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EEB 3240-001 & 001L (4 credits)  
 
EEB 3240-001 & 001L (4 credits)  
  
Spring 2008 Lectures: T/TH 11.00 AM-12.15 PM Lab W 1-4PM
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Spring 2011 Lectures: T/TH 11.00 AM-12.15 PM Lab W 1-4PM
  
Lectures and laboratory in TLS115.
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Lectures and laboratory in TLS181.
  
 
<span style="font-size: larger"><B>Contact Information</B></span>
 
<span style="font-size: larger"><B>Contact Information</B></span>
  
Bernard Goffinet Associate Professor <BR/>
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Bernard Goffinet <br/>
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Associate Professor <BR/>
 
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology<BR/>
 
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology<BR/>
 
office: 300 Pharmacy/Biology Building<BR/>
 
office: 300 Pharmacy/Biology Building<BR/>
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home page: http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Juan_Carlos_Villarreal
 
home page: http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Juan_Carlos_Villarreal
  
<h2> <span class="mw-headline"><font color="#FF3300">Announcements (always check for new ones)</font></span></h2>
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<h2> <span class="mw-headline"><font color="#FF3300">Announcements (NEW ONES POSTED)</font></span></h2>
I have posted the hand-outs for the next lecture. Please print them as I will NOT bring any to class. <br/>
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I have also posted the link to the YOUTUBE video I mentioned in class (see below). Take a minute to see it.<br/>
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Here is a study-guide for the midterm from past years ({{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/greenplants/restricted/Studyguide.pdf}} Studyguide.pdf). This should give you an idea of the type of questions I may ask. You should try to answer these (preferably among yourselves first; i.e., in groups). I would be happy to check your answers. <br/>
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If you are interested in the classification of bryophytes, you can consult the links listed here [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/goffinet/Links.html].<br/>
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<font color="#FF3300">LAB PROJECT</font>: As indicated earlier 15% of your final grade is for a lab project. This project consists in identifying 10 different bryophytes and lichens. Undergraduates get 1 point for the correct genus and 1.5 points if the species is correct. Gradate students get 0.5 point for the correct genus and full marks for the correct species identification. You will have time during the last few labs to identify your collection; you must collect you own samples. Correctly identified samples will be deposited in our herbarium, and hence MUST be accompanied by a label that states, besides the species name, locality (as accurate as you can: country, sate, county, town, habitat, date, elevation, lat & long). We will talk about this more in class.
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<font color="#FF3300">MOSS MATS in your bathroom?</font> Check this out [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/4424781/Mat-made-of-moss-stays-alive-with-the-help-of-bath-water.html]
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Some comments or recommendations: <br/>
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<font color="#FF3300">Assignment 1 is now posted.</font>
Note that a new set of hand-outs for the upcoming hornwort lecture have been posted this Friday, replacing the previous ones.<br/>
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1. Take the assignments seriously; this includes working on your presentation of the life cycle. The cleanliness of the assignment reflects on how serious you took the assignment. I value clean documents.Assignments are worth 5% of your final grade.<br/>
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After the hornwort lecture <font color="#FF3300">you should be able to</font> distinguish (and hence characterize) the gametophytes and sporophytes of liverworts, mosses and hornworts. Traits to compare include: architecture of vegetative plants (rhizoids, stems/leaves/thallus), architecture of sporophyte (seta, meristem, sporangium, stomata, etc,...).  May I also reiterate that all papers assigned, and thus including the Shaw & Renzaglia paper, are considered lecture and hence midterm material. <br/>
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I will be handing back the first assignment. Some comments or recommendations: <br/>
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1. Take the assignment seriously; this includes working on your presentation of the life cycle. The cleanliness of the assignment reflects on how serious you took the assignment. I value clean documents.<br/>
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2. Answer the question: in many cases an answer was provided, yet, often it fails to actually answer the question. For example: Justify why the sporangium is diploid. Common answer: because it produces haploid spores. Well, a gametophyte produces haploid sperm-cells and eggs, does that make it diploid? No. A sporangium is diploid because it arises through mitotic division from a diploid zygote. That is all.<br/>
 
