INVERTEBRATE
ZOOLOGY – COMPARATIVE ANIMAL DIVERSITY
THIS IS A GENERIC SYLLABUS FOR
OUR COURSE (BI451/551
SPRING 2006)
Below you can see the actual syllabus for Spring 2007
Week
1
Introduction to the class, goals, and an overview
of Invertebrates
Phylum Porifera
(sponges)
Phylum Cnidaria
(anemones, corals and jelly fishes)
Anthozoa
Hydrozoa
Week 2
Scyphozoa
Phylum Ctenophora
(comb jellies)
Tides – why and how…
Week 3
Phylum Platyhelminthes
(flatworms)
Phylum Nemertea
Superphylum(?)
Ecdysozoa
Week 4
MIDTERM
I
Phylum Sipunculida (peanut worms)
Phylum
Bryozoa (moss animas)
Phylum
Phoronida
Phylum
Annelida I (segmented worms)
Week 5
Phylum Annelida
II & III
Phylum Mollusca (snails, clams and octopuses)
Week 6
Phylum Mollusca
II-IV
Week 7
MIDTERM II
Phylum
Echinodermata I & II (sea stars, urchins, etc.)
Week
8
Phylum Echinodermata
III
Phylum Arthropoda
(crustaceans, arachnids, and
insects)
Week 9
Phylum: Arthropoda
II-IV
Week 10
Subphylum Urochordata (sea squirts and relatives)
Phylum Hemichordata
MIDTERM III
Detailed
2007 syllabus follows:
Note that in
2006, class met two days per week.
In 2007
class will meet one full day (Wednesday) and one hour (Friday) per week.
INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY (BI 451/551, 5 credits)
Wednesday (8:30 AM - 5:30 PM) and Friday (one hour)
Earlier than 8:30am on many morning field trips
Congratulations! You are about to study the fantastic diversity of life as illustrated by marine invertebrates in one of the most ideal places in the world for such a study, the Pacific Northwest - or more precisely, the edge of the Eastern Pacific. Invertebrates are beautiful. They are also excellent models to understand general biological processes and to appreciate the unifying features and the unique morphological, physiological and ecological diversity of organisms. This course will provide you with a comprehensive introduction to the major invertebrate phyla through a combination of lectures, laboratories and field trips. We will focus on the relationships between structure and functions such as locomotion, feeding, respiration, excretion and reproduction. Some embryology and larval biology will be included, as well as discussion of taxonomy, behavior and life history. Since invertebrates comprise roughly 97% of animal species on the planet, (a few too many to cover in one term!), we will emphasize marine invertebrates, especially live ones locally available.
Week 1
04-04 07:42 0.1 feet Low Tide
*** 07:15 Field trip to South Cove
10:00 Lecture: Introduction, Phylum Porifera (sponges)
11:30 Set up microscopes
13:00 Lab: Deciphering sponges
15:00 Lecture: Phylum Cnidaria
04-06 08:56 0.0 feet Low Tide
08:00 Lecture: Anthozoa (sea anemones)
Week 2
04-11 13:39 0.2 feet Low Tide
08:30 Lab: Anthozoan diversity
10:30 Lecture: Hydrozoa and Scyphozoa (jellies)
12:30 Field trip to Portside Mudflat
14:30 Lecture: Phylum Ctenophora (comb jellies)
15:30 Lab: Hydrozoans, scyphozoans and ctenophores
04-13 15:26 0.0 feet Low Tide
R 08:00 Lecture: Bilateria: heading up and out
TURN IN LABORATORY NOTEBOOKS (I)
Week 3
04-18 07:11 -1.6 feet Low Tide
*** 06:30 Field trip to Middle Cove
10:00 Lecture: A can of worms: flatworms, ribbonworms and annelids
13:00 Lab: Phyla Platyhelminthes (flatworms) and Nemertea (ribbon worms)
04-20 08:52 -1.6 feet Low Tide (very tempting tide….)
