Field Methods in Fish Biology 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

Working Schedule

Date	Lecture	Exercise	Assignment
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.]

Web Resources

Fish Base
CT DEEP Bookstore