Laboratory/Field Syllabus
(Spring 2014)
LABORATORY/FIELD SCHEDULE for POPULATION BIOLOGY SPRING, 2014 |
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WEEK OF |
"LAB" LECTURE
| THEME 1 LABORATORY WET WORK |
THEME 2 FIELD WORK | THEME 3 DATA ANALYSIS/SIMULATION MODELLING |
1/28/14 | 1) Lab Philosophy |
2) Brief introduction to the frog room and Bombina |
3) general tour of the poikilothermic vertebrates of the Reed Canyon. |
4) Brief introduction to lab macs and software |
2/04 | 1) Experiments in Ecology and Evolution; 2) Introduction to PopBio, MetaPop, and Jmp ; 3) ASSIGNMENT 1 |
4) Working with stickleback and images; digital cameras, images, and software. 5) Injecting Bombina; Fertilization, |
6) Stickleback sampling (5 lake and 5 pond fish measured). 7) Two 5m x 5m quadrats per student set up in the Canyon. |
8) Recording and storing data in JMP 9) Introduction to PopBio and RAMAS. Tutorial 1. |
2/11 | 1) Probability distributions and summary statistics; 2) Articulating Hypotheses and the importance of randomization in Experimental design; 3) Amphibian biology; 4) ASSIGNMENT 2 |
5) Begin Bombina experiment. Tadpoles just hatched and one week old. | 6) TBA | 7) Some simple statistical simulations 8) RAMAS continuation; Tutorial 2. |
2/18 | 1) Estimation and hypothesis testing; Analysis of Variance I. 2) Stickleback natural history 3) ASSIGNMENT 3 |
4) Tadpole experiment 2nd
size measurements; launch tadpoles into treatments. |
5) Two more 5 m x 5m quadrats per student set up for a total of four per student. 6) Stickleback sampling (5 lake and 5 pond fish measured). |
6) RAMAS continuation. Tutorial 3. |
2/25 | 1) Analysis of Variance II. |
4) Tadpole experiment; third set of measurements; |
5) Quadrat searching. Data collection begins. 6) Stickleback sampling continues (5 lake and 5 pond fish measured). |
6) RAMAS continuation. Tutorial 4. |
3/04 | 1) Analysis of Variance III; Covariance, correlation, and regression 2) Discuss oral presentations |
3) Tadpole experiment, wrap up. |
4) TBA | 5) RAMAS continuation |
3/10 | POSTER PRESENTATIONS ON BOMBINA | POSTER PRESENTATIONS ON BOMBINA
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POSTER PRESENTATIONS ON BOMBINA | POSTER PRESENTATIONS ON BOMBINA |
SPRING BREAK | SPRING BREAK | SPRING BREAK | SPRING BREAK | |
3/25 | Independent projects | Independent projects and simulation experiments | Independent Projects | Independent Projects; Prepare for 4/05/10 |
4/01 | Independent projects | Independent Projects |
Independent Projects | Independent Projects; Prepare for 4/05/10 |
4/08 | ORAL PRESENTATIONS ON POPULATION VIABILITY ANALYSIS | ORAL PRESENTATIONS ON POPULATION VIABILITY ANALYSIS | ORAL PRESENTATIONS ON POPULATION VIABILITY ANALYSIS | ORAL PRESENTATIONS ON POPULATION VIABILITY ANALYSIS |
4/15 | Open Discussion | Independent projects | Independent Projects | Independent Projects |
4/22 | Open Discussion | Independent projects | Independent Projects | Independent Projects |
4/29 | Open Discussion | Independent proj (due 5/07 no exceptions) | Independent Projects | Independent Projects |
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