoa
Week 2
Scyphozoa
Phylum Ctenophora
(comb jellies)
Tides – why and how…
Week 3
Phylum Platyhelminthes
(flatworms)
Phylum Nemertea
Superphylum(?)
Ecdysozoa
Week 4
MIDTERM
I
Phylum Sipunculida (peanut worms)
Phylum
Bryozoa (moss animas)
Phylum
Phoronida
Phylum
Annelida I (segmented worms)
Week 5
Phylum Annelida
II & III
Phylum Mollusca (snails, clams and octopuses)
Week 6
Phylum Mollusca
II-IV
Week 7
MIDTERM II
Phylum
Echinodermata I & II (sea stars, urchins, etc.)
Week
8
Phylum Echinodermata
III
Phylum Arthropoda
(crustaceans, arachnids, and
insects)
Week 9
Phylum: Arthropoda
II-IV
Week 10
Subphylum Urochordata (sea squirts and relatives)
Phylum Hemichordata
MIDTERM III
Detailed
2010 syllabus follows:
INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY (BI 451/551, 8 credits)
Tuesdays and Thursdays (8:30 AM - 5:30 PM) and Fridays (8:30–10:30 AM)
Earlier than 8:30am on many morning field trips
University of Oregon Spring Quarter 2010
Institute of Marine Biology Instructors: Richard Emlet, Nora Terwilliger
Charleston T.A.: Holly Keammerer
Congratulations! You are about to study the fantastic diversity of life as illustrated by marine invertebrates in one of the most ideal places in the world for such a study, the Pacific Northwest - or more precisely, the edge of the Eastern Pacific. Invertebrates are beautiful. They are also excellent models to understand general biological processes and to appreciate the unifying features and the unique morphological, physiological and ecological diversity of organisms. This course will provide you with a comprehensive introduction to the major invertebrate phyla through a combination of lectures, laboratories and field trips. We will focus on the relationships between structure and functions such as locomotion, feeding, respiration, excretion and reproduction. Some embryology and larval biology will be included, as well as discussion of taxonomy, behavior and life history. Since invertebrates comprise roughly 97% of animal species on the planet, (a few too many to cover in one term!), we will emphasize marine invertebrates, especially live ones locally available.
Week 1
3/30 07:09 -0.71 feet Low Tide\
N 08:30 Lecture: Introduction to class, goals, and overview of Inverts
R 09:30 Lecture Phylum Porifera (Sponges)
R 11:00 Set up microscopes
13:15 Lab: Deciphering sponges4/1 08:42 -1.08 feet Low Tide
*** 07:15 Field trip to South Cove
N 10:30 Lecture: Phylum Cnidaria
N 13:15 Lecture: Anthozoa
14:30 Lab: anemones and corals
4/2 09:29 -0.85 feet Low Tide
*** 08:00 Field trip to south side of Sunset Bay
Week 2
4/6 13:16 +0.90 feet Low Tide
R 08:30 Lecture: Hydrozoa
*** 10:15 Field trip to Boat Basin Docks
13:15 Lab: little polyps and medusae
4/8 15:16 +1.18 feet Low Tide
R 08:30 Lecture: Scyphozoa
10:00 Lab: scyphozoans and video: Jellies
R 13:15 Lecture: Ctenophora Video: Jellies
14:30 Lab: comb jellies
4/9
R 08:30 Lecture: Tides --TURN IN LABORATORY NOTEBOOKS (I)
15:30 Required seminar Dr. Cathy McFadden (corals)
Week 3
4/13 06:27 +0.43 feet Low Tide
N 08:30 Lecture: Platyhelminthes
10:00 Lab: Flatworms
N 13:15 Lecture: Nemertea
14:30 Lab: Nemerteans
4/15 07:39 -0.39 feet Low Tide
*** 06:30 Fieldtrip to Portside mudflats
N 09:30 Lecture: Annelida (I)
10:45 Lab: Annelid diversity
N 13:15 Lecture: Annelida (II)
14:30 Lab: more worms
4/16 08:17 -0.62 feet Low Tide
N 8:30 Lecture: Annelida (III)
Week 4
4/20 11:35 -0.31 feet Low Tide
08:30 Lab: polychaete dissection
*** 10:30 Field trip to Charlie’s Grotto (sack lunches)
R 14:00 Lecture: Sipunculida
15:15 Lab: peanut worms (finish worm dissection)
