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Autumn
BIO 306: Current Topics in Integrative Organismal Biology
Limited to and required of graduate students doing research in this field. At Hopkins Marine Station.
Terms: Aut | Units: 1 | Grading: Satisfactory/No Credit
Instructors: Sapolsky, R. (PI)
BIO 312: Ethical Issues in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Focus is on ethical issues addressed in Donald Kennedy's Academic Duty and others of importance to academics and scientists in the fields of ecology, behavior, and evolutionary biology. Discussions led by faculty and outside guests. Satisfies ethics course requirement for ecology and evolutionary biology. Prerequisite: PhD student in the ecology and evolutionary biology or marine program, or consent of instructor.
Terms: Aut | Units: 1 | Grading: Satisfactory/No Credit
Instructors: Ehrlich, P. (PI)
CEE 274A: Environmental Microbiology I (CHEMENG 174, CHEMENG 274)
Basics of microbiology and biochemistry. The biochemical and biophysical principles of biochemical reactions, energetics, and mechanisms of energy conservation. Diversity of microbial catabolism, flow of organic matter in nature: the carbon cycle, and biogeochemical cycles. Bacterial physiology, phylogeny, and the ecology of microbes in soil and marine sediments, bacterial adhesion, and biofilm formation. Microbes in the degradation of pollutants. Prerequisites: CHEM 33, 35, and BIOSCI 41, CHEMENG 181 (formerly 188), or equivalents.
Terms: Aut, Sum | Units: 3 | Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit
Instructors: Spormann, A. (PI)
CHEMENG 174: Environmental Microbiology I (CEE 274A, CHEMENG 274)
Basics of microbiology and biochemistry. The biochemical and biophysical principles of biochemical reactions, energetics, and mechanisms of energy conservation. Diversity of microbial catabolism, flow of organic matter in nature: the carbon cycle, and biogeochemical cycles. Bacterial physiology, phylogeny, and the ecology of microbes in soil and marine sediments, bacterial adhesion, and biofilm formation. Microbes in the degradation of pollutants. Prerequisites: CHEM 33, 35, and BIOSCI 41, CHEMENG 181 (formerly 188), or equivalents.
Terms: Aut, Sum | Units: 3 | Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit
Instructors: Spormann, A. (PI)
CHEMENG 274: Environmental Microbiology I (CEE 274A, CHEMENG 174)
Basics of microbiology and biochemistry. The biochemical and biophysical principles of biochemical reactions, energetics, and mechanisms of energy conservation. Diversity of microbial catabolism, flow of organic matter in nature: the carbon cycle, and biogeochemical cycles. Bacterial physiology, phylogeny, and the ecology of microbes in soil and marine sediments, bacterial adhesion, and biofilm formation. Microbes in the degradation of pollutants. Prerequisites: CHEM 33, 35, and BIOSCI 41, CHEMENG 181 (formerly 188), or equivalents.
Terms: Aut, Sum | Units: 3 | Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit
Instructors: Spormann, A. (PI)
EESS 240: Advanced Oceanography
For upper-division undergraduates and graduate students in the earth, biologic, and environmental sciences. Topical issues in marine science/oceanography. Topics vary each year following or anticipating research trends in oceanographic research. Focus is on links between the circulation and physics of the ocean with climate in the N. Pacific region, and marine ecologic responses. Participation by marine scientists from research groups and organizations including the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute.
Terms: Aut | Units: 3 | Repeatable for credit | Grading: Satisfactory/No Credit
Instructors: Dunbar, R. (PI)
ENVRES 220: Our Coastal Society: An interdisciplinary seminar on ocean/coastal themes
Utilizing guest speaker presentations from various academic and non-academic organizations, this seminar will explore marine science and policy for the Pacific Coast that informs natural resource as well as conservation decision-making and future challenges. Topics to be covered may include tuna and shark research along the California coast, kelp forest ecosystems, fisheries management, marine spatial planning, legislative advances such as the Marine Life Protection Act (MLPA), climate change threats to our coast, the importance of the US west coast in the context of Pacific Ocean ecosystem health, and others. Students enrolled in the course will be expected to attend all... more description for ENVRES 220 »
Terms: Aut, Win | Units: 1 | Repeatable for credit | Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit
Instructors: Caldwell, M. (PI); Becker, A. (TA); Teneva, L.
