| Date | Topic | Readings in Bronmark& Hansson | Additional material in Wetzel |
| Sept 17 | Introduction/lakeorigins/landscape context | Preface, 24-25 | Prologue,15-42 |
| Sept 19 | Characteristics of water/ light/ color | 7-15, light 21-24 | 9-14, 49-69 |
| Sept 23 | Stratification and mixing | 11-15 | 71-92 |
| Sept 25 | Water movement and water budget | 7-11 | 93-128, 43-48 |
| Sept 27 | Dissolved
Ions |
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| Sept 30 | Nitrogen and redox | 31-33 | 205-237 redox/Fe/S/ Si 289-330 |
| Oct 2 | First Exam Answer Key | ||
| Oct 4 | Oxygen/CO2 /photosynthesis | 37-45 | 151-167 |
| Oct 7 | pH/acid neutralizing capacity/ carbon/Acid rain | 27-29, acid rain 182-185 | 187-204 |
| Oct 9 | Guest Lecture: Cailin Orr "Ecosystem
impacts of dams" |
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| Oct 11 | Phosphorus | 29-31 | 239-288, Eutrophication 825-841 |
| Oct 14 | Aquatic macrophytes |
59-61, alternative stable states 180-82 |
527-575, alternative stable states 625-630 |
| Oct 16 | Bacteria and organic carbon cycling |
25-26, 56-57 |
731-783, 489-525 |
| Oct 18 | Phytoplankton and periphyton | 59-67, succession 168-170 | 331-393, 577-623 |
| Oct 21 | MID TERM BREAK | ||
| Oct 23 | Second Exam Answer Key | ||
| Oct 25 | Zooplankton |
73-78, refugia 124-128 Supplimentary readings: Brooks and Dodson 1965 |
395-488 |
| Oct 28 | Fishes |
86-88 |
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| Oct 30 | Zoobenthos | 68-72, 78-86 | 665-730 |
| Nov 1 | Food
webs/trophic cascades/and lake ecosystems |
140-155 , 160-164 |
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| Nov 4 | Rivers
and streams |
Supplimentary readings: Johnson et al 1995 BioScience Baley 1995 BioScience |
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| Nov 6 | Watersheds and land use |
Supplimentary readings: Otto et al 2002 Sprawl Report Arnold and Gibbons 1996 APA |
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| Take Home Third Exam Answer Key | |||
| Nov 8 | Dams and reservoirs |
Supplimentary readings: World Commision on Dams Report 2000 |
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| Nov 11 | Wetlands |
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| Nov 13 | Regional ecology of lakes | Supplimentary readings: Hershey et al 1999 BioScience Webster et al 1996 Limnol. & Ocean. |
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| Nov 15 | Exotic species in aquatic systems |
187-193 Supplimentary readings: Mills et al 1994 BioScience (Grt Lakes) Vanderploeg et al 2002 Can J. Fish Aquat.Sci. (Zebra mussels) |
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| Nov 18 | 5
minute group project presentations (click for info) |
Group
Project paper due Nov 21st (click for info) |
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| Nov 20 | Summary and discussion |
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| Nov 23 |
Final
Exam: 3:30 - 6:00 pm |
Exam Questions and Answers Suggested
by the Class |