Dr. Kaplan: Ecology and Evolution - Fall 2009
Lab
| Week | Lab | Web Resources |
| Sept 1-4 | LAB I – Stickleback fish and Bombina tadpoles: An introduction to taking, storing, graphing, analyzing, and reporting results.* | Tree of Life - Animals (see link in lab manual) Tadpole Tutorial - Altig et al. Tadpoles of the United States and Canada: A Tutorial and Key. Russell** Use index (e.g., stickleback, frog, chordate) Green Book*, Sections A, B, C, D, E and parts of F, G, H and I as referred to in lab manual) |
| Sept 8-11 | LAB II – Part. 1 Tadpole morphological plasticity I; Part 2. Population genetics * | Altig et al. Tadpoles of the United States and Canada: A Tutorial and Key. PopBio program (download)**see note below Green Book, Section H: Statistics Explained |
| Sept 15-18 | LAB III – Reed Canyon Stickleback I* | Foster, S. 2006. Fishing for clues about evolution. Gibson, G. 2005. The synthesis and evolution of a supermodel. Science vol 370: pages 1890-1891. |
| Sept 22-25 | LAB IV – Canyon Stickleback II & Tadpole Plasticity II* |
Hoverman, J. T. and R. A. Relyea. 2007. How flexible is phenotypic plasticity? Developmental windows for the induction and reversal of inducible defenses. Ecology 88:693-705. Relyea, R. A. 2005. The impact of pesticides and herbicides on the biodiversity and productivity of aquatic communities. Ecological Applications 15:618-627. *Relyea, R. A. 2006. The impact of insecticides and herbicides on the biodiversity and productivity of aquatic communities. Response. Ecological Applications 16:2027–2034. |
General Lab Resources
*The Courses Server (See Green Book D1 for Instructions on Connecting)
** Russell et al. 2008. Biology. The Dynamic Science. (main textbook for the year; also on reserve in the Reed Library)
***Ricklefs 2001. The Economy of Nature. 5th edition (on reserve in the Reed Library)
PopBio (download program as zipped folder). **PopBio is a Mac OS 10.4 (Tiger) application, and is under active development by Reed College. This version is for internal use and testing only; please use it freely and send your comments to Bob Kaplan. Please do not distribute this version outside of Reed.
- Reed College Canyon Biology