GES 258: Introduction to Depositional Systems
The characteristics of the major sedimentary environments and their deposits in the geologic record, including alluvial fans, braided and meandering rivers, aeolian systems, deltas, open coasts, barred coasts, marine shelves, and deep-water systems. Emphasis is on subdivisions; morphology; the dynamics of modern systems; and the architectural organization and sedimentary structures, textures, and biological components of ancient deposits.
Terms: Aut | Units: 3 | Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit
Instructors: Lowe, D. (PI)
Schedule for GES 258
OSPAUSTL 30: Coastal Forest Ecosystems
Prehistory of Australian rainforest and how rainforest structure and biodiversity change with altitude, latitude, and geology. Tropical coastal marine wetlands, mangrove forests, and the relationship between land- and sea-based biota. Biology and ecology of marine plants, mangroves, and tropical salt marsh. Introduction to specialized fields of marine plant biology and ecology including biogeography and evolution, aquatic plant ecophysiology, water quality and bioindicator techniques, pollution and eutrophication, and environmental control of marine plant distribution and productivity. Two units only counted for the Biology major.
Terms: Aut | Units: 3 | UG Reqs: GER:DBEngrAppSci | Grading: Letter (ABCD/NP)
Instructors: Baker, C. (PI); Lovelock, C. (PI)
CEE 63: Weather and Storms (CEE 263C)
Daily and severe weather and global climate. Topics: structure and composition of the atmosphere, fog and cloud formation, rainfall, local winds, wind energy, global circulation, jet streams, high and low pressure systems, inversions, el Niño, la Niña, atmosphere/ocean interactions, fronts, cyclones, thunderstorms, lightning, tornadoes, hurricanes, pollutant transport, global climate and atmospheric optics.
Terms: Aut | Units: 3 | UG Reqs: GER:DBNatSci | Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit
Instructors: Jacobson, M. (PI)
EESS 240: Advanced Oceanography
For upper-division undergraduates and graduate students in the earth, biologic, and environmental sciences. Topical issues in marine science/oceanography. Topics vary each year following or anticipating research trends in oceanographic research. Focus is on links between the circulation and physics of the ocean with climate in the N. Pacific region, and marine ecologic responses. Participation by marine scientists from research groups and organizations including the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute.
Terms: Aut | Units: 3 | Repeatable for credit | Grading: Satisfactory/No Credit
Instructors: Dunbar, R. (PI)
ENVRES 220: Our Coastal Society: An interdisciplinary seminar on ocean/coastal themes
Utilizing guest speaker presentations from various academic and non-academic organizations, this seminar will explore marine science and policy for the Pacific Coast that informs natural resource as well as conservation decision-making and future challenges. Topics to be covered may include tuna and shark research along the California coast, kelp forest ecosystems, fisheries management, marine spatial planning, legislative advances such as the Marine Life Protection Act (MLPA), climate change threats to our coast, the importance of the US west coast in the context of Pacific Ocean ecosystem health, and others. Students enrolled in the course will be expected to attend all... more description for ENVRES 220 »
Terms: Aut, Win | Units: 1 | Repeatable for credit | Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit
Instructors: Caldwell, M. (PI); Becker, A. (TA); Teneva, L.
CEE 166A: Watersheds and Wetlands (CEE 266A)
Introduction to the occurrence and movement of water in the natural environment and its role in creating and maintaining terrestrial, wetland, and aquatic habitat. Hydrologic processes, including precipitation, evaporation, transpiration, snowmelt, infiltration, subsurface flow, runoff, and streamflow. Rivers and lakes, springs and swamps. Emphasis is on observation and measurement, data analysis, modeling, and prediction. Prerequisite: 101B or equivalent. (Freyberg)
Terms: Aut | Units: 3 | UG Reqs: GER:DBEngrAppSci | Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit
Instructors: Freyberg, D. (PI)
CEE 177: Aquatic Chemistry and Biology
Introduction to chemical and biological processes in the aqueous environment. Basic aqueous equilibria; the structure, behavior, and fate of major classes of chemicals that dissolve in water; redox reactions; the biochemistry of aquatic microbial life; and biogeochemical processes that govern the fate of nutrients and metals in the environment and in engineered systems. Prerequisite: CHEM 31.
