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MAR 320: IchthyologyFall 2008Class schedule (subject to change):Date Time Topic Readings8/25 AM Introduction; Systematics, evolution. Ch. 1, 2, 11*PM Families – Chondrichthyes. Ch. 128/26 AM Anatomy: hard and soft parts. Ch 3*, 4PM Families – primitive fishes; Teleosts. Ch. 13*, 14*8/27 AM Locomotion and feeding. Ch. 8, 18, 19PM Families – Teleosts II. Ch. 15*8/28 7:45 am Field trip to Alaska SeaLife Center. Handout9/2 AM Life histories, growth. Ch. 9, 109/3 10 am –2:30 pmProject overview (in class). Salmon trapping atUniversity Lake.9/4 AM Role of fishes in ecosystem: fisheries andconservation.PM Kasitsna Bay Lab field trip logistics.9/7 10:30 am Leave for Homer. Shuttle to Kasitsna Bay.Ch. 24, 25Evening Behavior: Reproduction, communication, etc. Ch. 20, 21*, 22*9/8 AM/PM Boat trip & lab: ID, morphometrics. HandoutEvening Good paper writing and presentation skills. Handout9/9 AM/PM Boat trip & lab: anatomy, dissection. HandoutEveningStudy time.9/10 AM Midterm (lectures). Clean-up. Prepare fordeparture (noon).PM Return to Anchorage. Rinse gear.9/11 10 am Field trip to Elmendorf Hatchery.PMGrad student led lecture/discussion.9/15 AM Midterm – field trips (in GH226); Work onprojectPM Work on project9/16 AM Work on projectPM9/17 AM Work on projectPMDraft of project paper due; Work on projectFinish up project9/18 AM Final presentations (in GH226)PMFinal presentations (in GH226)9/22 No class; Project papers and lab notebooks due* You are responsible only for parts of chapter covered in class.4