Marine Biology Seminar 2012
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THE MARINE BIOLOGY SEMINAR PAGE—FALL 2012 EDITION
This page is for use by participants in EEB 6483 Seminar in Marine Biology.
Faculty Instructor
Eric Schultz (eric.schultz@uconn.edu)
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Roadmap for the Semester
Topic code | General Topic |
A | Emerging methods in phylogenetics, ecomorphology and ecophysiology to examine the diversifying potential of adaptation in functional traits |
B | Osmosensing (osmoreception): How aquatic organisms detect water/ion imbalances |
C | Local adaptation in aquatic organisms |
D | The evolution of osmoregulatory function, and adaptations to divergent salinity regimes |
E | |
F | Competition - linking empirical work to theory |
G | Chemical crypsis in an aquatic environment |
H | Turkey |
I | Diversity vs. function: effects of resource diversity on population, community, and ecosystem level properties of food webs |
Date | Topic code | Assigned paper | Discussion leader |
9/10 | A | Near, T. J., A. Dornburg, K. L. Kuhn, J. T. Eastman, J. N. Pennington, T. Patarnello, L. Zane, D. A. Fernández, and C. D. Jones. 2012. Ancient climate change, antifreeze, and the evolutionary diversification of Antarctic fishes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 109:3434-3439 | Eric |
9/17 | A | Betancur-R., et al. 2012. Apparent signal of competition limiting diversification after ecological transitions from marine to freshwater habitats. Ecology Letters 15:822-830 | Jon |
9/24 | B | Kultz, D. 2012. The Combinatorial Nature of Osmosensing in Fishes. Physiology 27:259-275. | Jeff |
10/01 | B | Seale, A.P., Watanabe, S., Breves, J.P., et al. 2012. Differential regulation of TRPV4 mRNA levels by acclimation salinity and extracellular osmolality in euryhaline tilapia. General & Comparative Endocrinology 178:123-130 | Jeff |
10/08 | C (also B?) | Gomes-Mestre, I. and M. Tejado. 2003. Local adaptation of an anuran amphibian to osmotically stressful environments. Evolution 57(8): 1889-1899 | Jessie |
10/15 | Yamamoto, Y., M. S. Byerly, W. R. Jackman, and W. R. Jeffery. 2009. Pleiotropic functions of embryonic sonic hedgehog expression link jaw and taste bud amplification with eye loss during cavefish evolution. Developmental Biology 330:200-211. | Emily | |
10/22 | F | Hart, S.P., Burgin, J.R., and D.J. Marshall. 2012. Revisiting competition in a classic model system using formal links between theory and data. Ecology. | Michael |
10/29 | No Class | Hurricane Sandy | |
11/05 | G | Barimo, JF and PJ Walsh. 2006. Use of urea as a chemosensory cloaking molecule by a bony fish. The Journal of Experimental Biology 209: 4254-4261 | Jessie |
11/12 | E | Detecting Intraspecific Variation in Life History Strategies: Molecular and Common Garden Approaches Reading: Hutchings JA, Swain DP, Rowe S, Eddington JD, Puvanendran V, Brown JA (2007) Genetic variation in life-history reaction norms in a marine fish. Proc R Soc B-Biol Sci 274:1693-1699 | Heidi |
11/19 | H | Thanksgiving "Break" | |
11/26 | I | Narwani, A., and A. Mazumder. 2012. Bottom-up effects of species diversity on the functioning and stability of food webs. J. Animal Ecol. 81: 701-713 | Michael |
12/03 | D | Berdan, E.L., and R.C. Fuller. 2012 Interspecific divergence of ionoregulatory physiology in killifish: insight into adaptation and speciation. J. Zool. | Jon |
Papers and Notes to Download for Discussion
SEPTEMBER 10
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SEPTEMBER 24
OCTOBER 1
OCTOBER 8
OCTOBER 15
Jeffrey.sonic hedgehog expression link jaw and taste bud amplification with eye loss in cavefish.pdf
OCTOBER 22
Hart, Burgin, & Marshall 2012 Ecology
Hart et al 2012 Ecology - Appendix A.pdf
Michael - Notes for Discussion.pdf
OCTOBER 29
No Class
NOVEMBER 5
NOVEMBER 12
: Hutchings2007GeneticVariationLifeHistory.pdf
NOVEMBER 19
THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY—GO HOME!!
NOVEMBER 26
Narwani & Mazumder 2012 - J. Animal Ecol. - Bottom-up effects of species diversity on the functioning and stability of food webs