Terms: Aut | Units: 4 | UG Reqs: GER:DBEngrAppSci | Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit
Instructors: Criddle, C. (PI)
CEE 266A: Watersheds and Wetlands (CEE 166A)
Introduction to the occurrence and movement of water in the natural environment and its role in creating and maintaining terrestrial, wetland, and aquatic habitat. Hydrologic processes, including precipitation, evaporation, transpiration, snowmelt, infiltration, subsurface flow, runoff, and streamflow. Rivers and lakes, springs and swamps. Emphasis is on observation and measurement, data analysis, modeling, and prediction. Prerequisite: 101B or equivalent. (Freyberg)
Terms: Aut | Units: 3 | Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit
Instructors: Freyberg, D. (PI)
CEE 273: Aquatic Chemistry
Chemical principles and their application to the analysis and solution of problems in aqueous geochemistry (temperatures near 25° C and atmospheric pressure). Emphasis is on natural water systems and the solution of specific chemical problems in water purification technology and water pollution control. Prerequisites: CHEM 31 and 33, or equivalents.
Terms: Aut | Units: 3 | Grading: Letter (ABCD/NP)
Instructors: Leckie, J. (PI)
OSPAUSTL 30: Coastal Forest Ecosystems
Prehistory of Australian rainforest and how rainforest structure and biodiversity change with altitude, latitude, and geology. Tropical coastal marine wetlands, mangrove forests, and the relationship between land- and sea-based biota. Biology and ecology of marine plants, mangroves, and tropical salt marsh. Introduction to specialized fields of marine plant biology and ecology including biogeography and evolution, aquatic plant ecophysiology, water quality and bioindicator techniques, pollution and eutrophication, and environmental control of marine plant distribution and productivity. Two units only counted for the Biology major.
Terms: Aut | Units: 3 | UG Reqs: GER:DBEngrAppSci | Grading: Letter (ABCD/NP)
Instructors: Baker, C. (PI); Lovelock, C. (PI)
BIO 30N: Extinctions in Near Time: Biodiversity loss since the Pleistocene
The transition 11,700 years ago from the Pleistocene glacial period into the Holocene interglacial witnessed the expansion of humans around the world, climatic warming and the demise of many large vertebrate species. Since that time extinctions have continued on land and in the sea, culminating with the biodiversity crisis we are experiencing today. We will explore these prehistoric extinctions: "Who? When? Where? and Why?" in order to learn more about our planet's future.
Terms: Aut | Units: 3 | UG Reqs: GER:DBNatSci | Grading: Letter (ABCD/NP)
Instructors: Hadly, E. (PI)
CEE 129: Climate Change Adaptation for Seaports: Engineering and Policy for a Sustainable Future (CEE 229)
Interdisciplinary. Exploration of impacts of climate change on coastal ports and harbors around the world. The research team will utilize a broad range of tools to assess the engineering, construction, and policy responses necessary to protect ports and harbors from significant sea-level rise and storm surge. Collaborations with national and international experts. Consideration of economic, social and environmental implications. Independent and team projects will contribute to ongoing research. Guest speakers, case studies and field trips. www.groupspaces.com/seaports2100. Recommended: CEE 129S/229S seminar series.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr | Units: 3 | Repeatable for credit | Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit
CEE 129S: Climate Change Adaptation in the Coastal Built Environment (CEE 229S)
How will climate change impact coastal ports and harbors around the world? Leading experts discuss the latest science, policy, and engineering research on this important issue, including the necessary response to protect ports and harbors from significant sea-level rise and storm surge. Focus is on the built environment. Guest speakers. CEE 229/129 for research option. See www.groupspaces.com/seaports2100.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr | Units: 1 | Repeatable for credit | Grading: Credit/No Credit
Instructors: Becker, A. (PI); Fischer, M. (PI)
Winter
BIO 117: Biology and Global Change (EARTHSYS 111, EESS 111)
The biological causes and consequences of anthropogenic and natural changes in the atmosphere, oceans, and terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems. Topics: glacial cycles and marine circulation, greenhouse gases and climate change, tropical deforestation and species extinctions, and human population growth and resource use. Prerequisite: Biology or Human Biology core or graduate standing.
