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EEMB 151/250, Spring 2006 PHYTOPLANKTON PHOTOECOLOGY
When : Tuesday, Thursday 11:00 AM-12:15 PM
Where : Chem 1171
Instructor : Professor Barbara Prézelin
Office Hours: Tuesday, Thursday 12:30-1:30 PM in Bio II room 2137.
4 quizzes : 60% of grade (10-20 % each), April 13, April 27, May 11, May 25
Final : 40% of grade
Final : Wednesday June 14, noon-3PM
For graduate studen ts: short paper; make appointment to discuss content.
Due May 2 nd
Extra credit for undergraduates will be available from time to time
NO TEXTBOOK, course material will be either handed out in class or on line assignments
available at Course website: http://mentor.lscf.ucsb.edu/course/spring/eemb151/
login: eemb151 password: photoecology
April 4 Introduction and assignments
April 6 Sunlight from a phytoplankton perspective
April 11 Biological light absorption: positive and negative effects.
April 13 Photosynthesis: Light harvesting pigments and photosystem I and II.
April 18 Photoregulation of light harvesting pigments and photosystem I and II.
April 20 Photosynthetic carbon fixation and related metabolism
April 25 Photoregulation of photosynthetic carbon fixation and related metabolism
April 27 Photosynthesis-Irradiance curves
May 2 Quantum efficiencies and biological action spectra
May 4 Bio-optical modeling of primary production
May 9 Bio-optical modeling of primary production
May 11 Photoregulation of cell movement and buoyancy
May 16 Day;night cycles and biological clocks
May 18 Examples and consequences of environmental timekeeping
May 23 Ozone, UVB radiation and primary production
May 25 UV photobiology within phytoplankton
May 30 UV photoecology of different phytoplankton communities
June 1 Bio-optical models of primary production corrected for UV effects.
June 6 on line lecture: Bioluminescence
June 8 Catch up and Review