2. Answer the question: in many cases an answer was provided, yet, often it fails to actually answer the question. For example: Justify why the sporangium is diploid. Common answer: because it produces haploid spores. Well, a gametophyte produces haploid sperm-cells and eggs, does that make it diploid? No. A sporangium is diploid because it arises through mitotic division from a diploid zygote. That is all.<br/>
3. The grading is “tough”. But think about it, you had one week to complete the work, and it is only worth 2.5% of your final grade (no point in splitting hairs: should this be -1 or – 0.5). The range is 5-9/10.<br/>
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There will be another assignment later in the semester.<br/>
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Here is a short <font color="#FF3300">document summarizing phylogenetic terms  </font>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/greenplants/restricted/1HO2.Phylogenyterms.pdf}}  that you should know. Read this and let me know if you have any questions. This is not covered in class but considered to be covered by one of your earlier classes.<br/>
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<font color="#FF3300">LABORATORY ATTENDANCE</font>: you are required to attend the labs. If you miss 3 labs or more, without a written excuse you will automatically fail the class.<br/>
 
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Remember that attendance of the laboratory is required.<br/>
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<font color="#FF3300">LECTURE FINAL</font>: You can download the study guide for the final [https://dropbox.uconn.edu/dropbox?n=EEB3240final.doc&p=W3WzZFzBAlqcloPUR here].<br/>
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Evolution of land plants lecture: I am posting my notes of the lecture {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/greenplants/restricted/Landplantevolution.pdf}} Landplantevolution.pdf, so you can compare and estimate whether you are on track! Please read the last two subchapters: timing on the evolution of land plants (which I quickly covered in class), and the developmental tool kit of land plants (which I think would gather your interest).  <br/>
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<h2> <span class="mw-headline">Textbook and readings</span></h2>
 
<h2> <span class="mw-headline">Textbook and readings</span></h2>
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There is no official text book. Instead, you will be assigned readings from the primary literature to go with the lectures. The reading is required, and the material covered in the paper is part of the lecture material, and hence subject to questions on the midterm and final.
 
There is no official text book. Instead, you will be assigned readings from the primary literature to go with the lectures. The reading is required, and the material covered in the paper is part of the lecture material, and hence subject to questions on the midterm and final.
 
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Two books that are relevant and available in the library: Shaw & Goffinet (2000) Bryophyte Biology or its latest version Goffinet & Shaw (2008) and Nash (Lichen Biology). If you are interested, you can buy them. I can also order them at a discount (although it may come out close to what you get on line with major distributors).
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Two books that are relevant and available in the library: Introduction to Bryophytes by A. Vanderpoorten & B. Goffinet (2009) (here the link to the book, http://www.cambridge.org/gb/knowledge/isbn/item2326970/?site_locale=en_GB). This book is the most appropriate external reference for the class. Other books are Shaw & Goffinet (2000) Bryophyte Biology or its latest version Goffinet & Shaw (2008) and Nash (Lichen Biology, here the link to Amazon http://www.amazon.com/Lichen-Biology-Thomas-H-Nash/dp/0521459745). If you are interested, you can buy them. I can also order them at a discount (although it may come out close to what you get on line with major distributors).
 
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<h2> <span class="mw-headline">Grade</span></h2>
 
<h2> <span class="mw-headline">Grade</span></h2>
The final grade is calculated based on your lecture grade (60%; i.e., 5% assignment(s), 20% midterm and 35% - cumulative (I'll explain) - final) and lab (40%; i.e., 15% project and 25% final). No curves, but chances to make up points if needed!
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The final grade is calculated based on your lecture grade (60%: midterm and - in part cumulative - final each worth 25%, and each of the two assignments worth 5%) and lab (40%: 30% final based on hands-on labs, and 5% of your paper presentation, 2.5% for summaries and 2.5% for participation in discussions).
  
 
<h2> <span class="mw-headline">Links</span></h2>
 
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begin within few minutes.  The event continued about for 10 min.
 
begin within few minutes.  The event continued about for 10 min.
 
Intense light for video recording also seems to accelerate the
 
Intense light for video recording also seems to accelerate the
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phenomenon.  Each antheridium is deeply sunk in a cavity of
 
antheridiophore and there is a very small pore on the top of each
 
antheridiophore and there is a very small pore on the top of each
 
cavity.  Swollen cells of surrounding tissue might cause the pressure
 
cavity.  Swollen cells of surrounding tissue might cause the pressure
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*Not surprisingly, internet sites devoted to the biology of bryophytes and lichens are "abundant", well let's say that sites dedicated to bryophytes exist! Some may hold information that is relevant to this class. One example is [http://www.bryoecol.mtu.edu/= Bryophyte Ecology] maintained by Dr. Janice Glime. I will look for more. You may want to consult the list maintained by Jessica Budke, another graduate student in my lab, and her moss blog entitled [http://www.mossplants.blogspot.com/= Moss Plants and more].<br/>
 