Terms: Win | Units: 4 | UG Reqs: GER:DBNatSci | Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit
Instructors: Arrigo, K. (PI); Vitousek, P. (PI)
EARTHSYS 143: Marine Biogeochemistry (EARTHSYS 243, EESS 143, EESS 243)
(Graduate students register for 243.) Processes that control the mean concentration and distribution of biologically utilized elements and compounds in the ocean. Processes at the air-sea interface, production of organic matter in the upper ocean, remineralization of organic matter in the water column, and processing of organic matter in the sediments. Cycles of carbon, oxygen, and nutrients; the role of the ocean carbon cycle in interannual to decadal variability, paleoclimatology, and the anthropogenic carbon budget.
Terms: Win | Units: 3-4 | UG Reqs: GER:DBNatSci | Grading: Letter (ABCD/NP)
Instructors: Arrigo, K. (PI)
ENVRES 220: Our Coastal Society: An interdisciplinary seminar on ocean/coastal themes
Utilizing guest speaker presentations from various academic and non-academic organizations, this seminar will explore marine science and policy for the Pacific Coast that informs natural resource as well as conservation decision-making and future challenges. Topics to be covered may include tuna and shark research along the California coast, kelp forest ecosystems, fisheries management, marine spatial planning, legislative advances such as the Marine Life Protection Act (MLPA), climate change threats to our coast, the importance of the US west coast in the context of Pacific Ocean ecosystem health, and others. Students enrolled in the course will be expected to attend all... more description for ENVRES 220 »
Terms: Aut, Win | Units: 1 | Repeatable for credit | Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit
Instructors: Caldwell, M. (PI); Becker, A. (TA); Teneva, L.
GEOPHYS 280: 3-D Seismic Imaging
The principles of imaging complex structures in the Earth subsurface using 3-D reflection seismology. Emphasis is on processing methodologies and algorithms, with examples of applications to field data. Topics: acquisition geometrics of land and marine 3-D seismic surveys, time vs. depth imaging, migration by Kirchhoff methods and by wave-equation methods, migration velocity analysis, velocity model building, imaging irregularly sampled and aliased data. Computational labs involve some programming. Lab for 3 units.
Terms: Win | Units: 2-3 | Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit
Instructors: Biondi, B. (PI)
CEE 363C: Ocean and Estuarine Modeling
Advanced topics in modeling for ocean and estuarine environments, including methods for shallow water, primitive, and nonhydrostatic equations on Cartesian, curvilinear, and unstructured finite-volume grid systems. Topics include free-surface methods, nonhydrostatic solvers, and advanced Eulerian and Lagrangian advection techniques. Focus is on existing techniques and code packages, and their methodologies, including POM, ROMS, TRIM, ELCOM, and SUNTANS. Prerequisites: CME 200, 206, or equivalents.
Terms: Win | Units: 3 | Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit
Instructors: Fringer, O. (PI)
EARTHSYS 143: Marine Biogeochemistry (EARTHSYS 243, EESS 143, EESS 243)
(Graduate students register for 243.) Processes that control the mean concentration and distribution of biologically utilized elements and compounds in the ocean. Processes at the air-sea interface, production of organic matter in the upper ocean, remineralization of organic matter in the water column, and processing of organic matter in the sediments. Cycles of carbon, oxygen, and nutrients; the role of the ocean carbon cycle in interannual to decadal variability, paleoclimatology, and the anthropogenic carbon budget.
Terms: Win | Units: 3-4 | UG Reqs: GER:DBNatSci | Grading: Letter (ABCD/NP)
Instructors: Arrigo, K. (PI)
EARTHSYS 146A: Atmosphere, Ocean, and Climate Dynamics: The Atmospheric Circulation (EARTHSYS 246A, EESS 146A, EESS 246A, GEOPHYS 146A, GEOPHYS 246A)
Introduction to the physics governing the circulation of the atmosphere and ocean and their control on climate with emphasis on the atmospheric circulation. Topics include the global energy balance, the greenhouse effect, the vertical and meridional structure of the atmosphere, dry and moist convection, the equations of motion for the atmosphere and ocean, including the effects of rotation, and the poleward transport of heat by the large-scale atmospheric circulation and storm systems. Prerequisites: MATH 51 or CME100 and PHYSICS 41.
