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<span style="font-size: x-large">EEB 3250 </span> (4 cr, old EEB 290)<br/><br/>
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<span style="font-size: x-large">EEB 3250 </span> (undergraduate) AND
<span style="font-size: x-large">EEB 5250 </span> (graduate, 4 cr, old EEB 390)<br/><br/>
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<span style="font-size: x-large">EEB 5250 </span> (graduate)<br/>
  
<span style="font-size: large">Fall 2008</span>
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<span style="font-size: large">Fall 2012</span>
''Lectures:'' MWF 10-10:50 AM in TLS 115 and ''Labs:'' M 2-4:50 PM in TLS 115<br/>
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''Lectures:'' TuTh 9:30-10:45 AM, and ''Labs:'' Th 2-4:50 PM in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torrey_Life_Science TLS] 181<br/>
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<span style="font-size: large">4 credits</span> Satisfies the laboratory and plant diversity requirements for the EEB major<br/>
  
Note: Two Saturday field trips. <br/><br/>  
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***Go to the Biology of Algae class web page on [https://learn.uconn.edu/ HuskyCT]. <br/>
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***Go to the [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Biology_of_the_Algae_Lab Biology of Algae LAB] web page. <br/>
  
Link to [[Biology of the Algae Lab]] <br>
 
  
 
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== Instructors ==
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== Instructor ==
 
<span style="font-size: large">[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Louise_A._Lewis Louise A. Lewis] Associate Professor<br/></span>
 
<span style="font-size: large">[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Louise_A._Lewis Louise A. Lewis] Associate Professor<br/></span>
 
[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebwww/ Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology]<br/>
 
[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebwww/ Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology]<br/>
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voice: +1 860-486-6723<br/>
 
voice: +1 860-486-6723<br/>
 
email: [mailto:louise.lewis@uconn.edu louise.lewis@uconn.edu]<br/>
 
email: [mailto:louise.lewis@uconn.edu louise.lewis@uconn.edu]<br/>
office hours: TBA.<br/><br/>
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office hours: M by appointment.<br/><br/>
  
<span style="font-size: large">[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Karolina_Fucikova Karolina Fučiková] Graduate Teaching Assistant <br/></span>
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[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebwww/ Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology]<br/>
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office: 311a Pharmacy/Biology Building<br/>
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voice: +1 860-486-2289<br/>
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email: [mailto:karolina.fucikova@uconn.edu karolina.fucikova@uconn.edu]<br/>
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office hours: Monday 1-2 in TLS 115 and by appointment.<br/><br/>
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==Textbook and readings==
 
Required reading will be listed or linked in the schedule below. These will be chapters of the Graham and Wilcox book or from primary literature. There will be 6 student-lead class discussions through the semester that will focus on the primary literature.  <br/>
 
  
* Graham, L.E. and L.W. Wilcox. 2000. Algae, 1st ed. Prentice Hall. ISBN 0-13-660333-5 [NOTE: 1st edition is currently being printed on demand by the new publisher, Pearson. This printing has resulted in some spotty quality. I have asked the UConn bookstore to get copies but you might be able to get better quality copies via Amazon.com -- I saw several used copies for sale.  The original version is 1.5" thick, whereas the re-printed copies are thicker.]
 
 
* Sears, J. R.[Ed.] 2002. NEAS Keys to Benthic Marine Algae of the Northeastern Coast of North America from Long Island Sound to the Strait of Belle Isle. Second Edition. Northeast Algal Society, Dartmouth, MA, USA. 161 pp. ISBN 1-878-301-07-1 [NOTE: 2nd edition is highly preferred because of its numerous taxonomic updates.  This version may be sold out. If we can't find copies by the end of August, we will make copies available to you.]
 
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==Schedule==
 
 
NOTE: all but the basic file downloads require a password;  best viewed in Adobe Reader (some problems with the MAC "Preview" program).
 
 
{| border="1" cellpadding="2"
 
!style="background:#00CC66;" width="68" align="center"|Date
 
!style="background:#00CC99;" width="260"|Topic
 
!style="background:#00CCCC;" width="260"|Reading/Assignment
 
!style="background:#00CCFF;" width="260"|Lab
 
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| M 25 Aug || Introduction to course || {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/algae/3250syllabusF2008.pdf}} Syllabus (open access), Ch. 1 G&W || Lab 1: Microscopes, collection, pressing algae
 
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| W 27 Aug || Introduction to algal biology  || Ch. 2, 3 G&W
 
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| F 29 Aug || Ecological importance of algae  || Ch. 2, 3 G&W
 
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| M 01 Sept || LABOR DAY HOLIDAY ||  || no lab
 
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| W 03 Sept || Brown algae  ||  Ch. 12 G&W (Intro. to Ochrophytes)
 
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| F 05 Sept || Paper Discussion #1 <br/> Leaders: ||   
 
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| F 06 Sept || Required field trip || depart 7 AM, return before 3 PM || meet out in front of TLS by 6:45 to help load vehicles
 
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| M 08 Sept || Brown algae  || Ch. 15 G&W (Phaeophyceans) || Lab 2: Brown algae
 
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| W 10 Sept || Brown algae  ||  Ch. 15 G&W (Phaeophyceans)
 
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| F 12 Sept || Brown algae  ||  Ch. 15 G&W (Phaeophyceans)
 
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| M 15 Sept || Exam 1 ||  || Lab 3: Brown algae
 
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| W 17 Sept || Red algae ||  Ch. 16 G&W
 
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| F 19 Sept || Paper Discussion #2 <br/> Leaders:  || 
 
