pamela lynch jean anastasia suffolk county community college

MARINE BIOLOGY, MARINE ECOLOGY,

FIELD BIOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY –

A MELTING POT OF IDEAS

Pamela Lynch

Jean Anastasia

Suffolk County Community College

How to grab attention and keep interest?

We teach a variety of courses to non-science majors

Introduction to Oceanography, Marine Biology, and Marine Habitat Ecology

Many students take more than one of these courses

We try to reduce content overlap but wanted a way to make the courses cohesive

Biophilia

“'the innate tendency [in human beings] to focus on life and lifelike process” E.O. Wilson 1984

The love of living things

Popular Culture 150 million people

go to zoos & aquariums per year Association of Zoos & Aquariums

(www.aza.org)

73 million attended baseball games in 2010 http://espn.go.com/mlb/

attendance/_/year/2010

Conservation Biology Uses Biophilia Global warming

Polar Bears Pacific Northwest

Forests:Spotted owl

Bamboo ForestsPanda bears

Coral ReefsSea turtles or Nemo

endangeredspaces.blogspot.com

http://statesmansentinel.com

rst.gsfc.nasa.gov

care2.com

Biophilia in the Classroom Use this innate interest in the classroom

Robert Boyd, US Air Force Academy, NABT meetings 2010

Focus on the organisms and use them as the starting point to teach science

For our exercise we made organismal cards (covering everything from bacteria to baleen whales, including 3 Marine Kingdoms) and can then teach course content for 3 classes individually (or even together!)

Ascophyllum nodosumKnotted wrack Domain Eukarya

Kingdom Protista○Phylum Phaeophyta

Class Phaeophyceae

Emiliania huxleyiCoccolithophore (phytoplankton)

Domain EukaryaKingdom Protista

○Phylum HaptophytaClass Prymnesiophycaea

Busycon caricaKnobbed whelk Domain Eukarya

Kingdom Animalia○Phylum Mollusca

Class Gastropoda

Loligo pealeiLong-finned squid Domain Eukarya

Kingdom Animalia○Phylum Mollusca

Class Cephalopoda

Morone saxatilusStriped bass Domain Eukarya

Kingdom Animalia○Phylum Chordata; Subphylum

VertebrataSuperclass Osteichthyes

Phoca vitulinaHarbor seal Domain Eukarya

Kingdom Animalia○Phylum Chordata; subphylum

VertebrataClass Mammalia; Order

Pinniped

Zostera marinaEelgrass Domain Eukarya

Kingdom Plantae○Phylum Magnoliophyta

(Angiospermae)Class (Monocots)

Ursus maritimusPolar Bear Domain Eukarya

Kingdom Animalia○Phylum Chordata; subphylum

VertebrataClass Mammalia; Order

Carnivora

Orcinus orcaOrca Whale Domain Eukarya

Kingdom Animalia○Phylum Chordata; subphylum

VertebrataClass Mammalia; Order

Cetacean-Suborder: Odontoceti

Marine Biology

Focus on (biotic) LIVING THINGS Classification Taxonomy

Other options: Common Adaptations or Characteristics

of Marine Animals

The major groups of life

ClassificationIsTricky…

Marine Biology Exercise

Give all students a card and then ask them to “get together” based on classification; you can be as broad or as specific as the course allows - e.g. All Animals form a group (broad) or all Arthropods form a group (more specific) or all Arthropod Crustaceans form a group (even more specific)…

Oceanography

Focus on (abiotic) OCEAN SYSTEMS Depth/Marine Zones in the Ocean Marine Habitats

Other options: Marine Oceanographic terms such as

“Benthic” vs. “Pelagic;” “Nekton” vs. “Plankton” or “Aphotic” vs. Photic”

Figure 10.12

Marine zones

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Oceanography Exercise

Give all students a card and then ask them to “get together” based on marine zone animal is likely to be found in. Again, you can be as broad or as specific as the course allows - e.g. All Benthic Animals form a group (broad) or all benthic/Intertidal Animals form a group (more specific). You could even divide based on depth (& add more animals)!

Marine Ecology

Focus on Abiotic and Biotic INTERACTIONS

Trophic Levels: Producers, Primary Consumers, Secondary Consumers

Trophic Levels in Key Habitats (such as Polar Seas or Coral Reefs)

Other options: Combination of all 3 courses!

Food pyramid that leads to an adult herring

Antarctic food chain

Combination ofmarine zones and species with depth interactionshighlighted

Marine Ecology Exercise

Give all students a card and then ask them to “get together” based on who they eat (or get eaten by). You can be as broad or as specific as the course allows - e.g. All Consumers form a group (broad) or all Primary Consumers form a group (more specific) or all Secondary Consumers that are also planktonic form a group (even more specific)…

All Card Examples Here

Ascophyllum nodosumKnotted wrack

• Domain Eukarya– Kingdom Protista

• Phylum Phaeophyta–Class Phaeophyceae

Chondrus crispusIrish moss

• Domain Eukarya– Kingdom Protista

• Phylum Rhodophyta–Class Rhodophyceae

Codium fragileGreen fleece; dead man’s fingers

• Domain Eukarya– Kingdom Protista

• Phylum Chlorophyta–Class Chlorophyceae

Emiliania huxleyiCoccolithophore (phytoplankton)

