Ecosystem-based Management DGS
Over the last decade there have been a wide range of efforts to implement ecosystem management in various systems (e.g., the Everglades, the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, the InteriorColumbiaBasin, The Serengeti-Mara Ecosystem, the Great Barrier Reef). While there have been several recent reviews of ecosystem management, these have not been quantitative or deeply analytical. We employed a distributed graduate seminar model, used successfully in previous NCEAS activities, to synthesize and analyze information regarding past ecosystem-based management efforts (e.g., explicit goals, key elements and sequencing of the process, institutional attributes, implementation, degree of integration of science and decision-making, and outcomes. Faculty and graduate students from seven universities collaborated to assess successes and failures, evaluate why particular efforts succeeded and failed, and, importantly, identified lessons learned for management of coastal-marine systems. Locally, participants in each seminar collaborated to synthesize data for a particular example of ecosystem-based management and to develop a database of EBM activities and attributes. A final working group meeting, involving 43 graduate students and faculty members from each university was held at NCEAS in February of 2005 to conduct a grand synthesis of information from all case studies.
Participant Universities:
- Ben Gurion University, Israel
- Florida International University
- University of New Hampshire
- University of Queensland, Australia
- University of California, Santa Barbara
- University of Washington
- Virgina Institute of Marine Science
Ben Gurion University, Israel
Faculty
Moshe Shachak, PhD
Professor,
Avi Perevolotsky, PhD
Professor,
Graduate Students
Efrat Sheffer
Graduate student – Mitrani Department of Desert Ecology,
Moran Segoli
PhD student – Mitrani Department of Desert Ecology,
Henri Rueff
PhD student – Mitrani Department of Desert Ecology,
Yuval Berger
Graduate student – Mitrani Department of Desert Ecology,
Florida International University
Faculty
Dan Childers
Associate Professor, Department of Biology, Southeast Environmental Research Center,
Graduate Students
Jeff Wozniak
PhD Student – Biology,
Bryan Dewsbury
MS Student – Biology,
Patrick Gibson
MS Student – Biology,
Chuck Goss
MS Student – Biology,
David Green
MS Student – Biology,
David Iwaniec
MS Student – Biology,
Kathryn Stanaway
MS Student – Environmental Studies,
University of New Hampshire
Faculty
Andy Rosenberg
Professor of Natural Resources Policy and Management EOS Department of Natural Resources,
Jeb Byers
Assistant Professor, Department of Zoology,
Graduate Students
Jamie Leff
PhD Student – NRESS,
John Meyer
PhD Student – NRESS,
Erika Zollett
PhD Student – NRESS,
Sarah Teck
Graduate Student – Zoology,
Irit Altman
Graduate Student – Zoology,
University of Queensland , Australia
Faculty
Hugh Possingham
Professor, Director, The Ecology Center,
Gradute Students
Kerrie Wilson
PhD Student – Environmental Science,
Michael Bode
Graduate Student – Spatial Ecology,
Vanessa Adams
Fulbright Scholar,
University of California, Santa Barbara
Faculty
Sandy Andelman
Principal Investigator/Faculty Leader, Deputy Director,
National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis,
Steve Gaines
Professor / Faculty Leader, Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology, Director, Marine Science Institute,
Christopher Costello
Assistant Professor / Faculty Leader, Bren School of Environmental Science and Management,
Organization
Josh Metz
PhD student – Bren School of Environmental Science, EBM Graduate Seminar Coordinator,
Shaun Walbridge
EBM Project Information Manager, National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis,
Graduate Students
Sarah Abramson
Graduate Student – Bren School of Environmental Science,
Katie Arkema
Graduate Student – Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology,
Sarah Lester
PhD Student – Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology,
Elizabeth Madin
PhD Student – Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology,
Julio Lorda
Graduate Student – Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology,
Thomas Young
Graduate Student – Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology,
Sean Watts
PhD Student – Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology,
Robin Pelc
Graduate Student – Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology,
University of Washington
Faculty
Julia Parrish
Associate Professor, Department of Biology,
Terrie Klinger
Assistant Professor, School of Marine Affairs,
Jennifer Ruesink
Assistant Professor, Department of Biology,
Graduate Students
Kirsten Evans
Graduate Student – School of Marine Affairs,
Kirstin Holsman
PhD Candidate – School of Aquatic and Fisheries
Summer Morlock
Graduate Student – School of Marine Affairs,
Virgnia Institute of Marine Science
Faculty
Carlton Hershner
Professor, Director, Center for Coastal Resources Management,
Chris Pyke
Global Change Research Program, National Center for Environmental Assessment,
Graduate Students
Lindy Dingerson
Graduate Student,
Matt Strickler
Graduate Student,
Jie Huang
Graduate Student,
Funded by The David and Lucile Packard Foundation