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| M 22 Sept || Red algae  || Ch. 16 G&W  || Lab quiz #1 (covers Labs 1-3), Lab 4: Red algae
 
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| W 24 Sept || Red algae  || Ch. 16 G&W
 
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| F 26 Sept || Red algae  || Ch. 16 G&W
 
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| F 27 Sept || Optional field trip || depart 11 AM, return before 7 PM || meet in lab by 10:45 AM to help load vehicles
 
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| M 29 Sept || Green algae  || Ch. 17 G&W || Lab 5: Red algae
 
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| W 01 Oct || Green algae  ||  Ch. 18 G&W
 
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| F 03 Oct || Paper Discussion #3  <br/> Leaders: || 
 
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| M 06 Oct || Green algae  || Ch. 19, 20  G&W || Lab 6: Green algae
 
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| W 08 Oct || Green algae  || Ch. 21 G&W
 
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| F 10 Oct || Diatoms  ||  Ch. 12 G&W (Diatoms)
 
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| M 13 Oct || Exam 2  ||  || Lab 7: Green algae
 
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| W 15 Oct || Diatoms  ||  Ch. 12 G&W (Diatoms)
 
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| F 17 Oct || Paper Discussion #4 <br/> Leaders:  || 
 
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| M 20 Oct || Diatoms  || Ch. 12 G&W (Diatoms)  || Lab quiz #2 (covers Labs 4-7), Lab 8: Diatoms
 
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| W 22 Oct || Diatoms  || Ch. 12 G&W (Diatoms) 
 
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| F 24 Oct || Dinoflagellates  ||  Ch. 11 G&W
 
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| M 27 Oct || Dinoflagellates  || Ch. 11 G&W || Lab 9: Diatoms
 
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| W 29 Oct || Dinoflagellates  ||  Ch. 11 G&W
 
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| F 31 Oct || Paper Discussion #5 <br/> Leaders:  ||   
 
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| M 03 Nov || Dinoflagellates  || Ch. 11 G&W || Lab 10: Dinoflagellates, Euglenoids
 
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| W 05 Nov || Euglenoids  ||  Ch. 8 G&W 
 
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| F 07 Nov || Cyanobacteria  ||  Ch. 6 G&W 
 
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| M 10 Nov || Exam 3  || Ch. 6 G&W  || Lab 11: Cyanobacteria
 
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| W 12 Nov || Cyanobacteria  ||  Ch. 6 G&W 
 
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| F 14 Nov || Cyanobacteria  ||  Ch. 6 G&W 
 
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| M 17 Nov || Cyanobacteria  || Ch. 6 G&W  || Lab quiz #3 (covers Labs 8-11), OPEN LAB
 
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| W 19 Nov || Graduate Student Presentations  ||   
 
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| F 21 Nov || Paper Discussion #6  <br/> Leaders: || 
 
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| M 24 Nov || Thanksgiving Recess ||   
 
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| W 26 Nov || Thanksgiving Recess ||   
 
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| F 28 Nov || Thanksgiving Recess ||   
 
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| M 01 Dec || Evolution  ||  || OPEN LAB
 
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| W 03 Dec || Evolution  ||   
 
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| F 05 Dec || Catch-up  ||  || collection due 
 
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==Final Exam Policy==
 
The final exam schedule is still being determined.
 
 
Information from the Dean of Students:
 
“Final exam week for Fall 2008 takes place from Monday, December 8, through Saturday, December 13. Students are required to be available for their exam during that time. Students must visit the Dean of Students Office if they cannot make their exam. The DOS will give the student his or her instructions thereafter.
 
 
Please note: vacations, previously purchased tickets or reservations, weddings (unless part of the wedding party), and other large or small scale social events, are not viable excuses for missing a final exam. Please contact the Dean of Students office with any questions. Thank you in advance for your cooperation.”
 
 
If you have bunched finals or other conflicts, please see
 
 
==Links==
 
==Links==
  
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==Algae in the News==
 
==Algae in the News==
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* Informative links re: algae aquaculture and algae as biofuels:
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[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algae_culture Aquaculture],
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[http://www.scribemedia.org/2007/11/15/glen-kertz-valcent-vertigro-algae-biofuel/ Algae as a Sustainable Biofuels Feedstock].
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* [http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=91483930&sc=emaf&sc=emaf NPR podcast] about <i>Prochlorococcus</i>, an extremely tiny, yet extremely important marine cyanobacterium.
 
* [http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=91483930&sc=emaf&sc=emaf NPR podcast] about <i>Prochlorococcus</i>, an extremely tiny, yet extremely important marine cyanobacterium.
 
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7482791.stm Massive green algae bloom at site of 2008 Olympics Sailing Course]. Most news agencies incorrectly reported the culprit as a "blue-green" alga.
 
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7482791.stm Massive green algae bloom at site of 2008 Olympics Sailing Course]. Most news agencies incorrectly reported the culprit as a "blue-green" alga.
  
 
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Ceramium from Avery Point, CT

EEB 3250 (undergraduate) AND EEB 5250 (graduate)

Fall 2012 Lectures: TuTh 9:30-10:45 AM, and Labs: Th 2-4:50 PM in TLS 181
4 credits Satisfies the laboratory and plant diversity requirements for the EEB major

      • Go to the Biology of Algae class web page on HuskyCT.


Instructor

Louise A. Lewis Associate Professor
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
office: 200 Pharmacy/Biology Building
voice: +1 860-486-6723
email: louise.lewis@uconn.edu
office hours: M by appointment.

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Links

Algae in the News

  • Informative links re: algae aquaculture and algae as biofuels:

Aquaculture, Algae as a Sustainable Biofuels Feedstock.