MARINE ECOLOGY

Spring 2007
Lecture Topics
Ken Dunton and Deana Erdner


 

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PART I

PROCESSES


WeekTopic

Lecture

Chapter

 


Course Introduction (KD)
 

 
 

Community Assembly in the Sea: Geologic History of the Living Shore Biota (KD)

2

  Genetic Structure in the Sea: From Populations to Communities (PM)

3

  The Ecology and Evolution of Marine Consumer-Prey Interactions (KD)

5

  Natural Disturbance and the Dynamics of Marine Benthic Communities (PM)

4

  The Larval Ecology of Marine Communities (PM)

6

PART II COMMUNITY TYPES  
  Rocky Intertidal Communities (PM)

9

  Salt Marsh Communities (KD) 11
  Seagrass Community Ecology (KD)

12

  Rocky Subtidal Communities (KD)

13

  The Ecology of Coral Reefs (KD)

15

  Soft-Sediment Communities (PM)

10

  Deep-Sea Communities (PM)

14

PART III CONSERVATION ISSUES  
  Human Alterations of Marine Communities: Students Beware! (KD)

17

  Conservation and Management of Marine Communities (PM)
The Ecology of Marine Protected Areas
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