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Updated: December 7, 2018
Instructor: Dr. Ron Coleman
Seminar: Tuesday from 6pm to 6:50pm.
A series of at least 14 seminars in ecological and environmental issues. Topics within each seminar will vary each semester. May be repeated for credit. No more than one unit of BIO 186 may be counted toward the upper division major requirement.
Field trips. None
Prerequisite: BIO 1,2; Cross-listed as ENVS 186B; only one may be counted for credit
Graded: Credit/No credit
Scheduling: Every fall, next offered Fall 2019
Units: 1
Text: No text.
Syllabus: WordPerfect, Word, HTML, PDF (updated for Fall 2018)
Date Speakers for Fall 2018 (tentative) Title Aug 28 Ron Coleman CSUS Biological Sciences Introduction to Course Sept 4 Bob Metcalf CSUS Biological Sciences Solar solutions to big environmental problems Sept 11 Jamie Kneitel CSUS Biological Sciences Seasonal Wetlands in Mediterranean Climate Regions: Patterns and Parallels Sept 18 Macy Petrula, Raiyna Villasenor, Breann Benitez CSUS Biological Sciences Undergraduate Experiences Sept 25 Robert Shields Environmental Consultant A Year in the Field for a Wildlife Biologist Oct 2 Journals due Bryan Downing US Geological Survey
Evaluating net nitrate uptake rates in the hydrodynamically complex Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta
Oct 9 Lily Douglas US Fish and Wildlife Federal wildlife jobs Oct 16 Teresa Feo Research Associate, Smithsonian Natural History Museum Super black is the new black for male Birds of Paradise
Oct 23 Kiel Edson Seafood watch (Monterey Bay Aquarium) Seafood Watch Oct 30 Tim Davidson CSUS Biological Sciences Invasive Species Nov 6 Dave Wyatt Sacramento City College Bats Nov 13 CANCELLED due to Air quality issue
Nov 20 CANCELLED due to Air quality issue Nov 27 Gail Patricelli UC Davis Courtship negotiations in sage-grouse: experiments using a robotic female Dec 4 Kristyn Schulte and Sasha Watkins CSUS Biological Sciences Landscape Genetics * tentative
Date Speakers for Fall 2017 Title Aug 30 Ron Coleman CSUS Biological Sciences Introduction to Course Sept 6 Bob Metcalf CSUS Biological Sciences The Energy Crisis in Africa, with a Solar Alternative Sept 13 Tim Horner CSUS Geology If you build it, will they come? Salmon restoration on the American River Sept 20 Lani Gleason CSUS Biological Sciences Snails Sept 27 Tom Suchanek US Geological Survey Projected Climate Change Impacts to the Western US Oct 4 Journals due Robert Shields Environmental Consultant
A Year in the Field for a Wildlife Biologist
Oct 11 Gail Patricelli UC Davis Courtship negotiations in sage-grouse: experiments using a robotic female Oct 18 Jim Harvey Moss Landing Marine Labs Leatherback turtles
Oct 25 Kimmy Swafford and Laura Givens CSUS Biological Sciences Undergraduate Research/REUs Nov 1 Ramona Swenson Environmental Science Associates The Cosumnes River Preserve: 30 years of Floodplain and Riparian Restoration Nov 8 Isaac Ligocki UC Davis Life in the Shoal Nov 15 Dana Carper UC Merced
Climate Change and plants Nov 22 Thanksgiving eve ----- No seminar ------ Nov 29 Lily Douglas US Fish and Wildlife TBA Dec 6 Erika Holland CSU Long Beach Ecotoxicology
Date Speakers for Fall 2015 Title Sept 2 Ron Coleman CSUS Biological Sciences Introduction to Course Sept 9 Bob Metcalf CSUS Biological Sciences The Energy Crisis in Africa, with a Solar Alternative Sept 16 Tim Horner CSUS Geology If you build it, will they come? Salmon restoration on the American River Sept 23 Dave Wyatt Sacramento City College White-nose syndrome in bats Sept 30 Robert Shields Environmental Consultant with Harvey & Associates A Year in the Field for a Wildlife Biologist Oct 7 * Journals due for M-Z Undergrad/REU Students CSUS Biological Sciences Undergraduate Research/REUs Oct 14* Journals due for A-L Rich Bireley CA Dept. Pesticide Regulation To Bee or Not To Bee Oct 21 Charlie Alpers USGS Environmental Biogeochemistry
