Bio 173: Principles of Fisheries Biology

Lecture: Mon, Wed from 1pm to 2pm. (2 hours total) This course will be synchronous, in-person in Fall 2021
Lab: Mon from 2pm to 5pm (3 hours total)
Field trips. During class time
Prerequisite: BIO 1; BIO 160 (Ecology) or instructor permission
Scheduling: Every odd-year Fall, next offered Fall 2021 (not offered Fall 2022). Bio 162 (Ichthyology) will be Fall 2022.
Units: 3
Website: http://www.csus.edu/indiv/c/colemanr/Courses/Bio173/bio173.html

Syllabus: WordPerfect document pdf updated for Fall 2021

Catalog description: This course will examine the biology underlying fisheries. We are utilizing a modern text which brings the world of fisheries in line with modern ideas about evolutionary biology, conservation biology and wildlife management.

Text: Jennings, S., Kaiser, M.J., Reynolds, J.D. (2001) Marine Fisheries Ecology. Blackwell, Oxford.
ISBN 0-632-05098-5 Required

 

 

 

 

 

 

Term paper instructions: WordPerfect document pdf updated for Fall 2015

Additional Books and Resources that we use

Topic	Handouts	Video Tutorial (these are large files and take awhile to load)	Sample Output
Basic Spreadsheet in Excel	wpd pdf	video tutorial	Excel spreadsheet
Grade Calculator	wpd pdf	video tutorial	Excel spreadsheet
Graphing Using Excel	wpd pdf	video tutorial	Excel spreadsheet
Introduction to Keying California Fishes	wpd pdf
Regressions for Fisheries Biologists	wpd pdf	video tutorial	Excel spreadsheet
von Bertalanffy Growth Equations	wpd pdf	video tutorial (very large file)	Excel spreadsheet
Spawner Recruit models	wpd pdf	video tutorial (very large file)	Excel spreadsheet
Surplus Production (MSY model)	wpd pdf	video tutorial (with sound)	Excel spreadsheet
Yield per recruit	wpd pdf	video tutorial	Excel spreadsheet
Size Spectrum analysis	wpd pdf	video tutorial	Excel spreadsheet

Extra practice for von Bertalanffy growth curves

California Fish and Game code

 

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