08:00 Lab: Phylum Annelida (Polychaete diversity)
Week 4
04-25 13:54 0.3 feet Low Tide
08:30 MIDTERM I
11:00 Lab: As the worm turns…
13:00 Lecture: Phylum Arthropoda I
14:00 Lab: Branchiopoda (sea monkeys and water fleas)
04-27 15:32 0.9 feet Low Tide
08:00 Lecture: Arthropoda II
Week 5
05-02 06:45 -0.5 feet Low Tide
08:30 Lecture: Arthropoda III
09:30 Lab: barnacles
13:00 Lecture: Arthropoda IV
14:00 Lab: crabs and shrimp
05-04 07:56 -0.7 feet Low Tide
08:00 Lecture: Mollusca I
Week 6
5-9 11:54 -0.2 feet Low Tide
08:30 Lecture: Mollusca II: Gastropoda (snails)
09:30 Lab: snails
*** 11:00 Field trip
14:00 Lecture: Mollusca III: Bivalvia
14:00 Lab: bivalves
05-11 13:44 0.3 feet Low Tide
08:00 Lecture: Mollusca IV: Cephalopoda (octopus and squid)
LABORATORY NOTEBOOKS DUE (II)
Week 7
05-16 06:09 -1.9 feet Low Tide
*** 06:00 Field trip to
13:00 Lab: Cephalopoda
review
05-18 07:47 -2.2 feet Low Tide (too good to miss…)
06:45 Field trip to Charlie’s Cobble/Fossil Point
Week 8
05-23 12:05 0.1 feet Low Tide
08:30 MIDTERM II
11:00 Lecture: Echinodermata I
13:00 Lecture: Asteroidea (sea stars)
14:15 Lab: Asteroids
05-25 13:45 1.2 feet Low Tide
08:00 Lecture: Echinodermata II Echinoids (urchins) & Ophiuroids (brittle stars)
Week 9
05-30 05:49 -0.6 feet Low Tide
08:30 Lecture: Echinodermata III Holothuroida (sea cucumbers)
10:30 Lab: urchins, brittle stars and cucs
13:00 Lecture: Lophophorates (Bryozoa, Phoronida, Brachipoda)
14:30 Lab: bryozoans (moss animals)
06-01 07:02 -1.0 feet Low Tide
08:00 Lecture: Subphylum Urochordata (sea squirts and friends)
Week 10
06-06
10:28 -0.7 Low Tide
N 08:30 Lecture: Hemichordata (acorn worms)
10:00 Field trip to North Cove
13:00 MIDTERM EXAM III
15:00 open time to finish laboratory notebooks
06-08 12:03 0.3 Low Tide
08:00 Lab cleanup
LABORATORY NOTEBOOKS DUE (III)
FINALS WEEK
06-13
8:30a No Final Exam
Recommended readings are in Ruppert, Fox and Barnes, Invertebrate Zoology 7th edition (2004). There will also be other excellent books on reserve in the Invert Lab; please feel free to browse and compare texts and figures.
You will have access to the laboratory day and night, 7 days a week. We will be in the invert lab Wednesdays and at unscheduled times also. We will have field trips to local environments, sometimes during class time, but often earlier or later, depending on the tides. You are encouraged to go to the intertidal on your own whenever you find the time and tides. You will be most comfortable with a good pair of rubber boots (kneehighs or hipboots, no hipwaders), a waterproof windbreaker, hat, and maybe rainpants, depending on the weather.
COURSE REQUIREMENTS AND EVALUATION
The final grade will be determined by an evaluation of three quizzes, your lab notebook, and class participation. Material covered on quizzes will include lecture notes, lab and field trip material, and readings in Ruppert et al. Aerobic metabolism in lab and on field trips will be subjectively measured!
Grading: 3 quizzes (@20% ea) 60%
lab notebook 35%
class participation 5%