The cellular biology, systematics, evolutionary relationships, and ecology of algae are discussed. Locally and regionlly important taxa are emphasized.
Course includes lecture, lab, field work, unknowns, papers, and team exercises.
Fundamentals of plant biology are illuminated using unifying features of life. Common regional plants are identified, kingdomes of life are sureyed and life histories are emphasized. Areas include community composition, biogeography, sensonal successio, biomass measures, and algal microhabitat descriptions. These organisms survive extremely inhospitable environments by avoiding environment stress with remarkable dessication resistant metabolism adaptations. Freshwater Phytoplankton Ecology Field research in taxonomic composition, successional dynamics and biomass fluctuations.