BOT 4213: Botanical
Limnology
The BOT 4213 web pages are created and maintained, solely for
educational purposes, by Bill Henley,
Dept. of Botany, Oklahoma State University. It is constantly being revised, and
some links temporarily may not be active.
Shortcuts: lecture notes study aids syllabus reserve field photos web links
[NOTE: I recommend saving Word 97 files to disk,
then open in Word as read-only, and select "No" if prompted to
save changes. That will prevent you from inadvertently altering the original
notes. Self-extracting image files: use Internet
Explorer - left click then "Save this file to
disk…OK", then change the file extension to .exe,
choose a destination folder, and click "Save".
To extract, double click the file name from Windows Explorer
and input the password (given in class) as instructed. I recommend
saving/unzipping to C:\ BOT4213 (home computer) or H:\BOT4213 (OSU network
computer) in the "Unzip to folder" field.]
Algae (weeks 1-3, 5-6)
html file for online
viewing
~440K Word
97 file for printing
self-extracting
image files (WARNING: ~5.4 MB) [see instructions above]
Macrophytes (weeks 7-8, 12-13)
html file for online viewing
~100K Word 97 file for printing
self-extracting
image files (WARNING: ~1.4 MB) [see instructions above]
more self-extracting image files (WARNING: ~4.3 MB) [see instructions above]
Physiological Ecology (weeks 4, 8-9)
html file for online
viewing
~140K Word 97 file for
printing
NO self-extracting image files
[images imbedded in Word file]
Scale & Nonequilibrium Ecological Theory (weeks
10-11)
html
file for
online viewing
~100K Word 97 file for
printing
self-extracting
image files (WARNING: ~1 MB) [see instructions above]
Applied Botanical Limnology (week
13; we’ll only cover a little of this)
html file for online viewing
~120K Word 97 file for printing
self-extracting image files
(WARNING: ~? MB) [see
instructions above]
Course Syllabus (28K
Word 97 file - open as read-only, and select "No" if prompted
to save changes)
Toward the end of the semester, you will need to
lead a class discussion/critique of a recent (last 1-2 years) primary research
article of your choosing. DO NOT WAIT until November to start journal-surfing!
You may pick any non-review article concerning some aspect of
algae or aquatic plants. In keeping with the course content, I would prefer the
subject be ecological or physiological, rather than strictly taxonomic. The
following link lists journals (and their call numbers) carried by the OSU
library that routinely or occasionally contain articles about various aspects of
algae and/or aquatic plants:
Journals List: html file 21K Word 97
file (open as read-only, and select "No" if prompted to
save changes)
My lecture notes are based largely on the books and
articles on reserve in the library:
Library Reserve List: html file 25K
Word 97 file (open as read-only, and select "No" if
prompted to save changes)
Old Exams
(25K Word 97 file - open as read-only, and select
"No" if prompted to save changes)
Note that lecture coverage (level of detail and order that
material is covered) varies from year to year, so the coverage of your exams
may differ from these. However, the types of questions and overall test format
will be the same, unless I inform you otherwise in class.
Exam 1 study guide (25K
Word 97 file - open as read-only, and select "No" if prompted
to save changes)
Exam 2 study guide (25K
Word 97 file - open as read-only, and select "No" if prompted
to save changes)
Ludwigia peploides & Ceratophyllum demersum at Boomer Lake
“Duh, what am I supposed to be
doing?”
“Do catfish bite on Secchi disks?”
Potamogeton nodosus & Ceratophyllum demersum at Boomer Lake
(maybe some Najas guadalupensis and/or Chara mixed in too)
Phycological Society of
America
U.
Conn. Aquatic Plants course
Charles
Delwiche's U. MD "Photosynthetic Life" Course Image Gallery
U. Arizona's
Tree of Life Project showing phylogeny according to the experts
Automatic Diatom Identification and Classification Project: Diatom Image Gallery
Clemson U. Algal
Image Gallery
Morgan Vis'
Ohio U. Algal Image Gallery
Woods Hole's
Harmful Algae homepage
U. Florida's Center for
Aquatic and Invasive Plants
Mississippi
State U. Aquatic Weeds
USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic
Plant Distribution Information
