Biology of Bryophytes and Lichens

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

Spring 2008 Lectures: T/TH 11.00 AM-12.15 PM Lab W 1-4PM

Lectures and laboratory in TLS115.

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


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.

Schedule

Notes: downloads require password; best viewed in Adobe Reader (some problems with the MAC "Preview" program).

Date Topic Reading Lab.
Tu 20 Jan 1. Introduction: life cycle, phylogenetic terms...
Th 22 Jan 2. Marchantiophyta or liverworts
Tu 27 Jan 3. Marchantiophyta or liverworts
Th 29 Jan 4.Bryophyta or mosses
Tu 3 Feb 5.Bryophyta or mosses
Th 5 Feb 6.Anthocerophyta or hornworts
Tu 10 Feb 7.Anthocerophyta or hornworts
Th 12 Feb 8. Evolution of land plants
Tu 17 Feb 9. Lichenized fungi
Th 19 Feb 10. Morphology and anatomy of lichens
Tu 24 Feb 11. The photobiont
Th 26 Feb 12. Lichen chemistry
Tu 2 Mar 13. Lichen evolution and classification
Th 5 Mar Midterm
Tu 17 Mar 14. Lichen morphogenesis
Th 19 Mar 15. Emerging model systems in lichenology
Tu 24 Mar 16. Bryophytes as evo-devo model systems
Th 26 Mar 17. Bryophyte ecology
Tu 31 Mar 18. Lichen Ecology
Th 2 Apr 19. Bryophyte ecophysioology
Tu 7 Apr 20. Ecological significance of bryophytes and lichens
Th 9 Apr 21. Ecological significance of bryophytes and lichens
Tu 14 Apr 22.
Th 16 Apr 23. Population genetics and evolution of mosses
Tu 21 Apr 24. Population genetics and evolution of lichens
Th 23 Apr 25. Bryophyte and lichen biogeography
Tu 28 Apr 26. Bryophyte and lichen conservation
Th 30 Apr 27. Bryophyte and lichen conservation