Terms: Win, alternate years, not given next year | Units: 3 | Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit
Instructors: Diffenbaugh, N. (PI); Thomas, L. (PI); Skinner, C
ENVRES 220: Our Coastal Society: An interdisciplinary seminar on ocean/coastal themes
Utilizing guest speaker presentations from various academic and non-academic organizations, this seminar will explore marine science and policy for the Pacific Coast that informs natural resource as well as conservation decision-making and future challenges. Topics to be covered may include tuna and shark research along the California coast, kelp forest ecosystems, fisheries management, marine spatial planning, legislative advances such as the Marine Life Protection Act (MLPA), climate change threats to our coast, the importance of the US west coast in the context of Pacific Ocean ecosystem health, and others. Students enrolled in the course will be expected to attend all... more description for ENVRES 220 »
Terms: Aut, Win | Units: 1 | Repeatable for credit | Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit
Instructors: Caldwell, M. (PI); Becker, A. (TA); Teneva, L.
BIOE 161: Vertebrate Biology (HUMBIO 185)
Study of structure, function, evolution and behavior of vertebrate animals. Consideration of vertebrate origins and examination of classes of vertebrates. Physiology, morphology, behaviors and evolutionary relationships are treated in each vertebrate group, as these relate to overall evolutionary trends within vertebrates. Topics: swimming behaviors in sharks and bony fishes, olfaction and vision in fishes, sex determination in amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals, navigation in sea turtles and birds, evolution and biomechanics of flight in pterosaurs birds and bats, vocalization in whales and birds, temperature adaptation in reptiles, birds and mammals.
Terms: Win | Units: 3 | Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit
Instructors: Porzig, E. (PI)
CEE 129: Climate Change Adaptation for Seaports: Engineering and Policy for a Sustainable Future (CEE 229)
Interdisciplinary. Exploration of impacts of climate change on coastal ports and harbors around the world. The research team will utilize a broad range of tools to assess the engineering, construction, and policy responses necessary to protect ports and harbors from significant sea-level rise and storm surge. Collaborations with national and international experts. Consideration of economic, social and environmental implications. Independent and team projects will contribute to ongoing research. Guest speakers, case studies and field trips. www.groupspaces.com/seaports2100. Recommended: CEE 129S/229S seminar series.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr | Units: 3 | Repeatable for credit | Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit
CEE 129S: Climate Change Adaptation in the Coastal Built Environment (CEE 229S)
How will climate change impact coastal ports and harbors around the world? Leading experts discuss the latest science, policy, and engineering research on this important issue, including the necessary response to protect ports and harbors from significant sea-level rise and storm surge. Focus is on the built environment. Guest speakers. CEE 229/129 for research option. See www.groupspaces.com/seaports2100.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr | Units: 1 | Repeatable for credit | Grading: Credit/No Credit
Instructors: Becker, A. (PI); Fischer, M. (PI)
Spring
BIO 12N: Sensory Ecology of Marine Animals
Animals living in the oceans experience a highly varied range of environmental stimuli. An aquatic lifestyle requires an equally rich range of sensory adaptations, including some that are totally foreign to us. In this course we will examine sensory system in marine animals from both an environmental and behavioral perspective and from the point of view of neuroscience and information systems engineering.
Terms: Spr | Units: 3 | Grading: Letter (ABCD/NP)
Instructors: Thompson, S. (PI)
BIO 119: Physiology of Global Change
Increased emissions of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere are inducing drastic shifts in many environmental factors. How will these environmental changes affect organisms and the ecosystems in which they occur? Are some species more vulnerable to global change than others? Examining how shifts in abiotic factors affect organismal physiology offers a powerful mechanistic tool to better understand species¿ responses to global change. This seminar will focus on the physiological stress resulting from and the adaptive responses made to changes in temperature, salinity, dissolved oxygen, and ocean acidity in a range of species with an emphasis on marine organisms. Interactions among these abiotic factors will show that an integrative physiological analysis is required to develop a mechanistic understanding of effects of global change. The course will be based on short lectures followed by discussions of relevant primary literature. Guest speakers will bring in special expertise on several key issues. The course will include a field trip to Hopkins Marine Station.