4/22 13:42 +0.12 feet Low Tide
R 08:30 Lecture: Lophophorates (I) - Bryozoa
10:00 Lab: bryozoans
R 13:15 Lecture: Lophophorates (II) Phoronida, Brachipoda
14:30 Lab: phoronids and lamp shells (more bryozoans)
4/23
08:30 MIDTERM EXAM I
Week 5
4/27 06:09 -1.0 feet Low Tide (sunrise 06:16)
N 08:30 Lecture: Mollusca (I) Polyplacophora
10:00 Lab: Chitons
N 13:15 Lecture: Mollusca (II) Gastropoda
14:30 Lab: Snails and slugs
4/29 07:39 -1.6 feet Low Tide (sunrise 06:13)
*** 06:15 Field trip to Dome House mudflats
R 10:30 Lecture: Bivalvia
13:15 Lab: bivalves
4/30 08:22 -1.48 feet Low Tide
*** 07:00 Field trip to Middle Cove
Week 6
5/4 11:28 +0.35 feet Low Tide
*** 08:00 RV Pluteus dredge trip (1/2 half day) (sack lunches)
14:00 Lab: Dredge trip animals
5/6 13:14 +1.2 feet Low Tide
N 08:30 Lecture: Mollusca (III) Cephalopoda Video: Incredible Suckers
10:00 Lab: squid dissection
N 13:15 Nematoda and Tardigrada
14:45 Lab: Round worms and water bears
5/7
08:30 Lab: finish lab notebooks LABORATORY NOTEBOOKS DUE (II)
Week 7
5/11 05:22 +0.27 feet Low Tide (sunrise 05:57)
R 08:30 Lecture: Echinodermata (I): Asteroida
10:00 Lab: sea stars
R 13:15 Lecture: Echinodermata (II): Ophiuroida
14:30 Lab: brittle stars
5/13 06:40 -0.85 feet Low Tide (sunrise 05:55)
08:30 MIDTERM II
R 13:15 Lecture: Echinodermata (III) Echinoida
14:30 Lab: sea urchins and sand dollars
5/14 07:20 -1.22 feet Low Tide (sunrise 05:54)
*** 06:15 Field trip to Light House Island
15:30 Required Seminar Dr. Richard Strathmann
Week 8
5/18 10:21 -1.1 feet Low Tide
*** 07:30 Field trip to Cape Blanco (sack lunches)
R 14:00 Lecture: Echinodermata (IV) Holothurioda
15:15 Lab: Sea cucumbers
5/20 12:07 -0.21 feet Low Tide
N 08:30 Lecture Arthropoda (I) Branchiopoda
10:00 Lab: Branchiopoda
R 13:15 Lecture: Arthropoda (II) Cirripedia
14:30 Lab: barnacles
5/21
N 08:30 Lecture: Arthropoda (III) Malacostraca
Week 9
5/25 05:09 -0.89 feet Low Tide (sunrise 05:44)
N 08:30 Lecture: Arthropoda (IV) Molting
10:00 Lab: crab dissection
13:15 Lab: malacostracan diversity
5/27 06:41 -1.63 feet Low Tide (sunrise 05:42)
R 09:00 Lecture: Phylum Chordata - Cephalochordata
R 10:00 Lecture: Subphylum Urochordata
13:15 Lab: sea squirts
5/28 07:24 -1.64 feet Low Tide (sunrise 05:41)
*** 06:15 Field trip to TBA
Week 10
6/1 10:05 -0.26 feet Low Tide
*** 08:30 Field trip to North Cove, Cape Arago
R 13:15 Lecture: Hemichordata
14:30 Lab: enteropneusts (acorn worms)
6/3 11:26 +0.75 feet Low Tide
N 08:30 Lecture: Ecdysozoa - Rotifera
10:00 Lab: Rotifera
13:15 Lab Clean up
6/4 08:30 MIDTERM EXAM III and LABORATORY NOTEBOOKS DUE (III)
FINALS WEEK
6/8 08:30 No Final Exam
You will have access to the laboratory day and night, 7 days a week. We will be in the invert lab Wednesdays and at unscheduled times also. We will have field trips to local environments, sometimes during class time, but often earlier or later, depending on the tides. You are encouraged to go to the intertidal on your own whenever you find the time and tides. You will be most comfortable with a good pair of rubber boots (kneehighs or hipboots, no hipwaders), a waterproof windbreaker, hat, and maybe rainpants, depending on the weather.
COURSE REQUIREMENTS AND EVALUATION
The final grade will be determined by an evaluation of three quizzes, your lab notebook, and class participation. Material covered on quizzes will include lecture notes, lab and field trip material, and readings in Ruppert et al. Aerobic metabolism in lab and on field trips will be subjectively measured!
Grading: 3 quizzes (@20% ea) 60%
lab notebook 35%
class participation 5%