*Not surprisingly, internet sites devoted to the biology of bryophytes and lichens are "abundant", well let's say that sites dedicated to bryophytes exist! Some may hold information that is relevant to this class. One example is [http://www.bryoecol.mtu.edu/= Bryophyte Ecology] maintained by Dr. Janice Glime. I will look for more. You may want to consult the list maintained by Jessica Budke, another graduate student in my lab, and her moss blog entitled [http://www.mossplants.blogspot.com/= Moss Plants and more].<br/>
 
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*Mosses in the news: [http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_9359000/9359075.stm Single peat moss plant 'conquered America'].
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*Watch this short [http://video.calacademy.org/details/300# video], highlighting aspects of the biology of mosses, a great complement to the lectures.
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<font color="#FF3300">NOTES UPLOADED</font>Here is the {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/greenplants/restricted/Goffinet%26Buck.pdf}} book chapter that I mentioned in class that you must read to complement your lecture notes.  The figures must be downloaded separately: {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/greenplants/restricted/Goffinet%26Buckplate1.jpg}} Goffinet&Buckplate1.jpg and {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/greenplants/restricted/Goffinet%26Buckplate2.jpg}} Goffinet&Buckplate2.jpg
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Notes: <br/>
 
Notes: <br/>
 
downloads require password; best viewed in Adobe Reader (some problems with the MAC "Preview" program). <br/>
 
downloads require password; best viewed in Adobe Reader (some problems with the MAC "Preview" program). <br/>
 
The syllabus is subject to change. You will get papers assigned one lecture and maybe one week ahead. Check the site frequently.
 
The syllabus is subject to change. You will get papers assigned one lecture and maybe one week ahead. Check the site frequently.
 
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<td> Tu 20 Jan </td><td>1. Introduction: life cycle, phylogenetic terms...</td><td>Take notes!</td><td>First encounter with bryophytes, and visiting the herbarium :{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/greenplants/restricted/Lab1.pdf}} Lab1: introduction</td></tr>
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<td>First encounter with bryophytes, and visiting the herbarium. </td>
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<td> Th 22 Jan </td><td>2. Marchantiophyta or liverworts</td><td>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/greenplants/restricted/Shaw%26Renzaglia.pdf}} article by Shaw & Renzaglia but only the pages dealing with liverworts. <br/>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/greenplants/restricted/FigliverwortsSM.pdf}} Liverwort figures
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<td> Th 20  Jan </td>
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<td>1. Bryophytes in the context of land plant evolution <BR>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/greenplants/restricted/LandplantevolutionfigsSM.pdf}} Land plant evolution figures <BR>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/greenplants/restricted/1HO1.Life-cycle.pdf}} Assignment 1 due Tuesday Jan. 25</td>
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<td>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/greenplants/restricted/Qiuetal.pdf}} article by Qiu <I>et al.</I></td>
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<td> Tu 27 Jan </td><td>3. Marchantiophyta or liverworts</td><td>The reading of Shaw & Renzaglia is required. Please do so! AND watch the video referred to under  <font color="#FF3300">LINKS</font></td><td>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/greenplants/restricted/Lab2Hepatic.pdf}} Lab2: Thalloid liverworts</td></tr>
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<td> Tu 25 Jan </td>
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<td>2. Marchantiophyta or liverworts<br/>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/greenplants/restricted/2LiverwortFigSM.pdf}} Liverwort Figures </td>
<td> Th 29 Jan </td><td>4.Bryophyta or mosses</td><td>Shaw & Renzaglia paper: pages on mosses; <br/>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/greenplants/restricted/FigsmossesSM.pdf}} Moss figures
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<td>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/greenplants/restricted/Shaw%26Renzaglia.pdf}} article by Shaw & Renzaglia but only the pages dealing with liverworts.
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{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/greenplants/restricted/Lab1.2011.pdf}} Lab1.2011.pdf</td>
  
