Course Description
Ecology, life history, biology, and taxonomy of aquatic insects, their role in ecosystems and biological monitoring.
Additional Requirements for Graduate Students:
Aquatic invertebrate insect collections must be identified to
the family and genus level. Undergraduate collections will only
be identified to the family level.
Athena Title
Aquatic Entomology
Prerequisite
ENTO 4000/6000-4000L/6000L or permission of department
Semester Course Offered
Offered spring
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
Course goals: Undergraduate: Present the major themes of Aquatic Entomology, introduce the most recent literature, provide an opportunity to present a scientific talk, teach family-level taxonomy of aquatic invertebrates through the lab and a collection Graduate: Present the major themes of Aquatic Entomology, introduce the most recent literature, provide an opportunity to present a scientific talk, provide an opportunity to develop a scientific paper, teach family- and genus-level taxonomy of aquatic invertebrates through the lab and a collection
Topical Outline
1 Intro, Life in water 2 Mollusks, annelids, crustaceans 3 Collembola, Ephemeroptera Lab: Collembola, Ephemeroptera 4 Respiration, osmoregulation 5 Odonata, Orthoptera Lab: Odonata, Orthoptera 6 Life histories, colonization, Ecol. measures, feeding groups 7 Plecoptera Lab: Plecoptera 8 Substrate relations, wood, detritus Detritivory/algae relations 9 Invertebrate/fish predation Lab: Quiz 1 Fish predation/food webs 10 Landscape ecology 11 Hemiptera, Neuroptera Lab: Hemiptera, Neuroptera 12 Sampling, Biomonitoring 13 Trichoptera, Lepidoptera Lab: Trichoptera 14 Medical importance, IPM 15 Stream ecosystems Lab: Trichoptera, Lepidoptera 16 Midterm 17 Wetland ecosytems Lab: Quiz 2 18/19 Spring Break 20 Lake ecosystems 21 Coleoptera Lab: Coleoptera 22 Impacts of a changing climate 23 Diptera Lab: Diptera 24 Student led paper discussions 25 Student led paper discussions Lab: Diptera 26 Student led paper discussions 27 Student led paper discussions Lab: Quiz 3 28 Student presentations 29 Student presentations Lab: Collections due 30 Student presentations
Syllabus