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... BIO 464 Freshwater Invertebrate Zoology Instructor: Dr. Theo Light Franklin Science Center Email Office phone Office hours: MWF 9:00-10:40am Office hours zoom link I welcome you to drop by office hours in person or on zoom. If those hours dont work for you, please make an appointment. Email is the best way to reach me. Meeting times & locations: Lecture M 1:00-3:00; Lab W 1:00 3:00, both in FSC Welcome! Invertebrates make up 95% of animal diversity and show a fascinating array of body plans and ecological adaptations. The major phyla are well-represented in freshwater, and they are excellent indicators of ecological conditions. To succeed in this class, please attend regularly and complete all discussion readings before class, with notes due as described below. Textbook chapters should be skimmed in advance of each lecture; read in detail after class about topics emphasized in lecture. Course Description: This course will survey the ecology, evolution, and conservation of the invertebrate phyla, with a focus on freshwater invertebrates. This will be a practical course intended for anyone with an interest in aquatic ecology and environmental assessment. Lab will emphasize the collection and identification of Pennsylvania taxa and their use in bioassessment of freshwater habitats. Course goals: This course will help you develop the necessary skills to discuss the phylogeny, life histories, ecology, and conservation significance of the major taxa of freshwater invertebrates identify major invertebrate phyla and many freshwater taxa (class, order, family) by sight use keys to identify freshwater invertebrates to family or genus measure invertebrate density and diversity using standard methods apply aquatic invertebrate bioassessment protocols to test for environmental impacts Required text: Thorp and Covich, Eds (2009) Ecology and Classification of North American Freshwater Invertebrates, Third Edition. Academic Press. ISBN 9780123748553. eBook available via the Library (unlimited users) https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/ship/detail.action?docID=1781029 Optional: Peckarsky (1990) Freshwater Macroinvertebrates of Northeastern North America, Cornell. (Very worthwhile if you expect to work in the aquatic ecology field; look for used copies.) Other gear: hip waders or old sneakers (and a willingness to get wet) for field sampling. NO sandals or flip-flops you will be kicking rocks! If youre serious about this, I recommend a quality hand lens and two pairs of forceps, one finely pointed, and one soft pair of entomology forceps Grading: 2 lecture exams lab quizzes & assignments collection & field/lab notebook Reading notes Participation (lab, field, discussion) Annotated bibliography [Discussion leading (graduate students only) BIO 464 Freshwater Invertebrate Zoology 200 100 125 25 30 60 20] T. Light, Shippensburg University Grade Scale: 90-92: A-, 93-100: A 80-82: B-, 83-86: B, 87-89: B+ 70-76: C, 77-79: C+ 60-69: D (graduate F) < 60%: F 1 [Research proposal (graduate students only) Total Points (Approximate) 40] 540 [600 grads] COURSE POLICIES Attendance: Regular attendance is expected and will enhance your learning and enjoyment of this class! Please come to class prepared to ask and answer questions on the reading and to participate in discussions and labs. Lab attendance is mandatory. If you need to miss class or (especially) lab due to a university event, emergency, or illness, please contact me in advance or as soon as possible. Each unexcused absence from lab will result in a reduction of your final course grade by 3%. Late assignments: Since everyones preparation is needed for a successful discussion, reading notes will not be accepted late. For other assignments, you have 3 grace days you can use as needed; after the grace days, all work will lose 10% per day. If you used grace days, please note on your assignment how many you used. Academic integrity: Intellectual development requires honesty, responsibility, and doing your own work. Be especially careful to avoid too-close paraphrasing in reading notes and the annotated bibliography. Use your own words and summarize; never use copy-paste. Direct quotes are rare in science and should be avoided, even if placed in quotes and cited correctly. Useful information on avoiding plagiarism can be found here. You should be familiar with the Shippensburg University Academic Dishonesty Policy. Cheating or plagiarism will result in penalties ranging from grade reduction on the assignment to failure in the course, as well as referral to the dean of students. NOTE: you may not submit work for credit in this course which has been or will be submitted for credit in another course, unless you obtain written permission from both instructors in advance. Technology: I will post assignments, announcements, readings, and lecture slides (usually after lecture) on D2L. Please get in the habit of checking it, and your university email, regularly! Note that emails from non-university accounts may not reach meplease use your university account. 