RIVER ECOLOGY BIO 568 Dr. Mike Mallin
SPRING 2008 office is CMS 1331
SYLLABUS (revised) office phone 962-2358
Email mallinm@uncw.edu home phone 790-0381
Lab website: http://www.uncwil.edu/cmsr/aquaticecology/laboratory/
DATE SUBJECT
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January 9 Introduction, physical aspects of streams and rivers
January 16 The primary producers; stream nutrients
January 23 Stream and river consumer communities
January 30 Major concepts of river and stream functional ecology
February 6 Blackwater streams and rivers; Tidal creek ecology
February 9 Rural stream field trip / laboratory ID of benthic organisms
(Saturday – 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM), Rain day February 17th.
February 13 Dams and river fragmentation, reservoir limnology (paper topics due)
February 20 Mid-term exam
February 27 Power plant effects, species loss, invasive species
March 5 no class (spring break)
March 12 no class (SEERS)
March 19 Metals and toxic pollutants, sewage systems and pollution
March 26 Animal waste; Acid deposition; Cape Fear River System case study
March
29
April 2 Local, state, and federal environmental structure / CFR benthos
April 9 Urban streams; stream protection and stream restoration
April
11 Field trip to
April
12 backup rain day for
April 16 Sampling methods; Pollution review; Grad student talks
April 23 Papers due; Grad student talks
April 30 Final exam