Instructors:

Jim Kitchell
206 Center for Limnology (262-7259
kitchell@wisc.edu

Jake Vander Zanden
223B Center for Limnology (262-9464)
mjvanderzand@wisc.edu

TAs: varies by semester

Course Requirements

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

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

Papers:

1.        Madison Lakes Field Trip – a morning or afternoon in January.

2.    Shedd Aquarium Field Trip - all day trip, in late April.

Grading:                                            

Exam l                                                     20%
Exam 2                                                    25%
Final                                                        25%
Mendota Report                                     10%
Shedd Paper                                            15%
Fishy readings (extra credit)                        5%  

Required Textbook:  None, readings posted on website.

Topic

Introduction

Fish evolution and systematics

Discussion: No discussion

Morphology and adaptations

Growth

Discussion: Planning for Madison Lakes field trip

MADISON LAKES FIELD TRIP

Autecology

Autecology

Discussion: Analysis and writing of Madison lakes report

Bioenergetics I

Bioenergetics II

Discussion: your fish expose

Aquaculture I, Intro, Examples

Aquaculture II

Discussion: exam 1

Predator-prey I

Predator-prey II

Discussion: exam review

Fishes of Wisconsin

Fish-habitat relationships

Discussion

Locomotion and Buoyancy

Tribal Fisheries

Discussion

Niche

Mercury in Fish

Discussion

Case Study: species interactions in streams

Fish Biodiversity and biotic homogenization

Discussion

Invasions and food webs

Invasions and food webs

Discussion: exam 2

Great Lakes

Great Lakes

Discussion: exam review

Case study: lamprey

Trophic cascades

Discussion: prepare for Shedd

SHEDD TRIP

Lake Mendota

Lake Victoria

Discussion: Analysis and writing of Shedd project

Fisheries Wars

Fisheries Wars

Final exam