Marine Ichthyology 2007


Greg Cailliet
Office: MLML 407
Office Hours:  Wed/Thurs best
cailliet@mlml.calstate.edu
 Lara Ferry-Graham
Office: MLML 416
Office Hours:  Wed/Thurs best
lfgraham@mlml.calstate.edu
 Ashley Neway (TA)
Student Offices
Office Hours:  by appointment
aneway@mlml.calstate.edu
 Kimberly Quaranta (TA)
Student Offices
Office Hours:  by appointment
kquaranta@mlml.calstate.edu



Handouts and other useful stuff (pdf and word docs):
Class Preparation:
How to Write a Research Report
How to Review a Paper
Tips for Presentations
How to Write a (Grant) Proposal
*Grading criteria for class project proposals (oral)
*Grading criteria for class project proposals (written)
*Grading criteria for class projects (oral)
*Grading criteria for class projects (written)
*Fishbase exercise grading criteria
*Synonymy grading criteria

Study Aids:
Corrections to Nelson 2006
Comparison of relevant pages in Moyle and Cech '04 and Helfman et al. '97
Morganroth's Skeletal Anatomy of the Rockfish
Mead and Bradbury's Names of Bones
MLML Teaching Collection sorted by Family
MLML Teaching Collection sorted by accession number
Extant Fishes
Photographs of the museum "bin" fishes for studying
R/V POINT SUR fish collection images
 Field Trip Preparation:
Point Sur Cruise Plan
Point Sur Release Form
Get driving directions to California Academy of Sciences (Howard St)

Field/Lab Tools/Techniques/Procedures:
Clearing and Staining Instructions
Aquarium Room SOP

Fishes to Know from Local Habitats:
Monterey Submarine Canyon
Demersal Fishes
Elkhorn Slough
Subtidal Fishes
Sandy Beach Fishes
Pelagic Fishes

Where to Learn More About Fishes:
Ichthyological Websites


Readings:
Articles cited in class as well as required & recommended readings are available through the MLML library reserves.  The pdfs are maintained by the MLML library staff.  They have a good FAQ page to help you get started in using the library as a resource.  If you cannot gain access, please see the library staff.

Powerpoint Lectures:
(posted after class has met)
Introduction
Fossil Fishes
Phylogeny of Fishes Part I
Phylogeny of Fishes Part II
Systematics
 Deep Sea (photos)
Slough and Sandy Beach
Kelp Bed, Rocky Subtidal, and Coral Reef
Rocky Intertidal | Rocky Intertidal Short (photos)
 Feeding and Prey Capture
Locomotion, Bouyancy
Energy and Oxygen
Sensory Mechanisms
History of Ichthyology


Pop Culture Ichythy stuff:
Mudskippers in Guinness Ads
Volkswagen Jetta's "Coelacanth" Full-sized Spare Tire
The truth about Nemo


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