INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY – COMPARATIVE ANIMAL DIVERSITY

THIS IS A GENERIC SYLLABUS FOR OUR COURSE  (BI451/551 SPRING 2009)

Below you can see the actual syllabus for Spring 2009

 

 

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 2009 syllabus follows:   

INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY (BI 451/551, 8 credits)

Mondays and Wednesdays (8:30 AM - 5:30 PM) and Fridays (8:30-10:30)

Earlier than 8:30am on many morning field trips

 

University of Oregon                                                                             Spring Quarter 2009

Institute of Marine Biology                                                      Instructors: Richard Emlet and Nora Terwilliger

Charleston                                                                                          T.A.: Holly Kesmmerer

 

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     09:35   -0.60 feet Low Tide

09:00   Field trip to South Cove

N         11:30   Lecture: Introduction to class, goals, and overview of Inverts

R         13:00   Lecture Phylum Porifera (Sponges)

            14:15   Set up microscopes 

            14:30   Lab: Deciphering sponges

4/1       11:32   -0.16 feet Low Tide

N         08:30   Lecture: Phylum Cnidaria

N         09:30   Lecture: Anthozoa

***      10:30   Field trip to OIMB Boathouse Beach

13:00   Lab: anemones and corals

4/3

R         09:00   Lecture: Scyphozoa                            Video: Jellies

           

Week 2

4/6       16:45   0.34 feet Low Tide

R         09:00   Lecture: Hydrozoa                            

***      10:15   Field trip to Boat Basin Docks

            13:00   Lab: little polyps and medusae

4/8       06:04   0.08 feet Low Tide (sunrise 06:46)

R         08:30   Lecture: Ctenophora  

            09:30   Lab: comb jellies        

R         13:00   Lecture: Tides

            14:30   Lab: continue Sponges and Cnidaria 

4/10     07:27   -0.71 feet Low Tide

***      06:30    Field trip to south side of Sunset Bay --TURN IN LABORATORY NOTEBOOKS (I)

 

Week 3

4/13     09:27   -0.26 feet Low Tide

***      08:00   Fieldtrip to Portside mudflats                        

N         11:00   Lecture: Platyhelminthes (Flatworms)

N         13:00   Lecture: Nemertea

            14:00   Lab:  Platyhelminthes and Nemerteans

4/15     11:00   0.54 feet Low Tide

N         08:30   Lecture: Annelida (I)

            10:00   Lab: Annelid diversity

N         13:00   Lecture: Annelida (II)

            14:00   Lab: more worms

4/17    

N         8:30     Lecture: Annelida (III)

Week 4

4/20     15:40   1.26 feet Low Tide   

            09:00   Lab: polychaete dissection

R         13:00   Lecture: Sipunculida

            14:00  Lab: peanut worms

4/22     05:02   0.93 feet Low Tide

            08:30   MIDTERM EXAM I

R         13:00  Lecture: Lophophorates (I) - Bryozoa

            14:00   Lab: bryozoans

4/24     06:23   -0.63 feet Low Tide (sunrise 06:20)

R         08:30   Lecture: Lophophorates (II) Phoronida, Brachipoda

            09:30   Lab: phoronids and lamp shells

           

Week 5

4/27     08:33   -1.65 feet Low Tide              

***      07:00    Field trip to Middle Cove

N         11:00    Lecture: Mollusca

N         13:00    Lecture: Mollusca (II) Polyplacophora and Gastropoda

            14:00    Lab: chitons and snails and slugs

4/29     10:16   -1.20 feet Low Tide

***      08:30   Field trip to Dome House mudflats

R         11:00    Lecture: Bivalvia

            13:00    Lab: bivalves          

5/1

N         08:30   Lecture: Mollusca (III) Cephalopoda      Video: Incredible Suckers

           

Week 6

5/4       15:17   0.95 feet Low Tide               

***      08:30   RV Pluteus dredge trip (1/2 half day)   sack lunches

            13:00   Lab: squid dissection

5/6       05:06   -0.04 feet Low Tide (sunrise 06:03)

R         08:30   Lecture: Echinodermata (I): Asteroida

            09:30   Lab: sea stars

R         13:00   Lecture: Echinodermata (II): Ophiuroida

            14:00   Lab: brittle stars

5/8       06:30   -0.97 feet Low Tide

            08:30   Lab: finish lab notebooks

                        LABORATORY NOTEBOOKS DUE (II)

 

Week 7

5/11     08:23   -0.93 feet Low Tide

***      07:00   Field trip to South Cove

R         11:00   Lecture: Echinodermata (III) Echinoida

R         13:00   Lecture: Echinodermata (IV) Holothuroida

            14:00   Lab: sea urchins and sand dollars, sea cucumbers

5/13     09:43   -0.34 feet Low Tide

N         08:30   Lecture Arthropoda (I)

            09:30   Lab: Branchiopoda

R         13:00   Lecture: Arthropoda (II) Cirripedia

            14:00   Lab: barnacles

5/15     08:30   MIDTERM EXAM II

 

Week 8

5/18     13:42   1.40 feet Low Tide

N         08:30   Lecture: Arthropoda (III) Malacostraca

            09:30   Lab: malacostracan diversity

N         13:00   Lecture: Arthropoda (IV) Peracarida

            14:00   Lab: malacostracan diversity

5/20     15:21   2.03 feet Low Tide

***      08:30  Field trip to Newport Aquarium

5/22    

N         08:30   Lecture: Ecdysozoa - Rotifera         

            09:30   Lab: Rotifera

 

Week 9

5/25     07:33   -2.29 feet Low Tide

            Memorial Day - no class

5/27     09:10   -2.12 feet Low Tide

***      06:00   Field trip to Cape Blanco

            13:00   Lab: crab dissection

5/29     10:53   -1.10 feet Low Tide

R         08:30   Lecture: Hemichordata

            09:30   Lab: enteropneusts (acorn worms)

 

Week 10

6/1       13:38   1.10 feet Low Tide

R         09:00   Lecture: Phylum Chordata - Cephalochordata

R         11:00   Lecture: Subphylum Urochordata

            13:00   Lab: sea squirts          

6/3       15:28   2.30 feet Low Tide

N         08:30   Lecture: Lecture: Nematoda and Tardigrada

            10:00   Lab: round worms and water bears 

            13:00   Lab Clean up  

6/5      

            08:30   MIDTERM EXAM III and LABORATORY NOTEBOOKS DUE (III)

           

FINALS WEEK

6/8       8:30a  No Final Exam

 

Required textbook: Ruppert, Fox and Barnes, Invertebrate Zoology  7th edition (2004). There will also be other excellent books on reserve in the Invert Lab; please feel free to browse and compare texts and figures.

 

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%