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Invertebrate Zoology Lab


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September 19, 2007.
Collecting Trip to Holmes Lake, Lancaster County, NE.

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BIOS381

Wednesday 1:30-4:20 pm

Fall 2007

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October 24, 2007.
Polychaetes from Baja California Kelp Holdfast
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Invertebrate Zoology - BioSci 381 - Fall 2007
Lecture Instructor: Dr. John Janovy Jr., 424 Manter Hall, University of Nebraska-Lincoln email: jjanovy1@unlserve.unl.edu
Teaching Assistant: Alaine Knipes 426 Manter Hall, University of Nebraska-Lincoln email: aknipes1@bigred.unl.edu
Textbook: Invertebrate Zoology by Ruppert, Fox and Barnes, 7th Ed. 2004.

Fall 2007 Syllabus

Lab One (Aug 29, 2007): Comparative Study of Protozoan and Metazoan Body Plans: Amoebas, Porifera, Cnidaria, Platyhelminthes, Nematoda, and Annelida.
Lab Two (Sept 5, 2007): Comparative Study of Protozoan and Metazoan Body Plans: Rotifera, Cnidaria, Acanthocephala, Mollusca, Annelida, and Arthropoda. Set up Infusion cultures: Phase 1.
Lab Three (Sept 12, 2007): Field trip and collection at a local stream and Class Collection Data.
Lab Four (Sept 19, 2007): Field trip and collection at a local pond. Set up infusion cultures: Phase 2.
Lab Five (Sept 26, 2007): Parasites of fishes. NOTEBOOKS DUE. (1) Notebook checklist. (2) Tree Handout. (3) TODAY'S LECTURE ppt. (4) Lecture Audio file
Lab Six (Oct 3, 2007): Protistan Diversity. Preparation for infusion culture lab. Set up infusion cultures: Phase 3.
Lab Seven (Oct 10, 2007): Infusion cultures—"Succession in a Jar". Excel spreadsheets: Blank (infusion) and Class data (infusion).
Lab Eight (Oct 17, 2007): Intestinal Parasites of Ducks! and Excel spreadsheets: Blank (duck Parasite) and Class data (duck parasite).
Lab Nine (Oct 24, 2007): Kelp holdfast: Polychaetes.
Lab Ten (Oct 31, 2007): Kelp holdfast: Mollusca. NOTEBOOKS DUE. (1) Notebook Checklist Two.
Lab Eleven (Sunday Nov 4, 2007): Field Trip (by John Janovy Jr.) to the Henry Doorly Zoo, Omaha, Nebraska. (Zoo Pictures)
Lab Twelve (Nov 7, 2007): Field Trip (by John Janovy Jr.) to the University of Nebraska State Museum at Morrill Hall
Lab Thirteen (Nov 28, 2007): Phylum Echinodermata.
Lab (Dec 5, 2007): Lab Final Exam. NOTEBOOKS DUE. (1) Notebook Checklist Three (2) Final Practical Sample Questions

Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Alaine Knipes : PhD Candidate : School of Biological Sciences : University of Nebraska-Lincoln, NE 68588
Phone: (402) 472-2754 email