Lecture 1: Introduction Biology 450: Fish Week Lecture 1: Introduction Scott Heppell Department of Fisheries and Wildlife Oregon State University 042 Nash Hall 737-1086, Scott.Heppell@oregonstate.edu

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Fish week (and a half) Learn about the biology and ecology of marine fishes Become familiar with many of Oregon’s nearshore and estuarine fishes Spend some time talking about impacts to fish populations Collect fish from different environments Hypothesize why the distributions might be different in each environment Complete a project on the biodiversity of species encountered

Fish week (and a half) 15 lectures (including case studies) 5 laboratories 4 field trips 3 videos 2 homework assignments 1 lab notebook 1 project 2 exams

Fish week (and a half) 15 lectures (including case studies) 5 laboratories 4 field trips 3 videos 2 homework assignments 1 lab notebook 1 project 2 exams

Fish week (and a half) Date Time Location Activity Tides 1-May 9:00AM-10:00AM Lecture Introduction to the course 3:42 0.9 Low tide Thu 10:00AM-11:00AM An introduction to fish 9:35 6.4 High tide 11:00AM-12:00PM Fishes of Oregon 606 2022 Rise/set 1:30PM-4:00PM Field Yaquina Bay --Beach seine collection of shallow bay fishes. 4:00PM-5:00PM Film Rockfishes of California, Anadromous fish 2-May 7:30AM-1:00PM Field/lab/film Yaquina Bay trawling/Oregon coast Aquarium habitat study/Sharks, skates, rays video 4:28 1.1 Fri 2:00PM-4:00PM Lab/film Oregon coast Aquarium habitat study/Sharks, skates, and rays video 10:40 6.7 Anadromous fish -the special case of salmon 604 2023

Fish week (and a half) Date Time Location Activity Tides 5-May 9:00AM-10:00AM Lecture Nassau grouper -critical conservation issues 6:53 -2.2 Low tide Mon 10:00AM-11:00AM Age and growth of fishes 1:30 7.4 High tide 11:00AM-12:00PM Thermal biology 600 2027 Rise/set 1:00PM-3:00PM Laboratory Functional anatomy of fish 3:00PM-4:00PM Sensory systems 6-May 6:15AM-9:00AM Field Boiler Bay --Collection of tidepool fishes. 7:40 -2.6 Tue 10:00AM-12:00PM Fish ageing 2:23 1:00PM-2:00PM Reproduction -the basics 559 2028 2:00PM-3:00PM Reproductive behavior 7-May 7:00AM-10:30AM Strawberry Hill --Collection of tidepool fishes. 8:29 -2.7 Wed Ontogenetics shifts and dispersal 3:17 7.3 Reproductive biology 557 2029 Population dynamics, gag grouper 8-May Fish habitat 9:20 -2.4 Thu Red grouper/ecosystem engineers 4:12 7.1 Fisheries 556 2030 1:00PM-5:00PM Managing Marine Fisheries 9-May 9:00AM-11:00AM 10:14 -1.9 Fri Exam Lab practical (notebooks and write-ups due) 5:10 6.8 Written exam 555 2031

Expectations for the week Participation Notebooks Record pertinent details of field and laboratory activities Draw a representative species from each family Lab homeworks (2) Biodiversity write-up Create class database on whiteboard in room Example will be provided on Blackboard Exams Lab practical (what fish is this, to what family does it belong, where does it live Written exam –Fish, life history, habitat fisheries)

Courses offered by the Fisheries and Wildlife Department (Fall Term): Class Credits Stock assessment 3 Fisheries Seminar 1 Fishery Biology 4 Ecology and Management of Marine Fishes 3 Coastal Ecology and Resource Management 5 HMSC seminar 1 Marine Team 1 Applied FW Fish Biology 4 Marine Mammals 2

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