Marine Biology Freshman Seminar, Fall 2005

Marine Biology Freshman Seminar
(First Year Experience)
Meets on Wednesdays from 2:00 - 4:40 p.m. in Stevenson 3049

An egret searching for food among the eel grass beds at low tide.	Luxuriant growth of green algae on the Bodega mudflats.
Intertidal view during a minus tide: kelp and seagrass.	Leaf barnacles

Red Algae: Botryoglossum farlowianum	Red Algae: Candrocanthus sp.
Coralline Algae (Rhodophyta) in tidepool (Halosaccion in foreground)	A red seaweed, Eryrthrophyllum delesseriodes
Brown seaweed, "Feather Boa", a kelp: Egregia sp.	Brown seaweed, "Rockweed", Fucus gardneri
A red seaweed (!) Halosaccion glandiforme	Seaweeds cover the rocks and compete for space in intertidal habitats.
The "Iridescent Seaweed" Mazzaella spendens	A member of the brown seaweeds known as kelps: Alaria marginata
Sea Palms: Postelsia palmaeformis, a member of the brown seaweeds known as kelps (Phaeophyta).	Red seaweeds, Phylum Rhodophyta
A member of the Rhodophyta (red seaweeds): Rhodymenia sp.	The Rocky Intertidal shows zonation.

Marilyn Cannon, Sept. 21, 2004