Date: Monday, August 5, 2002 to Monday, August 12, 2002
Venue: University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire, United States.
Please join us for an exciting follow-up to last year’s successful HMAP Summer School sessions. For two-weeks in August, students and instructors will examine changes in marine diversity, considering both influences and impacts to human society and biological ecosystems. By focusing on two well-studied marine ecosystems, the Baltic Sea and the Northwest Atlantic, students will have access to a wealth of historic, social, ecological and economic data and information to hone their professional skills in understanding evolutionary processes of marine ecosystems.
Maximum course size is expected to be 25 students.
Limited funding is available to assist students with travel. Funding decisions will be made based on applicants statement of interest and involvement in work related to the HMAP program.
Housing will be provided.
Please apply by providing a statement of interest and complete contact information.
Please apply via email:
Workshop is being organized by:
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
University of New Hampshire
Durham, New Hampshire
USA
(603) 862-1453
Preliminary SYLLABUS
HMAP International Summer School
5-12 August 2002
University of New Hampshire
Instructors
R.C. Francis, School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, University of Washington
Poul Holm, Dept of Maritime History, University of Southern Denmark,
Andrew Rosenberg, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of New Hampshire
Lance Van Sittert, Dept of History, University of Cape Town
Course Objectives
This course is intended to foster the collaboration of graduate students in environmental history with those in historical ecology within the context of the HMAP program. HMAP is a global research program with four basic questions:
How has the extent and diversity of marine animal populations changed and varied over the last 2000 years?
Which factors have forced or influenced the changing extent and diversity of marine animal populations?
What has been the anthropogenic and biological significance of changes in marine animal populations?
What has been the interplay of changing marine ecosystems and human societies?
HMAP presently has a number of research teams focused on several large marine ecosystems, of which the Baltic and the Northwest Atlantic are two. HMAP has developed a set of hypotheses, which fall into three broad categories: natural variability, natural impact and human impact.
The summer school will be centered around four HMAP ecological and historical hypotheses and two large marine ecosystems. Lectures will be given daily to help focus students’ attention and collaborations on the hypotheses as they apply to marine ecosystem issues. Students will collaborate and use the HMAP data bank (University of Hull), mapping software and publications to develop multidisciplinary projects, which focus on telling hypotheses-based stories of our two selected ecosystems (Baltic, NW Atlantic).
Student Projects
The summer school will culminate Monday 12 August with the presentation of four collaborative student projects. The guidelines for the projects are that
Student teams reflect an even balance of expertise in history and ecology
Teams attempt to “tell a story” of an ecosystem
Two teams focus on each of two large marine ecosystems – Baltic and NW Atlantic
Projects are shaped by questions and hypotheses, which are fleshed out during the week by course instructors and guest lecturers
Teams draw on HMAP data, mapping programs and publications
Course Outline and Schedule
Five HMAP ecological and historical hypotheses will serve as the central focus of the summer school. They are:
Historical records can be used to infer ecosystem structure and dynamics, after accounting for anthropogenic factors.
Interactions among ecology, economy and culture are the true forces, which create the historical trajectories of marine ecosystems. The histories of these interactions provide a wealth of insight to contemporary resource science and management.
Environmental forcing causes changes in ecosystem structure and dynamics.
Fishing mortality has significant impacts on ecosystem structure and dynamics.
Diversity of marine animals has declined due to exploitation and habitat loss.
The first week will be structured as follows:
Mon 5 August
9-11 AM – Lecture – Hypothesis 1 – Holm
1-3 PM – Student projects
3:30 – 5:30 PM – Student presentations
Tues 6 August
9-11 AM – Lecture – Hypothesis 3 - Francis
1-3 PM – Student projects
3:30 – 5:30 PM – Student presentations
Wed 7 August
9-11 AM – Lecture – Hypothesis 2 – Van Sittert
1-3 PM – Student projects
3:30 – 5:30 PM – Student presentations
Thurs 8 August
9-11 AM – Lecture – Hypothesis 4 - Rosenberg
1-3 PM – Student projects
3:30 – 5:30 PM – Student presentations
Fri 9 August
9-11 AM – Guest Lecture – The Destruction of the Bison – Andrew Isenberg
1-3 PM – Student projects
3:30 – 5:30 PM – Student presentations
On the final Monday (12 Aug) presentations will be made by the four student working groups. Since the annual HMAP workshop starts the following day, we hope that a substantial number of HMAP investigators will be able to attend the student presentations.
Course Readings
A reading packet will be compiled for each student.