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− | | '''T''' 11 June ||Freshwater fishes I; active gear types <br><br>|| Beach seine bicentennial pond and minnow traps || | + | | '''T''' 11 June ||Freshwater fishes I; active gear types <br><br>|| Beach seine bicentennial pond and minnow traps ||Readings: |
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− | | '''W''' | + | | '''W''' 19 June|| Exam I <br> Saltwater fishes of CT; visual observation methods; population and community ecology of fishes || || Reading: |
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− | | '''TH''' | + | | '''TH''' 20 June || Data collection guidelines || Seine Fenton River with Dr. Jason Vokoun || Field exercise III due Monday |
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− | | '''W''' | + | | '''W''' 26 June || Data analysis guidelines || Pop and community ecology project data collection || Begin data analysis |
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Revision as of 19:55, 7 June 2013
EEB 3898 Field Methods in Fish Biology
Summer Intensive I, 2013
Course Duration: June 10th - June 28th, 2013
Meeting Time: Monday through Friday, 1:00 - 4:00pm in TLS371
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 201
Phone: (860) 486-4694
Mobile: (203) 394-7815
Office hours: by appointment
Course Syllabus and Information
Working Schedule
Date | Lecture | Exercise | Assignment |
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M 10 June | Introduction to fish biology and field methods |
External Anatomy and finding and measuring characters | Finish Lab exercise in notebook; Readings: |
T 11 June | Freshwater fishes I; active gear types |
Beach seine bicentennial pond and minnow traps | Readings: |
W 12 June | Species identification and curation of fish collections |
Identify, fix and preserve fish; retrieve minnow traps | Quiz I study |
TH 13 June | Quiz I Freshwater fishes II; electroshocking gears |
Beach seine and purse seine Mansfield Hollow | Field exercise report I due Monday |
F 14 June | Backpack electrofishing safety guidelines, data collection guidelines | Stream backpack electrofishing at Eldridge Brook with Dr. Jason Vokoun | |
M 17 June | Freshwater fishes II; passive gear | Identify, fix and preserve fish; dissections and GSI | Quiz II study |
T 18 June | Field trip! | Boat electrofishing with DEEP and retrieval of hoop nets | Exam I study; Field Exercise report II due Thursday |
W 19 June | Exam I Saltwater fishes of CT; visual observation methods; population and community ecology of fishes |
Reading: | |
TH 20 June | Data collection guidelines | Seine Fenton River with Dr. Jason Vokoun | Field exercise III due Monday |
F 21 June | Field trip! | Seine Morris Cove with NOAA | |
M 24 June | Visual observation guidelines | Visual observation field trip; specimen preservation time | Quiz III study; Reading: |
T 25 June | Quiz III | Pop and community ecology project data collection | Reading: ; write Introduction and Methods of final report due Thursday |
W 26 June | Data analysis guidelines | Pop and community ecology project data collection | Begin data analysis |
TH 27 June | Age analysis using scales; more data analysis | Ageing of focal species by scales; finalize biodiversity collection | Exam II study; write report Discussion and finish report |
F 28 June | Exam II Final report due at 5pm by e-mail |
[*changes to our field trip itinerary may be made pending weather, etc.]
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