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Biology of Fishes - MNS 354CSecond Summer Session - 2004Instructor: Lee A. FuimanTeaching Assistant: Maria C. AlvarezClass Web Page: www.utmsi.utexas.edu/people/staff/fuiman/mns354c/classwork/Fish pictures: click here |
Lecture Schedule | Laboratory Schedule | Grading | Reading material
Course Information
We will be studying anatomy, behavior, life history, taxonomy, and distribution of fishes, with emphasis on field sampling and laboratory studies of the coastal ichthyofauna. There are several field trips in addition to lectures, including one weekend trip.
Attendance is crucial to gaining the most from this course and doing well. It is important that you do not fall behind, because a lot of material is covered within a 5-week period. Completing the assigned readings in advance will help you understand and follow the lectures more easily. It is also to your advantage to form study groups to prepare for an exam or complete assignments.
Midterm and final examinations will coincide with material provided in lecture as well as in the assigned readings. These exams will test your abilities to understand the main ideas conveyed during lecture and described during readings. Do not take preparation for these exams lightly, for they constitute half of your overall grade.
The laboratory practical will test your knowledge of the material covered in the lab meetings, with emphasis on what you will gain from hands-on experience both in the field and in the lab. Learning the taxonomy and proper methods for identification of the species collected in the field will be necessary and important when preparing for the lab practical. The lab practical will cover material from each of the five field trips and four in-lab activities. Furthermore, the lab activities will provide you with a reference to the material obtained in lecture and will help you when studying for exams.
Quizzes will be given by the teaching assistant during certain labs. The specifics of the quiz format and times will be provided in the first lab. Homework assignments will be given periodically in lecture to help guide you through the important concepts
A research project will be assigned to you early in the term as well as a detailed description of what is expected of you for this assignment. The project will require you to gain insight for the literature as well as your lab experiences. You will be graded on content and presentation of your project.
Lecture Schedule |
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Readings |
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12-Jul |
Introduction; Locomotion | Moyle & Cech: ch. 1 & 2; Magnuson (1978:277-288).optional: Vogel (1981), ch. 5.; Webb (1984) |
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14-Jul |
Buoyancy and Thermal Regulation | Moyle & Cech: ch. 5, ch. 6:Freezing Resistance, ch. 36: Antarctic Fishes; Holland et al. (1992). optional: Steen (1970). |
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16-Jul |
Respiration and Circulation | Moyle & Cech: ch. 3 & 4; Leim (1981); Sollid et al. (2003). |
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19-Jul |
Hydromineral Balance and Excretion | Moyle & Cech: ch. 6 & 7:Excretion. optional: Parry (1961); Holliday (1969). |
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21-Jul |
Sensory Perception I | Moyle & Cech: ch. 10 |
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23-Jul |
Sensory Perception II | Moyle & Cech: ch. 10.; Walker et al. (1997); Montgomery et al. (1997) |
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26-Jul |
catch-up or review | |
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28-Jul |
MIDTERM EXAMINATION |
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30-Jul |
Feeding & Digestion | Moyle & Cech: ch. 7. optional: Gibson & Ezzi (1985). |
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2-Aug |
Reproduction & Development | Moyle & Cech: ch. 9; Fuiman (2002); Conover & Kynard (1981). |
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4-Aug |
Energetics and Growth | Moyle & Cech: ch. 8.; Gross et al. (1988), Leggett & Carscadden (1978). |
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6-Aug |
Migration and Schooling | Moyle & Cech: ch. 11.; Lecomte-Finiger (1994). |
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9-Aug |
Predation and Competition | Moyle & Cech: ch. 27, 37; Weisberg (1986); optional: Fuiman & Magurran (1994) |
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11-Aug |
Fish Communities and Conservation | Moyle & Cech: ch. 37 |
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13-Aug |
Evolution and Diversity | Moyle & Cech: ch. 13, 26 |
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14 or 16-Aug |
FINAL EXAMINATION |
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Laboratory Schedule*
*Field trip: Gulf of Mexico (R/V Longhorn) is a 24-hour cruise over the weekend. |
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IMPORTANT!
- On all field trips, protect yourself from the sun (sun block, hat, sunglasses, etc.).
