Wetlands Ecology calendar                          

September
8-28 : What are wetlands?
8-31 : Hydrology: the driving factor
9-5: Water budget I (Excel spreadsheet practice)
9-7: Hydroperiods & tides, Dr. Anett Trebitz
9-12: Water budget II (problem set I)
9-14: BGC soils
9-17: Field trip I: 8 am - 4 pm (Sunday)
9-19: Soils II (Form project teams, project assignments.)
9-21: Chemical transformations I, Dr. Rich Axler (field trip write-up due)
9-26: Chemical transformations II, Dr. Rich Axler (Problem set I due)
9-28 : Class cancelled (problem set II)
9-30: Field trip II: 8 am - 6 pm (Saturday)

October
10-3: Chemical transport & mass balance
10-5: Animal adaptations
10-10: Plant adaptations, Ms. Cynthia Hagley (field trip write-up due)
10-12: Ecosystem development & zonation, ecosystem productivity (problem set II due; writing assignment)
10-17: Mid-term exam
10-19 Diversity and competition

10-24: Herbivory and disturbance
10-26: Fall break
10-31: Peatlands (project writing assignment due)

November
11-2: Wetland protection
11-7: Wetland creation and restoration
11-9: Wetland management (draft project reports due)
11-14: Treatment wetlands, Dr. Richard Axler
11-16: Invasive species in wetlands
11-21: Wetlands and climate change, Dr. Lucinda Johnson
11-23: Thanksgiving break
11-28: Project work day
11-30: Project presentations

December
12-5: Project presentations
12-7: Protecting water in community landuse planning, Mr. Jesse Schomberg (project reports due)
12-14 (Thurs): Final exam, 2-4 PM