MAR 105 Introduction to Oceanography Honors
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1MAR 105
Introduction to Oceanography
HonorsDr. Jean Anastasia
1Dr. Jean R. AnastasiaEmail: [email protected] page: www2.sunysuffolk.edu/anastaj
Office Hours: Monday online 3:00-4:00Tues 10:30-12:30Wed 1:45-2:45Thursday 1:45-2:45
1Attendance
• All students are expected to attend every class session of each course for which they are registered. Students are responsible for all that transpires in class whether or not they are in attendance.
• Attendance at laboratory meetings is required. Students who miss more than one (1) lab session may be dropped from the course.
• The last official date to withdraw from the course is March 25, 2014. Students wishing to withdraw from class after this date must contact me and complete a withdraw slip from the registrar’s office, which I must sign. All students who go AWOL without completing a withdraw form will automatically receive a grade of “F”.
1Books
• Essentials of Oceanography, 11th edition, Trujillo and Thurman. Prentice Hall. 2014.–Options for e-book or rental–Let me know if you have another text
• Lab Manual at Bookstore• Four Fish: The Future of the Last Wild Seafood
by Paul Greenberg
1Grading
Lecture:3 lecture exams will be given Lowest grade will be dropped ONLY
IF all exams have been takenNo- make-up exams2 highest grades combine to make
up 35% of your course grade
1Grading
Honors Projects:–Four Fish Presentation 5%– Individual Project: Field Trip
Paper 5%
1Grading
Laboratory:30% of your course grade
pop quizzesprelabs/ homework lab questions/ graphsfield trips2 lab exams
1Grading
Final Exam:–A cumulative final exam will
constitute 25% of your course grade. It will be given on the last day of class
1Extra Credit
• 10 current, oceanography-related articles and an in-depth analysis/ summary of each article
• Due by May 2nd– NO LATE JOURNALS WILL BE ACCEPTED
1Field Trips
• This course includes field trips that will take the place of lab periods.
• Attendance on these field trips is expected.
1MAR 105 LAB SCHEDULEFall 2013Friday Topic Weekend Trips** These dates are tentative and subject to change**
Lab Schedule
1/24 Introduction 1/31 Scientific Method & Density2/7 Plate Tectonics & Ocean Profiles I2/14 Ocean Profiles II2/21 Salinity, Temp & Density2/28 NO LAB (cancelled for time spent
on Aquarium Boat trip)3/7 Ocean Circulation 3/14 Lab Exam 13/21 SPRING BREAK3/28 Waves4/4 Sediment Analysis4/11 Smith Pt beach trip
(low tide at 2:30pm)4/18 Size Matters4/25 Marine Pollution5/2 Lab Exam 2
EXTRA CREDIT DUEExplorer Tour Boat- Long Island Aquarium- Sat 5/3 9:30
5/9 Clean-Up
1General Policies
• No cheating/ plagiarism• No leaving the room during exams/ no cell
phone during exams• No late work• No unexcused make-ups- contact me the day
of the exam!!• No texting or disruptive behavior• Write your own notes, study each week;
come to extra help
1Lecture
Schedul
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1/22 Introduction
1/24 Structure of the Earth,
begin Plate Tectonics
Introduction : xxi-xxv
Ch1
Ch 2
1/29 Plate Tectonics continued Ch 2 continued
Ch 3
1/31, 2/5 Structure of the Ocean Floor: Continental Margins &
Deep Ocean Basins
Ch 3 continued
2/7, 2/12 Properties of Seawater – Chemistry of Water,
Temperature, Salinity, Density in the Ocean
Ch 5
2/14 Coriolis Effect and Winds
Ch 6:6.1-6.5 (p161-173)
2/19 Exam # 1
2/21 Ocean Circulation
Surface Currents & Deep Circulation
Ch 7
2/26, 2/28 CLASS CANCELLED- Meet with group for Four Fish
Assignment
3/5 Ocean Circulation continued
begin Waves Ch 8
3/7 Waves Ch 8
3/12, 3/14 Tides Ch 9
3/19, 3/21 NO CLASS- Spring Break
3/26 Paul Greenberg talk- common hour 11:00
Four Fish Presentations
3/28 Exam #2
4/2 Coasts Ch 10
4/4 Marine Biology Intro Ch 1: 1.6 (p24-29)
Ch 12
4/9 Pelagic Zone: Plankton Ch 13
Ch 14 p407-409
4/11, 4/16 Pelagic Zone: Nekton Ch 14
4/18 Film and Review (if time allows)
4/23 Exam # 3
4/25 Benthic Zone Ch 15
4/30 Field Trip Papers Due
Marine Environmental Problems
Pollution & Waste Disposal, Global Change
Ch 11:11.5-11.6 (p326-
342)
Ch 16
5/2 Marine Environmental Problems
Fishery Management Problems
**Extra Credit Due
Ch 13:13.6 (p394-401)
5/7 Review
5/9 Final Exam
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The Ocean
Ocean Facts:• Covers 71% of the earth’s surface• Accounts for 97% of the water on earth
(rest in land ice, groundwater, lakes & rivers)
• Average depth = 3,796 meters (12,451 feet) (deepest = Mariana trench 11,022 m or 36,163 ft)
• Average temp = 3.9oC (only 39oF)
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Fig. 1-1b, p. 2
Most of Earth’s Water is Salt Water
14 Plus 1 Major Oceans of the World
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1Walsh and Piccard took the Trieste to the bottom of the
Mariana Trench in 1960: 10,912 meters or 35,800ft)
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In March of 2012, James Cameron set the record for the deepest solo dive by going to the bottom on the Mariana Trench
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2tm40uMhDIhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OX8cTtOEEyI
1Local Saltwater…
Water Bodies of Long Island
Peconic B
ay
Moriches Bay
Shinnecock Bay
• Oceanography is the scientific study of the ocean by applying traditional sciences, such as physics, chemistry, geology, biology, and engineering, to all aspects of the ocean.
Oceanography: What Is It?
Subdisciplines of Oceanography
• Geological Oceanography- – Composition of ocean floor and the earth
• Physical oceanography- – Movement of water (waves, currents…)
• Chemical Oceanography- – Ocean’s dissolved solids and gases
• Marine biology (Biological Oceanography)- – marine organisms, the impact of human
activities on these organisms
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