UMBC Department of Geography & Environmental Systems    Spring 1999

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Geography 318 - Natural Environment of Chesapeake Bay
Location: Social Sciences Building, Room 109
Schedule:  Tuesday, Thursday 11:30-12:45 
Office hours: T, Th 1-2 p.m. or by appointment
Instructor: Dr. Andrew Miller 
Office: SS 211A 
Telephone: 410-455-3151 
e-mail: miller@umbc.edu
Revised syllabus for remainder of semester.  Please note that the list of topics is somewhat abbreviated by comparison with the original syllabus. Note also that the second exam has been pushed back from April 8 to April 13, reflecting the fact that we have missed two class days (including Thursday, April 1) since the first exam.
Dates
Topic
Assigned readings (title of packet on library reserve)
Mar. 30 - Apr. 1 Estuarine sediment/Introduction to aquatic ecology Estuarine sediment
Marine and estuarine ecology
Apr. 6-8 Introduction to aquatic ecology Marine and estuarine ecology
Apr. 13 SECOND EXAM/Advance payment due for field trip
Apr. 15 Phytoplankton Phytoplankton and zooplankton
Apr. 18 SUNDAY, APRIL 18 - FIELD TRIP, R/V AQUARIUS, CHESAPEAKE
BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY, SOLOMONS ISLAND, MD.
Apr. 20 Zooplankton Phytoplankton and zooplankton
Apr. 22 Wetlands: marshes Wetlands
Apr. 27 Wetlands: submerged aquatic vegetation Wetlands
Apr. 29 - May 4 Benthic communities Benthic organisms
May 4
TERM PAPERS DUE
May 6-11 Fish populations Finfish
May 13
Nutrients and dissolved oxygen
Nutrients and dissolved oxygen
May 18 FINAL EXAM 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. (Tuesday)