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<td> Tu 3 Feb </td><td>5.Bryophyta or mosses</td><td></td><td>Thalloid liverworts</td></tr>
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<td> Th 5 Feb </td><td>6.Bryophyta or mosses</td><td>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/greenplants/restricted/Notesonmosssporophyte.pdf}} Notes on moss sporophyte
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<td>3. Marchantiophyta or liverworts</td>
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<td> Tu 10 Feb </td><td>7.Anthocerophyta or hornworts</td><td>Shaw & Renzaglia paper: pages on hornworts; <br/> {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/greenplants/restricted/HornwortfiguresSM.pdf}} Hornwort figures</td><td>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/greenplants/restricted/Lab3Leafy.pdf}} Lab3: Leafy</td></tr>
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<td> Th 3 Feb </td>
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<td>4. Bryophyta or mosses <br>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/greenplants/restricted/FigsmossesSM.pdf}} Moss figures</td>
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<td>Shaw & Renzaglia paper: pages on mosses; </td>
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<td> Th 12 Feb </td><td>8. Evolution of land plants</td><td>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/greenplants/restricted/Qiuetal.pdf}} article by Qiu <I>et al.</I>; <br/>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/greenplants/restricted/LandplantevolutionfigsSM.pdf}} Land plant evolution figures</td><td></td></tr>
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<td> Tu 8 Feb </td>
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<td>5. Bryophyta or mosses <br>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/greenplants/restricted/Notesonmosssporophyte.pdf}} Notes on moss sporophyte</td>
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<td>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/greenplants/restricted/Lab2.Liverworts.2011.pdf}} Lab2.Liverworts.2011.pdf
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A link for Gackstroemia's pictures: http://www.bluetier.org/Liverwort/gackstroemia-alpina.htm</td></tr>
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<td> Tu 17 Feb </td><td>9. Symbiotic associations with bryophytes</td><td>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/greenplants/restricted/Selosse.pdf}} article by Selosse <I>et al.</I>; <br/>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/greenplants/restricted/SymbiosisSM.pdf}} Symbiosis hand-outs</td><td>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/greenplants/restricted/Lab5mosses09.pdf}} Lab4: mosses</td></tr>
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<td> Th 10 Feb </td>
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<td>6. Anthocerophyta or hornworts <br>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/greenplants/restricted/HornwortfiguresSM.pdf}} Hornwort figures</td>
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<td>Shaw & Renzaglia paper: pages on hornworts</td>
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<td> Th 19 Feb </td><td>10. Lichenized fungi</td><td>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/greenplants/restricted/LichensintroFigSM.pdf}} Introduction hand outs</td><td></td></tr>
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<td>7. Symbiotic associations with bryophytes <br>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/greenplants/restricted/SymbiosisSM.pdf}} Symbiosis hand-outs</td>
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<td>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/greenplants/restricted/Selosse.pdf}} article by Selosse <I>et al.</I>; </td>
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<br>a) Reverse evolution in liverworts by {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/greenplants/restricted/D1Gradsteinetal.pdf}} Gradstein et al.
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<br>b) Diversification in mosses and climate change by  {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/greenplants/restricted/D1Shawetal.pdf}}Shaw et al.
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<td> Tu 24 Feb </td><td>11. Morphology and anatomy of lichens</td><td>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/greenplants/restricted/lichenlecture2.pdf}} lichen morphology.pdf</td><td>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/greenplants/restricted/Lab5moss%26horn09.pdf}} Lab 5: Mosses continued and hornworts </td></tr>
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<td>8. Land plant evolution (replaced by hornwort lecture) </td>
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<td> Th 26 Feb </td><td>12. The photobiont</td><td></td><td></td></tr>
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<td>7. Symbiotic associations with bryophytes <br>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/greenplants/restricted/SymbiosisSM.pdf}} Symbiosis hand-outs</td>
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<td>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/greenplants/restricted/Selosse.pdf}} article by Selosse <I>et al.</I>; <BR>:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/greenplants/restricted/Adam%26Duggan.full.pdf}} Adam&Duggan.full.pdf<BR>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/greenplants/restricted/Reedetal2000.pdf}} Reedetal2000.pdf</td>
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:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/greenplants/restricted/Lab3mossdiversity.pdf}} Lab3mossdiversity.pdf
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A recent paper on Polytrichum with pictures of the peristome [http://www.amjbot.org/cgi/content/full/97/4/566]
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<td> Th 24 Feb </td>
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<td>(land plant evolution lecture shortened; see class!)<BR>8. Bryophytes as evo-devo model systems <br>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/greenplants/restricted/6EvoDevoSM.pdf}} NEW Bryophyte Evo-devo hand outs</td>
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<td>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/greenplants/restricted/Menandetal.pdf}} Menandetal.pdf</td>
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<td> Tu 2 Mar </td><td>13. Lichen chemistry</td><td></td><td>Lichens: introduction</td></tr>
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<td>10. Peatland ecology and 11. Peatlands and Global carbon <br>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/greenplants/restricted/18PeatlandecologySM.pdf}} Peatland ecology<BR><{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/greenplants/restricted/19globalcarboneconomy.pdf}} Global carbon economy <BR>New lecture notes {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/greenplants/restricted/7Peatlands.pdf}} 7Peatlands.pdf
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<td>12. Bryophyte ecophysiology</td>
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<td>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/greenplants/restricted/20EcophysiologySM.pdf}} Ecophysiology.pdf<br/>
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<br>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/greenplants/restricted/8PhysiologicalEcology2011.pdf}}New lecture notes <br/>
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<br>8PhysiologicalEcology2011.pdf{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/greenplants/restricted/Proctor.pdf}} Proctor</td>
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<br>a) animal genes in a moss? (TAKEN) by {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/greenplants/restricted/Hoang.etal.2009.Newphytologist.pdf}}  Hoang et al.
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<br> or b) a cheating liverwort (TAKEN) by {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/greenplants/restricted/D2Bidartondoetal.pdf}} Bitartondo et al. (2003)</td><tr>
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<td> Th 17 Mar </td>
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<td>13. Lichenized fungi<br>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/greenplants/restricted/LichensintroFigSM.pdf}} Introduction hand outs</td>
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<td>[https://dropbox.uconn.edu/dropbox?n=9LichenintroductionSM.pdf&p=WL1OVyJtQrTiMsc1q Download lecture slide here]</td>
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<td> Th 19 Mar </td><td>15. Lichen morphogenesis</td><td>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/greenplants/restricted/lichenlecture3SM.pdf}} lichens morphogenesis.pdf <br/>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/greenplants/restricted/Honegger1991.pdf}} Read Honegger1991.pdf
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<td>14. Morphology and anatomy of lichens {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/greenplants/restricted/lichenlecture2.pdf}} lichen morphology.pdf</td>
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<td>[https://dropbox.uconn.edu/dropbox?n=10Lichenmorphologyclass.pdf&p=WIql56Sub2sRsflJ6 Download lecture slides here]</td>
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<td>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/greenplants/restricted/Lab6Lichens.pdf}} '''Lab6Lichens.pdf'''
  
