Summer Courses: Marine Phycology | Freshwater Phycology
Diatom Systematics and Ecology
The annual course in Systematics and Ecology of Diatoms will again be offered at Iowa Lakeside Laboratory and will run from 10 July to 11 August 1995. Gene Stoermer, University of Michigan will be the primary instructor and Charlie Reimer, Academy of Natural Sciences Philadelphia, will be in residence. This is a concentrated, field oriented class is suitable for students of any level who desire a general introduction to diatoms and advanced students who wish to utilize freshwater diatoms in systematic, ecological or paleontological investigations. Because of limited enrollment, individual student needs can be accommodated. A limited number of research spaces for senior investigators are also available.
For further information contact:
Dr. E. F. Stoermer
Center for Great Lakes
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2099
Ph. 313/761-5238
Email - stoermer@umich.edu
For brochure and registration materials contact:
Iowa Lakeside Laboratory
Department of Botany
Iowa State University
Ames, IA 50011
Ph. 515/294-9777
Email - valk@iastate.edu
Marine Phycology
This course at the at Friday Harbor Laboratories (Botany 545a, First term, June 12 - July 15) will combine lectures, laboratory work, and field trips in a survey of benthic marine algae. Lecture topics will cover the evolution, ecology, structure, reproduction, physiology and life histories of seaweeds. Major environmental influences on algal growth, development and distribution will be discussed. Special topic lectures will include use of molecular data in population and phylogenetic analysis of algae, aquaculture and commercial uses of seaweeds, the history of phycological research and marine phytoplankton. Field trips will emphasize the diversity and richness of the marine flora of the Pacific Northwest and the diversity of marine algal habitats. Intertidal field trips will visit a variety of exposed, sheltered, stable and unstable marine communities. One or two dredging trips will investigate the subtidal marine flora on submerged reefs in the Strait of Juan de Fuca and submerged boulder fields in the San Juan Islands. A three day camping field trip will visit the exposed outer coast at Botanical Beach (site of the turn of the century Minnesota Seaside Lab) in the temperate rain forest on Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada. The varied substratum and extreme exposure of this location represent the best of the outer coast environment.
Laboratory activities will cover the practical aspects of working with marine algae including gathering data needed for identification and classification, studies of reproductive structures and life history phases and effects of major environmental factors on marine algae.
Students will be encouraged to conduct experiments on algal physiology, growth and reproduction and will learn techniques of culturing algae. Although this course is not molecular in nature, the use of some simple molecular tools for analysis of the population biology and evolution of algae will be demonstrated and may be available for some student projects. The course is appropriate for students whose major is marine botany as well as for students in marine ecology and other areas of marine biology where a knowledge of benthic marine plants and their role in marine ecosystems is important.
Core faculty are Dr. Michael Wynne, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and Dr. John Stiller, University of Washington.
For more information, contact:
Friday Harbor Labs
620 University Rd
Friday Harbor, WA 98250
(206) 543-1484 or 378-2165
info@fhl.washington.edu
fax:206-543-1273
or
John Stiller
Botany KB-15, U.W.
Seattle, WA 98195
(206) 543-1973 or 685-8002
stiller@u.washington.edu
fax:206-685-1728
or
Michael Wynne
Dept. of Biology
Univ. of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI 48109
(313) 764-8415
mwynne@m.imap.itd.umich.edu
Freshwater Phycology
Freshwater Phycology will be taught again this summer at The University of Michigan Biological Station. The course emphasizes algal floristics and ecology, as well as application of algae in field-oriented research projects. This 8-week course runs from June 26th through August 19th with class meeting all day on Mondays and Thursdays. The course is designed for graduate students and upper-level undergraduates who earn five semester hours of credit. In the northern Michigan area we will have access to 3 of the Great Lakes plus numerous streams, bogs, fens, lakes and other aquatic habitats. The area is particularly rich in desmids, chrysophytes and diatoms. Other courses complementary to Freshwater Phycology include Stream Biology (R. Jan Stevenson), Limnology (Nancy Tuchman) and other organismal courses. The Biological Station also houses the Experimental Stream Laboratory where students and visiting scholars have access to replicated streams for purposes of manipulative experiments.
For further information contact:
Rex L. Lowe
Dept. of Biology
Bowling Green State University
Bowling Green, Ohio 43403
lowe@opie.bgsu.edu
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Phycological Newsletter Vol. 31, No. 1 April 1995
Last updated: Nov. 08, 2005
