SPRING 2000
This information effective for Spring 2000.
Check with instructor the first day of class for any changes.
[OCEA-071-01] [OCEA-080A-01] [OCEA-118-01] [OCEA-130-01] [OCEA-150-01] [OCEA-156-01] [OCEA-156L-01] [OCEA-218-01] [OCEA-220-01] [OCEA-238-01]
This course provides the prerequisite training required for all research diving performed under the auspices of UCSC or other academic institutions. It is also prerequisite for Biology 161/161L: Kelp Forest Ecology .
Course work includes lectures and scuba diving. Topics include: subtidal sampling techniques, navigation, low visibility diving, search and recovery, rescues, small boat use, oxygen administration for divers, technical, blue water deep diving, physics, and physiology. An outline and schedule may be viewed on the class web page at http://wwwcatsic.ucsc.edu/~ocea71/
Prerequisites: A detailed description of the prerequisites is available on the above class web site, or from the Scientific Diving & Boating Safety Program Office <http://www2.ucsc.edu/sci-diving/> located in E&MS A414.
Prospective students must arrange an interview with the diving officer in the quarter prior to enrollment to ascertain their need for research certification and their compliance with all requirements with respect to university and national standards. Prospective students must have achieved training equivalent to "Advanced Open Water" through a nationally recognized scuba instructional progam and be able to provide all their own basic scuba diving equipment, subject to inspection and approval by the dive officer.
Enrollment is limited to 16.
The goal of this class is to introduce students to marine organisms and the major ocean habitats. The class combines formal lectures, field trips (both required and optional ones) and section meetings that serve both as discussion groups and as laboratory sessions to study organisms encountered on field trips. Lectures will be given primarily by the instructor, but guest experts will speak on selected subjects.
This is an introductory course, designed for non-science majors, and fulfills the T2-Natural Sciences general education requirement. The prerequisites are high school biology and chemistry.
For examples of the types of activities, check out the LIFE IN THE SEA class web site <http://wwwcatsic.ucsc.edu/~ocea80a/> from the last quarter, although much of the emphases will vary in the spring. The Instructor for the Spring Quarter offering of OCEA 80A is Baldo Marinovic.
Microbial Ecology is one of the most exciting, most rapidly developing area of environmental science today, especially in the ocean and other aquatic environments. In this course, we will consider the ecology and evolution of bacteria involved in biogeochemical cycles in the ocean and other environments. After establishing the basic biochemical and physiological background necessary to understand bacterial activity, we will study the roles and activities of bacteria in such fundamental processes as carbon cycling and the microbial loop of natural systems, as well as the role of bacteria in bioremediation and transformations of metals and other chemicals of environmental interest.
The course involves lectures and optional field trips. The Instructor is Jon Zehr <http://www2.ucsc.edu/people/zehrj/>.
Examples of topics from the class web site of last year may be seen at http://wwwcatsic.ucsc.edu/~ocea118/. Also offered as BIOL 171.
This course is a general introduction to marine phytoplankton ecology.
The course will develop an understanding of the mechanisms behind marine photosynthesis, from molecular evolution through environmental controls. A logical progression is established starting with the fundamentals of how photosynthesis works. This covers approximately the first half of the course, and lays the groundwork for understanding why photosynthesis is important, how we measure it, and what controls it across a broad range of spatial (cellular to global) and temporal (instantaneous to past and future changes occurring over hundreds to thousands of years) scales. The second half of the course deals with limitations on photosynthetic organisms, how rates are measured, and how photosynthesis has global impacts.
The instructor is Raphael Kudela <http://natsci.ucsc.edu/acad/oceansci/rmkCV.html>.
Week 1: Introduction to Photosynthesis: The Nature of Light in Aquatic Ecosystems
Week 2: Light Absorption and Energy Transfer: Photosynthetic Light Reactions
Week 3: The Z-Scheme: Molecular Ecology of Photosynthesis
Week 4: From Energy Absorption to Carbon Production - Is Carbon Limiting in the Ocean?
Week 5: Bringing it All Together (Photosynthesis from A to Z)
Week 6: Limitations on Photosynthesis
Week 7: How Do We Really Measure Photosynthesis?
