Lecture Schedule
Lectures during the first 2/3 of the course will introduce you to the animal phyla through taxonomic lectures that focus on body form, function, natural history, and research. Lectures toward the end will use information from the first part of the course to draw important comparisons. Topics are subject to change--check the "next meeting" box below for current information.
Lecture-related files will become available as links below:
Lecture guide (pdf format): you are responsible for printing; use as an outline for the lecture in class and/or as a study guide after class.
Lecture figures (pdf format): you are responsible for printing and bringing the figures to use in class. You have the ability to resize the figures (to increase space for taking notes, if desired).
Lecture slides (ppt file): No need to print, but may be used for studying. All figures (but not images) used in class are already in the lecture figures.
To view and print these files:
If you don't have a copy of Adobe Acrobat, you can download the free viewer here.
If you don't have a copy of MS PowerPoint, you can download the free viewer here.
The .pdf files are sometimes large and may print slowly. If having trouble, download the file and then print from the computer. If you have trouble downloading or printing, please let me know.
We will finish unit 9 and cover unit 24.
See below for the lecture guide and figures to print for class; go here for the reading assignment.
Files now require username (biol337) and password (available on syllabus)
Tentative
Lecture Lecture Lecture Wk Unit Date
Day Lecture topic guide figures slides recommended use --->
print for lecture print for lecture view for studying 1
1 Jan 9
T
Classification and phylogeny: thinking in hierarchies and trees
ppt
2 11
R
Protozoa (single-celled animal relatives) and Porifera (sponges)
ppt
2
3 16
T
Cnidaria and Ctenophora (jellies)
ppt
4 18
R
Special topic: Biology and conservation of coral reefs
ppt
3
5 23
T
Platyhelminthes (flatworms) and Nemertea (ribbon worms)
ppt
6 25
R
Nematodes and other former “pseudocoelomates”
ppt
4
7 30
T
Annelid worms (earthworms, polychaetes, and leeches)
ppt
8 Feb 1
R
Echiurans, Siboglinids, and Sipunculans
ppt
5
9 6
T
Special topic: Invertebrate parasites
ppt
10 8
R
Mollusca: Polyplacophora and Gastropoda
ppt
6
11 13
T
Mollusca: Bivalvia and Cephalopoda
ppt
15
R
Mollusca (cont.)
7
12 20
T
Arthropoda: general characteristics and Crustacea
ppt
22
R
Crustacea (cont.)
8
13 27
T
Special topic: barnacles!
ppt
14 Mar 1
R
Arthropoda: Tracheata and Chelicerata
ppt
9
6
T
---spring break---
8
R
---spring break---
10
15 13
T
Echinodermata
ppt
15
R
Echinodermata (cont.)
11
16 20
T
Hemichordata and Urochordata
ppt
17 22
R
Lophophorates (Phoronida, Brachiopoda, Bryozoa) & Kamptozoa
ppt
12
27
T
Taxonomic lectures (cont.)
18 29
R
Phylogenetic review and history of diversity
ppt
13
19 Apr 3
T
Mechanisms that generate diversity: HOX genes and allometry
ppt
20 5
R
Asexual reproduction and modular growth ppt
14
21 10
T
Sexual reproduction and larval biology
ppt
22 12
R
Physical biology: life at large and small scales
ppt
15
23 17
T
Invertebrate communities: plankton and meiofauna
ppt
24 19
R
Issues in invertebrate conservation
ppt
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