Date |
Lecture |
Topic |
Reading |
Assignment Due |
8/25 |
1 |
Introduction
-Overview |
Chap 1 |
|
8/27 |
2 |
Definitions
of Wetlands - Wetlands of the World |
2 & 3 |
|
9/1 |
3 |
Wetlands of North America |
3 |
|
9/3 |
4 |
Classification, Inventory and Delineations |
3 & 8 |
|
9/8 |
5 |
Inland Wetlands |
3 |
|
9/10 |
6 |
Salt Marshes |
3 & 8 |
Visit to Herbarium |
9/15 |
7 |
Mangroves |
3 & 8 |
|
9/17 |
8 |
Field Trip to Sweetwater Wetland |
|
|
9/22 |
9 |
Hydrology, Water Budgets and Models |
4 |
|
9/24 |
10 |
Nutrient Cycling |
5 |
Quiz |
9/29 |
11 |
Biological Adaptations |
6 |
|
10/1 |
12 |
Limnology |
7 |
First Paper Due
|
10/6 |
13 |
Riparian Zones and Mississippi Wetlands |
3 & 8 |
|
10/8 |
14 |
Sea Grass Beds |
|
|
10/13 |
15 |
Aquatic Nuisance Species (Laws and Impacts) |
|
|
10/15 |
16 |
Riparian Zones |
3 & 8 |
|
10/20 |
17 |
First Mid Term |
|
|
10/22 |
18 |
Riparian Zones |
3 & 8 |
|
10/27 |
19 |
Constructed Wetlands |
12 & 13 |
|
10/29 |
20 |
San Pedro River |
CD Rom |
|
11/3 |
21 |
Vernal Pools, Salton
Sea |
|
|
11/5 |
22 |
Santa Cruz - An Effluent-Dominated Stream |
|
|
11/10 |
23 |
Invasive Species |
14 |
|
11/12 |
24 |
Wetland Management, Laws, Protection |
|
|
11/17 |
25 |
Control & Management of Aquatic Plants - Physical and Chemical Handouts |
13 & 14
|
|
11/19 |
26 |
Control & Management of Aquatic Plants - Mechanical and Biological Controls Handouts |
|
|
11/24 |
27 |
Second Mid Term |
|
|
11/26 |
28 |
Thanksgiving Holiday |
|
|
12/1 |
29 |
Student Presentations |
|
Second Paper Due |
12/3 |
30 |
Environmental Issues - Case studies, Student Presentations
|
|
Graduate Experimental Paper Due |
12/8 |
31 |
Student Presentations |
|
|
12/10 |
|
Reading (Dead) day |
|
|
12/15 |
|
Final Exam (1-3 pm) |
|
|