Field Methods in Fish Biology 2013
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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
Syllabus and Course 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 External anatomy and morphometrics and meristics |
Finish Lab exercise in notebook; Readings: Field Notebook Guidelines ; How to read a science article |
T 11 June |
Freshwater fishes I; Lake habitats; active gear |
Beach seine Bicentennial Pond |
Readings: Poos et al 2007 JFB; discussion on Thurs |
W 12 June |
Field trip! |
Beach seine Coventry Lake |
Readings: Fink et al., 1979 (Section I) |
TH 13 June |
Freshwater fishes II; electroshocking gear; River habitats; Species identification and curation of fish collections |
Identify, fix and preserve fish Fish Fixation/Preservation Protocol |
Quiz I study Field exercise report I due Monday Field Exercise Report Guidelines |
F 14 June |
Quiz I |
Purse seine Crystal Lake |
Finish field exercise report I |
M 17 June |
Freshwater fishes III; passive gear |
Preserve and accession fish into collection Field Methods in Fish Biology Biodiversity Collection Sheet1 |
Flammang and Schultz 2004 hoop nets |
T 18 June |
Meet at 12:30pm |
Boat electrofishing Coventry Lake with DEEP and retrieval of hoop nets |
Exam I study; field notebooks due Wed. |
W 19 June |
Exam I - field notebooks due! Saltwater fishes of CT; fish assemblages |
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TH 20 June |
Data collection guidelines |
Backpack electrofish Fenton River with Dr. Jason Vokoun |
http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/fieldichth/restricted/Field%20Report%20II%20guidelines.pdf}} Field Report II guidelines |
F 21 June |
Quiz II |
Seine Morris Cove with NOAA |
Quiz II Monday Reading: Neff et al. 2007, bluegill nesting behavior |
M 24 June |
Quiz II Visual observations |
Visual observation field trip; specimen preservation time |
Field exercise report III due Tuesday Reading: |
T 25 June |
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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