BOT 5646  The Ecology and Physiology of Aquatic Plants
2004 Schedule
January
Fox & Bow  F 9 Introduction to course, schedule field trips etc.
                          Lab: Canceled for field trips

Fox  M 12      General introduction to aquatic plants
Bow  F 16      Hydrilla: super-food or super-scam?
                        Lab: Canceled for field trips
 
         M 19  ---Martin Luther King Day---
Bow  F 23        Physiology
                      Lab:  Bowes’ lecture and plant ID with Haller

Bow M 26      Physiology
Bow F  30      Physiology
                        Lab: Plant ID with Haller

February
Bow M 2         Physiology
Fox F 6            Florida lake choices: pea-green or gin-clear?
                        Lab: Jeff Schardt, FL DEP aquatic plant management in Florida

Fox M  9          Trophic status
Fox F 13          Competition between phytoplankton and macrophytes
                        Lab: Steve Miller, SJWMD, water management in FL & plant ID with Fox

Fox  M 16        Studies of competition in aquatic systems
Haller F 20        International issues with aquatic plants
                         Lab: Plant ID exam with Haller

Fox  M 23        Sampling for aquatic plants
Fox  F 27         Aquatic ecosystems structure and energy transfer
                         Lab: Mike Hulon FL FWCC - Lake restoration for fisheries

March
Allen M 1        Fish and aquatic plants
Allen F 5         Fisheries, fishing and weeds
                       Lab: Canceled for field trips

6 - 13            Spring break

Fox M 15        Reproductive mechanisms of aquatic plants
Fox  F 19        Dispersal mechanisms of aquatic plants
                       Lab: Group presentations

Fox  M 22        Aquatic plant strategies
Bow F 26        Physiological adaptations that make hydrilla competitive
                        Lab: Jana Newman SFWMD – Everglades restoration project
                        Co-authored manuscripts due
S 27                 First date for Rodman Reservoir field trip

Bow M 29        Physiological adaptations to flooding

April
Fox F 2            River plant communities
                        Lab: Mike Kane’s micro-propagation Lab and review of plant ID
S 3                   Back-up date for Rodman or trip to Lake Toho fisheries restoration
 
Fox M 5           Lake plant communities
Bow F 9           Cleaning water with wetlands: water and sediment nutrient cycling
                        Lab: Final laboratory exam

Bren M 12        Using paleolimnological evidence to understand past global changes
                        Receive take-home Final  Exam

Bow F 16        Productivity of wetland species
                        Lab: Canceled for field trips
S 17                 Emeralda Marsh field trip- wetlands restored to “Save Our Rivers”

Bow M 19        Global change and rice production
                         Final Exam due