MARINE BIOLOGY
Photos by Dan Gallo, Belize 2013
Lecture Powerpoints
- 1/19/18 - Trip to Belize, Oceanography vs. Marine Biology, and Anatomy of the Earth
- 1/22/18 - Anatomy of the Earth and Mid-Ocean Ridges
- 1/24/18 - Mid-Ocean Ridges, Trenches, and Oceanic vs. Continental, and Oceanic vs. Oceanic Plates
- 1/26/18 - Continental Margins - Shelf, Break, Slope, and Rise - and the Deep Sea Floor
- 1/29/18 - Trenches, Hydrothermal Vents, and Munday et al. (2009)
- 1/31/18 - Munday et al. (2009), Gyres, Trade Winds, and Ekman transport
- 2/2/18 - Boundary Currents and Tides
- 2/5/18 - Spring and Neap Tides, and Diversity within Order Testudines
- 2/9/18 - Hawksbill, Loggerhead, and Leatherback Turtles
- 2/12/18 - Leatherback Turtles and Features of Seabirds
- 2/14/18 - Caribbean Brown Pelicans, Magnificent Frigatebirds, and Sirenians
- 2/21/18 - Manatee Hemidiaphragms, West Indian Manatees, Bottlenose Dolphins, and Humpback Whales
- 2/23/18 - Anemone Experiment, Humpback Whales, and Types of Whales
- 2/26/18 - Types of Whales and the Sounds They Produce, How Toothed Whales Produce Sound, and Dearolf Lab Study of Vocal Muscles
- 2/28/18 - Sponges, Belize Sponge Diversity, and Role of Sponges on Coral Reefs
- 3/2/18 - Role of Sponges on Coral Reefs, Corals, and Coral Diversity
- 3/5/18 - Coral Diversity cont. and Role of Corals on Coral Reefs
- 3/9/18 - Role of Corals on Coral Reefs and Ctenophores
- 3/12/18 - Ctenophores and Ultimate Sources and Forms of Essential Nutrients
- 3/14/18 - Carbon and Nitrogen Cycles and Activity
- 3/26/18 - Carbon and Nitrogen Cycles Activity
- 3/28/18 - Challenges of Living in Intertidal Zones and Where Rocky Intertidal Zones Are Found
- 3/30/18 - Rocky Intertidal Zones and the Upper and Middle Intertidal Zones
- 4/5/18 - Belize Trip Information
- 4/6/18 - Middle Intertidal Zone
- 4/9/18 - Causes of Vertical Zonation, Lower Intertidal Zone, and Soft Bottom Intertidal Zones
- 4/11/18 - Soft Bottom Intertidal Zones, Grain Sizes, Water Flow, and Lack of Oxygen
- 4/13/18 - Feeding in the Soft Bottom Intertidal Zone, Meiofauna, and Estuaries
- 4/16/18 - Living in Estuaries and Mumby et al. (2004)
- 4/18/18 - Mumby et al. (2004) Cont. and Challenges Living in the Mangroves
- 4/19/18 - Organisms that Live in the Mangroves
- 4/20/18 - Conditions Necessary for Coral Reef Growth, Amazon Coral Reef, and Fringing Coral Reefs
- 4/25/18 - Fringing and Barrier Coral Reefs
- 4/27/18 - The Mesopelagic and Deep Scattering Layer, the Deep Sea, and the Anglerfish
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