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BRING YOUR LECTURE NOTES. HERE A WEBSITE WITH LICHEN PICTURES, IF YOU BRING YOUR LAPTOP [http://symbiota.org/nalichens/index.php]
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here a picture of the ascus of Icmadophila [http://www.dr-ralf-wagner.de/Flechten/Icmadophila_ericetorum.html]</td></tr>
 
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<td> Tu 24 Mar </td><td>16. Emerging model systems in lichenology</td><td></td><td><font color="#FF3300">you will continue to examine material but you should also begin to identify your collections</font></td></tr>
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<td> Th 24 Mar </td>
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<td>15. The photobiont and the mycobiont-photobiont interaction <br>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/greenplants/restricted/lichenlecture3SM.pdf}} lichens morphogenesis.pdf <br/>
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<td>[https://dropbox.uconn.edu/dropbox?n=11LichenmorphogenesisSM.pdf&p=Ww8dhapgs5wRoyBXj Download lecture slides here]<br/>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/greenplants/restricted/Honegger1991.pdf}} Read Honegger.pdf</td>
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<td> Th 26 Mar </td><td>17. Bryophytes as evo-devo model systems </td><td></td><td></td></tr>
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<td> 16. Lichen morphogenesis continued</td>
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<td>[https://dropbox.uconn.edu/dropbox?n=12LichenmorphogenesiscontSM.pdf&p=WsacxqQh6ryVvW9qM Download lecture slides here]
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<td> 1st half: Discussion 3 on lichen symbionts (TAKEN) by {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/greenplants/restricted/D3Casanoetal.pdf}} Casano et al. (2010)
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<br> 2nd half: Introduction to lichens and their symbionts
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LAB HANDOUTS WILL BE PROVIDED TOMORROW</td></tr>
 
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<td> Tu 31 Mar </td><td>18. Bryophyte ecology</td><td></td><td></td></tr>
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<td>17. Lichen chemistry </td>
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<td>[https://dropbox.uconn.edu/dropbox?n=13Lichenchemistrypost.pdf&p=WsG3gZWtV3vbr4QH2 Download lecture notes here] <br>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/greenplants/restricted/Lawrey1989.pdf}} Lawrey1989.pdf<br/> {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/greenplants/restricted/lichenchemistryhandoutSM.pdf}} lichenchemistryhandout.pdf</td>
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<td> Th 2 Apr </td><td>19. Lichen Ecology</td><td></td><td></td></tr>
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<td>18. Evolution of lichenization and lichens</td>
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<td>[https://dropbox.uconn.edu/dropbox?n=14Evolution.pdf&p=W4aoczPXFcourssvg Download notes here]<br/>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/greenplants/restricted/LichenevolutionSM.pdf}} Lichenevolution hand out<br/>
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{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/greenplants/restricted/Lutzonietal.pdf}} Lutzonietal.pdf</td>
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<td> LAB HANDOUTS WILL BE PROVIDED TOMORROW  </td></tr>
 
