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===EEB 3250/5250 Lab===
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[[Image:fieldtrip4.jpg|thumb|right|Oxygen bubbles, green algae, and a snail. Photo by S.Augyte]]
  
Mondays 2-4:50pm <br>
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===EEB 3250/5250 Lab, FALL 2016===
TA: [[Karolina Fučíková]]<br>
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Contact: karolina.fucikova@uconn.edu <br>
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Mondays 1:25-4:25pm <br>
Office hours: Monday 1-2 in TLS 115 and by appointment <br>
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TA: Lisa Terlova <br>
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Contact: elizaveta.terlova@uconn.edu<br>
 
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'''General Info''' <br>
 
'''General Info''' <br>
The labs will follow the syllabus outlined on the [[Biology of the Algae]] website. The handouts will be posted here by Friday before each lab. It will save you some time and stress if you read the handout at least superficially before the lab. <br>
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The labs will follow the syllabus outlined on the Biology of the Algae HuskyCT site. Lab handouts will be posted there at least on week ahead of the lab.
Not all, but most of the labs will likely take the full 3 hours they are scheduled for. FYI. <br>
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Please prepare for active lab participation by reading the material before the lab. <br>
  
  
'''Lab 1 - August 25th'''<br>
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[[File:Mirror.jpg|thumb|right|Collecting freshwater algae from a Mirror Lake on campus. Photo by S.Augyte.]]
We are going outside, so dress accordingly (including footware).  
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'''Some cool links'''<br>
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[[File:AP2.jpg|thumb|right|Field trip to Avery Point. Photo by S.Augyte.]]
If you'd like to explore the amazing world of algal diversity, here's a couple of links I personally find cool. <br>
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[http://www.tolweb.org/tree/ The Tree of Life] is a nice one to start with. Can you locate algae on the tree of life? Are they in a single place, all neatly together? Well, look and see.<br>
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[http://galerie.sinicearasy.cz/main.php This] is a nice gallery of algae images, sorted by phylum. <br>
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===Links===
 
If you know what organism you are looking for, you will likely find it [http://www.algaebase.org/index.lasso here]. No pictures though.<br>
 
If you know what organism you are looking for, you will likely find it [http://www.algaebase.org/index.lasso here]. No pictures though.<br>
 
Some info on [http://www.seaweed.ie/ macroscopic marine algae].<br>
 
Some info on [http://www.seaweed.ie/ macroscopic marine algae].<br>
 
[http://rbg-web2.rbge.org.uk/DIADIST/ Here] you can find information on some of the morphologically most impressive algae - diatoms and desmids. <br>
 
[http://rbg-web2.rbge.org.uk/DIADIST/ Here] you can find information on some of the morphologically most impressive algae - diatoms and desmids. <br>
More about desmids [http://www.desmids.nl/here].<br>
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More about desmids [http://www.desmids.nl/ here].<br>
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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.<br>
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Latest revision as of 12:48, 25 August 2016

Oxygen bubbles, green algae, and a snail. Photo by S.Augyte

EEB 3250/5250 Lab, FALL 2016

Mondays 1:25-4:25pm
TA: Lisa Terlova
Contact: elizaveta.terlova@uconn.edu


General Info
The labs will follow the syllabus outlined on the Biology of the Algae HuskyCT site. Lab handouts will be posted there at least on week ahead of the lab. Please prepare for active lab participation by reading the material before the lab.


Collecting freshwater algae from a Mirror Lake on campus. Photo by S.Augyte.


Field trip to Avery Point. Photo by S.Augyte.


Links

If you know what organism you are looking for, you will likely find it here. No pictures though.
Some info on macroscopic marine algae.
Here you can find information on some of the morphologically most impressive algae - diatoms and desmids.
More about desmids here.

  • Virtual Phycology Collection at the George Stafford Torrey Herbarium, University of Connecticut. This contains over 800 images of pressed, dried algae on herbarium sheets.