Syllabus

COURSE OBJECTIVES includes:

• Discuss differences between vent and non-vent communities. 

• Understand the current knowledge about cold seeps and hydrothermal systems in terms of their deep-sea environment, and their geological and chemical makeup. 

• Discuss symbiotic relationships, thermal tolerances, sulfide and sensory adaptations by organisms found around deep sea hydrothermal vents and cold seeps.
  

• Discuss reproduction and larval dispersal at hydrothermal vents

•  Discuss whale fall communities

LECTURE TEXT: 

• Cindy Lee Van Dover. 2000. The ecology of deep-sea hydrothermal vents. Princeton University Press, New Jersey.
• Graduate students are required to read several published articles for this course. 

WEB SITES:

• Dive and discover
• Extreme environments
• Hydrothermal vents and cold seeps
• Marine Ecology website
• Depths of discovery
• Creatures/depths and discover
• NOAA (short videoclips)
• SEAS
• Marinebio
• Venture deep Ocean
• Ocean Explorer
• Ocean Explorer  (Youtube videos)
• Blue planet Deep sea Pt 1-2 Youtube Videos 
• Sea and Sky
• Bioluminescence (UCSB)
  

LECTURE EXAM DATES :

JUNE 19 th  FINALS (Scantron 2052 needed)

GRADES

Assignment on "EXPLORING THE DEEP SEA" 

When you get to the web site :

• Choose a submersible of your choice make sure it can go to the depths you are planning to visit, there are roughly 9 deep sea submersibles in the world
• Choose the area of study from the list on the Ocean explorer web site; there are about 17 different deep sea sites to choose from.
• Include a map of the area
• Indicate the depth you will get to and what the bottom looks like
• Note all the creatures you encounter on your trip and discuss some interesting features about three of them.  This should include special adapations to life in the deep sea. Pictures of creatures are not required except you have a new species that has not been described or are including it in your powerpoint presentation.
• note any external sources that you use in addition to the above web site
• your assignment should be single space, 1 page with text only. If you include a second page it should have a map/maps of the area you dived to. 
• Make sure to use font type (Times or Times Roman) and font size (10-12 pts.)
• Powerpoint presentations 5 minutes only 
• Students can present their work in groups but each student should have their own write-up
• If you have questions please email me at  georges@georgiasouthern.edu
• Send powerpoint presentations  via email as an attached document a day before the talks so they can be loaded on  to the computer . 
• PRESENTATIONS JUNE 9th
  
• Click here to go to the Ocean explorer web site. 

 

Introduction
Handout for Blue Planet video

Physiological Ecology I
Physiological Ecology II

 

PhysiologicalEcology III

Reproductive Ecology

1. Deep-sea Excel data set  
2. Deep-sea class activity 

Larval dispersal and community dynamics

• FINAL REVIEW

 

 

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