ecology lab - spring 2012

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Syllabus

Reference
Writing Guide
Excel Add-In Help
Data Collection
Data Presentation
Report Writing
Sampling Methods
Community Analysis

Homework
HW#1
HW#2
HW#3

Presentations
Week 1 Statistics
Week 2 Scientific Writing
Week 3 Sampling
Week 6 Coral Ecology
Week 7 & 8 Coral Sampling
Week 9 Vegetation Sampling
Week 11 Biodiversity Analyses
Week 12 Workshop
Week 13 Simulation
Week 14 Strem Sampling

Handouts
Week 1 Statistics Sample Characterization Excel Add-In Help
Week 2 Writing Guide
Week 3 Hermit Crab Activity Snail ID Crab ID
Week 4 Hermit Crab Field Day
Week 6 Coral & Algae ID
Week 12 Coral Data Lanikai Makai Pier Kaneohe Bay
Week 13 Ecobeaker Handout
Week 14 Stream Handout

Instructor

Dr. David Hyrenbach

CTSA 112

Oceanic Institute

Office hours:

M; 17:00 - 18:00 (HLC, 2nd floor lanai)

W, F; 12:00 - 13:30 (CTSA 112, OI)

or by appointment

Recommended Text

Choosing and Using Statistics:

A Biologist's Guide

by Calvin Dytham

Available online

Course Schedule

These PDFs of scientific articles are for class use only.

Please do not distribute.

Note: Readings in italics are supplementary material

Date	Lecture Topic	Readings	Assignments Due
1 / 24	Week 1: Lecture: Statistics Marine snail shell analysis	Syllabus Statistics Handouts Writing Guide	Read syllabus
1 / 30	Week 2: Lecture: Scientific Writing Analysis of papers, library overview, plagiarism	Literature discussions I: Dayton 1973 Rose and Polis 1998	Literature discussion evaluations Hw#1 Snail shell analysis
2 / 6	Week 3: Lecture: Sampling Hermit crab and gastropod snail sampling and identification	Literature discussions II: Vance 1972 Bertness 1981	Literature discussion evaluations Revised Hw#1 Snail shell analysis
2 / 13	Week 4: Field Work Hermit crab and gastropod snail sampling	Miller&Ambrose_2000 Henderson_2008_Unit3	Review Hermit Crab & Snail ID
2 / 20	Week 5 NO CLASS President's Day		Paper #1 Hypotheses
2 / 27	Week 6: Coral ecology, sampling and identification	Literature discussions III: Dollar 1982 Hunter & Evans 1995	Paper #1 Methods
3 / 5	Week 7: Coral sampling I Bring mask / snorkel	Grigg 1983 Richmond 1993 Fabricius 2005	Resource limitation (paper #1) due Turn in hard copy (in class) and by emai
3 / 12	Week 8: Coral sampling II Bring mask / snorkel		Paper #2 Introduction
3 / 19	Week 9: Vegetation sampling Bring a hat / water	Henderson_2008_Unit3
3 / 26	NO CLASS Spring Break
4 / 2	Week 11: Biodiversity Analysis	Grigg 1983 Rogers 1993	Hw#2: Vegetation Sampling (by email)
4 / 9	Week 12: Data analysis and writing workshop	Gopen and Swan 1990	Hw#3: Biodiversity Analysis (by email) Coral Ecology Paper - Intro & methods
4 / 16	Week 13: Computer Simulation: Intermediate Disturbance Hypothesis	Miller 1982 Connell 1978	Coral Ecology Paper - Results
4 / 23	Week 14: Stream Sampling	Brasher 2003
4 / 30	Week 15: Foster Botanical Garden		Coral Ecology Paper - Final Version

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