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

• Participate in designing an ROV
  

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)

• Sea and Sky
• Bioluminescence (UCSB)
• Immersion learning
• MARINE TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION
• ROV COMPETITION  REPORTS 
  
• MBARI (AUV's)
• MBARI (ROV's)
• WHOI


• FACEBOOK

LECTURE EXAM DATES :
FINALS MAY 8 3-5PM
(Scantron 2052 needed for all exams)

ANNOUNCEMENTS+GRADES
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Assignment on "DESIGNING AN ROV TO EXPLORE THE DEEP SEA" 

Some things to note:

• What is your main purpose for building an ROV
• What diving sites do you expect to visit?  
• How will the design reflect the locations you plan to visit?
• Important things to note when building a submersible
• Pros and cons of different ways of construction  (here concentrate on group information)
•  What tools will be included on board the ROV?  what do you expect to see? collect?
•  Note safety precautions?
•  What are some challenges you have discovered  while designing this ROV? What was left out?
• Future improvements
• Your paper should be very well written with no typos.  Points will be taken off for more than 2 typos.  Proof read before turning in!
• Students will receive a zero for plagiarism
  
• Note any external sources that you use in addition to any of the above web sites
• Your assignment should be single space, 1 page with text only. If you include a second page it should have pictures of your ROV design or a map/maps of the area you hope to dive to. 
• Make sure to use font type (Times or Times Roman) and font size (10-12 pts.)
• Each student should have their own write-up
• If you have questions please email me at  georges@georgiasouthern.edu

• SUBMERSIBLE write-ups due APRIL 3rd
  

 

Introduction
Handout for Blue Planet vide

Whale falls& Geology I

Chem. & phys.properties I 

EXAM KEYS

Physiological Ecology II

Reproductive Ecology
Deep-sea class activity 2012

Larval dispersal and community dynamics

Colonization at vents

 

 

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