Terms: Spr | Units: 1 | Grading: Satisfactory/No Credit
Instructors: Beers, J. (PI), Jayasundara, N. (PI), Somero, G. (PI)
EARTHSYS 8: The Oceans: An Introduction to the Marine Environment (EESS 8)
For non-majors and majors in earth science or environmental science. Students will learn about the major ocean ecosystems and how they function both naturally and under the influence of human activities. Emphasis will be placed on the dominant organisms of each ecosystem and how they interact with each other and their physical and chemical environment. The types of ecosystems discussed will include coral reefs, deep-sea hydrothermal vents, coastal upwelling systems, blue-water oceans, estuaries, near-shore dead zones, etc. The course will incorporate a mix of lectures, multi-media presentations, and group activities.
Terms: Spr | Units: 3 | Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit
Instructors: Arrigo, K. (PI)
GES 254: Carbonate Sedimentology
Processes of precipitation and sedimentation of carbonate minerals with emphasis on marine systems. Topics include: geographic and bathymetric distribution of carbonates in modern and ancient oceans; genesis and environmental significance of carbonate grains and sedimentary textures; carbonate rocks and sediments as sources of geochemical proxy data; carbonate diagenesis; changes in styles of carbonate deposition through Earth history; carbonate depositional patterns and the global carbon cycle. Lab exercises emphasize petrographic and geochemical analysis of carbonate rocks including map and outcrop scale, hand samples, polished slabs, and thin sections.
Terms: Spr | Units: 3-4 | Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit
Instructors: Payne, J. (PI)
OSPSANTG 85: Marine Ecology of Chile and the South Pacific
Relationships among physical processes in the ocean, biological productivity, and the exploitation of resources by high-thropic-level predators including human beings. Characterization of ecological patterns; identification of processes operating on marine systems. Open ocean ecosystems, intertidal and benthic regions of the world¿s oceans, and ecological research developed along coastal regions, focusing on Chile¿s 4,000 km coastline.
Terms: Spr | Units: 5 | UG Reqs: GER:DBNatSci | Grading: Letter (ABCD/NP)
Instructors: Palma, A. (PI)
CEE 50N: From the Foothills to the Bay
Stanford University sits on the shores of one of the world's great estuaries, the San Francisco Bay/Delta, the connection of the inland river systems of the Central Valley to the Pacific Ocean. This course is intended to provide an introduction to the San Francisco Bay/Delta including its history, current scientific understanding of its physical and ecological functioning, descriptions and underpinnings of engineering manipulations of the system, and the intersection of science and engineering with policies designed to manage its resources. Because of the important effects that water resources development, most notably upstream diversions, have had on the system, Bay-De... more description for CEE 50N »
Terms: Spr | Units: 3 | Grading: Letter (ABCD/NP)
Instructors: Monismith, S. (PI)
CEE 262C: Modeling Environmental Flows
Introduction to numerical methods for modeling surface water flows in rivers, lakes, estuaries and the coastal ocean. Topics include stability and accuracy analysis, curvilinear and unstructured grids, implicit/explicit methods, transport and diffusion, shallow water equations, nonhydrostatic equations, Navier-Stokes solvers, turbuulence modeling. Prerequisites: CEE262A, CME206, or consent of instructor, CME206 can be taking concurrently.
Terms: Spr | Units: 3 | Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit
Instructors: Fringer, O. (PI)
CEE 262F: Ocean Waves
The fluid mechanics of surface gravity waves in the ocean of relevance to engineers and oceanographers. Topics include irrotational waves, wave dispersion, wave spectra, effects of bathymetry (shoaling), mass transport, effects of viscosity, and mean currents driven by radiation stresses. Prerequisite: CEE 262A or a graduate class in fluid mechanics.
Terms: Spr | Units: 3 | Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit
Instructors: Monismith, S. (PI)
EARTHSYS 56Q: Changes in the Coastal Ocean: The View From Monterey and San Francisco Bays (EESS 56Q)
Preference to sophomores. Recent changes in the California current, using Monterey Bay as an example. Current literature introduces principles of oceanography. Visits from researchers from MBARI, Hopkins, and UCSC. Optional field trip to MBARI and Monterey Bay.
