Biology of the Algae Lab
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EEB 3250/5250 Lab
Mondays 2-4:50pm
TA: Karolina Fučíková
Contact: karolina.fucikova@uconn.edu
Office hours: Monday 1-2 in TLS 115 and by appointment
General Info
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.
Not all, but most of the labs will likely take the full 3 hours they are scheduled for. FYI.
Lab 1 - August 25th
We are going outside, so dress accordingly (including footware).
Here are the handouts we will be using in the first lab:
ocular micrometer handout - handout for lab 1
1st Field Trip - September 6th
We're going to the coast and you'll likely do some wading. You don't have to go too deep in to get good specimens, though, so waders are not necessary. It looks like there may be a little bit of precipitation, so dress accordingly. Bring your NEAS key and your notes from Lab 1 if you don't remember how to press algae on herbarium sheets.
Lab 2 - September 8th
- Some terms you should look at before you go to lab on Monday
- Handout for labs 2 and 3. This is the minimum you need to know for the upcoming quiz, including specified parts of the supplemental handouts I will bring to lab on Monday. There may be some optional material for you to look at, but you will not be quizzed on that.
Some cool links
If you'd like to explore the amazing world of algal diversity, here's a couple of links I personally find cool.
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.
This is a nice gallery of algae images, sorted by phylum.
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.
