OCN 5101-Principles of Biological Oceanography

Tuesday and Thursday 9:30-10:45

Room Q-15

Instructor: Elizabeth Irlandi, 674-7454, irlandi@fit.edu

Office: Link 223 (Benthos Lab)

Office Hours: By appointment

Course Description: Principles of Biological Oceanography is a graduate-level course covering interdisciplinary topics related to biological processes that occur in the ocean. Course material focuses on water-column processes that are not covered in Estuarine and Marine Benthos (OCN 5104). We do not have a scheduled lab time for the class, but laboratory activities will be incorporated into the class and lab write ups will be included in the determination of final grades. Students are also required to research and present summaries of current research in Biological Oceanography.

Grading Scale:

Assignment	Portion of Grade	Percentage Points	Letter Grade
Midterm Exam diosfjidosifjdisaoidf	20 %	90-100	A
Final jfidoiadfjidso;asoifjdiosfji	20 %	80-89	B
Lab I- The Abiotic Environment	15 %	70-79	C
Lab II - Primary Production sifod	15 %	60-69	D
Lab III - Secondary Production dio	15 %	<59	F
Current Topics fisofisojfdiosid	15 %

Text: Lalli, C.M. and T.R. Parsons. 1997. Biological Oceanography, An Introduction. 2^nd Edition. Butterworth-Heinemann, Oxford.

Other Useful Texts:

Parsons, T.R., M. Takahashi, B. Hargrave. 1984. Biological Oceanographic Processes. 3^rd Edition. Pergamon Press, New York.

Pirie, R.G. 1996. Oceanography. Contemporary Readings in Ocean Sciences. 3^rd Edition. Oxford University Press, New York.

Topics Covered

	Topic	Reading
	Introduction to Biological Oceanography	Lalli & Parsons, Chapter 1
	The Abiotic Environment	Lalli & Parsons, Chapter 2
	Phytoplankton and Primary Production	Lalli & Parsons, Chapter 3
	Zooplankton and Secondary Production	Lalli & Parsons, Chapter 4
	Energy Flow and Mineral Cycling	Lalli & Parsons, Chapter 5
	Fisheries Oceanography	Lalli & Parsons, Chapter 6

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