1MAR 105

Introduction to Oceanography

HonorsDr. Jean Anastasia

1Dr. Jean R. AnastasiaEmail: anastaj@sunysuffolk.eduHome page: www2.sunysuffolk.edu/anastaj

Office Hours: Monday online 3:00-4:00Tues 10:30-12:30Wed 1:45-2:45Thursday 1:45-2:45

1Attendance

• All students are expected to attend every class session of each course for which they are registered. Students are responsible for all that transpires in class whether or not they are in attendance.

• Attendance at laboratory meetings is required. Students who miss more than one (1) lab session may be dropped from the course.

• The last official date to withdraw from the course is March 25, 2014. Students wishing to withdraw from class after this date must contact me and complete a withdraw slip from the registrar’s office, which I must sign. All students who go AWOL without completing a withdraw form will automatically receive a grade of “F”.

1Books

• Essentials of Oceanography, 11th edition, Trujillo and Thurman. Prentice Hall. 2014.–Options for e-book or rental–Let me know if you have another text

• Lab Manual at Bookstore• Four Fish: The Future of the Last Wild Seafood

by Paul Greenberg

1Grading

 Lecture:3 lecture exams will be given Lowest grade will be dropped ONLY

IF all exams have been takenNo- make-up exams2 highest grades combine to make

up 35% of your course grade

 

1Grading

Honors Projects:–Four Fish Presentation 5%– Individual Project: Field Trip

Paper 5% 

1Grading

 Laboratory:30% of your course grade

  pop quizzesprelabs/ homework lab questions/ graphsfield trips2 lab exams

1Grading

Final Exam:–A cumulative final exam will

constitute 25% of your course grade. It will be given on the last day of class

 

1Extra Credit

• 10 current, oceanography-related articles and an in-depth analysis/ summary of each article

• Due by May 2nd– NO LATE JOURNALS WILL BE ACCEPTED

1Field Trips

• This course includes field trips that will take the place of lab periods.

• Attendance on these field trips is expected.

1MAR 105 LAB SCHEDULEFall 2013Friday Topic Weekend Trips** These dates are tentative and subject to change**

Lab Schedule

1/24 Introduction 1/31 Scientific Method & Density2/7 Plate Tectonics & Ocean Profiles I2/14 Ocean Profiles II2/21 Salinity, Temp & Density2/28 NO LAB (cancelled for time spent

on Aquarium Boat trip)3/7 Ocean Circulation 3/14 Lab Exam 13/21 SPRING BREAK3/28 Waves4/4 Sediment Analysis4/11 Smith Pt beach trip

(low tide at 2:30pm)4/18 Size Matters4/25 Marine Pollution5/2 Lab Exam 2

EXTRA CREDIT DUEExplorer Tour Boat- Long Island Aquarium- Sat 5/3 9:30

5/9 Clean-Up

1General Policies

• No cheating/ plagiarism• No leaving the room during exams/ no cell

phone during exams• No late work• No unexcused make-ups- contact me the day

of the exam!!• No texting or disruptive behavior• Write your own notes, study each week;

come to extra help

1Lecture

Schedul

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1/22 Introduction

1/24 Structure of the Earth,

begin Plate Tectonics

Introduction : xxi-xxv

Ch1

Ch 2

1/29 Plate Tectonics continued Ch 2 continued

Ch 3

1/31, 2/5 Structure of the Ocean Floor: Continental Margins &

Deep Ocean Basins

Ch 3 continued

2/7, 2/12 Properties of Seawater – Chemistry of Water,

Temperature, Salinity, Density in the Ocean

Ch 5

2/14 Coriolis Effect and Winds

Ch 6:6.1-6.5 (p161-173)

2/19 Exam # 1

2/21 Ocean Circulation

Surface Currents & Deep Circulation

Ch 7

2/26, 2/28 CLASS CANCELLED- Meet with group for Four Fish

Assignment

3/5 Ocean Circulation continued

begin Waves Ch 8

3/7 Waves Ch 8

3/12, 3/14 Tides Ch 9

3/19, 3/21 NO CLASS- Spring Break

3/26 Paul Greenberg talk- common hour 11:00

Four Fish Presentations

3/28 Exam #2

4/2 Coasts Ch 10

4/4 Marine Biology Intro Ch 1: 1.6 (p24-29)

Ch 12

4/9 Pelagic Zone: Plankton Ch 13

Ch 14 p407-409

4/11, 4/16 Pelagic Zone: Nekton Ch 14

4/18 Film and Review (if time allows)

4/23 Exam # 3

4/25 Benthic Zone Ch 15

4/30 Field Trip Papers Due

Marine Environmental Problems

Pollution & Waste Disposal, Global Change

Ch 11:11.5-11.6 (p326-

342)

Ch 16

5/2 Marine Environmental Problems

Fishery Management Problems

**Extra Credit Due

Ch 13:13.6 (p394-401)

5/7 Review

5/9 Final Exam

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The Ocean

Ocean Facts:• Covers 71% of the earth’s surface• Accounts for 97% of the water on earth

(rest in land ice, groundwater, lakes & rivers)

• Average depth = 3,796 meters (12,451 feet) (deepest = Mariana trench 11,022 m or 36,163 ft)

• Average temp = 3.9oC (only 39oF)

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Fig. 1-1b, p. 2

Most of Earth’s Water is Salt Water

14 Plus 1 Major Oceans of the World

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1Walsh and Piccard took the Trieste to the bottom of the

Mariana Trench in 1960: 10,912 meters or 35,800ft)

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In March of 2012, James Cameron set the record for the deepest solo dive by going to the bottom on the Mariana Trench

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2tm40uMhDIhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OX8cTtOEEyI

1Local Saltwater…

Water Bodies of Long Island

Peconic B

ay

Moriches Bay

Shinnecock Bay

• Oceanography is the scientific study of the ocean by applying traditional sciences, such as physics, chemistry, geology, biology, and engineering, to all aspects of the ocean.

Oceanography: What Is It?

Subdisciplines of Oceanography

• Geological Oceanography- – Composition of ocean floor and the earth

• Physical oceanography- – Movement of water (waves, currents…)

• Chemical Oceanography- – Ocean’s dissolved solids and gases

• Marine biology (Biological Oceanography)- – marine organisms, the impact of human

activities on these organisms

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