Find here the course schedule for this whirlwind four weeks of content. As content fills in it will be posted, and any lecture with slides/recordings will be turned into hot links.
| Date | Day | Topic | 0830-1000 | 1000-1230 | 1400-1600 | 1600-1800 | Reading | Items Due |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 13 | Wednesday | Patterns & Processes | Syllabus, introductions, course goals | Intertidsal Ecology, Niche Concept | Lab - ID Assignment | Reading 1 - Harley (2011) | Sign up for paper discussion groups & dates due @23:59 | |
| October 14 | Thursday | Populations & Scale I | Lab - Git/GitHub | Guest Lecture - Dr. Shannon Hennessey | ADA | |||
| October 15 | Friday | Populations & Scale II | Paper Discussion - Group 1 | Field trip - Low Tide (1.6m tide @15:30) | Reading 2 - Bernhardt & O'Connor (2021) | Github Classroom Assignment due @23:59 | ||
| October 16 & 17 | Saturday & Sunday | |||||||
| October 18 | Monday | Population Models | Species Life History and Demographics | Species ID presentations | Paper Discussion - Group 2 | Reading 3 - Crouse et al. (1987) | ID Assignment due; Group 1 Paper Summary due @17:00 | |
| October 19 | Tuesday | Linear Algebra Review | Guest Lecture - Emma Atkinson | Stage-Structured Models I | ADA | |||
| October 20 | Wednesday | Stage-Structured Models II - R | Working hours & Beach Clean-up | DS | ||||
| October 21 | Thursday | Sensitivity & Elasticity | Matrix Models in R I | Matrix Models in R II | ADA | Group 2 Reading Summary due @19:00 | ||
| October 22 | Friday | Prep time - Sampling protocls and questions for sampling assignment | Working time | Paper Discussion - Group 3 | Reading 4 - Godwin et al. (2021) | Population Model Proposal due @17:00 | ||
| October 23 & 24 | Saturday & Sunday | |||||||
| October 25 | Monday | Within & Between Ecosystems, Interactions, Biodiversity | Field trip prep - Sampling protocols, diversity indices | Power Analysis | Group 3 Reading Summary due @19:00 | |||
| October 26 | Tuesday | Field trip - Low Tide (1.8m @0920) | Paper discussion - Group 4 | ADA | Reading 5 - Reid et al. (2021) | Population assignment due @23:59 | ||
| October 27 | Wednesday | Data Management Practices & Metadata | Species Richness Modeling | Guest Lecture - Dr. Sean Godwin | DS | |||
| October 28 | Thursday | Field Trip - Sugsaw Creek Salmon Walk & Hatchery Visit | ADA | |||||
| October 29 | Friday | Introduction to Conservation & Management | Open Period | Paper discussion - Group 5 | Reading 6 - Beltran et al. (2020) | Group 4 Reading Summary due @17:00 | ||
| October 30 & 31 | Saturday & Sunday | |||||||
| November 01 | Monday | Conservation, Restoration, Open Science | Guest Lecture - Dr. Karlisa Calwood | Reproducibility - Dr. Michael Eisen Talk | Guest Speaker Write-up (In Class) | Group 5 Reading Summary due @17:00 | ||
| November 02 | Tuesday | Sampling Assignment Presentations | Open Science, Ecological Forecasting | Paper discussion - Group 6 | ADA | |||
| November 03 | Wednesday | Field Trip - Nitnat Hatchery/River Trip DFO Production Hatchery | ||||||
| November 04 | Thursday | Selected Topics | Selected Topics | Course Evaluations & Wrap-Up | Group 6 summary due @17:00 | |||
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