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<td> Tu 7 Apr </td><td>20. Bryophyte ecophysioology</td><td></td><td></td></tr>
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<td> 18. Evolution of lichenization and lichens (cont.)</td>
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<td> Th 9 Apr </td><td>21. Ecological significance of bryophytes and lichens</td><td></td><td></td></tr>
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<td> 20. Ecological significance of bryophytes and lichens</td>
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<td> [https://dropbox.uconn.edu/dropbox?n=15EcologicalsignificanceSM.pdf&p=WV8VNMqxtKi0gnVIg Download notes here]</td>
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<td>field trip</td></tr>
 
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<td> Tu 14 Apr </td><td>22. Ecological significance of bryophytes and lichens</td><td></td><td></td></tr>
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<td> Th 14 Apr </td>
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<td> 21. Bryophyte and lichen in a changing world </td>
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<td> [https://dropbox.uconn.edu/dropbox?n=16Bryolichen%26Pollution2pp.pdf&p=WFAUnpO6w0sp4jbMO Download lecture notes here]</td>
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<td> Th 16 Apr </td><td>23. Population genetics and evolution of mosses</td><td></td><td></td></tr>
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<td> Tu 19 Apr </td>
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<td> 22. Bryophyte and lichen biogeography </td>
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<td> [https://dropbox.uconn.edu/dropbox?n=17Biogeographypart1SM.pdf&p=WYbqvaqTgLSlTzYKh Download lecture notes here] </td>
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<td> Discussion 4 on
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<br>a) bryophyte biogeography by {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/greenplants/restricted/D4Karlinetal.pdf}} Karlin et al. (2010)
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<br>b) or lichen biogeography by {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/greenplants/restricted/D4Hestmark.pdf}} Hestmark et al.(2011)</td></tr>
 
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<td> Tu 21 Apr </td><td>24. Population genetics and evolution of lichens</td><td></td><td></td></tr>
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<td> Bryophyte and lichen biogeography cont.</td>
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<td> [https://dropbox.uconn.edu/dropbox?n=17Biogeographypart2post.pdf&p=Wft4QAOX6DfS9z3uR Download lecture notes here]</td>
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<td> Th 23 Apr </td><td>25. Bryophyte and lichen biogeography</td><td></td><td></td></tr>
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<td> Tu 26 Apr </td>
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<td> 24. Bryophytes (and lichen) ecology </td>
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<td> [https://dropbox.uconn.edu/dropbox?n=18Ecologypart1post.pdf&p=WO12ZgPcfNW2RufGL Download lecture notes here]</td>
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<td> Lab final </td></tr>
 
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<td> Tu 28 Apr </td><td>26. Bryophyte and lichen conservation</td><td></td><td></td></tr>
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<td> 25. Bryophyte ecology cont. </td>
<td> Th 30 Apr </td><td>27. Bryophyte and lichen conservation</td><td></td><td></td></tr>
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<td> [https://dropbox.uconn.edu/dropbox?n=18Ecologypart2post.pdf&p=Wme316kNT3llYjjem Download lecture notes here]</td>
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Latest revision as of 21:16, 29 April 2011

Biology of Bryophytes and Lichens EEB 3240-001 & 001L (4 credits)

Spring 2011 Lectures: T/TH 11.00 AM-12.15 PM Lab W 1-4PM

Lectures and laboratory in TLS181.

Contact Information

Bernard Goffinet
Associate Professor
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
office: 300 Pharmacy/Biology Building
voice: +1 860-486-5290
email: bernard.goffinet@uconn.edu
home page: http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/goffinet/

Teaching Assistant
Juan Carlos Villarreal
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
office: 316 Pharmacy/Biology Building
voice: +1 860-486-6306
email: juan.villarreal@uconn.edu
home page: http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Juan_Carlos_Villarreal

Announcements (NEW ONES POSTED)


Some comments or recommendations:
Assignment 1 is now posted. 1. Take the assignments seriously; this includes working on your presentation of the life cycle. The cleanliness of the assignment reflects on how serious you took the assignment. I value clean documents.Assignments are worth 5% of your final grade.
2. Answer the question: in many cases an answer was provided, yet, often it fails to actually answer the question. For example: Justify why the sporangium is diploid. Common answer: because it produces haploid spores. Well, a gametophyte produces haploid sperm-cells and eggs, does that make it diploid? No. A sporangium is diploid because it arises through mitotic division from a diploid zygote. That is all.

Here is a short document summarizing phylogenetic terms Pdficon small.gif that you should know. Read this and let me know if you have any questions. This is not covered in class but considered to be covered by one of your earlier classes.


