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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 2016</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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==Links==
More soon.
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==Schedule==
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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.
 
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* [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.
Notes: downloads require password;  best viewed in Adobe Reader (some problems with the MAC "Preview" program).
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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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==Links==
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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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Latest revision as of 11:53, 25 August 2016

Ceramium from Avery Point, CT. Photo by P.O.Lewis

EEB 3250 (undergraduate) AND EEB 5250 (graduate)

Fall 2016 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.