GENERAL COURSE INFO

TENTATIVE SCHEDULE FOR FALL '98

Date

Activity

Book Chapters and Assignments

Tues Aug. 25

Introduction to Course & Syllabus Class activity: ecosystem services and food

Daily Chp 1,2, Reading on Web

Thurs Aug. 27

Ecosystem services: framework and methodology, Introduction to Economic Analysis.

Daily Chp 3 & 4

Tues Sept. 1

Review of Economic Analysis Methods, Discuss opinion papers

Dixon Chp 1, 2, &3
PS #1 Due (paper)

Thurs Sept. 3

Economics and Biodiversity

 Daily Chp 6

Tues Sept. 8

Case Study: Introduction to the South African Fynbos Ecosystem

Daily Chp 19
PS #2 Due

Thurs Sept. 10

Fynbos Ecosystem Economics, Stella Model
Guest Speaker: Laraine Lomax

  

Tues Sept. 15

Activity: Arbitration/Stakeholder Debate: Introduction to fisheries and the MBNMS

Dixon Chp 4,5,&6
PS #3 Due

Thurs Sept. 17

MBNMS Guest Speaker

  

Tues Sept. 22

Global Overview of State of Fisheries, Ecology

Daily Chp 10
PS #4 Due

Thurs Sept. 24

Basic Oceanography, Local circulation patterns and El Nino, Population growth in fisheries

  

Tues Sept. 29

Biological Considerations in Fisheries Management: implications of El Nino

Daily Chp 15
PS #5 Due

Thurs Oct. 1

Economics of Fisheries Management
(Optional Aquarium Field Trip on Friday October 2)

  

Tues Oct. 6

Anchovy Stella Model
Fisheries Wrap Up

  

Thurs Oct. 8

Midterm (Catch —Up)

Midterm

Tues Oct. 13

Fall Break

  

Thurs Oct. 15

Fall Break

  

Tues Oct. 20

Guest Speaker — Fisheries of Monterey Bay

  

Thurs Oct. 22

Climate Change and BGC Cycles:
Climate Stability

Daily Chp 5

Tues Oct. 27

Climate Change and Global Warming, El Nino; Impacts on Agriculture and Water

PS #6 Due

Thurs Oct. 29

Climate Change and Economics: Cost Benefit Analyses

Daily Chp 6,14

Tues Nov 3

Climate Change,
In-Class projects

PS #7 Due

Thurs Nov 5

Climate Change,
In-Class projects

  

Tues Nov 10

Town Hall Meeting : marine / climate change scenario

PS #8 Due

Thurs Nov 12

Intro to Agriculture and Climate Change:
Plant physiology and carbon fertilization,
Greenhouse gases and agricultural productivity

Daily Chp 7,8

Tues Nov 17

Agriculture and hydrology,
Film : "Cadillac Desert: The Mercy of Nature"

Daily Chp 9
PS #9 Due

Thurs Nov 19

Agriculture and Climate: Crop Simulation Models

Dixon- Chp 7

Tues Nov 24

Daniel Mountjoy - Class Activity

PS #10 Due

Thurs Nov 26

Thanksgiving

  

Tues Dec 1

Overview of fisheries / climate / agriculture, presentation preparation

Daily Chp 20

Thurs Dec 3

Student Presentations of papers

  

Tues Dec 8

Local and Global economic /policy issues, Sustainability, Costanza paper discussion

Costanza et. al. Nature, 1997

Thurs Dec 10

Review, Evaluations

  

Tues Dec 15

Final Exam

Final