WFB 232 ICHTHYOLOGY SYLLABUS 2013 BARTON M 2007

WFB 232 ICHTHYOLOGY SYLLABUS 2013 BARTON M 2007
WFB 232 ICHTHYOLOGY ICHTHYOLOGY ASSIGNMENT 1 DUE MON JAN



WFB 232 Ichthyology

WFB 232 Ichthyology - Syllabus 2013

Barton, M. 2007. Bond’s Biology of Fishes, 3rd ed. Thompson Brooks/Cole

Week of Topics and readings

Jan 14 Aquatic habitats; overview of fishes; taxonomy and classification

Readings: Barton pp. 13-16, 80-86, 642-646; Cailliet pp. 89-91, 94-102

Jan 21 General anatomy, morphology

Readings: Barton Chapter 3; Cailliet pp. 21, 29, 44-46


Jan 28 Locomotion, swimming.

Readings: Barton pp. 287-291; 311-331

Gray, J. 1957. How fishes swim. Sci. Amer.

Liao et al. 2003. The Karman gait: novel body kinematics of rainbow trout swimming in a vortex street.

Webb, P. W. 1988. Simple physical principles of vertebrate aquatic locomotion. Am. Zool. 28:709-725.


Feb 4 Physiology I – buoyancy, respiration

Readings: Barton pp. 332-338; 441-453

Johansen, K. 1968. Air-breathing fishes. Sci. Am. 219:102-111

Feb 11 Physiology II - osmoregulation, thermoregulation

Readings: Barton Chapter 25

Goodman, B. 1998. Where ice isn’t nice. Bioscience 48:586-590


Feb 18 NO CLASS MONDAY

Physiology II continued


Feb 25 Sensory systems I -vision, color, light, sound, smell

Readings: Barton pp. 291-305, 345-360

Janssen, J. 1990. Localization of substrate vibrations by the mottled sculpin (Cottus bairdi). Copeia 2:349-355.

Janssen, J. and J. R. Strickler. Hydromechanical communication via the lateral line


Mar 4 SPRING BREAK


Mar 11 Sensory systems II - auditory, mechanosensory, electricity

Readings: Barton Chap. 21

Kalmijn, A. J. 1977. The electric and magnetic sense of sharks, skates, and rays. Oceanus 20:45-52.

Moller, P. 1980. Electroreception. Oceanus 23:44-54

Lissman, H. W. 1963. Electric location by fishes. Sci. Amer.


Mar 18 Reproduction, development, and genetics

Readings: Barton Chapter 27


Mar 25 Behavior I - orientation, schooling, taxes, migration

Readings: Barton Chapter 36

Hasler, A. D., A. T. Schholz. and R. M. Horrall. 1978. Olfactory imprinting and homing in salmon. Am. Sci. 66:347-355.

Heczko, E. J. and B. H. Seghers. 1981. Effect of alarm substance on schooling in the common shiner (Notropis cornutus, Cyprinidae). Env. Biol. Fish. 6:25-29.

Partridge, B. 1982. The structure and function of fish schools. Sci. Am. 246:114-122


Apr 1 Behavior II - social, reproductive

Readings: Barton Chapter 37

Robertson, D. R.. 1972. Social control of sex reversal in a coral reef fish. Science 177:1007-1009

Shapiro, D. Y. 1980. Serial female sex change after simultaneous removal of males from social groups of a coral reef fish. Science 209:1136-1137.


Apr. 8 Behavior III – feeding anatomy and behavior

Readings: Barton Chapters 22, 37


Apr 15 Ecological relationships

Readings: Barton pp. 646-657


Apr 22 Habitats and adaptations

Readings: Barton Chapter 29


Apr 29 Fisheries and conservation











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