Study materials

Main textbook supporting the course is

Brusca R.C., Brusca G.J. Invertebrates. 2003. Sinauer Associates, Sunderland, Massachusetts. xix + 936 pp. ISBN 0–87893–097–3.

This will be provided to share during the course, but if you have a copy you may bring your own (heavy :O)

Other textbooks on invertebrate zoology may be used as supplement.

For the field work we will use identification keys developed specifically for the course, they will be provided.

Home reading for classes in the city:

1. p. 182-192 (Porifera Bauplan, budy structure, cell types, support); Cnidaria p. 225-226 (Bauplan, Body wall), 242-244 (cnidae).

2. p. 227-236 (Cnidaria, metaganesis and colonies, polyps and medusae); p. 289-291 (Bauplan)

3. p. 46-49 (Cellularity, Body Size, Germ Layers, and Body Cavities)

4. Introduction to Annelida (pp. 387-397(, Locomotion (pp. 400-402), Feeding (pp. 405-408), Sexual reproduction and development (pp.427-430)

Arthropoda (Chapter 15): p. 15-22 (excl. Support and locomotion)

Papers related to topics discussed:

Slides

• Please not that slides contain figures of various authorship available online. All rights for these figures are reserved by their authors. These slides are used exclusively for study purposes.

Slides from the classes at the White Sea