Organization and Scope ● Lecture Schedule ● Lab Schedule● Grading ● Helpful Files ● Links
Ted Pietsch, Instructor, Office: Fisheries Teaching and Research, FTR 203. Telephone 543-8923, e-mail: twp@uw.edu. Office hours: just stop by or make an appointment via e-mail.
Rachel Arnold, Teaching Assistant, Tuesday-Thursday morning: Office: the UW Fish Collection, Fisheries Teaching and Research, FTR 005B. e-mail: schoenrj@uw.edu. Office hours: TBA.
Carie Bikson, Teaching Assistant, Tuesday-Thursday afternoon. Office: the UW Fish Collection, Fisheries Teaching and Research, FTR 005C. e-mail: cbikson@uw.edu. Office hours: TBA.
Michelle Degnin, Teaching Assistant, Wednesday-Friday afternoon. Office: the UW Fish Collection, Fisheries Teaching and Research, FTR 005A. e-mail: degnin@uw.edu. Office hours: TBA.
Fish 311 is an introductory course designed to
provide an overview of the wonderful world of fishes, their kinds and ways. We’ll
discuss and conduct a hands-on examination of the biology and diversity of
living fishes of the world—from ancient bottom-living hagfishes and lampreys
to modern-day sharks, rays, and bony fishes; from the freshwaters of
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Lecture notes are available for download in pdf format (Adobe Acrobat Reader required)
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Wednesday January 4 |
Introduction: organization and scope of the course; definitions; major themes: form, function, and biodiversity; major groups of fishes.
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Chapter 1 |
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Friday January 6 |
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Chapters 1, 3 |
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Monday January 9 |
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Chapter 2 |
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Wednesday January 11 |
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Chapter 3 |
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Friday January 13 |
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Chapter 8 |
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Monday January 16 |
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Wednesday January 18 |
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Chapter 4 |
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Friday January 20 |
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Chapter 2 |
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Monday January 23 |
7. Biodiversity I: Jawless fishes; sharks and their allies; evolutionary successes and failures.
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Chapters 11, 12 |
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Wednesday January 25 |
8. Biodiversity II: Primitive bony fishes and the rise of modern teleosts.
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Chapter 13 |
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Friday January 27
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Lecture Examination I |
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Monday January 30 |
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Chapter 8 |
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Wednesday February 1 |
Taxonomy, systematics, and fisheries management: North Pacific skates, rockfishes, and snailfishes as case studies.
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Friday February 3 |
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Chapter 8 |
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Monday February 6 |
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Chapter 8 |
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Wednesday February 8 |
12. Biodiversity IV: Primitive euteleosts and the rise of acanthomorph fishes.
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Chapter 14 |
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Friday February 10 |
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Chapter 20 |
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Monday February 13 |
14. Form and function: Osmoregulation, water and ionic balance in diverse aquatic environments.
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Chapter 7 |
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Wednesday February 15 |
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Chapter 5 |
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Friday February 17 |
16. Biodiversity V: Percomorph fishes and derivative orders; morphology, ecology, and co-evolution.
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Chapter 15 |
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Monday February 20
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Wednesday February 22 |
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Chapter 9 |
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Friday February 24
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Lecture Examination II |
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Monday February 27 |
18. Biodiversity VI: Sarcopterygian fishes; video on the story of Latimeria. |
Chapter 13 |
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Wednesday February 29 |
19. Biodiversity Deep-sea fishes: biodiversity and bioluminescence in Earth's largest ecosystem. |
Chapter 17 |
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Friday March 2 |
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Chapter 6 |
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Monday March 5 |
21. Form and function, sensory perception II: Eyes and vision; visual pigments and color vision.
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Chapter 6 |
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Wednesday March 7 |
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Chapter 6 |
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Friday March 9
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Chapter 16
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Wednesday March 14 |
Comprehensive Final Examination 2:30-4:20 pm, FSH 102 |
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Lecture only |
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Lecture and laboratory |
Points |
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Lecture Exam I Lecture Exam II Comprehensive Lecture Final
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150 150 300 |
Lecture Exam I Lecture Exam II Comprehensive Lecture Final
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150 150 300 |
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Midterm Lab Exam Laboratory Notebook Quizzes Comprehensive Lab Final |
100 50 50 200
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Totals |
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1000 |
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● Helpful
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Phylogeny Tutorial (PDF) |
Phylogeny 1 (PDF) |
Phylogeny 2 (PDF) |
Trees (PDF) |
Linnean Hierarchy (PDF) |
Scientific Terminology (PDF) |
Names and Naming (PDF) |
Fossil Fishes (PDF) |
Geological Time (PDF) |
Otoliths (PDF) |
Anatomical
Terminology (PDF)
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Sample Exam (PDF)
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