Courses - Biology 366 Freshwater Ecology

Professor Winsor Lowe

Course Information

• General Course Information
• Lecture and Exam Schedule
• Lab Schedule
• Term Paper Assignment
  

Lecture Presentations

• Course introduction and a short history of freshwater science
• Classifications and origins of freshwater systems
• Properties and behavior of H2O I: The specifics
• Properties and behavior of H2O II: The larger patterns
• Water movement
• Primary production
• Chemical cycles I and II: Nitrogen and Phosphorus
• Chemical cycles III: pH, Alkalinity, and Carbon
• Zooplankton
• Freshwater macroinvertebrates I: Introduction and lentic species
• Freshwater macroinvertebrates II and III: Lotic species
• Amphibians I and II: Caecilians, Frogs, and Salamanders
• Populations
• Communities
• Ecosystems

Readings

• Meyer et al. (2003)
• Allan, Chapters 1 and 3
• Allan, Chapter 4
• Driscoll et al. (2003)
• Kalff, Chapter 14
• Wetzel, Chapter 22
• Whiles et al. (2006)
• Allan, Chapter 10
• Lowe et al. (2006)
• Baxter et al. (2005)

Exam Keys

• Exam 1
• Exam 2

Lab materials

Sept. 2/3

• Excel Lab Information
• Excel Lab Data

Sept. 9/10

• Temperature / Light / DO
• Thursday Data

Sept. 16/17

• Wednesday Temp Profiles
• Zooplankton Data

Sept. 23/24

• Handout
• Thursday lab data

Oct. 7/8

• Handout

Oct. 21/22

• Fish Diet Homework
• Fish Gut Data

Oct. 28/29

• Vannote et al. 1980
• Statzner and Higler 1985
• Winterbourn et al. 1981

Nov. 4/5

• River Continuum Handout
• Bug data
• Explanation of bug data sheet

Nov. 11/12

• Kitchell and Carpenter 1985
• Demelo et al. 1992
• Carpenter reply 1992
• Brett and Goldman 1996

Useful Websites

• Adobe Acrobat Reader Download
• Flathead Lake Biological Station
• Water on the Web
• Tree of Life web project
• USGS Real-Time Water Data for Montana
• Drunella Designs - Joe Giersch's Site