Date	Topic
8/24 8/26	Lecture: The environmental stable isotopes (Williams) Clark & Fritz, Chpt 1 Lecture: Fundamentals of isotope fractionation (Williams) Clark & Fritz, Chpt 1 Laboratory: Introduction to the UWSIF
8/31 9/2	Lecture: Fundamentals of isotope fractionation (Williams) Clark & Fritz, Chpt 1 Lecture: Isotopes of H and O in environmental water (Williams) Clark & Fritz, Chpts 2&3 Laboratory: Exercise 1 - Isotope ratio and abundance calculations
9/7 9/9	Lecture: Labor day - no class Lecture: Isotopes in studies of plant water relations (Williams) Ehleringer et al. 2000 Laboratory: Exercise 2 - Water in the soil-plant-atmosphere system - cryogenic vacuum distillation (Exercise 1 due)
9/14 9/16	Lecture: Paper discussion 1 Helliker and Richter 2008 (Jason and Jonathan) Lecture: Carbon isotope fractionation and photosynthesis - (Williams) Farquhar et al. 1989 Laboratory: Exercise 2 - Laser spectroscopy and CO2 equilibration for measurement of stable isotopes in water Field trip to Fox Park - Saturday, September 19, 8am-1pm
9/21 9/23	Lecture: Post photosynthetic carbon isotope fractionations - (Williams) Cernusak et al. 2009 Lecture: Soil C cycling and isotopes (Pendall - confirmed) Laboratory: Exercise 3 - Beer fermentation - ^13C analysis of respired CO2
9/28 9/30	Lecture: Paper discussion 2 Cernusak et al. 2004 (Robin and Nick) Lecture: Nitrogen isotope variation in plants and soils (Williams) Evans 2001, Robinson 2001 Laboratory: Exercise 3 - Beer fermentation - ^13C analysis of soluble carbohydrates (Exercise 2 due)
10/5 10/7	Lecture: Isotopes in studies of animal physiology and ecology (Martinez del Rio - confirmed) Newsome et al. 2007 EXAM 1 Laboratory: Exercise 4 - ^13C and ^15N of fingernail tissue
10/12 10/14	Class cancelled Lecture: Paper discussion 3 Martinez del Rio et al. 2009 (student led) Laboratory: Exercise 5 - Isotopic analysis of CO2 in human breath
10/19 10/21	Lecture: Isotopes in paleoclimate studies (Sharma) Koch 1998 Lecture: Isotopes in paleoecology and paleodiet studies (Clementz) Clementz et al. 2006, Cerling 1999 Laboratory: Exercise 5 - Isotopic analysis of atmospheric CO2 and Keeling plot anlaysis (Exercise 3 due)
10/26 10/28	Lecture: Isotope biomarkers and paleoenvironment reconstruction (Shuman - confirmed) Reading TBA Lecture: Cancelled Laboratory: Work on student projects (Exercise 4 due)
11/2 11/4	Lecture: Isotopes in aquatic biogeochemistry (Hall - confirmed) Tobias et al. 2003, Mulholland et al. 2004 Lecture: Class cancelled Laboratory: Exercise 6 - Analysis of ^18O and ^13C in carbonates
11/9 11/11	Lecture: Paper discussion 4 Reading TBA paleoenvironment biomarkers (student led) Lecture: Isotopic studies of dissolved inorganic carbon (Sharma) Clark & Fritz, Chpt 5 Laboratory: Isotopic analysis of DIC (demonstration only) (Exercise 5 due)
11/16 11/18	Lecture: Paper discussion 5 Reading TBA aquatic biogeochemistry (student led) Lecture: Stable isotopes in forensic applications (Sharma) Benson et al. 2006 Laboratory: Analysis of ^13C in methane and ^2H and ^18O in organic solids (demonstration only)
11/23 11/25	Lecture: Modeling ecological processes with isotope information (Ogle - confirmed) Lecture: Thanksgiving break - no class Laboratory: Thanksgiving break - no class
11/30 12/2	Lecture: Student poster presentations (Exercise 6 due) EXAM 2 Laboratory: No lab