LARVAL
BIOLOGY
July
15 through August 17, 2002, at Friday Harbor Laboratories, Lab 4.
Instructors:
Danny Grunbaum, Craig Young, and Richard Strathmann (faculty); Jennifer Hoffman
(teaching assistant)
Tides
MLLW (ft, time at Pt. Townsend)
Everything
but the tides and the start and end dates of the course could be changed.
For
possible research projects, see the list of suggestions and discuss those or
other possibilities with instructors.
Week
1
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M 15vii 0.0 1444 |
830:
Introduction (in Lab 4): interests, backgrounds (Craig, Danny, Jennie,
Richard, class) 930
Lecture:Diversity
of larval forms (Craig) Lab
procedures, align and calibrate microscopes Library
and Stockroom procedures Register
at office Field
trip to Argyle Lagoon and floating docks 1600:
Lecture:
Larval locomotion and orientation (Craig) Evening:
animals at the night light |
|
Tu 16vii |
800:
(Lab 4) Plankton sampling; group project that includes estimating abundances
of planktonic larvae, with whole class. 1600: Lecture: Vertical distribution and behavior of larvae (Danny) |
|
W 17vii |
930:
Lecture: Small
scale distribution of larvae, resource distribution (Danny) 930
Lab: behavior and distribution in stratified water (octagonal tank) 1330:
Lecture: The
historical context of larval biology (Craig) Lab:
Continue group project with octagonal tank |
|
Th 18vii |
930:
Lecture:
Fifty minutes of flow (Danny) Continue
group project with octagonal tank 1330:
Lecture: Processes
of horizontal transport and dispersal (Craig) Lab:
procedures for culturing embryos and larvae; algal culture and counting |
|
F 19vii -0.1 0704 |
930:
Lecture and
Computer lab:
Modeling behavior and distribution; linking individual movements to
population level distribution and abundance (Danny) (1
hour lecture, about 2 to 3 hr at computer, and 1 to 2 page write-up answering
study questions) Outlines
of proposed projects. (<1/2 page OK.) Questions or hypotheses and proposed
method to meet that objective.) Begin projects |
|
S 20vii -0.9 0752 |
630
(Lab 4): Field trip to False Bay,
sand flat (sack
breakfasts from dining hall by 630 AM) |
Week
2
|
M 22vii -1.8 0920 |
800:
Field trip to Cattle Point, rocky shore (can eat by 800?) 1330:
Lecture: Is
the dispersal adaptive or not? (Richard) |
|
Tu 23vii -1.9 1002 |
1330:
Lecture:
Gametogenic and spawning frequency (Craig) |
|
W 24viii -1.9 1042 |
1330:
Lecture:
Fertilization ecology (Craig) |
|
Th 25vii -1.6 1121 |
1330:
Lecture:
The unicellular bottleneck, size-number trade-offs (Richard) 1630:
Discussion of paper: (to be decided) |
|
F 26vii -1.2 1159 |
930:
Lecture and Computer Lab: Population modeling (Danny) Computer
Lab: Stage-,
age-, and size- structured populations and consequences (Danny). 2 to 3 hr at
computer, and 1 to 2 page write-up answering study questions) |
|
S 27vii -0.6 1237 |
930:
Lecture:
Predation on larvae and larval defense mechanisms (Craig) |
Week3
|
M 29vii |
930:
Lecture:
Larval mortality, growth, size at transitions in form and habitat (Richard) |
|
Tu 30vii |
930:
Lecture: Larval
suspension feeding: getting scarce food (Richard) 1330:
Lecture: Larval
suspension feeding: trends, compromises and exceptions in larval form
(Richard) |
|
W 31vii |
930:
Lecture and Computer Lab: Mechanics of suspension feeding (Danny) Computer
Lab: Mechanics
of suspension feeding (Danny). 2 to 3 hr at computer, and 1 to 2 page
write-up answering study questions) |
|
Th 1viii |
930:
Lecture:
Introduction to recruitment and supply side ecology (Craig) 1330:
Lecture:
Larval feeding concluded (Richard) 1600:
First project reports are due. TheyÕll
be reviewed and returned for revisions.
|
|
F
2viii |
930:
Lecture:
Deep-sea larval biology (Craig) 1030:
Proposals for second projects (< 1/2 page) 1630:
Discussion of paper (to be decided) |
|
S 3viii 0.4 0648 |
930:
Lecture? To be decided |
Week
4
|
M 5viii -1.0 0814 |
1330:
Lecture:
Living and developing with solar UV (Jennie) |
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Tu 6viii -1.7 0856 |
1330:
Lecture:
Benthic development, constraints on protection (Richard) 1600:
Oral reports on first projects |
|
W 7viii -2.2 0939 |
1330:
Lecture:
Protected clutches, mass and heat transfer in clutches (Danny) Final
manuscript on 1st project due. |
|
Th 8viii -2.4 1022 |
1330:
Lecture:
Diverse consequences of diverse means of parental care (Richard) |
|
F 9viii -2.4 1106 |
1330:
Lecture:
Evolution of metamorphosis (Richard) 1630:
Discussion of paper (to be decided) |
|
S 10viii -2.0 1149 |
[round
Shaw Island rowing race is this day, for those who want to try it] |
Week
5
|
M 12viii 0.1 1318 |
930:
Lecture:
Settling in moving water (Danny) 1330:
Manuscript on 2nd project due |
|
Tu 13viii |
930:
Lecture:
Genetic consequences of dispersal (Richard) 1330:
Lecture:
Dispersal and geographic range, species longevity (Richard) |
|
W 14viii |
930:
Lecture:
Evolutionary origin and loss of larval forms (Richard) |
|
Th 15viii 0.9 0428 |
830:
Oral reports on projects. 1630: Discussion of paper (to be decided) |
|
F 16viii 0.2 0531 |
930:
Lecture:
Marine reserve design (Danny) Final
manuscript on 2nd project due. |
|
S 17viii |
830:
Cleanup day. Please clean
microscopes, aquaria, counters, refrigerators, incubators. Return equipment to stockroom, lab
cabinets. Remember to clean and
return things left in cold rooms, instrument rooms, on dock, and in
field. Return animals to
field. We should be able to do
it by noon. |