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 Interior Columbia Basin, 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, shachak@bgumail.bgu.ac.il Avi Perevolotsky, PhD Professor, avi@agri.gov.il Graduate Students Efrat Sheffer Graduate student – Mitrani Department of Desert Ecology, efratshe@bgumail.bgu.ac.il Moran Segoli PhD student – Mitrani Department of Desert Ecology, levymora@bgu.ac.il Henri Rueff PhD student – Mitrani Department of Desert Ecology, rueff@bgu.ac.il Yuval Berger Graduate student – Mitrani Department of Desert Ecology, bergeryu@bgu.ac.il Florida International University Faculty Dan Childers Associate Professor, Department of Biology, Southeast Environmental Research Center, childers@fiu.edu Graduate Students Jeff Wozniak PhD Student – Biology, wozniak@fiu.edu Bryan Dewsbury MS Student – Biology, juice_berry@yahoo.com Patrick Gibson MS Student – Biology, gibsonp@fiu.edu Chuck Goss MS Student – Biology, cgoss001@fiu.edu David Green MS Student – Biology, david.green@fiu.edu David Iwaniec MS Student – Biology, iwaniecd@fiu.edu Kathryn Stanaway MS Student – Environmental Studies, kathryn.stanaway@fiu.edu University of New Hampshire Faculty Andy Rosenberg Professor of Natural Resources Policy and Management EOS Department of Natural Resources, andy.rosenberg@unh.edu Jeb Byers Assistant Professor, Department of Zoology, jebyers@cisunix.unh.edu Graduate Students Jamie Leff PhD Student – NRESS, jleff@cisunix.unh.edu John Meyer PhD Student – NRESS, jjmeyer@unh.edu Erika Zollett PhD Student – NRESS, ezollett@yahoo.com Sarah Teck Graduate Student – Zoology, steck@unh.edu Irit Altman Graduate Student – Zoology, irit.altman@unh.edu University of Queensland , Australia Faculty Hugh Possingham Professor, Director, The Ecology Center, hpossingham@zen.uq.edu.au Gradute Students Kerrie Wilson PhD Student – Environmental Science, k.wilson2@uq.edu.au Michael Bode Graduate Student – Spatial Ecology, mbode@maths.uq.edu.au Vanessa Adams Fulbright Scholar, v.adams@uq.edu.au University of California, Santa Barbara Faculty Sandy Andelman Principal Investigator/Faculty Leader, Deputy Director, National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, andelman@nceas.ucsb.edu Steve Gaines Professor / Faculty Leader, Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology, Director, Marine Science Institute, gaines@lifesci.ucsb.edu Christopher Costello Assistant Professor / Faculty Leader, Bren School of Environmental Science and Management, costello@bren.ucsb.edu Organization Josh Metz PhD student – Bren School of Environmental Science, EBM Graduate Seminar Coordinator, metz@nceas.ucsb.edu Shaun Walbridge EBM Project Information Manager, National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, walbridge@nceas.ucsb.edu Graduate Students Sarah Abramson Graduate Student – Bren School of Environmental Science, abramson@nceas.ucsb.edu Katie Arkema Graduate Student – Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology, arkema@lifesci.ucsb.edu Sarah Lester PhD Student – Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology, lester@lifesci.ucsb.edu Elizabeth Madin PhD Student – Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology, madin@lifesci.ucsb.edu Julio Lorda Graduate Student – Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology, lorda@lifesci.ucsb.edu Thomas Young Graduate Student – Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology, young@lifesci.ucsb.edu Sean Watts PhD Student – Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology, watts@lifesci.ucsb.edu Robin Pelc Graduate Student – Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology, pelc@lifesci.ucsb.edu University of Washington Faculty Julia Parrish Associate Professor, Department of Biology, jparrish@u.washington.edu Terrie Klinger Assistant Professor, School of Marine Affairs, tklinger@u.washington.edu Jennifer Ruesink Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, ruesink@u.washington.edu Graduate Students Kirsten Evans Graduate Student – School of Marine Affairs, evanske@u.washington.edu Kirstin Holsman PhD Candidate – School of Aquatic and Fisheries Sciences kkari@u.washington.edu Summer Morlock Graduate Student – School of Marine Affairs, smorlock@u.washington.edu Virgnia Institute of Marine Science Faculty Carlton Hershner Professor, Director, Center for Coastal Resources Management, carl@vims.edu Chris Pyke Global Change Research Program, National Center for Environmental Assessment, pyke.chris@epa.gov Graduate Students Lindy Dingerson Graduate Student, lynne@vims.edu Matt Strickler Graduate Student, mjstri@wm.edu Jie Huang Graduate Student, maryh@vims.edu Funded by The David and Lucile Packard Foundation