1 MAR 105 Introduction to Oceanography Honors Dr. Jean Anastasia

1 Dr. Jean R. Anastasia Home page: www2.sunysuffolk.edu/anastaj Office Hours: Monday online 3:00-4:00 Tues 10:30-12:30 Wed 1:45-2:45 Thursday 1:45-2:45

1 Attendance All students are expected to attend every class session of each course for which they are registered. Students are responsible for all that transpires in class whether or not they are in attendance. Attendance at laboratory meetings is required. Students who miss more than one (1) lab session may be dropped from the course. The last official date to withdraw from the course is March 25, Students wishing to withdraw from class after this date must contact me and complete a withdraw slip from the registrar’s office, which I must sign. All students who go AWOL without completing a withdraw form will automatically receive a grade of “F”.

1 Books Essentials of Oceanography, 11th edition, Trujillo and Thurman. Prentice Hall –Options for e-book or rental –Let me know if you have another text Lab Manual at Bookstore Four Fish: The Future of the Last Wild Seafood by Paul Greenberg

1 Grading Lecture: 3 lecture exams will be given Lowest grade will be dropped ONLY IF all exams have been taken No- make-up exams 2 highest grades combine to make up 35% of your course grade

1 Grading Honors Projects: –Four Fish Presentation 5% –Individual Project: Field Trip Paper 5%

1 Grading Laboratory: 30% of your course grade pop quizzes prelabs/ homework lab questions/ graphs field trips 2 lab exams

1 Grading Final Exam: – A cumulative final exam will constitute 25% of your course grade. It will be given on the last day of class

1 Extra Credit 10 current, oceanography-related articles and an in-depth analysis/ summary of each article Due by May 2nd– NO LATE JOURNALS WILL BE ACCEPTED

1 Field Trips This course includes field trips that will take the place of lab periods. Attendance on these field trips is expected.

1 MAR 105 LAB SCHEDULE Fall 2013 FridayTopicWeekend Trips ** These dates are tentative and subject to change** Lab Schedule 1/24Introduction 1/31Scientific Method & Density 2/7Plate Tectonics & Ocean Profiles I 2/14Ocean Profiles II 2/21Salinity, Temp & Density 2/28NO LAB (cancelled for time spent on Aquarium Boat trip) 3/7Ocean Circulation 3/14Lab Exam 1 3/21SPRING BREAK 3/28Waves 4/4Sediment Analysis 4/11Smith Pt beach trip (low tide at 2:30pm) 4/18Size Matters 4/25Marine Pollution 5/2Lab Exam 2 EXTRA CREDIT DUE Explorer Tour Boat- Long Island Aquarium- Sat 5/3 9:30 5/9Clean-Up

1 General Policies No cheating/ plagiarism No leaving the room during exams/ no cell phone during exams No late work No unexcused make-ups- contact me the day of the exam!! No texting or disruptive behavior Write your own notes, study each week; come to extra help

1 Lecture Schedule 1/22Introduction 1/24 Structure of the Earth, begin Plate Tectonics Introduction : xxi-xxv Ch1 Ch 2 1/29Plate Tectonics continued Ch 2 continued Ch 3 1/31, 2/5 Structure of the Ocean Floor: Continental Margins & Deep Ocean Basins Ch 3 continued 2/7, 2/12 Properties of Seawater – Chemistry of Water, Temperature, Salinity, Density in the Ocean Ch 5 2/14 Coriolis Effect and Winds Ch 6: (p ) 2/19Exam # 1 2/21 Ocean Circulation Surface Currents & Deep Circulation Ch 7 2/26, 2/28 CLASS CANCELLED- Meet with group for Four Fish Assignment 3/5 Ocean Circulation continued begin WavesCh 8 3/7WavesCh 8 3/12, 3/14TidesCh 9 3/19, 3/21NO CLASS- Spring Break 3/26 Paul Greenberg talk- common hour 11:00 Four Fish Presentations 3/28Exam #2 4/2CoastsCh 10 4/4Marine Biology Intro Ch 1: 1.6 (p24-29) Ch 12 4/9Pelagic Zone: Plankton Ch 13 Ch 14 p /11, 4/16Pelagic Zone: NektonCh 14 4/18Film and Review (if time allows) 4/23Exam # 3 4/25Benthic ZoneCh 15 4/30 Field Trip Papers Due Marine Environmental Problems Pollution & Waste Disposal, Global Change Ch 11: (p ) Ch 16 5/2 Marine Environmental Problems Fishery Management Problems **Extra Credit Due Ch 13:13.6 (p ) 5/7Review 5/9Final Exam

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The Ocean Ocean Facts: Covers 71% of the earth’s surface Accounts for 97% of the water on earth (rest in land ice, groundwater, lakes & rivers) Average depth = 3,796 meters (12,451 feet) (deepest = Mariana trench 11,022 m or 36,163 ft) Average temp = 3.9 o C (only 39 o F)

1 Fig. 1-1b, p. 2 Most of Earth’s Water is Salt Water

1 4 Plus 1 Major Oceans of the World

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1 Walsh and Piccard took the Trieste to the bottom of the Mariana Trench in 1960: 10,912 meters or 35,800ft)

1 In March of 2012, James Cameron set the record for the deepest solo dive by going to the bottom on the Mariana Trench

1 Local Saltwater… Water Bodies of Long Island Peconic Bay Moriches Bay Shinnecock Bay

Oceanography is the scientific study of the ocean by applying traditional sciences, such as physics, chemistry, geology, biology, and engineering, to all aspects of the ocean. Oceanography: What Is It?

Subdisciplines of Oceanography Geological Oceanography- –Composition of ocean floor and the earth Physical oceanography- –Movement of water (waves, currents…) Chemical Oceanography- –Ocean’s dissolved solids and gases Marine biology (Biological Oceanography)- –marine organisms, the impact of human activities on these organisms

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