• Domain Eukarya– Kingdom Protista

• Phylum Haptophyta–Class Prymnesiophycaea

Microciona proliferaRed beard sponge

• Domain Eukarya– Kingdom Animalia

• Phylum Porifera–Class Demospongiae

Metridium senileFrilled anemone

• Domain Eukarya– Kingdom Animalia

• Phylum Cnideria–Class Anthozoa

Balanus balanoidesNorthern rock barnacle

• Domain Eukarya– Kingdom Animalia

• Phylum Arthropoda–Class Crustacea

Busycon caricaKnobbed whelk

• Domain Eukarya– Kingdom Animalia

• Phylum Mollusca–Class Gastropoda

Mercenaria mercenariaHard-shelled clam; quahog

• Domain Eukarya– Kingdom Animalia

• Phylum Mollusca–Class Bivalvia

Cyanea capillataLion’s mane jellyfish

• Domain Eukarya– Kingdom Animalia

• Phylum Cnidaria–Class Scyphozoa

Acartia tonsaCopepod

• Domain Eukarya– Kingdom Animalia

• Phylum Arthropoda–Class Crustacea

Loligo pealeiLong-finned squid

• Domain Eukarya– Kingdom Animalia

• Phylum Mollusca–Class Cephalopoda

Nereis virensClam worm

• Domain Eukarya– Kingdom Animalia

• Phylum Annelida–Class Polychaeta

Crangon septemspinosaSand shrimp

• Domain Eukarya– Kingdom Animalia

• Phylum Arthropoda–Class Crustacea

Limulus polyphemusAtlantic horseshoe crab

• Domain Eukarya– Kingdom Animalia

• Phylum Arthropoda–Class Merostomata

Callinectes sapidusBlue crab

• Domain Eukarya– Kingdom Animalia

• Phylum Arthropoda–Class Crustacea; Order Decopoda

Strongylocentrotus droebachiensisGreen sea urchin

• Domain Eukarya– Kingdom Animalia

• Phylum Echinodermata–Class Echinoidea

Asterias forbesiiForbes’ sea star

• Domain Eukarya– Kingdom Animalia

• Phylum Echinodermata–Class Stelleroidea

Morone saxatilusStriped bass

• Domain Eukarya– Kingdom Animalia

• Phylum Chordata; Subphylum Vertebrata–Superclass Osteichthyes

Rhinoptera bonasusCownose ray

• Domain Eukarya– Kingdom Animalia

• Phylum Chordata; Subphylum Vertebrata–Class Chondrichthyes

Sphyrna lewiniScalloped hammershead shark

• Domain Eukarya– Kingdom Animalia

• Phylum Chordata; Subphylum Vertebrata–Class Chondrichthyes

Myxine glutinosaAtlantic hagfish

• Domain Eukarya– Kingdom Animalia

• Phylum Chordata; Subphylum Agnatha–Class Myxini

Phoca vitulinaHarbor seal

• Domain Eukarya– Kingdom Animalia

• Phylum Chordata; subphylum Vertebrata–Class Mammalia; Order Pinniped

Balenoptera acutorostrataMinke whale

• Domain Eukarya– Kingdom Animalia

• Phylum Chordata; subphylum Vertebrata–Class Mammalia; Order Cetacean;

»- Suborder: mysticeti

Chelonia mydasGreen sea turtle

• Domain Eukarya– Kingdom Animalia

• Phylum Chordata; subphylum Vertebrata–Class Reptilia

Charadrius melosusPiping plover

• Domain Eukarya– Kingdom Animalia

• Phylum Chordata; subphylum Vertebrata–Class Aves

Delphinus delphisShort-beaked common dolphin

• Domain Eukarya– Kingdom Animalia

• Phylum Chordata; subphylum Vertebrata–Class Mammalia; Order Cetacean– Suborder Odonteceti

Vibrio harveyiVibrio; bioluminescent marine bacteria

• Domain Bacteria (Prokaryote)– Kingdom Proteobacteria

• Phylum Gammaproteobacteria

Spartina alternifloraSmooth cord grass

• Domain Eukarya– Kingdom Plantae

• Phylum Magnoliophyta (Angiospermae)–Class (Monocots)

Zostera marinaEelgrass

• Domain Eukarya– Kingdom Plantae

• Phylum Magnoliophyta (Angiospermae)–Class (Monocots)

Trichechus manatusManatee

• Domain Eukarya– Kingdom Animalia

• Phylum Chordata; subphylum Vertebrata–Class Mammalia; Order Sirenia

Ursus maritimusPolar Bear

• Domain Eukarya– Kingdom Animalia

• Phylum Chordata; subphylum Vertebrata–Class Mammalia; Order Carnivora

Orcinus orcaOrca Whale

• Domain Eukarya– Kingdom Animalia

• Phylum Chordata; subphylum Vertebrata–Class Mammalia; Order Cetacean

»Suborder: Odontoceti

Aptenodytes forsteri(Emperor) Penguin

• Domain Eukarya– Kingdom Animalia

• Phylum Chordata; subphylum Vertebrata–Class Aves

Millepora (spp.)Fire Coral

• Domain Eukarya– Kingdom Animalia

• Phylum Cnideria–Class Anthozoa