Spring 2027

Ecology of Fishes Lab

Ecology of Fishes Lab covers the anatomy and taxonomy of Wisconsin fishes and includes projects in fish ecology.

offering recorded2 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 John LyonsZach Feiner

Summary

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 3.59 GPA, 78.9% A/AB (n=38 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.52 GPA, 74.5% A/AB (n=47 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.60 GPA, 75.0% A/AB (n=48 letter grades).

What you’ll be able to do

  • Develop, think about, and answer scientific questions like a fish ecologist.

  • Identify different Wisconsin fishes based on their anatomy.

  • Carry out a variety of fish field sampling, laboratory, and data analysis techniques.

  • Communicate and write in a proper scientific format.

Source: UW Guide 1 UW Guide 2

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Prerequisites

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ZOOLOGY/​ENVIR ST 510 or concurrent enrollment

ENVIRST/ZOOLOGY 511

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Professors

Spring 2027

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 3.59 GPA, 78.9% A/AB (n=38 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.52 GPA, 74.5% A/AB (n=47 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.60 GPA, 75.0% A/AB (n=48 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

JOHN LYONS is recorded teaching in Spring 2020, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Calendar & sections

Spring 2027

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SectionModeEnrolled / capacityWaitlist
LAB 001Classroom Instruction0 / 240
LAB 002Classroom Instruction0 / 240
LAB 001Classroom Instruction0 / 240
LAB 002Classroom Instruction0 / 240

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Student experience

the class

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 3.59 GPA, 78.9% A/AB (n=38 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.52 GPA, 74.5% A/AB (n=47 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.60 GPA, 75.0% A/AB (n=48 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Anatomy and taxonomy of Wisconsin fishes
  • Projects in fish ecology
  • Fish field sampling, laboratory, and data analysis techniques

Skills

  • Fish anatomy and taxonomy
  • Scientific inquiry in fish ecology
  • Field sampling, laboratory, and data analysis techniques
  • Scientific communication and writing

Grades

Latest available · Spring 2026— not enough history to project Spring 2027.

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Where this course fits relative to

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About this comparison

1280 courses over the same term, each with at least 30 recorded letter grades. Cross-listed courses count once. GPA is not a measure of difficulty or teaching quality. The typical course is the median by recorded grade count; tied values are not counted as lower. Grade counts describe course scale, not unique students or typical section size.

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Sources & history

UW–Madison

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Selected offering source records
ENVIRST/ZOOLOGY 511 · Spring 2027

Ecology of Fishes Lab

Recorded 2026-10-14
ENVIRST/ZOOLOGY 511 · Spring 2027

Ecology of Fishes Lab

Recorded 2026-10-14
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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