Reading Assignments (download in MS Word)
Reading and Homework Assignments
Readings build on subjects taught in EEMB142B by Dr. Norm Nelson. His lectures can be found at: http://mentor.lscf.ucsb.edu/course/winter/eemb142b/lecture/
Week 1.
Everyone: One handout article only available to pick up in class:
“The phycology of phytoplankton” C. Miller (2004) in Biological Oceanography
Everyone: One CD-ROM “PHYTOPIA”, available in class and to be used all quarter. For
week 1, explore section on Diatoms. and be able to identify and distinguish major features of
Everyone: Read On-line web pages (largely review from Bio 142B) (links therein are optional)
“What is hydrologic optics”
http://www.serc.si.edu/labs/phytoplankton/primer/hydrops.jsp
“ The Color of the Ocean”
http://science.hq.nasa.gov/oceans/living/color.html
Week 2.
Quiz on Week 1 material only on Thursday of Week 2, April 13th
Everyone: Read On-line web pages “The photosynthetic process”, sections 1,3,4,and 5.
http://www.life.uiuc.edu/govindjee/paper/gov.html
Everyone: Use CD-ROM “PHYTOPIA” to explore section on Dinoflagellates. and be prepared to identify and distinguish major features of
Undergrads:Download and read Abstract and Introduction only of following article
Grads: Download and read entire article
“Variations in the light absorption coefficients of phytoplankton, nonalgal particles, and dissolved organic matter in coastal waters around Europe”
http://www.obs-vlfr.fr/~claustre/fichiers%20PDF/Babin_et_al_JGR_03.pdf
Week 3
Everyone: One handout article only available to pick up in class:
“Habitat Determinants of Primary Production in the Sea” C. Miller (2004) in Biological Oceanography
Everyone: Read On-line article at http://www.lifesci.ucsb.edu/eemb/labs/prezelin/publications.html
Jovine, R., Triplett, E. L., Nelson, N. B. and B. B. Prézelin (1992) Quantification of Chromophore pigments, apoprotein abundance and isoelectric variants of peridinin-chlorophyll a -protein complexes (PCPs) in the dinoflagellate Heterocapsa pygmaea, grown under variable light conditions. Plant and Cell Physiology 33: 733-741.
Everyone: Use CD-ROM “PHYTOPIA” to explore Class section entitled “Others” and be prepared to identify and distinguish major features of
Week 4
Quiz on Weeks 1-3 material on Thursday of Week 3
Everyone: Read On-line article at http://plantcell.lu.se/ltm/default.html or Download PDF
Note that article had be downloaded in its entirety and read on line in a somewhat more
interactive and colorful version.
John F. Allen “Light, Time and Micro-organisms”, from Society for General Microbiology Symposium 56 (1998) in Microbial Responses to Light and Time, edited by Caddick, Baumberg, Hodgson, and Phillips-Jones.
Everyone: Use CD-ROM “PHYTOPIA” to explore Class section entitled “Harmful?” and be prepared to identify and distinguish major features of
NB: Harmful does not necessarily mean toxin producer. Read carefully and be sure to look at extra picture provided on the CD-ROM.
Week 5
Every one: Continue Reading of John F. Allen “Light, Time and Micro-organisms”
No Phytopia assignments this week.
Week 6
Quiz on Weeks 1-5 material on Thursday of Week 5
No additional reading assignment.
