General
Guidelines for Exams
Students
are expected to be familiar with terminology and concepts, and to
demonstrate
a basic mastery and understanding of all assigned materials, including
textual reading and posted lecture outlines.
Examination
will include short answer questions where students will construct
written
responses; please bring a pen for writing these answers
Some questions will address problem-solving situations where students will need to understand the issue or problem, and to identify solutions and/or propose intervention strategies.
Specific
Review Topics for Exam II (Final)
Exam covers lecture for Weeks 6-12 on
the Course Outline (see links)
Reading Assignments are listed on the Course Outline
Topics
NOT on exam - Week 6-Components of estuarine communities; Weeks
9-10-Coral Reef Biodiversity, Weeks 11-12-Oil spills, oil pollution
research, Weeks 12-13-coastal management in New England, local zoning
techniques, and Weeks 13-14-commerical opportunities (all categories),
pollution abatement programs,
Exam
Topics/Outline for Applied Coastal Oceanography - Final Exam 2007 Fall
Estuaries
Estuaries
and lagoons
where, why. and how do estuaries occur - glacial, differential erosion,
role of rivers
Tidal ranges and tidal bores
Circulation:
Types of estuaries and their associated deltas
Dunes
Where,
why, and how do dunes occur - wind and the accumulation of sand
pocket beaches
features (rock pools, erosion)
Estuarine Communities
General features of estuarine communities
Specific characteristics of the following
communities:
Seagrass Beds (e.g.,Eel Grass communities)
Mudflats
Salt Marshes
Mangrove Swamps
Salt Ponds
Rock Pools
For each of the biotic communities listed
above, know the following:
Main characteristics of the ecosystem
Physical challenges to organisms (waves,
currents, sediment, temperature, dessiccation)
Chemical variations (salinity, dissoved
oxygen, nutrients)
Biological dynamics (main predators,
relative
shelter/exposure, biodiversity)
Sediment-dominated? Wave dominated?
High energy or low energy habitats?
Planktonic or Benthic?
Grazing food chain dominant? Detrital food
chain dominant?
Basic strategies for organisms in that
environment?
(See Web site for Links on
Narragansett
Bay)
Location, relative size, type of bay?
Biotic communities found in Narragansett
Bay?
Pollution problems in Narragansett Bay?
Protection programs for the Bay?
Fishing resources in the Bay?
Fisheries Issues
Refer to posted lecture and accompanying
chapters
How seriously endangered are the world's fisheries?
How are the fisheries connected to coastal zone management?
What are some strategies for managing fisheries better? What
seems to work best?
Who are the "stakeholders" in fisheries management?
Terminology
(Use the glossary terms with each lecture,
along with terms included in the notes above)
Choose a storm evacuation plan for a New
England coastal region (essentially anywhere from New York to Maine).
Describe the plan and how it would work, including the coastal dynamics
of the area, the magnitude of the effort (i.e., how many residents,
road system in place, destinations,
design flaws, etc.) Then discuss how well the plan has been
marketed to the residents who are most likely to be affected.
Conclude with some recommendations as to how this plan could be adapted
to become more effective or better understood.
(In general, the more precise the area, the easier the question is to
answer, but the location to be analyzed is your choice).
Here are some links that will serve as examples of information sources:
Storm Surges (National Hurricane Center
site)
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/HAW2/english/storm_surge.shtml
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Gaytha
A. Langlois, Ph.D., 2002
Bryant
College, Smithfield, RI 02917
e-mail:
langlois@bryant.edu
Last
Updated: December 2008