MAR 650: Marine Ecosystem Dynamics:

General Info:
Syllabus and Class Schedule

Lectures and Supplementary Materials

Date # Topic Suppl Homework Lecturer
9/7   Introduction     All
9/12 L1 Lights and nutrients
Reference_1
Reference_2
PAR_movie
 Problem_1 Chen

9/19

9/26

 L2 Ocean layers and mixing layer dynamics


Problem_2 Chen
10/3 L3 Biological Desert

Reference_1 Wave_wake_1 Wave_wake_2 Wave_wake_3

   Chen
10/10 L4 Western Boundary Current Ecosystem

Atlantic_NPP

Pacific_NPP

 Problem_3 Chen
10/17 L5 Biological Features of Warm-core and Cold-core Rings     Chen
10/24 L6 Equatorial Ecosystem Processes Equatorial_NPP   Chen
10/31 L7 Arctic Ecosystem Ice_2007   Chen
11/07 L8 Southern Ocean Circumploar_winds_pressure   Chen
11/14 L9 Coastal Ecosystem

Anim_1, Anim_2, Anim_3, Anim_4, Anim_5, Anim_6, Anim_7, Anim_8, Anim_9, Anim_10, Anim_11

 Problem_4 Chen
11/21 L10 Coastal Ecosystem Continue L9 lecture   Chen
11/28 L11

Application: Internal waves

 Anim_1, Anim_2, Anim_3   Chen

12/5

 L12 Basic concept of ecosystem models     Chen
12/12 L13 Ecosystem Models     Chen
12/19   Final Exam Open Book