Five-day introductory course
This is an example plan for a one-week intensive training course in EwE. The course is fast-tracked in order to include advanced spatial modelling the two last days.
Day 1
| Session | Topic | EwE Textbook | EwE User Guide | Presentation (#) / activity |
| 09.00-09.15 |
Welcome, introductions | 00 Welcome | ||
| 09.15-10.00 | Introduction to EwE | On modelling Your research question Define the system |
01 EwE Introduction | |
| 10.00-11.00 | Ecopath introduction | P/B Q/B Multi-stanza | Ecopath input, | Riley: Ecopath (YouTube) 02 Model parameterization |
| 11.00-11.30 | Coffee/tea | |||
| 11.30-13.00 | Construct an ecosystem model | Tutorial:Anchovy Bay model | ||
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13.00-14.00 |
Lunch | |||
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14.00-15.00 |
Balancing Ecopath models | Energy balance mass balance |
03 Mass balance Tutorial: mass-balance |
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| 15.00-15.30 | Coffee | |||
| 15.30-16.00 | Mass balance (cont.) | |||
| 16.00-17.00 | Ecopath output | Ecopath output, | 04 Ecopath advanced | |
Day 2
| Session | Topic | EwE Textbook | EwE User Guide | Presentation/activity |
| 09.00-09.15 | Recap, questions? | |||
| 09.00-10.00 | Ecosim introduction | Lotka-Volterra Ecosim introduction Foraging arena theory Predicting consumption |
05 Ecosim introduction | |
| 10.00-11.00 | Using Ecosim | Read tutorial: Group info | Tutorial: Food chain model | |
| 11.00-11.30 | Coffe/tea | |||
| 11.30-13.00 | Mediation and environmental forcing | Mediation and time forcing | 06 Non-trophic impacts Tutorial: Mediation |
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| 13.00-14.00 | Lunch | |||
| 14.00-15.00 | Environmental forcing | Environmental productivity | Tutorial: Environmental forcing | |
| 15.00-15.30 | Coffee/tea | |||
| 15.30-17.00 | Tutorials (cont.) | |||
Day 3
| Session | Topic | EwE Textbook | EwE User Guide | Presentation/activity |
| 09.00-09.15 | Recap, questions? | |||
| 09.15-11.00 | Ecosim fitting to time series | Density-dependence Vulnerability and multipliers Statistical approaches |
Time series | 07 Ecosim fitting |
| 11.00-11.30 | Coffee/tea | |||
| 11.30-13.00 | Uncertainty in EwE | Read tutorial: Uncertainty | Tutorial: Time series fitting | |
| 13.00-14.00 | Lunch | |||
| 14.00-15.00 | Your model questions | Addressing uncertainty Ecosampler | 08 Uncertainty | |
| 15.00-15.30 | Coffee/tea | |||
| 15.30-17.00 | Your model questions and wrap-up | Your research question | Discussion | |
Day 4
| Session | Topic | EwE Textbook | EwE User Guide | Presentations/activity |
| 09.00-09.15 | Welcome, introductions, questions? | |||
| 09.15-10.00 | Ecospace general introduction, data needed | Ecospace introduction | Do you need Ecospace? | 09 Ecospace introduction |
| 10.00-11.00 | Ecospace & niche modelling | Habitat capacity | 10 Ecospace advanced | |
| 11.00-11.30 | Coffee/tea | |||
| 11.30-13.00 | Tutorial: Ecospace | Tutorial: Spatial model | ||
| 13.00-14.00 | Lunch | |||
| 14.00-15.00 | Ecospace & fisheries | Spatial fishery dynamics Predicting spatial effort | Dispersal rates | 11 Ecospace fisheries, tutorial: MPAs in Anchovy Bay |
| 15.00-15.30 | Coffee/tea | |||
| 15.30-17.00 | Tutorial | Tutorial: AIS in Anchovy Bay | ||
Day 5
| Session | Topic | EwE Textbook | EwE User Guide | Presentations/activity |
| 09.00-09.15 | Recap, questions? | |||
| 09.15-10.00 | Ecospace, spatial planning and impact assessment | Spatial planning, human made structures EIA, Coastal restoration, noise, spatial optimization (needs edit) | 12 MSP Challenge 13 Spatial planning |
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| 10.00-11.00 | Tutorial | Tutorial: Anchovy Bay optimization | ||
| 11.00-11.30 | Coffee/tea | |||
| 11.30-13.00 | Tutorial (continued) Ecospace output |
Ecospace R-scripts, tutorial: Ecospace maps | ||
| 13.00-14.00 | Lunch | |||
| 14.00-15.00 | Discussion, questions | |||
| 15.00-15.30 | Coffee/tea | |||
| 15.30-16.00 | Intro to spatial-temporal framework | 14 Temporal spatial | ||
| 16.00-17.00 | Discussion & wrap-up | |||
