Week 9: The Aquatic Environment

Lecture 1&2: Phytoplankton of the Southern Ocean (Prof Andrew McMinn)
Looking at Antarctic coastal zone primary productionand the effects of climate change on marine microbial communities and sea ice ecosystems. The application of phytoplankton microfossils in the interpretation of past environmental conditions.

Lecture 3: The IPY and International Antarctic Science (Prof Andrew McMinn)

Download (right click link and choose 'Save') a sample PowerPoint mini-lecture (1.5 MB) from Andrew McMinn! Note: If you don't have PowerPoint you will also need the PowerPoint viewer (zip file, 2 MB, PC only)

Tutorial: Laboratory-based microscope exercise in identifying different algal/phytoplankton types.