Readings:
Every one: Prézelin, B. B. and A. C. Ley (1980)Photosynthesis and chlorophyll a fluorescence rhythms in marine phytoplankton. Marine Biology 55(4): 295-307. Download from one of 2 sites: By title under Scholar search in Google (better quality pdf) or at http://www.lifesci.ucsb.edu/eemb/labs/prezelin/publications/PDF/1980/1980_Prezelin,Ley_295-307.pdf
Everyone: Kruskopf, M and Flynn, K. J. 2006 Chlorophyll content and fluorescence responses cannot be used to gauge reliably phytoplankton biomass, nutrient status or growth rate New Phytologist.V ol. 169 P. 525. Download from our website link or find at http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1469-8137.2005.01601.x or just (Download PDF)
Graduate students: Sugget et al. (see handout) Fast repetition rate and pulse amplitude modulation chlorophyll a fluorescence measurements for assessment of photosynthetic electron transport in marine phytoplankton
Every one: Ildikó Szabó, I, Bergantino, E. & Giacometti, G. 2005 Light and oxygenic photosynthesis: energy dissipation as a protection mechanism against photo-oxidation EMBO 2005 vol 6, 629-634 (Download PDF)
Every one: Schofield, O., Prézelin, B. B., Kroon, B. M. A. 1995. Impact of ultraviolet-B radiation on photosystem II activity and its relationship to the inhibition of carbon fixation rates for Antarctic ice algaecommunities. Journal of Phycology 31: 703-715. (Download PDF) - was also a handout in class
Everyone: Use CD-ROM “PHYTOPIA” to identify and distinguish the following well known phytoplankton species. Be sure to check out Extra images available.
Everyone: JTO Kirk “Photosynthesis as a Function of Incident Light”, Chapt 10 in: Light and Photosynthesis in Aquatic Ecosystems (handout)
Graduate students: E.Sakshaug, A.Bricaud, Y.Dandonneau, P.G.Falkowski, D.A.Kiefer, L.Legendre, A.Morel, J.Parslow and M.Takahashi 1997. Parameters of photosynthesis: definitions, theory and interpretation of results. Journal of Plankton Research Vol.19 no.11 pp.1637-1670
Everyone: Smith, R.C., Prezelin, B.B., Baker, K.S., Bidigare, R.R., Boucher, N.P., Coley, T., Karentz, D., MacIntyre, S., Matlick, H.A., Menzies, D., Ondrusek, M., Wan, Z., Waters, K.J. (1992) Ozone Depletion: Ultraviolet Radiation and Phytoplankton Biology in Antarctica Waters Science 255:952-959 (handout)
Everyone: check out the following websites for more information on ozone depletion and UV radiation in marine environments.
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Library/UVB/
http://ozonewatch.gsfc.nasa.gov/
http://ozonewatch.gsfc.nasa.gov/facts/hole.html
Week 9
Everyone: JTO Kirk “Ecological Strategies”, Chapt 12 in: Light and Photosynthesis in Aquatic Ecosystems (handout)
Graduate students: Ibelings, B. W., Kroon, B.M.A. and L. R. Mur (1994) Acclimation of photosystem II in a cyanobacterium and a eukaryotic green alga to high and fluctuating photosynthetic photon flux densities, simulating light regimes induced by mixing in lakes. New Phytol 124, 407-424
Everyone: Plant Responses to Light: Phototaxis, Photomorphogenesis, and Photoperiodism website:
NB: read all links on this and subsequent pages, not responsible for higher plant specific information
http://www.biologie.uni-hamburg.de/b-online/e30/30.htm
Week 10:
Everyone:ALGAE KNOW THE TIME OF DAY: CIRCADIAN AND PHOTOPERIODIC PROGRAMS Lena Suzuki, Carl Hirschie Johnson, Journal Phycology 2001
Everyone: Phytoplankton Bioluminescence
http://www.mbari.org/staff/conn/botany/dinos/alimon/biolumin.htm
http://www.lifesci.ucsb.edu/~biolum/
http://www.mcb.harvard.edu/hastings/Images/bioluminescence.html
http://www.bion.si/BiolSenzor03/MF-algaeE.htm
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Take home final (WILL BE AVAILABLE HERE)
and must be downloaded from website by Friday June 10th and are due by 8 AM Thursday 15th. Email directly to prezelin@lifesci.ucsb.edu. In emergency, call 805-698-0317
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