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[[Image:fieldtrip5.jpg|thumb|right|''Ceramium from Avery Point, CT. Photo by P.O.Lewis'']]
<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 5250 </span> (graduate, 4 cr, old EEB 390)<br/><br/>
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<span style="font-size: large">Fall 2008</span>
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<span style="font-size: x-large">EEB 3250 </span> (undergraduate) AND
''Lectures:'' MWF 10-10:50 AM in TLS 115 and ''Labs:'' M 2-4:50 PM in TLS 115<br/>
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<span style="font-size: x-large">EEB 5250 </span> (graduate)<br/>
Note: Two Saturday field trips. <br/>  
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<span style="font-size: large">Fall 2014</span>
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''Lectures:'' MWF 11:15 AM - 12:05 PM, and ''Labs:'' M 1:25-4:25 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/>
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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/>
  
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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/>
 
office: 200 Pharmacy/Biology Building<br/>
 
office: 200 Pharmacy/Biology Building<br/>
 
voice: +1 860-486-6723<br/>
 
voice: +1 860-486-6723<br/>
email: [mailto:louise.lewis@uconn.edu louise.lewis@uconn.edu]<br/><br/>
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email: [mailto:louise.lewis@uconn.edu louise.lewis@uconn.edu]<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 Fucikova] 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/><br/>
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==Textbook and readings==
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Lecture:  coming soon
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Lab:  Should be at the UConn Bookstore in time for classes.  <br/>
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* 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.]
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==Schedule==
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NOTE: downloads require password;  best viewed in Adobe Reader (some problems with the MAC "Preview" program).
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| M 25 Aug || Introduction to course || syllabus || Microscopes, collection, pressing algae
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| M 08 Sept ||    ||  || Brown algae
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| M 15 Sept || Exam 1 ||  || Brown algae
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==Links==
 
==Links==
  
* [http://bgbaseserver.eeb.uconn.edu/phyco_databasesimple.html Virtual Phycology Collection] at the George Stafford Torrey Herbarium, University of Connecticut. This contains over 800 images of press, dried algae on herbarium sheets.
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* [http://bgbaseserver.eeb.uconn.edu/phyco_databasesimple.html Virtual Phycology Collection] at the George Stafford Torrey Herbarium, University of Connecticut. This contains over 800 images of pressed, dried algae on herbarium sheets.
 
* [http://www.algaebase.org/ AlgaeBASE] is the best web resource on diverse algae. Created and maintained by Michael Guiry, it includes a database of over 120,000 algae names and taxonomic authorities, a rich source of literature, and thousands of algae images.
 
* [http://www.algaebase.org/ AlgaeBASE] is the best web resource on diverse algae. Created and maintained by Michael Guiry, it includes a database of over 120,000 algae names and taxonomic authorities, a rich source of literature, and thousands of algae images.
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* Some journals focusing on algal research:  [http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/loi/jpy Journal of Phycology], [http://www.phycologia.org/perlserv/?request=get-archive Phycologia], [http://www.elsevier.de/protis Protist], [http://www.amjbot.org/ American Journal of Botany], [http://www.springerlink.com/content/100278/ European Journal of Phycology], [http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/journal.asp?ref=1322-0829&site=1 Phycological Research], [http://www.springerlink.com/content/100278/ Journal of Applied Phycology], [http://uconn.library.ingentaconnect.com/content/schweiz/novh/2008/00000086/f0020001;jsessionid=7m69hdotal4q3.victoria Nova Hedwigia].
  
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==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.
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* [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. Photo by P.O.Lewis

EEB 3250 (undergraduate) AND EEB 5250 (graduate)

Fall 2014 Lectures: MWF 11:15 AM - 12:05 PM, and Labs: M 1:25-4:25 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.