BIO 315: Biology of Invertebrates
Lecture/Lab schedule
| Date | Day | Lecture | Laboratory | Pechenik | ||
| 9:45-10:50 Allyn Hall 270 | 10:25-2:05 | |||||
| March | 26 | M | Introduction to Invertebrates | Ch. 1 | ||
| 27 | T | Lab orientation | ||||
| 28 | W | Classification & relationships | Ch. 2 | |||
| April | 2 | M | Protozoans | Ch. 3 | ||
| 3 | T | Protozoans/Porifera | ||||
| 4 | W | Porifera | Ch. 4 | |||
| 9 | M | Cnidaria and Ctenophores | Ch. 5,6,7 | |||
| 10 | T |
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Cnidarian comparative morphology | |||
| 11 | W | Lophophorates (Tim Wood) | Ch. 19 | |||
| 16 | M | Platyhelminths | Ch. 8,9 | |||
| 17 | T |
Midterm I Flatworms, Fouling assemblage
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| 18 | W | Rotifera & related phyla | Ch. 10,11,18 | |||
| 23 | M | Molluscs | Ch. 12 | |||
| 24 | T | Mollusc comparative morphology/ ciliary feeding in Mussel | ||||
| 25 | W | Molluscs | Ch. 12 | |||
| May | 2 | M | Annelids | Ch. 13 | ||
| 3 | T | Fossil trip (Caesar Creek). | ||||
| 4 | W | Nematoda and others | Ch.16 | |||
| 7 | M | Tardigrades, Onycophora, Chelicerates | Ch. 15, 17 | |||
| 8 | T | Midterm II rotifers, oligochaete dissection | ||||
| 9 | W | Arthropods - Chelicerates | Ch. 14 | |||
| 14 | M | Arthropods - Crustacea | Ch. 14 | |||
| 15 | T | Decapods/phyllopods/isopods, WSU woods soil inverts (collection) | ||||
| 16 | W | Arthropods - Crustacea 2 | Ch. 14 | |||
| 21 | M | Arthropods - Hexapoda | Ch. 14 | |||
| 22 | T | WSU woods soil inverts (analysis), Hexapoda | ||||
| 23 | W | Arthropods - Hexapoda 2 | Ch. 19 | |||
| 28 | M | Memorial Day | ||||
| 29 | T | Pond sampling Field trip – |
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| 30 | W | Echinoderms, Hemichordates | Ch.20-22 | |||
| June | 6 | W | Final Exam 8:30 AM |