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The only exceptions to the faculty member's reporting obligation are when incidents of sexual violence are communicated by a student during 1. a classroom discussion; 2. in a writing assignment for a class; or 3. as part of a University-approved research project. Faculty members are obligated to report sexual violence or any other abuse of a student who was, or is, a child (a person under 18 years of age) when the abuse allegedly occurred to the person designated in the University protection of minors policy found here: https://www.ship.edu/globalassets/no-more/su-protection-and-supervision-of-minors-oncampus.pdf Information regarding the resources that are available to victims of sexual violence are set forth here https://www.ship.edu/life/resources/womens-center/resources/ and reporting processes and BIO 464 Freshwater Invertebrate Zoology T. Light, Shippensburg University 2 resolution can be found here: https://www.ship.edu/globalassets/administration-finance/policies/701002-sexual-misconduct-policy.pdf Schedule of topics, labs, activities, and readings (subject to change with prior notice) Date Topic Reading Assignments M 8/23 W 8/25 M 8/30 W W M W M W 9/1 9/1 9/6 9/8 9/13 9/15 M 9/20 W 9/22 M 9/27 W 9/29 M 10/4 W 10/6 M 10/11 W 10/13 M 10/18 W 10/20 M 10/25 W 10/27 M 11/1 W 11/3 M 11/8 W 11/10 M 11/15 W 11/17 Lec: Introduction to major groups and aquatic habitats Lab: Protists: common FW taxa Lec: Porifera & Cnidaria Disc: Should freshwater jellyfish be considered invasive? Field: Wednesday morning collection trip: Opossum Lake Lab: Porifera, Cnidaria, Bryozoa & more ~ Labor Day holiday no class ~ Lec: Platyhelminthes, Nemertea, Nematoda, Nematomorpha Lec: Rotifers, Gastrotrichs, Bryozoans Lab: Plankton & stream sampling - flatworms, rotifers, etc Lec: Annelida Disc: What are branchiobdellidans doing on crayfish? Field: Weds morning collecting trip: South Mountain (10-12) Lab: Annelida (oligochaetes, leeches, branchiobdellidans) Lec: Mollusca: Gastropods and bivalves Lab: Mollusca; work on collections Lec: Mollusca Disc: Freshwater mussel conservation Lab: Mollusca; work on collections MIDTERM (Ch 1-13) & lab quiz 2 Lec: Tardigrades; Intro to Arthropods, water mites, spiders ~ No Lecture Fall Break Oct 18-19 ~ Lab: Tardigrade hunt! & work on collections Lec: Crustaceans: Amphipods, Isopods, Ostracods Field: Wednesday morning plankton & stream sampling Lab: Crustaceans; work on collections Lec: Arthropods: Branchiopods and Copepods Lab: Crustaceans; work on collections Lec: Arthropods: Decapods Disc: crayfish invasions Lab: Crustaceans & Insects; work on collections Lec: Aquatic Insects: Diversity Lab: Aquatic Insects; work on collections M 11/22 Lec: Aquatic Insects: Diversity & Ecology W 11/24 ~ No Lab Thanksgiving Break Nov 24-26 ~ Lec: Aquatic invertebrates and bioassessment M 11/29 Disc: invertebrates in bioassessment of water quality BIO 464 Freshwater Invertebrate Zoology T. Light, Shippensburg University Ch 1, 2 3 4, 5 See D2L Bring pondwater Reading notes ~10-12 am 6, 9 13 7, 8, 13 Start lab at 12:30? 12 See D2L 10, 11 10, 11 See D2L Reading notes Bring crayfish on ice Qz 1: microinvertebrates Topic for annotated bib Reading notes Qz 2: annelids & molluscs 14, 15 Bring moss & lichen 18, 19 On campus, ~ 10-12 am 20, 21 22 See D2L Annotated bibliography Reading notes Qz 3: crustaceans 16 16, 17 17 See D2L Collections DUE Grad proposal DUE Reading notes 3 W 12/1 Lab: Bioassessment of water quality using invertebrates Qz 4: aquatic insects Dec 6-10: Final exam as scheduled during exam week EXAMS and ASSIGNMENTS Exams: There will be two lecture exams and several lab quizzes. Lecture exams (100 pts each) will be primarily short answer and short essay. Periodic lab quizzes will include sight identification of photos, videos, or specimens and brief ecological questions. Please contact me as soon as possible if you must miss an exam; makeups are possible, but I will need documentation. Collection and field/lab notebook: The best way to learn how to identify unknown invertebrates and to get to know what is common in your area is to collect widely and key out your finds. Your main project for the semester will be a collection of 50-60 aquatic invertebrate specimens comprising at least 5 phyla, 20 orders, and 50 families, with at least 20 correctly identified to genus, and at least 5 to species. No more than half your collection can be aquatic insects! For insects that have terrestrial life stages, you must collect and identify the aquatic phase (nymph or larva). Include several individuals of a taxon in each vial if possible. All specimens should be properly preserved in 70% ethanol unless another concentration or preservative is suggested by the text (include preservative information only if other than 70% ethanol). Specimens must include the whole organism except for certain molluscs which can be represented by shellsin particular, DO NOT collect whole/live native mussels, most of which are rare to endangered. Your specimens must be collected by you, during the course of the current semester, and must include proper labels. Labels should be on sturdy paper with the following information neatly printed