Discovering the Living Ocean: A Manual of Field and Laboratory Activities

Preface

Safety Precautions for Science Activities

ACTIVITIES

Microscopy: Use of the Compound and Dissecting Microscopes in the  Marine Biology Laboratory

Parts of the Microscope—Preparation of a Wet Mount Slide—Focusing and  Depth of Field—Microscopic Measurements—Oil Immersion Technique— Dissecting Microscopes

Examining the Properties of Seawater

Temperature and Density—Salinity and Density—Determining Salinity— Salinity and Buoyancy—Influence of Temperature on Salinity and Density

Classifying and Identifying Marine Invertebrates

Exercise in Creating a Key—Key to Major Phyla of Marine Invertebrates

An Exercise in Observing and Describing Marine Organisms

Marine Microbiology

Smear Preparation

Procedure Antimicrobial Effects of Marine Extracts

Observing Plankton

Phytoplankton—Zooplankton—Zooplankton Response to Light— Quantification of a Plankton Sample

The Effects of Pollution on Phytoplankton Growth

Phycology: The Study of Marine Algae

Overview of Major Groups—Seaweed Identification—Preparing a Pressing of a Marine Algae

Invertebrate Zoology: Porifera

Sponge Feeding—Sponge Reproduction—Sponge Skeleton Invertebrate

Zoology: Phylum Cnidaria

Hydrozoans (Phylum Cnidaria, Class Hydrozoa)—Colonial Hydrozoans— Class Anthozoa—Class Scyphozoa

Cephalopod Adaptations

External Anatomy—Internal Anatomy

Invertebrate Zoology: Marine Arthropods

Observation of Marine Chelicerates—Study of a Representative Marine Decapod—Internal Anatomy—Comparison of Crustaceans

Phylum Echinodermata—Sea Urchin Biology

Sea Urchin Anatomy—External Anatomy—Internal Anatomy— Fertilization in the Sea Urchin

Ichthyology: External and Internal Anatomy of a Bony Fish

External Anatomy—Internal Anatomy

Physiology: Temperature Effects on the Metabolism of Marine Ectotherms

Metabolic Rate of Daphnia—Metabolic Rate In a Goldfish—Circulation in a Goldfish

Marine Mammals: Anatomy and Physiology

Skeletal Modifications for Aquatic Existence—Skull Adaptations—Physiological Responses to Deep Diving

FIELD STUDIES

Oceanography Activities on a Pier or Dock

Physical Oceanography—Light Penetrance/Water Clarity—Collecting a Water Sample for Physical and Chemical Analysis—Chemical Oceanography—Dissolved Oxygen and Biological Oxygen Demand—Chemical Oceanography—pH Testing, Salinity, Density, and Nutrients—Biological Oceanography—Plankton Collection and Calculation of Plankton Density—Biological Oceanography— Benthic Species—Biological Oceanography—Identifying Coastal Species

Fouling Community

Rocky Intertidal Zone

Survey of Intertidal Zone and Scavenger Hunt—Mollusk Measurements— Comparison of Tidepools: Abiotic and Biotic Factors—Quadrat Survey along Range of Intertidal Habitat

Sandy Beach Survey

Beach Survey and Construction of a Beach Profile—Determining the Particle Size Distribution of Beach Sediment—Meiofauna—Field Collection  of Meiofauna—Laboratory Study of Meiofauna—Identification of Meiofaunal  Organisms and Observations on Locomotion—Seine Net

Ornithology: Observing Coastal Birds

Birdwatching—Research Proposal—Field Notes in Biology—Checklist of Coastal Birds of The Atlantic Coast—Checklist of Coastal Birds of The Gulf Coast—Checklist of Coastal Birds of The Pacific Coast (Including Alaska  and Hawaii)

APPENDICES 

Metric System

Glossary of Marine Biology Terms (with Latin and Greek Prefixes and Word Roots)

Bibliography of Field & Identification Guides for North American

Marine Organisms

Depth Zonation of the World Ocean—Oceans and the Seas

Table of Beaufort Sea State