LABORATORY ATTENDANCE: you are required to attend the labs. If you miss 3 labs or more, without a written excuse you will automatically fail the class.

LECTURE FINAL: You can download the study guide for the final here.


Textbook and readings

There is no official text book. Instead, you will be assigned readings from the primary literature to go with the lectures. The reading is required, and the material covered in the paper is part of the lecture material, and hence subject to questions on the midterm and final.
Two books that are relevant and available in the library: Introduction to Bryophytes by A. Vanderpoorten & B. Goffinet (2009) (here the link to the book, http://www.cambridge.org/gb/knowledge/isbn/item2326970/?site_locale=en_GB). This book is the most appropriate external reference for the class. Other books are Shaw & Goffinet (2000) Bryophyte Biology or its latest version Goffinet & Shaw (2008) and Nash (Lichen Biology, here the link to Amazon http://www.amazon.com/Lichen-Biology-Thomas-H-Nash/dp/0521459745). If you are interested, you can buy them. I can also order them at a discount (although it may come out close to what you get on line with major distributors).

Grade

The final grade is calculated based on your lecture grade (60%: midterm and - in part cumulative - final each worth 25%, and each of the two assignments worth 5%) and lab (40%: 30% final based on hands-on labs, and 5% of your paper presentation, 2.5% for summaries and 2.5% for participation in discussions).

Links

"Whitish smoke in the movie are small droplets containing smreps (deliberate misspelling of word for male gametes). The smreps in the droplets are still un-motile. When touch the water, they begin to swim. In our experiments, misting with water is trigger of the explosion. If antheridia were mature, the explosion begin within few minutes. The event continued about for 10 min. Intense light for video recording also seems to accelerate the phenomenon. Each antheridium is deeply sunk in a cavity of antheridiophore and there is a very small pore on the top of each cavity. Swollen cells of surrounding tissue might cause the pressure force. Cavers (1903) and Muggoch & Walton (1942) also discussed about the mechanism, but, I think no one examined about the detail mechanism of the phenomenon. In Hiroshima, the season of mreps dispersal is Spring (April to May). In our field observation, we detected many airborne smreps in the sunny day after rain shower. I do not have detail data about how many species of liverworts have airborne mreps. At least, Asian species of Conocephalum (C. japonicum) do in the same manner." M. Shimamura

Shimamura, M., Yamaguchi, T. & Deguchi, H. 2008. Airborne sperm of Conocephalum conicum (Conocephalaceae). J. Plant Res. 121: 69-71. http://www.springerlink.com/content/fl2105h6428366m3/

  • Not surprisingly, internet sites devoted to the biology of bryophytes and lichens are "abundant", well let's say that sites dedicated to bryophytes exist! Some may hold information that is relevant to this class. One example is Bryophyte Ecology maintained by Dr. Janice Glime. I will look for more. You may want to consult the list maintained by Jessica Budke, another graduate student in my lab, and her moss blog entitled Moss Plants and more.



NOTES UPLOADEDHere is the Pdficon small.gif book chapter that I mentioned in class that you must read to complement your lecture notes. The figures must be downloaded separately: Pdficon small.gif Goffinet&Buckplate1.jpg and Pdficon small.gif Goffinet&Buckplate2.jpg


Schedule



Notes:
downloads require password; best viewed in Adobe Reader (some problems with the MAC "Preview" program).
The syllabus is subject to change. You will get papers assigned one lecture and maybe one week ahead. Check the site frequently.

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Date Topic Reading Lab.
Tu 18 Jan Cancelled First encounter with bryophytes, and visiting the herbarium.
Th 20 Jan 1. Bryophytes in the context of land plant evolution
Pdficon small.gif Land plant evolution figures
Pdficon small.gif Assignment 1 due Tuesday Jan. 25
Pdficon small.gif article by Qiu et al.
Tu 25 Jan 2. Marchantiophyta or liverworts
Pdficon small.gif Liverwort Figures
Pdficon small.gif article by Shaw & Renzaglia but only the pages dealing with liverworts. Pdficon small.gif Lab1.2011.pdf
Th 27 Jan Cancelled
Tu 1 Feb 3. Marchantiophyta or liverworts Watch the video referred to under LINKS Cancelled
Th 3 Feb 4. Bryophyta or mosses
Pdficon small.gif Moss figures
Shaw & Renzaglia paper: pages on mosses;
Tu 8 Feb 5. Bryophyta or mosses
Pdficon small.gif Notes on moss sporophyte
Pdficon small.gif Lab2.Liverworts.2011.pdf A link for Gackstroemia's pictures: http://www.bluetier.org/Liverwort/gackstroemia-alpina.htm
Th 10 Feb 6. Anthocerophyta or hornworts
Pdficon small.gif Hornwort figures
Shaw & Renzaglia paper: pages on hornworts
Tu 15 Feb 7. Symbiotic associations with bryophytes
Pdficon small.gif Symbiosis hand-outs
Pdficon small.gif article by Selosse et al.; Discussion 1 on


a) Reverse evolution in liverworts by Pdficon small.gif Gradstein et al.
b) Diversification in mosses and climate change by Pdficon small.gifShaw et al.