in pencil or alcohol-proof pen (or laser printed): (1) (2) (3) (4) ID in the form of your initials & specimen number (e.g. TL01) Location name, state and county, latitude & longitude Your name & collection date Taxonomy: Phylum, Order, Family, [Genus or species name] on reverse side or separate label including the specimen ID. Subphylum and class are nice but not critical and seem to be taxonomic levels subject to the most revision in recent years. Check your taxonomy: it should agree with ITIS. This is especially important if you keyed the specimen out using Peckarsky (1990). Example labels: TL03, 08/12/2021 Thompson Hollow Run PA, Cumberland County 40.0166, -77.4469 Coll: T.S. Light TL03 Ph. Arthropoda Or. Decapoda Fam. Cambaridae Cambarus bartonii (underline if handwritten) Your field notebook should include further collection information on each site, including a description of the site, road or other access, any water chemistry or physical data collected, etc. Feel free to include sketches or photographs if they seem relevant. Also include ecological information relevant to the collection, e.g. where and how kick-sampling, dipnetting, or plankton tows took place, and/or hand collection info (e.g., mussel shells collected from streambank). Include with your collection: An organized electronic dataset in csv form that includes the information on the label along with site data and basic ecological information on each species (template provided). BIO 464 Freshwater Invertebrate Zoology T. Light, Shippensburg University 4 Participation & Reading Notes: This is a senior/graduate level class, and as such, engaging with primary literature is an important aspect of class. To ensure good discussions, I will require you to turn in reading notes to D2L before class and will be grading you on the quality (not just quantity) of your participation in class discussion. Come with some prepared questions or comments! Annotated bibliography: Develop a research question related to freshwater invertebrates and produce an annotated bibliography of at least 10 sources from the primary literature (including no more than 2 review papers) relevant to your question. More details on this assignment will be posted on D2L. 60 points. Graduate and 4+1 students: To obtain graduate credit for this class, grad students will also (1) Lead discussion for one of the days we discuss research papers, including coming prepared with a brief insightful overview (~ 3 min), good discussion-stimulating questions (to be turned in), and facilitating discussion. Grade will be based on preparation, quality of questions, and ability to engage the entire class (i.e., by asking engaging questions, calling on quiet students, not answering your own questions, etc.). 20 points. (2) Write a 5-page research proposal (40 points) based on the sources from your annotated bibliography; and (3) Help out with at least one of the pre-class collection events (see syllabus). If those times are impossible for you, I will ask you to organize an alternative collecting trip including other students who cant join us at those times. (Part of participation grade.) Useful websites for freshwater invertebrate zoology: Integrated Taxonomic Information System (http://www.itis.gov) complete taxonomy for many species & groups. Especially good for taxonomic updates when using older sources, like Peckarsky. DEP Water Quality pages (dep.pa.gov/Business/Water/CleanWater/WaterQuality) scroll down for bioassessment protocols and resources used in PA sampling. Also check out the Benthic Macroinvertebrate Story Map (links at right). Stroud Water Resource Research Center (stroudcenter.org/macros) macroinvertebrate photos & basic key; also check out the research links and keep an eye here for jobs & internships West Virginia guide to aquatic invertebrates (dep.wv.gov/WWE/getinvolved/sos/Pages/Benthics.aspx) Micrographia great images of protists and other microscopic organisms, with an emphasis on freshwater life (www.micrographia.com) Pond water microscopy guide (microscopy-uk.org.uk/pond/) has links to many images & other sites North American Aquatic Macroinvertebrate Digital Reference Collection (https://sciencebase.usgs.gov/naamdrc) Good photos of many aquatic insect taxa BUT lacks other inverts and coverage is better for the Western US. Freshwater Gastropods of North America (https://www.fwgna.org/) check out the Mid-Atlantic gallery! IMPORTANT: You are responsible for reading, retaining, and knowing the terms of this syllabus. I reserve the right to make changes, with prior notice, in the schedule of topics and assignments, including the final point total. Submitted by Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania. This syllabus was created by Dr Theo Light (Shippensburg University Department of Biology) in Fall 2022. The grant that funded library acquisition of the course textbook as an eBook was provided by the Pennsylvania Grants of Open and Affordable Learning program, Grant #75. This work is licensed with a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial, Share Alike license. BIO 464 Freshwater Invertebrate Zoology T. Light, Shippensburg University 5  ...