Biology 65: Biodiversity and Conservation

University of California, Irvine

Spring 2009 syllabus

This course is the second of three core courses satisfying the first requirement of the Interdisciplinary Minor in Global Sustainability.

Class Time:  Mon., Wed., Fri. - 3:00 pm to 3:50 pm in DBH 1100

Instructor: Peter J. Bryant, Professor, Developmental and Cell Biology (x44714; pjbryant@uci.edu).  Office hours by appointment.

Teaching Assistants:

Textbook: Only the slide shows

Date

Topic (click to go there!)

Mon, Mar 30

No lecture

Wed, Apr 1

1: INTRODUCTION web ppt

The Origin, Evolution and Exploitation of Biodiversity

Fri, Apr 3

2: EVOLUTION OF ANIMALS AND THE AGE OF REPTILES web ppt

Mon, Apr 6

3 (now including 4): THE AGE OF MAMMALS, THE EVOLUTION OF HUMANS AND THE PLEISTOCENE EXTINCTIONS web ppt

Wed, Apr 8

5: EXTINCTION AND DEPLETION FROM OVER-EXPLOITATION web ppt

Fri, Apr 10

6: OVEREXPLOITATION THREATENING LIVING SPECIESweb ppt

Values of Biodiversity

Mon, Apr 13

11: VALUES OF BIODIVERSITY web ppt

Wed, Apr 15

12: NATURAL PRODUCTS

Fri, Apr 17

Mid-term (and deadline for first assignment)

Environmental Contamination and its Effects on Biodiversity (Instructor: Dr. Felix Grun)

Important "Frontline" TV show to watch on line: Poisoned Waters

Mon, Apr 20

Pollution and habitat degradation pdf ppt

Wed, Apr 22

Guest Lecture: Stephanie Barger, Executive Director of Earth Resources Foundation, Costa Mesa, California: The Campaign Against the Plastic Plague: the Problems, the Solutions, and how you can do your part" web ppt

Fri, Apr 24

Nutrient pollutants pdf ppt

Mon, Apr 27

Biocidal pollutants pdf ppt

Wed, Apr 29

Endocrine disruptors: effects on wildlife and human health pdf ppt

Fri, May 1

Greenhouse gases, climate change and biodiversity pdf ppt

Mon, May 4

Mitigating pollution pdf ppt

Wed, May 6

Mid-term (and deadline for second assignment)

Threats to Species and Ecosystems

Fri, May 8

7: WHALES AND WHALING web ppt

Mon, May 11

8: FISH AND FISHING web ppt

Wed, May 13

9: SECONDARY EFFECTS OF OVER-EXPLOITATION web ppt

Fri, May 15

14: EXOTIC INTRODUCTIONS web ppt

Mon, May 18

15/16: FORESTS AND DEFORESTATION web ppt

Wed, May 20

17: DESERTS web ppt

Fri, May 22

18: ENDANGERED FRESHWATER HABITATS

Mon, May 25

19: ENDANGERED MARINE HABITATS

Wed, May 27

20: ISLANDS web ppt

Fri, May 29

10: CATALOGING AND MAPPING BIODIVERSITY web ppt

Including: Ecosystems, Biodiversity and Conservation in California

Mon, Jun 1

24: HUMAN POPULATION GROWTH AND ITS IMPACT  web ppt

Saving Species and Ecosystems

Wed, Jun 3

13: ENDANGERED SPECIES PROTECTION web ppt

Fri, Jun 5

23: CAPTIVE BREEDING AND REINTRODUCTION web ppt

Mon, Jun 8, 4:00-6:00pm

Final Exam (and deadline for third assignment)

Grades:

30% Writing Assignment
30% Mid-term
40% Final 

Instructor:

Dr. Peter J. Bryant
School of Biological Sciences
University of California, Irvine
Irvine, CA 92717, USA
Phone (714) 824-4714 Fax (714) 824-3571