FISH 7380--Syllabus

Below is the schedule for lecture topics and assigned readings. This schedule will be updated with additional assigned readings (TBA).

Week	Lecture Topic	Reading for next recitation date	Lab topic
1 (January 9)	Introduction/ Scheduling/ Syllabus; History of river management and fisheries	Reuss 2005; Rassmussen 1994; Petts 1994	Cadillac Desert (video); Building of Hoover Dam (video)
2 (January 16)	No Lecture (MLK holiday)	Schlosser 1991; Poff et al. 1997
3 (January 23)	Riverine Ecology-theories	Lamouroux et al. 2002 Rivers of Life; Lydeard and Mayden 1995;	AU museum tour; Robustum video/Sturgeon videos
4 (January 30)	Faunal Diversity	Matthews 1996	Faunal diversity lab; America's Pearly Mussels video
5 (February 6)	Watershed hydrology, landuse, and management	Fausch et al. 2002; Wiens 2002	Watershed assessment and comparison lab
6 (February 13)	Habitat as a Template	Bowen et al. 2003; Vadas and Orth 2001	Field trip-Tennessee Aquarium
7 (February 20)	Landscape Ecology Principles	Freeman et al. 2001; Pringle et al. 2000	Project outline due; Summary of Bowen et al. 2003
8 (February 27)	No Class -Projects		Work on Projects
9 (March 6)	Hydrologic Models and Modeling/Dykes PDF version	Weyers et al. 2003;  Collier et al. 1996 (Primer)	Hydrograph analysis Lab; Summary of Freeman et al. 2001
10 (March 13)	Ecology of regulated rivers. Dr. Mary Freeman	Irwin and Freeman 2002; Poff et al. 2003	IHA Lab; Summary of Weyers et al. 2003
11 (March 20)	Ecosystem and adaptive management	Peterson and Evans (2003); Kindler (1998); Harwell (1998)	Glen canyon dam (video) Managing River Flows...(video)
12 (March 27)	Spring Break
13 (April 3)	Decision support models; Assessment and monitoring	Gard and Ballard (2003); TBA	Netica Lab; Summary of Kindler 1998
14 (April 10)	Water Wars; the politics of water	Richter et al. 2003
15 (April 17)	No Class -Projects		Work on Projects
16 (April 24)	Presentations
17 (May 1)	Finals

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