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:
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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