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ESCI 411: Forest and Fish AssessmentWinter Quarter |
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Instructor: Leo Bodentseiner Office: ES442 Phone: 650-7375 email: leobode@cc.wwu.edu Office hours: TBA (sign-up near door) and by appointment Teaching Assistant: TBA Office: TBA Phone: TBA email: TBA |
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| Course description: A field-based course to
compliment ESCI 410: Forests and Fish; based on laboratory and field investigations
of fish habitat and fish communities in streams in and around
Bellingham; small groups will conduct assessments in selected streams; Text: Aquatic Habitat Assessment: Common Methods by Bain and Stevenson, editors |
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| Grading: A 92+; A- 90+; B+ 88+; B 83+; B- 80+; C+ 78+; C 73+; C- 70+; D+ 68+; D 63+; D- 60+; F <60 | |||||||
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| I | Introduction; instruments | ||||||
| II | Fish identification | ||||||
| III | Safety; field methods and handling fish | ||||||
| IV | Stream habitat assessment | ||||||
| V | Stream habitat assessment | ||||||
| VI | Data analysis | ||||||
| VII | Stress and fish pathology | ||||||
| VIII | Environmental impacts | ||||||
| IX | Field trip | ||||||
| X | Final presentations and paper | ||||||