In Discussion sections, students will break into groups to discuss papers and answer guiding questions for each paper, then reconvene and report their thoughts to the class. Review the “Discussion topics for journal readings” link below that gives guidance for what should be gleaned from papers. Read these questions and answer them as you read each paper in preparation for discussing them.
Discussion topics for journal readings
Discussion topics for the example paper (Gaines and Roughgarden) below
Example Paper: Gaines, S.D, and J. Roughgarden. 1987. Fish in offshore kelp forests affect recruitment to intertidal barnacle populations. Science 235(4787):479-481.
Week 2
Hutchinson, G.E. 1959. Homage to Santa Rosalia or Why are there so many kinds of animals? American Naturalist 93:145 -159.
Popper, K.R. 1961. The Logic of Scientific Discovery. Basic Books, Inc. NY. 544 pages (chill… its only a few pages from the book)
Week 3
Paine, R.T. 1966. Food web complexity and species diversity. American Naturalist 100:65-75.
Lively, C.M. and P.T. Raimondi 1987. Desiccation, predation, and mussel-barnacle interactions in the Northern Gulf of California. Oecologia 74:304-309.
Strunk and White: I Elementary rules of usage
Week 4
Connell, J.H. 1978. Diversity in tropical rain forests and coral reefs. Science 199(4335):1302-1310.
Hughes, T.P. 1994. Catastrophes, phase shifts, and large-scale degradation of a Caribbean coral reef. Science 265(5178):1547-1551.
Strunk and White: II Elementary principles of composition
Week 5
Harvell, C.D. 1984. Predator-induced defense in a marine bryozoan. Science 224(4655):1357-1359.
He, Q and B. Cui 2015. Multiple mechanisms sustain a plant-animal facilitation on a coastal ecotone. Scientific Reports 1-6.
Strunk and White: III A few matters of form
Week 6
Victor, B.C. 1983. Recruitment and population dynamics of a coral reef fish. Science 219 (4583), 419-420.
Gaines, S.D. and M.D. Bertness. 1992. Dispersal of juveniles and variable recruitment in sessile marine species. Nature 360:579-580.
Strunk and White: IV Words and expression commonly misused (A-L)
Week 7
Ebert, T.A. and M.P. Russell. 1998. Latitudinal variation in size structure of the west coast purple sea urchin: a correlation with headlands. Limnology and Oceanography 33:286-294.
Keough, M.J. and B.J. Downes. 1982. Recruitment of marine invertebrates: the role of active larval choices and early mortality. Oecologia 54:348-352.
Strunk and White: IV Words and expression commonly misused (M-Z)
Week 8
Mapstone, B.D. and A.J. Fowler. 1988. Recruitment and the structure of assemblages of fish on coral reefs.
Jones et al. 1999. Self-recruitment in a coral reefish population. Nature 402, 802-804.
Strunk and White: V An approach to style
Week 9
Hixon, M.A, and M.H. Carr. 1997. Synergistic predation, density dependence, and population regulation in marine fish. Science 277 (5328):946-949.
Sanford, E. 1999. Regulation of keystone predation by small changes in ocean temperature. Science 283 (5410):2095-2097.