The readings listed here are for reference only, HOWEVER, you are also welcome to use these for your presentations. Otherwise, everyone will select a paper for discussion (see Google Sheet on course Google drive). A sample paper and accompanying “Guide to presenting papers” are provided to help you prepare for presenting you selected paper.
Sample: Gaines, S.D, and J. Roughgarden. 1987. Fish in offshore kelp forests affect recruitment to intertidal barnacle populations. Science 235(4787):479-481.
| Week | Date | Day | Lecture REFERENCE Readings | Student Discussion Papers (2 per day) See course Google sheet! | Lead Discussants for each paper See course Googlre sheet! |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 29 Sep | Mon | Science as a way of knowing Lubchenco 1998 Science Cvitanovic and Hobday 2018 Nat Comm | N/A | |
| 1 Oct | Wed | Atmospheric processes Reference only: WAVES report (pages 9-18 ONLY) Chapter 4 in “The Earth System” by Kump, L.R, J.F. Kasting nd R.G. Crane. Third Edition. Prentice Hall. | N/A | ||
| 2 | 6 Oct | Mon | Oceanographic processes Mills et al 2013 Pershing et al 2015 Additional: Chapter 5 in “The Earth System” by Kump, L.R, J.F. Kasting nd R.G. Crane. Third Edition. Prentice Hall. | N/A | |
| 8 Oct | Wed | Hydrological and Geological processes Craig et al 2017 Dudgeon 2019 Additional: Coasts in Crisis: A Global Challenge (Gary Griggs) Edwards et al 2015 | N/A | ||
| 3 | 13 Oct | Mon | The coastal environment - Biogeochemical processes: Vitousek et al 1997 Howarth 2008 Additional: Chapter 8 in “The Earth System” by Kump, L.R, J.F. Kasting nd R.G. Crane. Third Edition. Prentice Hall. | N/A | |
| 15 Oct | Wed | What is climate change? Pacifici et al 2015 Poloczankka et al 2013 Additional: IPCC Summary for Policy Makers IPCC Synthesis Report | N/A | ||
| 4 | 20 Oct | Mon | Diversity of life - evolutionary processes: Palkovacs et al 2018 Carroll et al 2014 Additional: https://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/article/0_0_0/evo_02 | ||
| 22 Oct | Wed | Population ecology - Larkin 1977 Pearson et al 2014 Additional: Akcakaya and Sjogren-Gulve 2000 (PVAs) | N/A | ||
| 5 | 27 Oct | Mon | Metapopulations, metacommunities, connectivity Akcakaya et al. 2007 Leibold et al 2004 Additional: Hanski and Simberloff 1997 | ||
| 29 Oct | Wed | Ecological communities - species interactions McCann et al 2000 Daszak et al 2000 Additional: Gottdenker et al 2014 Stachowicz et al 2007 Lafferty 2017 | N/A | ||
| 6 | 3 Nov | Mon | Ecological communities - stability | ||
| 5 Nov | Wed | Ecological communities - maintenance of diversity Balvanera et al 2006 O'Leary et al 2017 Additional: Connell 1978 | N/A | ||
| 7 | 10 Nov | Mon | Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning Loreau et al 2001 | N/A | |
| 12 Nov | Wed | Ecosystems - abiotic-biotic coupled systems and connectivity Mumby, P. J. et al. 2004. Schindler et al 2003 Front in Ecol and Environ Additional: Hooper et al 2005 | N/A | ||
| 8 | 17 Nov | Mon | Ecosystem services Costanza et al 1997 Daily et al 2009 | N/A | |
| 19 Nov | Wed | Ecosystems - social-ecological coupled systems and EBM Wasson et al 2015 Binder et al 2013 Additional: http://www.natureserve.org/conservation-tools/ecosystem-based-management-tools-network Ostrom 2009 Long et al 2015 Nassl and Loffler 2015 | N/A | ||
| 9 | 24 Nov | Mon | Human uses and impacts to ecosystems | N/A | |
| 26 Nov | Wed | Travel for Thanksgiving and Native American Heritage holiday | N/A | ||
| 10 | 1 Dec | Mon | Remote Sensing for conservaton and management | N/A | |
| 3 Dec | Wed | Bibliography, discussion, wrap up, and reflections on the course | N/A | ||
| 11 - FINALS WEEK | 8 Dec | Mon | Continued discussion |