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Each spring I teach FW 479 - Fisheries Manage Management. Currently in the fall I team teach Zol 355 - General Ecology. In past years, I taught a graduate course, FW 874 - Advanced Fisheries Ecology and Foodweb Management. During spring 2000, I led a seminar course in which we discussed Global Trends in Fisheries Management, and in fall 2002, I taught FW 414 - Aquatic Ecosystem Management.
FW 479 - Fisheries Management
Course Objectives: This course introduces the fundamental principles of fisheries ecology and management. By emphasizing the approach and thought-processes that underlie sound management, it prepares you to tackle future management decisions responsibly. In so doing, we will combine “theory” with real-world “case studies” to evaluate (1) the quantitative nature of fish population assessment, (2) the complexity of ecological interactions linking fish to other components of aquatic communities and ecosystems, and (3) the challenge of balancing multiple human values in managing fisheries resources. By encouraging you to integrate lectures, readings, recitation discussions, and written assignments, I strive to provide you a strong foundation in your understanding and practice of fisheries management.
FW 479 SyllabusFW 874 - Advanced Fisheries Ecology and Foodweb Management
Course Objectives: Management of fish populations and aquatic ecosystems should incorporate consideration of food web interactions, and of how these interactions vary with the physical environment. Unanticipated effects of food web interactions challenge managers faced with fish populations that vary through space (e.g., among lakes) and time (e.g., among years). This course will view fish populations and their management in the context of food webs by investigating how communities, and species of interest, respond to global climate change, changes in landscape features, changes in biodiversity and species composition, nutrient loading, and exploitation. Throughout the course, we will emphasize application of ecological concepts (predator-prey interactions, food web dynamics, ecosystem processes) to management. In so doing, we’ll discuss pertinent case studies, spatial and temporal scales most relevant to management, approaches to studying food webs and ecosystems, and statistical techniques appropriate to these varied scales and approaches.
Zol 355 - General EcologyCourse Objectives: This course will introduce you to some of the most important and fun ideas in ecology and show you how to apply those ideas to ecological problems. The first half of the course will emphasize relationships between organisms and the physical environment at large and small scales. The second half will emphasize the ways in which organisms interact with each other.
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Mary
Bremigan
Department of Fisheries and Wildlife
Michigan State University
13C Natural Resources
East Lansing, MI 48824-1222
(517) 432-3831
FAX: (517) 432-1699
bremigan@msu.edu