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Fish Ecology

FiW 4614

Spring 2007

 
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Instructors:

Paul Angermeier - biota@vt.edu

Eric Hallerman - ehallerm@vt.edu

 

Course Syllabus in PDF format (Adobe reader is needed to read PDF files)

Checksheet for Species Research Papers

Fish Ecology in the News

 

 

Introductory Topics

  1. Lecture 1 - Course Intro | Ecology and Fish Fundamentals | notes | Handout
  2. Lecture 2 - The Nature of Adaption |complete notes| notes | Handout
  3. Lecture 3 - Water as an Environment |complete notes| notes | Handout

 

  1. Jan 16
  2. Jan 18
  3. Jan 23

 

  1. Fish Facts   Odum Reading
  2. Gross reading
  3. Warren reading pp.43-56

 

Individual Ecology

  1. Lecture - 4 - Adaptions for particular ways of life | notes
  2. Lecture - 5 - Eating, and avoiding being eaten | notes | continued | more notes | Handout | Fig. 1.9 | (Quiz 1 - Key )
  3. Lecture - 6 - Reproduction | complete notes | notes | more notes | handouts | Balon's Classification
  4. Lecture - 7 - Migration (research paper topic due) | Notes

 

  1. Jan 25
  2. Jan 30
  3. Feb 1
  4. Feb 6

 

  1. Helfman pp.295-317
  2. Helfman pp.321-347
  3. Johnston & Page 1992
  4. Lucas & Baras pp. 66-92

Population Ecology

  1. Lecture - 8 - Population dynamics / Stock recruitment | Notes | Handout | more notes | more handouts
  2. Lecture - 9 - Life-history strategies / Stochastisity | notes & handouts |
  3. Lecture - 10 - Metapopulation dynamic (Quiz 2 - Key ) Notes | handout
  4. Lecture - 11 - Speciation | Notes
  5. First Exam - Key

 

  1. Feb 8
  2. Feb 13
  3. Feb 15
  4. Feb 20
  5. Feb 22

 

  1. Odum pp. 162-199
  2. Winemiller & Rose 1992
  3. Scholsser & Angermeier 1995
  4. Smith et al. 1995

Community Ecology

  1. Lecture - 12 - Predation | Notes | Handouts
  2. Lecture - 13 - Competition | Notes | Handout

Spring Break

 

  1. Feb 27
  2. Mar 1
Spring Break

 

 

  1. Power etal. 1985

Spring Break

 
  1. Lecture - 14 - Determinants of community structure | Notes | Handout
  2. Lecture - 15 - Stream and river communities (Quiz 3 - Key ) | Notes | Handout
  3. Lecture - 16 - Lake and reservoir communities | Handout | Notes
  4. Lecture - 17 - Marine communities I | NotesI | NotesII | NotesIII
  5. Lecture - 18 - Marine communities II |
  6. Second Exam - Key
  1. Mar 13
  2. Mar 15
  3. Mar 20
  4. Mar 22
  5. Mar 27
  6. Mar 29
  2. Scholsser 1991
  3. Carpenter et al. 1985
  4. Moyel & Cech pp. 412-475-A | Moyel-B

Human Influences

  1. Lecture - 19 - Chemical inputs I | Notes | NotesII | Handout | Handout2
  2. Chemical inputs II (Quiz 4)
  3. Lecture - 20 - Nutrient and sediment inputs (PPT)
  4. Lecture - 21 - Habitat and hydrologic changes | Notes | Handout
  5. Lecture - 22 - Fisheries
  6. Lecture - 23 - Climate change ( Research paper due)
  7. Lecture - 24 - Responses of fish communities to landscape transformation (Quiz 5)
  8. Lecture - 25 - Introduction of non-native biota
  9. Lecture - 26 - Class summary, class evaluation
  10. Final Exam (7:45-9:45am, L-R 1860)

 

  1. April 3
  2. April 5
  3. April 10
  4. April 12
  5. April 17
  6. April 19
  7. April 24
  8. April 26
  9. May 1
  10. May 5

 

  1. Warren pp. 57-63
  3. Allan 2004
  4. Poff et al. 1997
  5. Pauley et al. 1998
  6. Poff et al. 2001
  8. Christie 1974