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

13.00-14.00

Lunch

14.00-15.00

Balancing Ecopath models Energy balance
mass balance
03 Mass balance
Tutorial: mass-balance
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
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
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

 

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