Oct 28 Ramona Swenson Environmental Science Associates Ecosystem restoration: From concept to creation Nov 4 Gail Patricelli UC Davis Courtship negotiations in sage-grouse: experiments using a robotic female Nov 11 Veterans' Day -- no class No class!!! Nov 18 Ron Coleman CSUS Biological Sciences
Research in the Evolutionary Ecology of Fishes Laboratory Nov 25 Thanksgiving eve ----- No seminar ------ Dec 2 Tom Suchanek US Geological Survey Projected Climate Change Impacts to the Western US Dec 9 Jim Baxter CSUS Biological Sciences The California Environmenal Legacy Project: Connecting Californians and Environmental Change
Date Speakers for Fall 2014 Title Sept 3 Ron Coleman CSUS Biological Sciences Introduction to Course Sept 10 Tim Horner CSUS Geology If you build it, will they come? Salmon restoration on the American River Sept 17 Bob Metcalf CSUS Biological Sciences The Energy Crisis in Africa, with a Solar Alternative Sept 24 Ron Coleman CSUS Biological Sciences Research in the Evolutionary Ecology of Fishes Laboratory Oct 1 Jamie Kneitel CSUS Biological Sciences The Latitudinal Gradient of Biodiversity: Do California Vernal Pools Fit the Pattern Oct 8 * Journals due for M-Z Dave Wyatt Sacramento City College Bats, Bugs and Crowdfunding: Belize Oct 15* Journals due for A-L Pat Foley CSUS Biological Sciences Bee Community Structure in the Crystal Basin Oct 22 Mike Finnan CSUS Army Corps of Engineers Reflections of an Ecologist in the US Army Corps of Engineers Wetland Regulatory Program
Oct 29 Robert Shields Environmental Consultant with Harvey & Associates A Year in the Field for a Wildlife Biologist Nov 5 Anke Mueller-Solger US Geological Survey Boom and Bust is our Lot: Droughts, Floods and the California Delta Nov 12 Angus Wright CSUS Environmental Studies Natural Systems Agriculture: Perrennial Polyculture Nov 19 Teo Courtney, Jasmine Hamilton CSUS Biological Sciences
Undergraduate Research Nov 26 Thanksgiving eve ----- No seminar ------ Dec 3 Jimmy Pitzer CSUS Biological Sciences The Ecology of Stable Flies Associated with Equine Facilities in Florida Dec 10 Cancelled Cancelled -- speaker had to cancel at last minute. Sorry.
Date Speakers for Fall 2013 Title Sept 4 Ron Coleman CSUS Biological Sciences Introduction to Course Sept 11 Tim Horner CSUS Geology If you build it, will they come? Salmon restoration on the American River Sept 18 Matt McGee UC Davis Nile perch and Lake Victoria extinctions Sept 25 Bob Metcalf CSUS Biological Sciences The Energy Crisis in Africa, with a Solar Alternative Oct 2 Rich Bireley CA Dept. Pesticide Regulation Honeybees Oct 9 * Journals due for M-Z Robert Shields Environmental Consultant with Harvey & Associates A Year in the Field for a Wildlife Biologist Oct 16* Journals due for A-L Sadie St. Lawrence, Jasmine Hamilton CSUS Undergraduate Research Oct 23 Gail Patricelli UC Davis Courtship negotiations in sage-grouse: experiments using a robotic female Oct 30 Jamie Kneitel CSUS Biological Sciences Hydro-regime effects in California Vernal Pools Nov 6 Tom Suchanek US Geological Survey Projected Climate Change Impacts to the Western US Nov 13 Pamela Reynolds UC Davis Project ZEN Nov 20 Ramona Swenson Cardno/Entrix
The Delta: Water, Fish, Floods and Money Nov 27 Thanksgiving eve ----- No seminar ------ Dec 4 Ron Coleman CSUS Biological Sciences Underwater Treasures of Costa Rica Dec 11 Jim Baxter CSUS Biological Sciences The California Environmenal Legacy Project: Connecting Californians and Environmental Change