Terms: Spr | Units: 3 | UG Reqs: GER:DBNatSci | Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit
Instructors: Dunbar, R. (PI)
EARTHSYS 146B: Atmosphere, Ocean, and Climate Dynamics: the Ocean\n\nCirculation (EARTHSYS 246B, EESS 146B, EESS 246B, GEOPHYS 146B, GEOPHYS 246B)
Introduction to the physics governing the circulation of the atmosphere\n\nand ocean and their control on climate with emphasis on the large-scale\n\nocean circulation. This course will give an overview of the structure\n\nand dynamics of the major ocean current systems that contribute to the\n\nmeridional overturning circulation, the transport of heat, salt, and\n\nbiogeochemical tracers, and the regulation of climate. Topics include\n\nthe tropical ocean circulation, the wind-driven gyres and western\n\nboundary currents, the thermohaline circulation, the Antarctic\n\nCircumpolar Current, water mass formation, atmosphere-ocean coupling,\n\nand climate variability. Prere... more description for EARTHSYS 146B »
Terms: Spr, alternate years, not given next year | Units: 3 | Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit
Instructors: Diffenbaugh, N. (PI); Thomas, L. (PI)
ENVRES 260: Global Water: Challenges and Opportunities
Explores challenges in the global supply, quality, and accessibility of freshwater. Speakers from Stanford and outside organizations on key topics such as threats due to climate change, agriculture demands, challenges of urbanization, water and sanitation, as well as discussion of policy, market, technology, and other potential solutions. Weekly readings in advance of speaker. Active participation expected of all enrolled students; those enrolled for 2-3 units will have one or more additional written assignments and will facilitate one or more discussions.
Terms: Spr | Units: 1-3 | Grading: Satisfactory/No Credit
EARTHSYS 173: Aquaculture and the Environment: Science, History, and Policy (EARTHSYS 273, EESS 173, EESS 273)
Can aquaculture feed billions of people without degrading aquatic ecosystems or adversely impacting local communities? Interdisciplinary focus on aquaculture science and management, international seafood markets, historical case studies (salmon farming in Chile, tuna ranching in the Mediterranean, shrimp farming in Vietnam), current federal/state legislation. Field trip to aquaculture farm and guest lectures.
Terms: Spr, alternate years, not given next year | Units: 3 | Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit
Instructors: Gerhart, A. (PI); Klinger, D. (PI); Naylor, R. . . .
EARTHSYS 273: Aquaculture and the Environment: Science, History, and Policy (EARTHSYS 173, EESS 173, EESS 273)
Can aquaculture feed billions of people without degrading aquatic ecosystems or adversely impacting local communities? Interdisciplinary focus on aquaculture science and management, international seafood markets, historical case studies (salmon farming in Chile, tuna ranching in the Mediterranean, shrimp farming in Vietnam), current federal/state legislation. Field trip to aquaculture farm and guest lectures.
Terms: Spr, alternate years, not given next year | Units: 3 | Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit
Instructors: Gerhart, A. (PI); Klinger, D. (PI); Naylor, R. (PI...
CEE 129: Climate Change Adaptation for Seaports: Engineering and Policy for a Sustainable Future (CEE 229)
Interdisciplinary. Exploration of impacts of climate change on coastal ports and harbors around the world. The research team will utilize a broad range of tools to assess the engineering, construction, and policy responses necessary to protect ports and harbors from significant sea-level rise and storm surge. Collaborations with national and international experts. Consideration of economic, social and environmental implications. Independent and team projects will contribute to ongoing research. Guest speakers, case studies and field trips. www.groupspaces.com/seaports2100. Recommended: CEE 129S/229S seminar series.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr | Units: 3 | Repeatable for credit | Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit
CEE 129S: Climate Change Adaptation in the Coastal Built Environment (CEE 229S)
How will climate change impact coastal ports and harbors around the world? Leading experts discuss the latest science, policy, and engineering research on this important issue, including the necessary response to protect ports and harbors from significant sea-level rise and storm surge. Focus is on the built environment. Guest speakers. CEE 229/129 for research option. See www.groupspaces.com/seaports2100.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr | Units: 1 | Repeatable for credit | Grading: Credit/No Credit
Instructors: Becker, A. (PI); Fischer, M. (PI)
CEE 196: Engineering Geology and Global Change (GES 115)
The application of geology and global change to the planning, design, and operation of engineering projects. Case histories taught in a seminar setting and field trips emphasize the impact of geology and global change on both individual engineering works and the built environment by considering Quaternary history and tectonics, anthropogenic sea level rise, active geologic processes, engineering properties of geologic deposits, site exploration, and professional ethics. Prerequisite: GES 1 or consent of instructor.
