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− | | '''M''' 2 June <br><br> || Introduction to fish biology and field methods, active gear and gear bias <br><br>|| Beach seine and minnow trap Swan Lake <br><br>||Reading: {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/d/d0/Field_Notebook_Guidelines_2014.pdf}} Field Notebook Guidelines; {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/fieldichth/restricted/HowToReadSciArticle.pdf}} How to read a science article; {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/fieldichth/restricted/Poos%20et%20al%202007%20JFB.pdf}} Poos et al 2007<br><br> | + | | '''M''' 2 June <br><br> || Introduction to fish biology and field methods, active gear and gear bias <br>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/1/1d/Lecture1_June2.2014.pdf}} Lecture 1 <br><br>|| Beach seine and minnow trap Swan Lake <br><br>||Reading: {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/d/d0/Field_Notebook_Guidelines_2014.pdf}} Field Notebook Guidelines; {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/fieldichth/restricted/HowToReadSciArticle.pdf}} How to read a science article; {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/fieldichth/restricted/Poos%20et%20al%202007%20JFB.pdf}} Poos et al 2007<br><br> |
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− | | '''F''' 6 June <br><br> || CT fish diversity I, electroshocking gear, curation of fish collections | + | | '''F''' 6 June <br><br> || CT fish diversity I, active and electroshocking gear, curation of fish collections {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/a/ae/Lecture2_2014.pdf}} Lecture 2 <br><br> || {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/b/b2/External_anatomy_and_morphometrics_and_meristics_2014.pdf}} External anatomy and morphometrics and meristics; {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/2/24/Fixation_Protocol_2014.pdf}} Fish fixation protocol <br><br> || Quiz I Monday; Field exercise report I due Monday <br><br> |
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− | | '''M''' 9 June <br><br> || | + | | '''M''' 9 June <br><br> || Please arrive on time! <br><br>|| Backpack electrofishing Eldredge Brook with Dr. Vokoun <br><br> || Reading: {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/5/5e/Gorman_and_Karr_1978_ecol.pdf}} Gorman and Karr 1978 <br><br> |
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− | | '''W''' 11 June <br><br> || | + | | '''W''' 11 June <br><br> || Lotic systems and stream order {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/9/9e/6.11.14_prelab_lecture.pdf}} Pre-lab lecture <br><br> || Seine Willimantic River with Dr. Vokoun <br><br> || |
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− | | '''F''' 13 June <br><br> || CT fish diversity II; passive gear | + | | '''F''' 13 June <br><br> || CT fish diversity II; passive gear {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/8/8e/Lecture3_6.13.14.pdf}} Lecture 3 <br><br> || Identify and preserve specimens <br><br> || Reading: {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/a/a1/Post_et_al_2008_ECOLOGY.pdf}} Post et al 2008; Field exercise report II due Monday. {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/a/a0/Field_Exercise_Report_II_guidelines_2014_1.pdf}} Field exercise report II guidelines |
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− | | '''W''' 18 June <br><br> || Exam I and ID Quiz II - field notebooks due! <br><br> || | + | | '''W''' 18 June <br><br> || Exam I and ID Quiz I & II - field notebooks due! <br><br> || Alewife night trip <br><br> || <br><br> |
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− | | '''F''' 20 June <br><br> || Internal anatomy and fish parasites <br><br> || Dissection lab, collection of hard parts for aging <br><br> || Field Exercise report III due | + | | '''F''' 20 June <br><br> || Internal anatomy and fish parasites <br><br> || Dissection lab, collection of hard parts for aging <br><br> || Field Exercise report III due Wednesday June 25 <br><br> {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/9/99/Field_Report_III_guidelines_2014.pdf}} Field Exercise Report III guidelines |
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− | | '''M''' 23 June <br><br> || Field Trip <br><br> || Seine Morris Cove with NOAA <br><br> || <br><br> | + | | '''M''' 23 June <br><br> || Field Trip <br><br> || Seine Morris Cove with NOAA <br><br> || Reading: {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/6/64/Sheldon1968_ecology.pdf}} Sheldon 1968 <br><br> |
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− | | '''W''' 25 June <br><br>|| Long Island Sound diversity | + | | '''W''' 25 June <br><br>|| Long Island Sound diversity; population and community ecology {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/5/51/Lecture4_2014_1.compressed.pdf}} Lecture 4 || Identify and preserve saltwater fishes <br><br> || Quiz III Friday; Reading: {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/1/1d/McKinley_et_al_lmb_ethogram.pdf}} McKinley et al 2001 <br><br> |
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− | | '''F''' 27 June <br><br> || ID Quiz III || Visual observation methods | + | | '''F''' 27 June <br><br> || ID Quiz III || Visual observation methods I: sunfish nesting and ethogram at Coventry Lake <br><br> {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/2/28/Visual_observations_and_nesting_behavior.pdf}} Visual observation and sunfish nesting|| Finish ethogram due Monday; Reading: {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/7/71/Scientific-writing_guidelines.pdf}} scientific-writing guidelines <br><br> {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/f/f4/Final_report_guidelines_2014.pdf}} Final Report Guidelines |
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− | | '''M''' | + | | '''M''' 30 June <br><br> || Field notebook check II (end of class) || Visual observation methods II: population counts at the Fenton River <br><br> || Final Exam study; Finish final report <br><br> |
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− | | '''W''' 2 July <br><br> || Finalize | + | | '''W''' 2 July <br><br> || Finalize biodiversity collection; Final Exam <br><br>||<br><br> ||<br><br> |
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EEB 3898 Field Methods in Fish Biology
Summer Session I, 2014
Course Duration: June 2nd - July 2nd, 2014
Meeting Time: Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 9:00 am - 12:00pm in TLS 371
Welcome to Field Methods in Fish Biology! This course is a hands-on, field based introduction to the biology of fishes and field sampling methods, with emphasis on local species.
Instructor
Jonathan Velotta
Email: jonathan.velotta@uconn.edu
Office: Biology/Pharmacy 212
Phone: (860) 486-4694
Mobile: (203) 394-7815
Office hours: by appointment
Syllabus and Course Information
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[*changes to our field trip itinerary may be made pending weather, etc.]
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