Software

• Image Processing: Fiji
• Video Recording: ISpy
• Video Processing: VirtualDub, ffdshow, Fiji combined with these software
  • Video Tracking: TrackMate (in Fiji), MTrackJ (in Fiji – note that angular means not accurately calculated), ToxTrac, Ctrax, idTracker & idTracker.ai, tracktor, Tracker (more for physics), ZooTracer
• Line Drawings, Customization of Vector Images, Graphs, etc: Inkscape
  (also use Inkscape to convert SPSS graphs to EPS format via PDF export)
• Posters: Open Office Draw

Statistics

• VassarStats (online statistical software)
• PlotsOfData (online plotting software)
• R (best introduction: tidyverse and associated book by Wickham et al.; another good  R intro book by Field et al.)
• SPSS

Invertebrate Zoology

• A Practical Guide to the Marine Animals of Northeastern North America by Pollock
• A photographic guide to seashore life in the North Atlantic: Canada to Cape Cod by Sept
• World Register of Marine Species

Gastropod Research

• Tritonia Scholarpedia page
• Lymnaea Scholarpedia page
• Lymnaea reproductive biology from the Malacological Society of the UK
• Freshwater Gastropods of North America | FWGNA Blog
• Hermissenda Scholarpedia page

Neuroethology

• Neuroethology Scholarpedia page
• Online Open Access Neuroscience Textbook
• Textbook: Principles of Neural Science, 5th Edition (get from library)

Molecular Biology

• Basic Molecular Protocols in Neuroscience: Tips, Tricks, and Pitfalls by Corthell
  (PDF and book are available in the lab)

Microscopy

• Neuroanatomy Scholarpedia page

Immunohistochemistry

• Immunohistochemistry Wikipedia page (skip the last section on Directing therapy)
• IHCWorld Immunohistochemistry Introduction (all 6 sections)
• Jackson Immuno Technical Tips
• iBioSeminars – Fluorescence Microscopy
• iBioSeminars – Confocal Microscopy
• Tissue processing mesh tubes (baskets): video (start at 4:50), based on this article: DOI: 10.3791/2912
• The importance of antigens and controls in immunohistochemistry
• Colour-blind friendly presentation of multiple labels

Electron Microscopy

• Electron Microscope Wikipedia page
• iBioSeminars – Transmission Electron Microscopy
• Immunogold Wikipedia page (and also see the Immunohistochemistry page)

Animal Behaviour

• Useful book: Essential Animal Behavior (by Scott; basic background in ethology)
• Useful book: Observing Animal Behaviour (by Dawkins; less detailed)
• Useful book: Measuring Behaviour (3rd edition, by Martin and Bateson; more detailed)
• Very useful book and software: Quantifying Behavior the JWatcher Way (very detailed; exploits JWatcher)
• Useful article: How to Avoid the Seven Deadly Sins of Studying Animal Behaviour (by Milinski)
• Classic Book: The Study of Instinct (by Tinbergen)

General Science

• Reporting Statistics in Theses and Articles
• Strong inference
• The importance of stupidity

Writing about Science

• Writing Scientific Manuscripts: a guide for undergraduates
• Algorithm for Writing a Scientific Manuscript
• SciDevNet: How do I write a scientific paper?
• SciDevNet: How do I submit a paper to a scientific journal?
• Books: for more in-depth information on publishing, both of these are helpful
  How to Write and Illustrate a Scientific Paper by Björn Gustaviihis
  How to Write and Publish a Scientific Paper by Day & Gastel
• Nova Scotian Institute for Science and their annual writing competition for undergraduate and graduate students (cash prizes!)

Research Facilities

• Atlantic Facilities and Research Equipment Database
• Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre
• Friday Harbor Laboratories
• Dalhousie Cellular Microscopy Digital Imaging

Specialized Courses

• Friday Harbor Laboratories: Neuroethology
• Marine Biological Laboratory (Woods Hole): Neural Systems and Behavior

• International Society for Neuroethology
• Society for Molluscan Neuroscience
• Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology
• Canadian Society of Zoologists
• Society for Neuroscience
• American Microscopical Society

Student Conferences

• Atlantic Undergraduate Biology Conference (annually in Feb/Mar at an Atlantic university) [Run by Science Atlantic]
• ACCESS Conference (annually in May at an Atlantic University)
  [Run by the Atlantic Canada Coastal and Estuarine Science Society]
• Pacific Ecology and Evolution Conference (annually in Feb/Mar at Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre)
• Atlantic Regional Comparative Physiology Conference (annually in Oct)