WEEKLY SCHEDULES  AND  READINGS
WEEK 1 | WEEK 2: Midweek, Sat, Sun | WEEK 3 | WEEK 4 | WEEK 5 |WEEK 6 | RETURN TO SYLLABUS
(Schedules etc. subject to modification)

• Lecture:

• Aquatic Systems in Winter – Winter stream ecology · Winter limnology · Seasonal dynamics in inputs (snowmelt), nutrients, and light
• Winter Vertebrate Ecology  – Winter adaptations & ecology of birds and mammals

Readings

Winter Limnology: Readings Winter Vertebrate Ecology Readings: Birds

8:00a – Arrival
8:30a-5p – Link To: WINTER LIMNOLOGY FIELD DAY (Schedule, Readings, What to Bring)

7:15p – Evening program with Guest lecture – Theme: Ecology of Other Cold Biomes:

Lesson points	(pending presentation)
Related Links	McMurdo Dry Valleys LTER [Project Overview] Dry Valley Stream Hydrology and Ecology Research Other Research Summaries
More	Soil Biodiversity in Antarctica's Dry Valleys Antarctic Geography [see Landforms] Dry Valleys GIS project (VALMAP) Dry Valleys Map (pdf, 500k)
Resources	McMurdo Dry Valley Diatom Diversity and Streamflow (pdf, 200k) - Esposito et al.  2006.  Antarctic climate cooling and response of diatoms in glacial meltwater streams.  Geophysical Research Letters, submitted

** 7.25a ** – Leave for Allenspark and Wild Basin (RMNP)

7.25a – 5p Link To: WINTER ORNITHOLOGY FIELD DAY (Schedule, Readings, What to Bring)

5:00p - Departure

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