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Last Updated May 4, 2010

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Syllabus

Homework
Set#1 Key#1
Set#2 Key#2
Set#3 Key#3
Set#4 Key#4
Set#5 Key#5
Set#6 Key#6
Set#7 Key#7
Set#8 Key#8

Links
TunaDiscussion (Follow-up)
Leslie Matrix Models (PopTools)
Debate I
Debate II
MPA Design - IUCN



MPA Project
Download Software
Background
Rules
Data
Part 1 - Baseline (Due April 14)
Part 2 - Simulation (Due April 23)
Part 3 - Proposal (Due April 25)
Part 4 - Report (Due May 7)
Part 5 - Presentation (Due May 7)

Instructor

Dr. David Hyrenbach

CTSA 112

Oceanic Institute

Office hours:

W & F; 9:00 - 10:30 (OI)

M; 14:00 - 15:00 (HLC)

or by appointment

Course Text

Marine Conservation Biology:

The Science of Maintaining the Sea's Biodiversity

Available online

Books on Reserve

Two copies of text book in reserve: Atherton Library (HLC) & HPU Cottage (OI)

NC - Marine Conservation Biology - Norse, E.A. & Crowder, L.B. (Eds.)

Two additional reference books available on reserve stacks (Hyrenbach):

MS - Key Topics in Conservation Biology - McDonald, D.W. & Service, K. (Eds.)

FS - Quantitative Methods for Conservation Biology - Ferson, S. & Burgman, M. (Eds.)

Course Readings

These PDFs of scientific articles are for class use only.

Please do not distribute.

Note: Readings in italics are supplementary material

Date	Lecture Topic	Readings	Assignments
1 / 27	Introduction to the class. What is (Marine) Conservation?	(NC Chapter 1) Ludwig et al 1993 Callicott et al 1999 Mangel & Tier 2004
1 / 29	Principles of Conservation - Quantifying Abundance over Time	(NC Chapter 2) Jackson 1997 Dayton et al 1998
2 / 3	Principles of Conservation - Studying Biodiversity / Behavior	(NC Chapter 6) Sutherland 1998 Whitehead et al 2004	HW1 pop_trends
2 / 5	Life in the Sea - Implications	Steele 1985 Kelly & Palumbi 2010 Phillips et al 2005
2 / 10	Population Biology in the Sea - Implications	(NC Chapters 3 & 4) Cowen et al 2006	HW2 exp_growth
2 / 12	Group Discussion - Tuna trends	Myers & Worm 2003 Hampton et al. 2005 AND Myers & Worm 2005 Myers & Worm 2005
2 / 17	Single Species Management (Effective Effort)	(NC Chapter 5) Freeman 2008 Bigelow et al 2002	HW3 logit_growth
2 / 18	Single Species Management (IUCN & Stocks)	Dizon et al 1992 Block et al 2001 Rooker et al 2008
2 / 24	Whaling Case Study	(FS Chapter 8) Morisita 2006 Clapham et al 2007	HW4 whaling
2 / 26	Demography	Clinton & LeBoeuf 1993 Lande 1998
3 / 3	Leslie Modelling	Crowder et al 1994 Heppell et al 2000	HW5 age_structure
3 / 5	Compensatory Mortality	(see debate #1 readings)
3 / 10	Applied Demography	(NC Chapter 13) Fujiwara & Caswell 2001 Anderson et al 2008	HW6 elasticity
3 / 12	Trade-offs in Bycatch Mitigation	(see debate #2 readings)
3 / 17	Global Impacts of Fisheries	(NC Chapters 11& 12)	HW7 bycatch
3 / 19	Fisheries Management	(NC Chapter 14 & 15)	Empty Oceans Empty Nets
3 / 31	EXAM
4 / 7	MPAs - Principles	(NC Chapters 16 & 17) Allison et al 1998 Parrish & Boersma 1999
4 / 9	MPAs - Design Criteria	(NC Chapter 19) Klein et al 2008
4 / 14	MPAs and Beyond	(NC chapter 25) Carwardine et al 2009 Sumaila et al 2000
4 / 16	Group Discussion - MPA Role Play	Charles & Wilson 2008 MPA Forum 2003	HW8 MPA roles
4 / 21	EBM Approaches	(NC Chapter 24) Grumbine 1994 Ruckelhouse et al 2008 Crowder & Norse 2008
4 / 23	Case Study I - Fisheries Bycatch Eric Gilman	Gilman & Lundin 2009 Gilman et al 2010
4 / 28	Case Study II - Seamount Conservation Les Watling	Morato et al 2010 Pitcher et al 2010
4 / 30	Case Study III - Marine Spatial Planning	Douvere 2009 Agardy 2009
5 / 5	Case Study IV- Prioritization for Marine Conservation	Lourie & Vincent 2004 Leslie 2005
5 / 7	Project Presentations		Projects Due