Zoology 510 – Ecology of Fishes

Spring 2008

Jim Kitchell and Olaf Jensen

Final Exam, date: Friday, May 16, 2008, 10:05AM-12:05PM

location: 132 Noland Hall

Instructors:

Jim Kitchell - office hours: after class, or by appt.

206 Center for Limnology (262-3014)

kitchell@wisc.edu

Olaf Jensen - office hours: after class, or by appt.

126 Center for Limnology

ojensen@wisc.edu

TAs:

Matt Kornis

126 Center for Limnology

kornis@wisc.edu

Jereme Gaeta

118 Center for Limnology

jgaeta@wisc.edu

Course Requirements:

Lectures: Tuesday and Thursday 9:55- 10:45 in 168 Noland Hall

Discussion: Thursday 4:00-5:30 in 168 Noland Hall

Exams:

1. February 21 (Lectures 1-10) during discussion period.
2. Apr 3 (Lectures 11-20) during discussion period.
3. May 16 (Lectures 21-30) Final will focus on last 1/3, but will also draw upon some earlier material). Location: 132 Noland Hall.

Papers:

1. Madison Lakes Field Trip – February 9^th, morning or afternoon; Report due February 28^th. (handout)
2. Shedd Aquarium Field Trip - All day (06:00-20:00) on Sat. April 12^th. Report due May 1. (handout) (analysis examples – Excel)

Course website: http://limnology.wisc.edu/courses/zoo510/

Weighting:

Exam l 20%

Exam 2 25%

Final 25%

Mendota Report 10%

Shedd Paper 15%

Fishy readings 5%

Required Textbook: None, readings posted on website, and on reserve at Biology Library, Birge Hall.

Panel of Experts List (pdf)

Fishy readings (handout)

Excel Instructions/Tips (rtf)

Lect.	Date	Topic	Lecturer	Reading
1	Jan 22	Introduction	Kitchell
2	Jan 24	Fish evolution and systematics (handout) (slides)	Jensen	reading 1, reading 2
		Discussion: No discussion	-
3	Jan 29	Morphology and adaptations (handout) (slides)	Jensen	reading 3
4	Jan 31	Growth (handout) (slides)	Jensen	reading 4
		Discussion: Issues in fish ecology (Excel_exercise)	Jensen
5	Feb 5	Autecology (handout) (slides)	Jensen	reading
6	Feb 7	Bioenergetics I (slides)	Kitchell	Lecture Notes Worksheet
		Discussion: Planning for Madison Lakes field trip (JFK)	Kitchell
	Feb 9	MADISON LAKES FIELD TRIP	Kitchell
7	Feb 12	Fishes of Wisconsin	Lyons
8	Feb 14	Bioenergetics II (slides)	Kitchell
		Discussion: Analysis and writing of Madison lakes report	Jensen
9	Feb 19	Aquaculture I (slides)	Kitchell	Lecture Notes Aquaculture Article Ocean Farming Commentary
10	Feb 21	Aquaculture II	Kitchell	reading
		Discussion: exam 1
11	Feb 26	Fish Conservation (handout) (slides)	Jensen	Reading_1, Reading_2
12	Feb 28	Predator-Prey I	Kitchell	reading lecture notes lecture slides (large pdf file)
		Discussion: exam review	Kitchell
13	Mar 4	Predator-prey II	Jensen	slides
14	Mar 6	Predator-prey III	Jensen
		Discussion: Pred-prey discussion	Jensen	Reading: Lake Okeechobee
15	Mar 11	Population dynamics I (slides)	Jensen	Reading, Reading2
16	Mar 13	Population dynamics II (handout)	Jensen
		Discussion: Pop. Dyn. Exercises	Jensen	Excel_exercise Instructions
	Mar 18 Mar 20	SPRING BREAK
17	Mar 25	Locomotion	Magnuson	notes, reading
18	Mar 27	Tribal Fisheries	Hewett	Fishery Status Update 2007
		Discussion: Tribal Fisheries	Hewett
19	Apr 1	Invasive species (slides)	Kornis
20	Apr 3	Food webs (slides)	Weidel	reading, reading2 Freshwater drum fish song
		Discussion: exam II
21	Apr 8	Niche & climate I (slides)	Jensen
22	Apr 10	Niche & climate II	Jensen
		Discussion:preparation for Shedd Aquarium trip	Jensen
	Apr 12	SHEDD TRIP	Jensen
23	Apr 15	Trophic cascades (handout , handout)	Kitchell	reading, reading
24	Apr 17	Biomanipulation – L. Mendota (handout)	Kitchell	reading
		Discussion: Shedd report	Kitchell
25	Apr 22	Great Lakes I – L. Superior (lecture slides, L. Michigan handout)	Kitchell	reading, reading
26	Apr 24	Great Lakes II – L. Michigan	Kitchell
		Discussion: TBA	Kitchell
27	Apr 29	Great Lakes III – Future of the Great Lakes, lecture slides	Kitchell
28	May 1	Lake Victoria (handout, lecture slides) – Shedd report due,	Kitchell	reading, reading, reading, reading
		Discussion: TBA	Kitchell
29	May 6	Marine Fisheries (handout)	Kitchell