We'll have the liverworts from previous lab if there is any time left after discussions
Th 17 Feb 8. Land plant evolution (replaced by hornwort lecture)
Tu 22 Feb 7. Symbiotic associations with bryophytes
Pdficon small.gif Symbiosis hand-outs
Pdficon small.gif article by Selosse et al.;
:Pdficon small.gif Adam&Duggan.full.pdf
Pdficon small.gif Reedetal2000.pdf
Moss Diversity
Pdficon small.gif Lab3mossdiversity.pdf

A recent paper on Polytrichum with pictures of the peristome [1]

Th 24 Feb (land plant evolution lecture shortened; see class!)
8. Bryophytes as evo-devo model systems
Pdficon small.gif NEW Bryophyte Evo-devo hand outs
Pdficon small.gif Menandetal.pdf
Tu 1 Mar 10. Peatland ecology and 11. Peatlands and Global carbon
Pdficon small.gif Peatland ecology
<Pdficon small.gif Global carbon economy
New lecture notes Pdficon small.gif 7Peatlands.pdf

Pdficon small.gif Chapman et al.pdf
Pdficon small.gif Lab: Mosses and Hornworts
Th 3 Mar 12. Bryophyte ecophysiology Pdficon small.gif Ecophysiology.pdf


Pdficon small.gifNew lecture notes


8PhysiologicalEcology2011.pdfPdficon small.gif Proctor
Tu 15 Mar MIDTERM Discussion 2 on


a) animal genes in a moss? (TAKEN) by Pdficon small.gif Hoang et al.


or b) a cheating liverwort (TAKEN) by Pdficon small.gif Bitartondo et al. (2003)
Th 17 Mar 13. Lichenized fungi
Pdficon small.gif Introduction hand outs
Download lecture slide here
Tu 22 Mar 14. Morphology and anatomy of lichens Pdficon small.gif lichen morphology.pdf Download lecture slides here Pdficon small.gif Lab6Lichens.pdf

BRING YOUR LECTURE NOTES. HERE A WEBSITE WITH LICHEN PICTURES, IF YOU BRING YOUR LAPTOP [2]

here a picture of the ascus of Icmadophila [3]
Th 24 Mar 15. The photobiont and the mycobiont-photobiont interaction
Pdficon small.gif lichens morphogenesis.pdf
Download lecture slides here
Pdficon small.gif Read Honegger.pdf
Tu 29 Mar 16. Lichen morphogenesis continued Download lecture slides here 1st half: Discussion 3 on lichen symbionts (TAKEN) by Pdficon small.gif Casano et al. (2010)


2nd half: Introduction to lichens and their symbionts

LAB HANDOUTS WILL BE PROVIDED TOMORROW
Th 31 Mar 17. Lichen chemistry Download lecture notes here
Pdficon small.gif Lawrey1989.pdf
Pdficon small.gif lichenchemistryhandout.pdf
Tu 5 Apr 18. Evolution of lichenization and lichens Download notes here
Pdficon small.gif Lichenevolution hand out
Pdficon small.gif Lutzonietal.pdf
LAB HANDOUTS WILL BE PROVIDED TOMORROW
Th 7 Apr 18. Evolution of lichenization and lichens (cont.)
Tu 12 Apr 20. Ecological significance of bryophytes and lichens Download notes here field trip
Th 14 Apr 21. Bryophyte and lichen in a changing world Download lecture notes here
Tu 19 Apr 22. Bryophyte and lichen biogeography Download lecture notes here Discussion 4 on


a) bryophyte biogeography by Pdficon small.gif Karlin et al. (2010)


b) or lichen biogeography by Pdficon small.gif Hestmark et al.(2011)
Th 21 Apr Bryophyte and lichen biogeography cont. Download lecture notes here
Tu 26 Apr 24. Bryophytes (and lichen) ecology Download lecture notes here Lab final
Th 28 Apr 25. Bryophyte ecology cont. Download lecture notes here