- Shoes are required at all times, whether the lab takes place in the building or in the field. Sandals are not sufficient protection for working in the field or aboard ships.
Grading
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Reading Material
Textbooks:
- Moyle, P.B., and J.J. Cech, Jr. 2000. Fishes: An Introduction to Ichthyology. Prentice-Hall. Fourth Edition.
- Hoese, H.D., and R.H. Moore. 1998. Fishes of the Gulf of Mexico, Texas, Louisiana, and Adjacent Waters. Texas A & M University Press.
Library Reserve Reading List:
- Conover, D.O., and B.E. Kynard. 1981. Environmental sex determination: interaction of temperature and genotype in a fish. Science 213:577-579.
- Fuiman, L.A. 2002. Special considerations of fish eggs and larvae. Pages 1-32. In: L.A. Fuiman and R.G. Werner, editors. Fishery Science: The Unique Contributions of Early Life Stages. Blackwell Science, Oxford.
- Fuiman, L.A., and A.E. Magurran. 1994. Development of predator defences in fishes. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries 4:145-183.
- Gibson, R.N. and I.A. Ezzi. 1985. Effect of particle concentration on filter- and particulate-feeding in the herring Clupea harengus. Marine Biology 88:109-116.
- Gross, M.R., R.M. Coleman and R.M. McDowall. 1988. Aquatic productivity and the evolution of diadromous fish migration. Science 239:1291-1293.
- Hoese, H.D., and R.H. Moore. 1998. Fishes of the Gulf of Mexico, Texas, Louisiana, and Adjacent Waters. Texas A & M University Press.
- Holland, K.N., R.W. Brill, R.K.C. Chang, J.R. Sibert, and D.A. Fournier. 1992. Physiological and behavioural thermoregulation in bigeye tuna (Thunnus obesus). Nature 358:410-412.
- Holliday, F.G.T. 1969. The effects of salinity on the eggs and larvae of teleosts. Pages 293-311. In: W.S. Hoar and D.J. Randall, eds. Fish Physiology, volume 1. Academic Press.
- Lecomte-Finiger, R. The early life of the European eel. 1994. Nature 370:424.
- Leggett, W.C., and J.E. Carscadden. 1978. Latitudinal variation in reproductive characteristics of American shad (Alosa sapidissima): evidence for population specific life history strategies in fish. Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada 35:1469-1478.
- Leim. K.F. 1981. Larvae of air-breathing fishes as countercurrent flow devices in hypoxic environments. Science 211:1177-1179.
- Magnuson, J.J. 1978. Locomotion by scombrid fishes: hydromechanics, morphology, and behavior. C. Adaptations for drag reduction. Pages 277-288. In: W.S. Hoar and D.J. Randall, eds. Fish Physiology, volume 7. Academic Press.
- Montgomery, J.C., C.F. Baker, and A.G. Carton. 1997. The lateral line can mediate rheotaxis in fish. Nature 389:960-963.
- Moyle, P.B., and J.J. Cech, Jr. 1996. Fishes: An Introduction to Ichthyology. Prentice-Hall.
- Parry, G. 1961. Osmotic and ionic changes in blood and muscle of migrating salmonids. Journal of Experimental Biology 38:411-427
- Sollid, J., P. De Angelis, K. Gundersen, and G.E. Nilsson. 2003. Hypoxia induces adaptive and reversible gross morphological changes in crucian carp gills. Journal of Experimental Biology 206:3667-3673. (PDF)
- Steen, J.B. 1970. The swim bladder as a hydrostatic organ. Pages 414-443. In: W.S. Hoar and D.J. Randall, eds. Fish Physiology, volume 4. Academic Press.
- Vogel, S. 1981. Life in Moving Fluids. Chapter 5: Drag, scale, and Reynolds number. Princeton University Press.
- Walker, M.M., C.E. Diebel, C.V. Haugh, J.C. Montgomery, P.M. Pankhurst, and C.R. Green. 1997. Structure and function of the vertebrate magnetic sense. Nature 390:371-376.
- Webb, P.W. 1984. Form and function in fish swimming. Scientific American 251(1):72-82.
Weisberg, S.B. 1986. Competition and coexistence among four estuarine species of Fundulus. American Zoologist 26:249-257.