Lecture Schedule

Date	Topic	Dawes  Chapter
1/21	Marine plants and their habitats	1
1/28	Abiotic Factors	2
2/4	Biotic Factors, journal article #1	3
2/11	Physiological Ecology 1:  Light and photosynthesis	4
2/18	Physiological Ecology 2:  Temperature and Salinity	4
2/25	Human impacts on marine plants (Exam)	5
3/4	Macroalgal biology 1:  Chlorophyta	6
3/11	Macroalgal biology 2:  Phaeophyta	6
3/18	SPRING BREAK
3/25	Macroalgal biology 3:  Rhodophyta, journal article #2	6
4/1	Marine Flowering plants:  Seagrass Taxonomy	handout
4/8	Microalgae and their communities	7, 8
4/15	Ecosystem Ecology 1:  Saltmarshes and Seagrasses,  journal article #3	9, 11
4/22	Ecosystem Ecology 2:  Mangroves and Coral Reefs	10,12
4/29	Ecosystem Ecology 3:  measuring productivity, species diversity  and genetic diversity.	handout
5/6	Final and Clean-up