University of Guam

"Botany" home page:
plants, protists and photosynthetic animals.

"Plant" Diversity & Microscopy and Marine Botany at UOG

There are many photos on this site, but this home page is designed with the "8-second principle" in mind.

General interest: Outlines of characters of selected Phyla and lower taxa in the Eukaryote Diversity section; algal biodiversity of Guam and Micronesia (a page for each genus, keys to genera) (seaweeds and microbenthos --diatoms, dinoflagellates, ciliates; and now including some freshwater algae); and the tube-dwelling diatom site.

My active site for Guam marine benthic diatoms is at ProtistCentral

[Some features of this website, such as highlighting (these words are highlighted)
and pop-up windows require you have JavaScript enabled on your browser.]

What's here: course resources for

1. Plant Diversity & Microscopy (BI 302) [offered F Even]

This course is a survey of the Phyla of photosynthetic (oxygen-producing) organisms, which are now seen as belonging to several "supergroups" (no more Kingdoms!). The focus is on the principal characteristics of each major group, with the goal of your being able to recognize the group to which field-collected organisms belong. Within certain large Divisions such as Charophyta, we look at characters of lower taxa (e.g., selected families of flowering plants). A key component will be understanding the dynamic state of systematics and the evolutionary relationships among organisms. In addition the course includes modules on the use and principles of bright-field, phase, differential interference contrast, and epifluorescence microscopy.

This course satisfies the plant/animal survey requirement of the Bio Majors program and is a prequel to Marine Botany (focus on algae), or Plant Taxonomy (focus on ferns and flowering plants). Strongly recommended pre- or co-requisite: BI 320 Biodiversity Photomicroscopy.

2. Marine Botany

The resources here were developed for a course that is no longer taught, and have not been updated significantly since 2005, but you are welcome to use them.

Botany at UOG-Natural Sciences also includes

UOG Herbarium and Dr. Lynn Raulerson's Plant Taxonomy class.

The photos on these pages are by Chris Lobban unless noted otherwise.

The University of Guam is an equal opportunity employer and provider.