Terms: Spr | Units: 3 | UG Reqs: GER:DBNatSci | Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit
Instructors: Holzer, T. (PI)
GEOPHYS 150: Geodynamics: Our Dynamic Earth
In this course we cover the dynamic forces acting upon the Earth. We will investigate how geophysical forces effect the bending of tectonic plates, the flow of heat, sea level topography, the breaking point of rocks, porous flow, and how faults store and release energy. Math 52 or CME 102, GP 107 or permission from instructor. Offered every year, spring quarter.
Terms: Spr | Units: 3 | UG Reqs: GER:DBNatSci | Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit
Summer
CEE 274A: Environmental Microbiology I (CHEMENG 174, CHEMENG 274)
Basics of microbiology and biochemistry. The biochemical and biophysical principles of biochemical reactions, energetics, and mechanisms of energy conservation. Diversity of microbial catabolism, flow of organic matter in nature: the carbon cycle, and biogeochemical cycles. Bacterial physiology, phylogeny, and the ecology of microbes in soil and marine sediments, bacterial adhesion, and biofilm formation. Microbes in the degradation of pollutants. Prerequisites: CHEM 33, 35, and BIOSCI 41, CHEMENG 181 (formerly 188), or equivalents.
Terms: Aut, Sum | Units: 3 | Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit
Instructors: Spormann, A. (PI)
CHEMENG 174: Environmental Microbiology I (CEE 274A, CHEMENG 274)
Basics of microbiology and biochemistry. The biochemical and biophysical principles of biochemical reactions, energetics, and mechanisms of energy conservation. Diversity of microbial catabolism, flow of organic matter in nature: the carbon cycle, and biogeochemical cycles. Bacterial physiology, phylogeny, and the ecology of microbes in soil and marine sediments, bacterial adhesion, and biofilm formation. Microbes in the degradation of pollutants. Prerequisites: CHEM 33, 35, and BIOSCI 41, CHEMENG 181 (formerly 188), or equivalents.
Terms: Aut, Sum | Units: 3 | Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit
Instructors: Spormann, A. (PI)
CHEMENG 274: Environmental Microbiology I (CEE 274A, CHEMENG 174)
Basics of microbiology and biochemistry. The biochemical and biophysical principles of biochemical reactions, energetics, and mechanisms of energy conservation. Diversity of microbial catabolism, flow of organic matter in nature: the carbon cycle, and biogeochemical cycles. Bacterial physiology, phylogeny, and the ecology of microbes in soil and marine sediments, bacterial adhesion, and biofilm formation. Microbes in the degradation of pollutants. Prerequisites: CHEM 33, 35, and BIOSCI 41, CHEMENG 181 (formerly 188), or equivalents.
Terms: Aut, Sum | Units: 3 | Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit
Instructors: Spormann, A. (PI)
EESS 250: Elkhorn Slough Microbiology
(Formerly GES 270.) The microbial ecology and biogeochemistry of Elkhorn Slough, an agriculturally-impacted coastal estuary draining into Monterey Bay. The diversity of microbial lifestyles associated with estuarine physical/chemical gradients, and the influence of microbial activity on the geochemistry of the Slough, including the cycling of carbon, nitrogen, sulfur, and metals. Labs and field work. Location: Hopkins Marine Station.
Terms: Sum | Units: 3 | Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit
GES 8: Oceanography: An Introduction to the Marine Environment
For non-majors and earth science and environmental majors. Topics: topography and geology of the sea floor; evolution of ocean basins; circulation of ocean and atmosphere; nature of sea water, waves, and tides; and the history of the major ocean basins. The interface between continents and ocean basins, emphasizing estuaries, beaches, and continental shelves with California margin examples. Relationships among the distribution of inorganic constituents, ocean circulation, biologic productivity, and marine environments from deep sea to the coast. One-day field trip to measure and analyze waves and currents.
Terms: Sum | Units: 3 | UG Reqs: GER:DBNatSci | Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit |
