RIPARIAN/FLOODPLAIN ECOLOGY
SPRING 2004 CLASS SCHEDULE
Class time/location: CNR 209; MWF (10:30-11:20)
| Date | Topic |
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Riparian/Floodplain Ecology: A River-Basin Perspective |
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| Jan 14 | Course Into ~ Why "Riparian" not "Floodplain" Ecology? |
| Jan 16 | Riverine Landscape Diversity |
| Fluvial Geomorphology of Rivers and Streams | |
| Jan 19 | Martin Luther King Day ~ No Class |
| Jan 21 | Surfacewater Hydrology I |
| Jan 23 | Lit review/class discussion |
| Jan 26 | Surfacewater Hydrology II (sediment transport/deposition) |
| Jan 28 | Guest lecture by Tim Link (recurrence intervals, flow probabilities, etc) |
| Jan 30 | Lit review/class discussion |
| Feb 2 | The Shape of Rivers and their Floodplains |
| Feb 4 | River and Floodplain Classification Systems |
| Feb 6 | Lit review/class discussion (Quiz 1) |
| Groundwater & Hyporheic Ecology | |
| Feb 9 | Groundwater/Hyporheic Ecology I |
| Feb 11 | Groundwater/Hyporheic Ecology II |
| Feb 13 | Lit review/class discussion |
| Feb 16 | President's Day - No Class |
| Feb 18 | Floodplain Ecology of the Flathead River |
| Feb 20 | Lit review/class discussion |
| Riparian/Floodplain Vegetation Ecology | |
| Feb 23 | Large Woody Debris (LWD) |
| Feb 25 | Life History/Ecology of Riparian Willows |
| Feb 27 | Lit review/class discussion |
| Mar 1 | Life History/Ecology of Riparian Cottonwoods |
| Mar 3 | Ecology of Riparian Alders (& other species) |
| Mar 5 | Lit review/class discussion (handout mid-term exam) |
| Mar 8 | No Class (Mid-term exam due) |
| Mar 10 | Ecology of Invasive Floodplain Vegetation |
| Mar 12 | Lit review/class discussion (Quiz 2) |
| Mar 16 | SPRING BREAK |
| Mar 22 | Floodplain Vegetation Ecology |
| Floodplain/River Biota | |
| Mar 24 | Guest lecture by Kara Anlauf |
| Mar 26 | Lit review/class discussion |
| Mar 29 | Ecology of Aquatic Macroinvertebrates (First draft of paper/proposal due) |
| Mar 31 | Salmon/Native Fish Ecology (interactions w/floodplain forests) |
| Apr 2 | Lit review/class discussion (Quiz 3) |
| Apr 3, 4 | Field Trip (one-day trip, either Saturday or Sunday) |
| Apr 7 | Birds and Mammals of Floodplain Environments |
| Remote Sensing & Analysis of Floodplains | |
| Apr 12 | Remote Sensing of Floodplain Environments (Hyperspectral Analysis) |
| Apr 14 | Amphibians of Floodplain Environments ~ application of hyperspectral analysis |
| Apr 16 | Lit review/class discussion |
| Impacts of Grazing & Logging Practices | |
| Apr 19 | Livestock Riparian Grazing Patterns |
| Apr 21 | Riparian Grazing Management Strategies |
| Apr 23 | Lit review/class discussion |
| Impacts of Regulated Flows | |
| Apr 26 | Influence of Forest Harvest Practices on Aquatic and Riparian Ecosystems |
| Apr 28 | Impacts of Regulated Flows ~ River Canyons |
| Apr 30 | Lit review/class discussion |
| Review/Integration | |
| May 3 | Impacts of Regulated Flows ~ Unconstrained Floodplains |
| May 5 | Influence of Climate Change on Floodplain Ecosystems (handout take-home final) |
| May 7 | Lit review/class discussion (class paper/proposal due) |
| May 10 | Final exam due (5pm) |