Course Topics

Eurycercus sp., from Lake Mývatn, North Iceland (Photo: Árni Einarsson).

Properties of Water

Hydrology

Nutrients and Biogeochemical Cycles

Ammonia toxicity

Heterocysts

Phytoplankton

Volvox (and volvox predation)

Cyanobacteria

Zooplankton

Daphnia reproduction

The good, the bad and the ugly

Finding Rotifers

The Jaws of the Rotifer (complete with sound effects!)

Copepods

Copepod Mechanosensory Mechanisms

Daphnia movie

Rotifer movie

Fish Biology

Dissection of an eastern blue spotted flathead

Fish of the Great Lakes! (a tour of species)

Lotic Ecosystems

Consequences of low flow

Mayflies (Ephemeroptera)

Macroinvertebrates as indicators

The RCC: the paper

Mayfly swarm

Mayfly hatch

Wetlands

Wetlands

Everglades restoration

Kissimmee River Restoration

Watersheds

Aquatic Toxicology

Restoration of Aquatic Systems

The zebra mussel page (invasive species)

Round Gobies (invasive species)

The Great Lakes Ecosystem

USEPA Great Lakes Program