NRE 422/BIO 440 Biology of Fishes, Fall 2001

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Schedule

 

Day

Mo

Date

Topic

Readings

1

Th

Sept.

6

Introduction and Starting to Know a Fish

Chapt. 1

2

T

Sept.

11

Getting to Know a Fish

pp. 21-50.

       

Morphology and Classification

 

3

Th

Sept.

13

Principles of Comparative Ichthyology - a

pp. 10-14, 149-178.

4

T

Sept.

18

Principles of Comparative Ichthyology - b

 

5

Th

Sept.

20

Fish Diversity - elasmobranchs

pp. 179-196.

6

T

Sept.

25

Fish Diversity - osteichthyes

pp. 205-270.

7

Th

Sept.

27

Fish Habitats

Origins of Michigan fishes & pp. 295-317.

8

T

Oct.

2

Zoogeography

Lake & stream habitat features and pp. 273-294.

       

Morphology and Function

 

9

Th

Oct.

4

Respiration

pp. 51-56.

10

T

Oct.

9

Cardiovascular systems

pp. 56-63.

11

Th

Oct.

11

Ion-osmoregulation

pp. 89-97.

12

T

Oct.

16

Buoyancy

pp. 45-47.

13

Th

Oct.

18

Swimming

pp. 101-108.

 

Mon

Oct.

25

Evening exam review:

7 to 9 p.m. in 2004 Nat Sci.

The exam covers material up to and including ion-osmoregulation.

 

14

T

Oct.

23

Exam 1

 

15

Th

Oct.

25

Food and Foraging

pp. 321-347.

16

T

Oct..

30

Sensory Systems

What do you call a fish with no eyes? A fsh.

pp. 69-80.

       

Reproduction and Behavior

 

17

Th

Nov.

1

Proposal for research paper due.

 

17

Th

Nov.

1

Reproduction

pp. 117-134, 348-365.

18

T

Nov.

6

Social Behavior

pp. 366-383.

       

Fish in a Larger World

 

19

Th

Nov.

8

Pervasive Temperature

pp. 83-89.

20

T

Nov.

13

Fish as Part of the Biosphere

pp. 436-446.

20

W

Nov.

14

Evening exam review:

7 to 9 p.m in 2004 Nat Sci. 

 

21

Th

Nov.

15

Exam 2 KEY

 

22

T

Nov.

20

Toledo Aquarium - meet in front of the Chem Bldg. (N.University Side). Please try to be there at 11:30. The bus will leave at  11:40.

 

23

Th

Nov.

22

Thanksgiving

 
Peer evaluation of talks - report sheet. Copy as many as your need for your evaluations.

Advice on giving talks.

24

T

Nov.

27

Oral presentations of research papers

 

25

Th

Nov.

29

Oral presentations of research papers

 

26

T

Dec.

4

Oral presentations of research papers

 

27

Th

Dec.

6

Oral presentations of research papers

 

28

T

Dec.

11

Oral presentations of research papers

 
 

T

Dec.

11

Research papers due by end of class.