Welcome to Bio 371: Restoration of Aquatic Ecosystems
A Team-Based Student Research Course
Course Description, Requirements
Lecture Topics
September 3 - General introduction: Sea water properties, estuaries, tides, Hudson and Jamaica Bay
September 17 - Oysters: Biology, Ecology, Ecosystem Influences
September 24 - Nutrients and Their Effects on the Water Column, Lab on measurement of chlorophyll
October 1 - Goals of Restoration of Oysters and Problems, Lab on oyster biology
October 8 - set aside for team field trips
Field Trip Dates
September 17 (whole class, depart 12 PM)
September 24 (water quality group, depart 7:30 AM)
October 8 (whole class, restoration of Big Egg Marsh led by George Frame, research scientist, National Park Service)
October 22, (whole class, depart 8 AM) general ecology of Jamaica Bay
Other team trip Dates
To be arranged
Readings for September 3
Introduction to Seawater, Coastal Oceanography, p. 22-25, 38-43
Classic short paper by Newell on oyster effects on ecosystems
Grabowski chapter on value of oyster reef restoration
ppt lecture notes for September 3 (large 30 mb file)
Readings for September 17
Biology of the Oyster - General Document
Controls of Oyster Oxygen Consumption
Environmental effects on Crassostrea virginica
Feeding selectivity of oysters
on line by September 6
Readings for September 24
on line by September 13