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Biology 508 - Hydrothermal Vent Biology & Ecology

Additional Reading Assignments & Course Info

Course Syllabus UPDATED 10/07/04
Presentation & Discussion Schedule UPDATED 11/21/04

Weekly Reading Assignments

Week 2

Text Chapters 1 & 2

Tunnicliffe et al., 1997: Vent Colonization
Delaney et al., 1998: Impacts of Diking
VanDover et al., 2002: Evolution & Biogeography

Week 3

Text Chapter 3

Von Damm et al., 1997: Black Smoker, from Vapor to Brine
Butterfield et al., 1997: Evolution of Vent Chemistry Model

Week 4

Text Chapters 6 & 7

Distel etal., 1995: Methane & Sulfur Oxidizers in Mussels

Weeks 5 & 6: No classes

Week 7

Elsaied et al., 2001: RuBisCo Diversity I
Elsaied et al., 2002: RuBisCo Diversity II
Emerson & Moyer, 2002: Loihi Microbial Mats

Text Chapter 8

Allen et al., 2001: Lipids in Vent Shrimp
Polz et al., 1998: Trophic Ecology of Vent Shrimp

Week 8

Text Chapters 5 & 9

Takai et al., 2004: HyperSLIME Hypothesis
Marsh et al., 2001: Riftia Larva Dispersal
O'Mullan et al., 2001: Mytilid Dispersal
Won et al., 2003: Follow-up on Mytilid Dispersal

Week 9

Text Chapter 11

Vrijenhoek, 1997: Gene Flow & Genetic Diversity
Little & Vrijenhoek, 2003: Living Fossils?
Goffredi et al., 2004: Gastropods from Indian Ocean Vents
Won et al., 2003: Dispersal Barriers for Mytilids
Won et al., 2003: Mytilid Endosymbiont Acquisition

Week 10

Text Chapter 13

Nisbet & Sleep, 2001: Habitat and Nature of Early Earth
Brandes et al., 1998: Nitrogen Reduction at Vents
Cody et al., 2000: Abiotic Synthesis of Pyruvate

Week 11

Teske et al., 2003: Ancient Anaerobic Metabolisms
Teske et al., 2002: Microbial Diversity at Guaymas Vents
Edgecomb et al., 2002: Picoeukaryotes at Guaymans Vents
Lopez-Garcia et al., 2003: Picoeukaryotes at MAR Vents
Kelley et al., 2001: Lost City is Found
Fruh-Green et al., 2001: Lost City is ~30K Years Old
Schrenk et al., 2004: Low Archaeal Diversity at Lost City
Takai et al., 2004: Spatial Distribution of Archaea at Vents

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