Below you will find a list of topics covered in this course and a short description of each topic. This list will be updated throughout the Fall '98 semester. Please check back soon for more information!
Introduction to Ecosysystem Services: This section introduces some of the most important types of ecosystem good and services, as well as discussing problems associated with trying to determine the value of different services.
Climate Change: Provides a more in depth analysis of an ecosystem service--the regulation and stabilization of climate. Biogeochemcial cycles, human modifications of global climate, and the economic consequences of climate change are considered.
Fisheries: Provides a more in depth analysis of an ecosystem good--oceanic fisheries. General principles of population growth, sustainable resource management and fisheries economics are explored.