MAR 105 - Introduction to Oceanography

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MAR 105 - Introduction to Oceanography

• Dr. Anastasia

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Dr. Jean R. Anastasia Office M 211 Phone
451-4923 Email anastaj_at_sunysuffolk.edu Home
page www2.sunysuffolk.edu/anastaj Office
Hours Mon 145-245 Tues online
300-400 Wed 945-1045 Thursday
145-245 Friday 945-1045
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Attendance

• All students are expected to attend every class
  session of each course for which they are
  registered.
• Cannot miss lab
• Students are responsible for all that transpires
  in class whether or not they are in attendance.

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Textbook

• Essentials of Oceanography, 10th edition,
  Trujillo and Thurman. Prentice Hall. 2011.
• Options for e-book or rental
• Let me know if you have another text
• No lab book

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Grading

•  Lecture
• 3 lecture exams will be given
• Lowest grade will be dropped ONLY IF all exams
  have been taken
• No- make-up exams
• 2 highest grades combine to make up 45 of your
  course grade
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Grading

•  Laboratory
• 35 of your course grade
•   lab exercises
• field trips
• quizzes

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Grading

• Final Exam
• A cumulative final exam will constitute 20 of
  your course grade. It will be given on the last
  day of class
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Extra Credit

• 10 current, oceanography-related articles and an
  in-depth analysis/ summary of each article
• Due by Dec 13th NO LATE JOURNALS WILL BE ACCEPTED

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Field Trips

• This course includes field trips that will take
  the place of lab periods.
• Attendance on these field trips is expected.

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Lab Schedule

• PAY ATTENTION TO THE SCHEDULE
• LABS ARE CANCELLED BECAUSE OF WEEKEND FIELD TRIPS

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MAR 105 LAB SCHEDULE Spring 2010 Friday
Topic Weekend Trips These dates are
tentative and subject to change
9/3 Introduction/ Ice Breaker
9/10 NO CLASS- Rosh Hashanah
9/17 Plate Tectonics/ Ocean Contour I
9/24 Ocean Contour II
10/1 Perfect Storm
10/8 Salinity, Temp Density
10/15 Flax Pond Trip
10/22 Ocean Circulation Lab Fire Island Lighthouse
10/29 Lecture in Lab (Make-up for 10/11 lecture)
11/5 LAB CANCELLED
11/12 Waves Atlantis Marine World
11/19 Smith Point Field Trip
11/26 NO CLASS- Thanksgiving
12/3 Plankton
12/10 Marine Pollution
12/17 LAB CANCELLED
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The Ocean

• Ocean Facts
• Covers 71 of the earths surface
• Accounts for 97 of the water on earth (rest in
  land ice, groundwater, lakes rivers)
• Average depth 3,796 meters (12,451 feet)
  (deepest Mariana trench 11,022 m or 36,163 ft)
• Average temp 3.9oC (only 39oF)

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Most of Earths Water is Salt Water
Fig. 1-1b, p. 2
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Figure 1.3
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Figure 1.2
4 Plus 1 Major Oceans of the World
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Local SaltwaterWater Bodies of Long Island
Peconic Bay
Shinnecock Bay
Moriches Bay
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Oceanography What Is It?

• Oceanography is the scientific study of the ocean
  by applying traditional sciences, such as
  physics, chemistry, geology, biology, and
  engineering, to all aspects of the ocean.

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Subdisciplines of Oceanography

• Geological Oceanography-
• Composition of ocean floor and the earth
• Physical oceanography-
• Movement of water (waves, currents)
• Chemical Oceanography-
• Oceans dissolved solids and gases
• Marine biology (Biological Oceanography)-
• marine organisms, the impact of human activities
  on these organisms