Marine Mammal Biology 1

Fall 2002 - Syllabus

Week	Dates	Class Topic	Reading Assignments	Lab
0	9/13	Overview and class setup	Browse the "taxonomy classification" folders; Ch1, R and R.	Marine mammal exercise: Bar Island Swim
1	9/17	Classification, Taxonomy	LeDuc et al. 1999; Ch. 2, R and R.
	9/20	Pick an animal, any animal		Acoustics: measuring underwater signals
2	9/24	Phylogeny of marine mammals	Read selected topics on reserve, "Phylogeny" folder. Berta and Sumich, 1999, ch 2-4
	9/27	Physiological challenges to the marine mammal		Trip to seal colony (Low tide = 1708, depart 1530)
3	10/1	Physiological challenges to the marine mammal/Cardio-physiology	Ch 3 and 5, R and R; for further reading, go to Rommel et al. 1998; Kooyman 1985; Lavigne et al. 1986; Lockyer 1987
	10/4	Reproduction of marine mammals Term paper 1 due	Ch.6, R and R. Bartholomew 1970	Possible w/e close-up trip to MDR (TBA)
4	10/8, 10/11	Behavior and feeding in marine mammals	Ch. 8, R and R; Clapham and Brownell, 1996; Mann 2000	Dissection of the seal
5	10/15, 10/18	Sensory ecology of marine mammals Term paper 2 summary due	Ch. 4, R and R. Payne and Webb 1971	Dissection of the porpoise
6	10/22, 10/25	Management and Conservation issues in marine mammal science Faculty retreat - no class	Ch. 3 in Twiss and Reeves, 1999	Dissection of the common dolphin
7	10/29	Management and Conservation issues in marine mammal science	Ch. 8 in Twiss and Reeves, 1999
	11/1	Free class for debate preparation		Mini-seminar I: 6 student presentations / Video
8	11/5	The great seal debate
	11/8	The plight of the northern right whale	Katona and Kraus 1999	Mini-seminar II: 5 student presentations / Video
9	11/12	Marine mammal/human interactions	Northridge and Hofman 1999; Lien 1994, 1996
	11/15	Noise pollution: ATOC, LFA	Todd et al. 1996	Mini seminar III: 5 student presentations / Video
10	11/19	Review, Discussion	Katona and Whitehead 1987
	11/22	Final exam, Final term paper due		No lab