Week 8: New, Regenerated, and Export Productivity - The Microbial Loop: A Forgotten Component
Week 9: Global Phenomena: The Case For Models and Satellites
Week 10: Do Phytoplankton Influence Climate?
Instructor: Gary A Glatzmaier, Professor of Earth Sciences
Earth and Marine Sciences Building, Room A102
459-5504, glatz@es.ucsc.edu
Check http://www.igpp.lanl.gov/Geodynamo.html for a summary of the instructor's most recent 3D computer modeling simulations of the generation of the geomagnetic field via convection and rotation in the Earth's fluid outer core.
Text: "Introduction to Geophysical Fluid Dynamics" by Benoit Cushman-Roisin
This is an introduction to the study of fluid flow, starting with the fundamental concepts of inertia, pressure gradient, buoyancy, viscosity, rotation, and thermodynamics. The general equations governing conservation of mass, momentum, and energy are studied and traditional approximations to these equations are described for various problems. The lectures focus on the different styles of thermal convection and global circulation in the Earth's atmosphere, ocean, mantle, and core. Applications to other terrestrial planets, giant planets, and stars will also be investigated. The students will get hands-on experience developing a computer program for modeling a simple thermal convection problem and analyzing the results of simulations.
Concepts and equations of fluid dynamics.
Rotational effects.
Geostrophic and barotropic flows.
Viscous boundary layer flows.
Barotropic waves and ocean circulation.
Stratification and convection.
Atmospheric circulation.
Mantle convection.
Core and stellar convection.
Computer modeling projects.
This course is designed for upper-division science majors and graduate students.
Prerequisites (for undergraduates): EART 110C, 111 (or Math 11C or 19A or PHYS 114B), PHYS 5B or 6B.
Recommended: EART 113, PHYS 107, CS 60N.
Student Evaluation: Quizzes, computer modeling project report and presentation, class participation
A review of the morphology, systematics, and natural history of major marine planktonic taxa and evaluation of local plankton forms.
The class meets twice a week for a combined lecture/lab session. Concurrent enrollment in both 156 and 156L is required. The first 1-2 hours usually will be devoted to a formal lecture, which reviews various aspects of the biology of the major taxa of marine phytoplankton and zooplankton. Covered will be the basic cell or organism design, life histories, ecology and natural history. The remainder of the class period will be devoted to studying live, freshly collected samples or museum specimens of the various taxa. Field trips will also be offered.
The Instructor is Mary Silver <http://natsci.ucsc.edu/acad/oceansci/mwsCV.html >.
Recommended for upper-division and graduate students.
Prerequisite: one of the following: OCEA 118, 140, or 240 or BIOL 136, 146, or 170.
The class web site from last year may be seen at http://wwwcatsic.ucsc.edu/~ocea156/
Chemical Oceanography is a chemical description of the sea, with emphasis on the chemical interactions of the oceans with the biosphere, atmosphere, and lithosphere. Topics include biogeochemical cycles and the use of chemical tracers to study oceanic and coastal processes.
The course is designed for graduate students, but upper-division science majors are welcome.
The Instructor is Ken Bruland <http://natsci.ucsc.edu/acad/oceansci/kwbCV.html >.
For more details on this course, check out the OCEA 220 class web site and syllabus <http://wwwcatsic.ucsc.edu/~ocea220/> from last year.
Course Overview: Emphases of the physiology and biochemistry of intoxication across organ systems, including the types of cellular response to toxic compounds. Topics will include criteria and mechanisms of toxicity, dose-response relationships, factors influencing toxic action, acute and chronic effects, biomarkers of exposure, and critical populations. Toxic effects of various classes of toxins will be discussed.
Course Requirements: Two quizzes will be given, one in-class final exam, one take home exercise, one research paper, and an oral presentation will be required. For graduate students, there will be higher expectations for the research paper and oral presentation. Graduate students will also be required to lead a discussion of a journal article, selected in conjunction with the instructor.
Instructor: Don Smith <http://natsci.ucsc.edu/acad/etox/faculty/don.html>
Also offered as BIOL 134 / 234. Graduate students should enroll in OCEA 238 or BIOL 234; undergraduates should enroll in BIO 134.
Last year's class web site may be viewed at http://www.biology.UCSC.EDU/classes/bio134/