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Course Schedule

Date

Lecture

Location

Activity

5/20/2002

PM Geology and history

MDI Biological Laboratory

Drive to Maine and intro to lab

5/21/2002

Marine Ecology and PM Community Ecology Basics

 

Cadillac Mountain

Observe geology of region and impacts of glaciation.

5/22/2002

High energy marine communities

Wonderland tide pools and Ship harbor tidal riffle

 

Characterize tide pool communities

5/23/2002

Low energy marine communities

Sand Beach, the Beehive and the rocky intertidal zone behind MDIBL

 

 

5/24/2002

Oceanography

nature cruise and muddy intertidal zone at Bar Island

Observe the impact of glaciation and the fire of 1947 on terrestrial community, characterize a low energy marine community.

 

5/25/2002

Community structure

Pemetic Mountain

Characterize hardwood and alpine forest communities.

 

5/26/2002

Exam 1

Bar Harbor

Laundry, shopping, dinner in town

 

5/27/2002

Environmental factors impacting communities

Boreal Bog at Wonderland

Characterize a boreal bog community.

 

5/28/2002

Community dynamics

Dorr Mountain

Collect data along a continuous transect down the mountain.

 

5/29/2002   Jordan Pond, South Bubble and Balance Rock

Characterize differences in vertical zonation at two sites, observe (and sit on) a large glacial erratic.

 

5/30/2002

Freshwater stream communities

 

Boreal forest in the Western mountains

 

Characterize a boreal forest community.

 

5/31/2002

 

Exam 2

 

Great Meadow and Giant Slide streams, Sargent Mountain

 

Characterize two very different stream communities.

 

6/1/2002

 

 

Cadillac Mountain sunrise

 

Watch sunrise from Cadillac, drive to Chestertown.

 

 

 

 

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