Date Speakers for Fall 2012 Title Aug 29 Ron Coleman CSUS Biological Sciences Introduction to Course Sept 5 Bob Metcalf CSUS Biological Sciences The Energy Crisis in Africa, with a Solar Alternative Sept 12 Tim Horner CSUS Geology If you build it, will they come? Salmon restoration on the American River Sept 19 Robert Shields Environmental Consultant with Harvey & Associates A Year in the Field for a Wildlife Biologist Sept 26 Erika Fritsch UC Davis Environmental chemical impacts on Ca2+ signalling in fish species Oct 3 * Journals due for M-Z Matt McGee UC Davis Underwater Predators: The Evolution of Suction Feeding in Fishes Oct 10* Journals due for A-L Jamie Kneitel A Drop in the Bucket: Threats to Vernal Pools and Conservation Implications Oct 17 Students (Sam Borstein, Esther Tracy, Alex Webb) Undergraduate Research Oct 24 Ramona Swenson Cardno/Entrix The Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta: Water, Fish, Floods and Money Oct 31 Ron Coleman Fish Parental Care Nov 7 Gail Patricelli UC Davis Courtship negotiations in sage-grouse: experiments using a robotic female Nov 14 Keith Miles USGS
Sea Otters as Indicators of the Condition of the Nearshore Environment Nov 21 Thanksgiving eve ----- No seminar ------ Nov 28 Lily Douglas Bureau of Land Management How to Get a Federal Job Dec 5 Ben Sacks UC Davis California Foxes
Date Speakers for Fall 2010 Title Sept 1 Ron Coleman CSUS Biological Sciences Introduction to Course Sept 8 Tim Horner CSUS Geology If you build it, will they come? Gravel restoration projects on the American River Sept 15 Bob Metcalf CSUS Biological Sciences The Energy Crisis in Africa, with a Solar Alternative Sept 22 Sarah van Ruiten, Tracy Audisio and Angela DePalma CSUS Biological Sciences Summer Research Experiences Sept 29 Tom Gohring Sacramento Water Forum The Sacramento Water Forum Oct 6 no talk -- Journals due * Journals due Oct 13 Rich Bireley CA Dept. Pesticide Regulation Evaluation of Pesticides for Effects to Nontarget Organisms Oct 20 Rob Grasso US Fish and Wildlife Service Tapped out: Preserving Aquatic Biodiversity in Forested Landscapes Oct 27 Larry Brown USGS Climate Change and Effects on Fishes in the San Francisco Estuary Nov 3 G.O. Graening Use of Stable Isotopes in Speleobiology Nov 10 Ramona Swenson Cardno ENTRIX Restoration at the Salton Sea: Opportunities, constraints, and things your professor didn't teach you about working Nov 17 Robert Shields
A Year of Working in the Field Nov 24 Thanksgiving eve ----- No seminar ------ Dec 1 Ron Coleman Parental Investment in Fishes Dec 8 Geoff Teigen The Power of Poop
Date Speakers for Fall 2009 Title Sept 2 Ron Coleman CSUS Biological Sciences Introduction to Course Sept 9 Bob Metcalf CSUS Biological Sciences The Energy Crisis in Africa, with a Solar Alternative Sept 16 Leah Fisher US Army Corps of Engineers Clean Water Sept 23 Michelle Stevens CSUS Environmental Studies The Tragedy of the Mesopotamian Marshes: a Lack of Water in the Tigris Euphrates Watershed. Sept 30 Rich Bireley CA Dept. Pesticide Regulation Evaluation of Pesticides for Effects to Nontarget Organisms Oct 7 Melanie Loo CSUS Biological Sciences Darwin, Evolution, and Conservation in the Galapagos Islands Oct 14 Ron Coleman CSUS Biological Sciences Earthquakes, fishes and floods: Dynamics of tropical riverine ecosystems Oct 21 Shannon Datwyler CSUS Biological Sciences Pollination in the beardtonges Oct 28 Tim Washburn SAFCA Flood Risk Management Challenges in the Lower Sacramento Valley Nov 4 Erika Holland UC Davis Eco-toxicology Nov 11 Veterans Day -- University closed Nov 18 Mark Dendy CSUS/ARC
Seals and salmon in the Delta Nov 25 Thanksgiving eve ----- No seminar ------ Dec 2 Dan Airola Airola Environmenal Consulting Sacramento's urban Purple Martins Dec 9 Stephanie Carlson, UC Berkeley Central Valley salmon
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