RCN-SEES: Sustainability of Marine Renewable Resources in Subarctic Systems Under Incumbent Environmental Variability and Human Exploitation

RCN-SEES：现有环境变化和人类开发下亚北极系统海洋可再生资源的可持续性

• 批准号: 1140207
• 负责人: Lorenzo Ciannelli
• 金额: $ 74.98万
• 依托单位: Oregon State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2011
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2011-09-15 至 2017-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1140207&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: RCN; SEES; Sustainability; Marine; Renewable

These network activities focus on basic socio-ecological principles applied to the study of the sustainability of renewable resources in large marine ecosystems under incumbent climate variability and human exploitation. Through this network a gap is bridged among ecologists, mathematicians, social scientists and resource managers to provide a sound science support system for conservation. Case studies are selected from subarctic marine systems (Northeast Pacific and Northeast and Northwest Atlantic), which are susceptible to climate variability, are highly productive but also intensely exploited, and are under-represented in socio-ecological literature. The scientific activities are centered on three ecological themes, namely, sequential 1) species, 2) spatial, and 3) demographic depletions. Collectively, these three themes address how current policy decisions may cause negative and unforeseen socio-ecological effects as they reverberate through the system. The research activities are integrated by developing a conceptual socioecological framework to address the implications for sustainability of current and alternative policy practices (Theme 4). By hosting two international workshops and two annual network meetings, the work takes positive steps to integrate across these research themes, and to transfer approach to other aquatic and terrestrial ecological systems. On the educational side (Theme 5), a three-prong approach is established. First, to provide transdisciplinary training opportunities to participating scientists, graduate students and post-docs through research-exchanges at participating institutions. Second, to organize a summer course that intersects the disciplines involved in our network (ecology, social science and sustainability), and where graduate students and post-docs who benefited from the research exchange program will take an active teaching role. The curriculum will include an intensive two-week summer session followed by a project development at the home institution. The project outcomes will be presented to network and invited scientists and managers during network workshops, and authors will be invited to publish their work in a workshop proceeding special volume. Third, during one of the two workshops, the syllabus and teaching material for the summer course will be developed , and critically evaluate the role of science and education in support of a sustainable management of large marine ecosystems. While the proposal is motivated by applied topics, it is led through the study of basic ecological and evolutionary principles. The ultimate intent is to provide a science and educational support system to integrate eco-evolutionary and social science principles in conservation strategies. Existing governmental agencies are not providing this system, yet will require it in the future. In addressing the network objectives, advantage is taken of ecosystems for which there is a large volume of under-utilized data that well exceeds that of other terrestrial and aquatic parallels. This proposal also has an ambitious educational focus with immediate and long-term impacts. On the short-term, it provides invaluable training and teaching opportunities to students and post-docs through a system of short-stays in national and international partner institutions and attendance at the short summer course. On a longer term, it provides the guidelines for a new curriculum development in coupled human-resource systems and invaluable opportunities for long-lasting and beneficial research connections. Finally, through a system of travel awards for research exchanges and RCN workshop/meeting attendance, enables involvement of a diverse group of participants, including minorities, students at various stages of their career, and scientists fromacademia, education and management institutions.

这些网络活动的重点是用于研究在现有气候变异性和人类剥削下的大型海洋生态系统中可再生资源可持续性的基本社会生态原则。通过这个网络，生态学家，数学家，社会科学家和资源经理之间的差距弥合了差距，以提供科学支持系统以进行保护。案例研究是从北极海洋系统（东北太平洋，东北和西北大西洋）中选择的，这些系统容易受到气候变化的影响，其生产力很高，但也受到了强烈的利用，并且在社会生态文献中的代表性不足。科学活动以三个生态主题为中心，即顺序1）物种，2）空间和3）人口统计学耗竭。总体而言，这三个主题介绍了当前的政策决策如何在整个系统中回荡时会导致负面和无法预见的社会生态影响。通过开发概念性的社会生态框架来解决对当前和替代政策实践的可持续性的影响（主题4），将研究活动整合在一起。通过举办两个国际研讨会和两次年度网络会议，这项工作采取了积极的步骤来整合这些研究主题，并将方法转移到其他水生和陆地生态系统中。在教育方面（主题5），建立了三个统计的方法。首先，通过参与机构的研究交往为参与的科学家，研究生和毕业后提供跨学科的培训机会。其次，要组织一个夏季课程，该课程与我们网络中涉及的学科（生态，社会科学和可持续性）以及受益于研究交流计划中受益的研究生和教育生物的学科将担任积极的教学角色。该课程将包括一个为期两周的夏季课程，然后在家庭机构进行项目开发。该项目成果将在网络研讨会期间向网络提出，并邀请科学家和经理，并邀请作者在特殊卷的研讨会上发布其作品。第三，在两个研讨会之一中，将开发夏季课程的教学大纲和教学材料，并严格评估科学和教育在支持大型海洋生态系统的可持续管理方面的作用。虽然该提案是由应用主题激励的，但它是通过基本生态和进化原理的研究而导致的。最终的意图是提供科学和教育支持系统，以将生态进化和社会科学原则整合到保护策略中。现有的政府机构没有提供此系统，但将来需要它。在解决网络目标时，对生态系统的优势是有大量利用的数据，这些数据远远超过了其他陆地和水生相似之处。该提议还具有雄心勃勃的教育重点，并立即产生了长期影响。在短期内，它通过国家和国际合作伙伴机构的短期系统以及参加短期夏季课程的短期系统为学生和邮政部门提供了宝贵的培训和教学机会。从长远来看，它为耦合的人类资源系统中的新课程开发提供了指南，并为持久和有益的研究联系提供了宝贵的机会。最后，通过用于研究交流和RCN研讨会/会议出勤的旅行奖，使包括少数民族在内的各种参与者，职业生涯的各个阶段的学生以及来自阿卡迪德血症的科学家，教育和管理机构的参与。