Zoology 510 - Ecology of Fishes
Spring 2009 Semester

Final Exam: Wed 13 May, 5:05-7:05 pm
132 Noland Hall

Instructors:

Jim Kitchell - office hours: after class, or by appt.
206 Center for Limnology (262-3014)
kitchell@wisc.edu

Jake Vander Zanden - office hours: after class, or by appt.
223B Center for Limnology (262-9464)
mjvanderzand@wisc.edu

TAs:

Jereme Gaeta
126 Center for Limnology
jereme.gaeta@gmail.com

Gretchen Hansen
223 Center for Limnology
ghansen2@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 19 (Lectures 1-9) during discussion period.

2. Apr 9 (Lectures 10-20) during discussion period.

3. May 13 (Lectures 21-30) Final will focus on last 1/3, but will also draw upon some earlier material). Location TBA.

Papers:

1. Madison Lakes Field Trip – January 31^st, morning or afternoon; Report due February 19^th.

2.    Shedd Aquarium Field Trip - All day (06:00-20:00) on Sat. April 25^th, report due Thursday 7 May.

Grading:                                            

Exam l                                                     20%
Exam 2                                                    25%
Final                                                        25%
Mendota Report                                     10%
Shedd Paper                                            15%
Fishy readings                                         5% Reading List

Required Textbook:  None, readings posted on website.

Panel of Experts List

Excel Instructions/Tips (pdf opens in new window or tab)

Madison Lakes Field Trip Documents:

• Guidlines for Completing the Report (pdf )
• Mendota AM Midlake (Excel spreadsheet, download)
• Mendota AM South Shore (Excel spreadsheet, download)
• Mendota PM Midlake (Excel spreadsheet, download)
• Monona Bay AM (Excel spreadsheet, download)
• Monona Bay PM (Excel spreadsheet, download)

Lect.	Date	Topic	Lecturer	Materials
1	Jan 20	Introduction	Kitchell
2	Jan 22	Fish evolution and systematics	Vander Zanden	Lectures weeks 2-6, Reading1, Reading2,
		Discussion: No discussion	-
3	Jan 27	Morphology and adaptations	Vander Zanden	Reading1, Reading2
4	Jan 29	Growth	Vander Zanden	Reading
		Discussion: Planning for Madison Lakes field trip (JFK)	Kitchell
	Jan 31	MADISON LAKES FIELD TRIP	Kitchell
5	Feb 3	Autecology	Vander Zanden	Reading
6	Feb 5	Autecology	Vander Zanden
		Discussion: Analysis and writing of Madison lakes report	Kitchell
7	Feb 10	Bioenergetics I	Kitchell	Reading, Reading2
8	Feb 12	Bioenergetics II	Kitchell
		Discussion: your fish expose	Kitchell/ VZ
9	Feb 17	Aquaculture I, Intro, Examples	Kitchell	Reading
10	Feb 19	Aquaculture II	Kitchell
		Discussion: exam 1
11	Feb 24	Predator-prey I	Kitchell	Reading, presentation slides, lecture notes
12	Feb 26	Predator-prey II	Weidel	Reading , lecture notes
		Discussion: exam review
13	Mar 3	Fishes of Wisconsin	Lyons
14	Mar 5	Fish-habitat relationships	Diebel
		Discussion:TBA
15	Mar 10	Locomotion and Buoyancy	Magnuson	Reading , lecture pdf
16	Mar 12	Tribal Fisheries	Hennessey
		Discussion: Tribal Fisheries
	Mar 17	SPRING BREAK
	Mar 19	SPRING BREAK
17	Mar 24	Niche	Vander Zanden	Reading, reading 2
18	Mar 26	Mercury in Fish	Vander Zanden	Fact Sheet, Hg Information
		Discussion:Mercury in Fish
19	Mar 31	Case Study: species interactions in streams	Nilsson
20	Apr 2	Fish Biodiversity and biotic homogenization	Vander Zanden	Reading1, reading2, reading3
		Discussion: Fish Biodiversity and biotic homogenization	Vander Zanden
21	Apr 7	Invasions and food webs	Vander Zanden	Reading1, reading2
22	Apr 9	Invasions and food webs	Vander Zanden	Reading
		Discussion: exam 2
23	Apr 14	Great Lakes	Kitchell	Reading
24	Apr 16	Great Lakes	Kitchell
		Discussion: TBA	Vander Zanden
25	Apr 21	Case study: lamprey	Hansen
26	Apr 23	Trophic cascades	Kitchell	Reading 1,
		Discussion: prepare for Shedd	Vander Zanden
	Apr 25	SHEDD TRIP	Vander Zanden	Field Trip Instructions
27	Apr 28	Lake Mendota	Kitchell
28	Apr 30	Lake Victoria	Kitchell	Reading 1, reading2,
		Discussion: Analysis and writing of Shedd project	Vander Zanden
29	May 5	Fisheries Wars	Kitchell	Cod News, The Billfish Foundation , reading 1, reading 2, reading 3, reading 4
30	May 7	Fisheries Wars	Kitchell
	May 13	Final exam