Dr. Stu Ludsin will be teaching two courses this fall: Fish Ecology and a graduate seminar, Foundations of Ecology.

EEOB 5430 has been cancelled for this semester -- 8/14/2023

EEOB 5430: Fish Ecology

Lecture: M & W (10:00-10:55 AM) in 116 Bolz Hall

Lab: W (11:10 AM-2:10 PM) in 224 Jennings Hall

This course has both a lecture and laboratory component. The lecture portion focuses on the behavior, migration, distribution, and evolution of fishes. The laboratory portion emphasize ecological and systematic ichthyology and includes field trips.

• Gain hands-on field experience in Ohio streams & lakes
• Discover coral reef, coastal marine, & freshwater fish ecology
• Learn about human impacts on fish biodiversity & fisheries

Prerequisite: EEOB 3410, graduate student standing, or permission of instructor.

Find a flyer with this information here [pdf].

EEOB 8896.04: Foundations of Ecology

The purpose of this seminar is to introduce students to critical concepts and advances in the field of ecology. Towards this end, students will read papers from the peer-reviewed literature, both old and new. These papers will center on important foundational concepts in behavioral, population, community and ecosystem ecology (e.g., adaptationist program, life-history evolution, competition, predation, disturbance, food webs, biodiversity, spatial and temporal scale, ecosystem resilience, global change), and how they have changed during the past century or so, as well as why. These discussions should help us understand the emergence of more contemporary topics in ecology such as metabolic theory, metacommunities, regime shifts, and ecological epigenetics among other things, as well as how the methods used in ecology have evolved through time.

We will meet weekly for a 2-hour discussion on Monday afternoons during the entire semester. During each meeting, we will discuss a single topic, which will be based on 1- 2 readings from the peer-reviewed literature. Discussions each week will be facilitated by 1-2 students depending on class size.

Find a flyer with this information here [pdf].