Course Schedule Autumn 2009

Key Dates Noted in Bold

*Trips and deadlines specific to 3-credit and 5-credit section are noted

Date	Day	Topic
S-30	Weds	Introduction, goals and course schedule; photos of N. A. salmonids
O-02	Fri	General life history & distribution of Oncorhynchus, Salmo and Salvelinus
O-05	Mon	Life histories and identification, continued
O-07	Weds	Life histories compared with other N. A. fishes
O-09	Fri	Global patterns of anadromy and catadromy; Speciation, glaciation
O-10	Sat	Field trip: Upper Cedar River stream sampling
O-12	Mon	Oceanic migration and orientation
O-14	Weds	Coastal and estuarine migrations
O-16	Fri	Upriver migrations, energetics, hormones
O-17	Sat	Weaver Creek spawning behavior field trip
O-19	Mon	Homing - evidence and patterns
O-21	Weds	Homing - mechanisms
O-23	Fri	Selection of spawning site and reproductive behavior Field trip: Lake Washington sockeye and smelt
O-26	Mon	Reproductive success
O-28	Weds	Ecology of adult salmon: predators, scavengers and nutrient cycling
O-30	Fri	Mid-Term Exam
N-02	Mon	Egg mortality and incubation schedules
N-04	Weds	Emergence and initial fry movements
N-06	Fri	Sockeye fry in lakes: predation and feeding
N-09	Mon	Salmonids in streams Part I
N-11	Weds	Veteran’s Day – no class
N-13	Fri	Salmonids in streams, Part II
N-16	Mon	Seaward migration: timing, orientation
N-18	Weds	Smolt transformation & physiology
N-20	Fri	Estuarine residence and migration – Draft proposals due
N-23	Mon	Early marine migration and distribution
N-25	Weds	Marine predation and survival
N-27	Fri	Thanksgiving – no class
N-30	Mon	Marine feeding and growth
D-02	Weds	Age and size at maturity
D-04	Fri	Population structure and local adaptation
D-07	Mon	Successes and failures of transplants - Research papers due
D-09	Weds	Effects of forestry on salmonids – Final proposals due
D-11	Fri	Wild salmon and hatcheries