Galapagos Marine Ecology, ECOL 496O/596O (3-6 units)
University of Arizona, Tucson

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LAST UPDATE: May 3, 2008

COURSE HANDOUTS 2008:
unit requirements (3, 4, 5 AND 6 units)
Step by Step Instructions version 2(2 pages) revised 5_02_08
what to bring_v2 (3 pages) revised 4_17_08
map of town (1 page)

REQUIRED TEXTS 2008:

Required:
1.Wildlife of the Galapagos, Fitter, Fitter and Hosking, 2000, Princeton University Press
2.The Beak of the Finch, Weiner, Jonathan, 1994. Vintage Press, NY
3.Packet of photocopied readings (we will send you before course starts, no charge).
Highly recommended for avid snorkelers:
Reef Fish Identification: Galapagos, by Paul Humann (Author), Ned Deloach (Editor)

Recommended, optional:
Any natural history guide. We like either of these two:
Galapagos, A Natural History, Michael Hume Jackson (very readable, organism-focused),
Galapagos, by John C Kricher (ISBN: 9781588340412, Smithsonian) on sale for $5.95 (drier, but very informative and more evolutionary) http://www.alibris.com/search/books/isbn/9781588340412

Expert Topic Papers 2007 (To be posted as they come in:)
Adnan - giant tortoise (posted 27 June 2007; link fixed 02 July 2007)
Adnan - dispersal (posted 05 July 2007)
Nicole - green sea turtle (posted 27 June 2007)
Stephen - sally lightfoot crab (posted 05 July 2007)
Kristin - frigate birds (posted 04 July 2007)
Danielle - waved albatross (posted 04 July 2007)
Katherine - mexican hogfish and rainbow wrasse (posted 04 July 2007)
John - parrot fish (posted 06 July 2007)
John - invasive species
Alecia - geology (posted 06 July 2007)
Connie - mockingbirds (posted 26 June 2007)
Connie - plant walk
Wendi - sea lion (posted 05 July 2007)
Wendi - island biogeography (posted 05 July 2007)
Wendi - island biogeography activity and action cards (posted 06 July 2007)
Andrea - Galapagos penguin (posted 02 July 2007)
Michelle - white-tip reef shark (posted 02 July 2007)

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Websites on Galapagos:
Latest News
Galapagos Conservation Trust <http://www.gct.org/>
Darwin Station News <http://www.darwinfoundation.org/news.html>

Geology
Washington University <http://epsc.wustl.edu/geochronology/galapagos.htm>
Cornell University <http://www.geo.cornell.edu/geology/Galapagos.html>

Wildlife
Charles Darwin Foundation <http://www.darwinfoundation.org/>

Galapagos Fur Seal Project <http://www.tamug.tamu.edu/labb/Galapagos/GFSwork/GFS_work.htm>

Miscellaneous marine biology
Good Fish Bad Fish Seafood Guide <http://www.calacademy.org/calwild/2002winter/stories/fish2_table.html>

Reading List
http://guide2galapagos.com/related_main.html

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For Staff Use (please ignore if you are a student):
sea cucumber external anatomy (english only)
sea cucumber internal anatomy (english only)
green sea turtle.pdf / Word (monitoring protocol and map, green sea turtle, 1 pg)
sea urchins.pdf / Word (monitoring protocol and map, sea urchin, 1 pg)
sea lions.pdf / Word (monitoring protocol, no map available, sea lion, 1 pg)
marine iquanas.pdf /Word (monitoring protocol and map, marine iquana, 2 pg)
damselfish.pdf / Word (monitoring procol and map, damselfish, 1 pg)