Program
All events were hosted at the Aquatic Ecosystems Research Laboratory (AERL) located at 2202 Main Mall, UBC campus, between the newly built Beatty Biodiversity Centre and the Biological Sciences buildings.
| Monday August 31, 2009 | |
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| 09:00 - 09:15 | Welcome Address, Chair: VILLY CHRISTENSEN DON BROOKS, Associate Vice President Research, University of British Columbia, Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and Chemistry USSIF RASHID SUMAILA, Director of the Fisheries Centre, Associate Professor, and Director of the Fisheries Economics Research Unit. |
| 09:15 - 10:15 | Opening Session Keynotes, Chair: VILLY CHRISTENSEN download presentations and posters |
| 09:15 - 09:45 | Jeffrey Polovina: The origins of ECOPATH |
| 09:45 - 10:15 | Daniel Pauly: Ecopath - from the French Frigate Shoals to the Philippines and to UBC |
| 10:15 - 10:30 | Coffee break and poster session |
| 10:30 - 12:30 | Session 1 - Fisheries applications, Chair: HOWARD TOWNSEND download presentations and posters |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | Fisheries Applications Keynote Carl Walters: Foraging arena theory |
| 11:00 - 11:15 | Didier Gascuel: EcoTroph - a new tool in the EwE family |
| 11:15 - 11:30 | Jiang Hong: Exploring fisheries strategies for ecosystem-based management in the East China Sea |
| 11:30 - 11:45 | Shingo Watari: Ecological effect of extermination of moonjelly, Aurelia aurita, in the sea of Suo-Nada, Seto Inland Sea, Japan |
| 11:45 - 12:00 | Rolan Geronimo: Capturing significant coral reef ecosystem and fishery changes in Bolinao, Philippines (1997-2008) using Ecopath with Ecosim |
| 12:00 - 12:15 | Andres Cisneros-Montemayor: Fisheries in Baja California Sur - a trophic-based analysis of management scenarios. |
| 12:15 - 12:30 | Sylvie GuÈnette: Impact of fishing on the Celtic Sea and the Bay of Biscay |
| 12:30 - 13:30 | Lunch |
| 13:30 - 15:30 | Session 2 - Spatial analysis, Chair: ROB AHRENS download presentations and posters |
| 13:30-14:00 | Spatial Analysis Keynote Steve Mackinson: Ecospace: has its time come? |
| 14:00-14:15 | Georgi Daskalov: Evaluation of the usefulness of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) for management of recovery of fish stocks and ecosystems in the North Sea. |
| 14:15-14:30 | Hector M. Lozano-Montes: Modelling spatial closures and fishing effort restrictions in Jurien Bay, Western Australia - a case study of the western rock lobster (Panulirus cygnus) fishery. |
| 14:30-14:45 | Camille Albouy: Effectiveness of the natural reserve of the Bonifacio Straits (Corsica, France) on the artisanal and recreative fleets. |
| 14:45-15:00 | Tyler D. Eddy: Trophic Modeling of a Temperate Marine Ecosystem throughout Marine Reserve Protection in New Zealand. |
| 15:00-15:15 | Frank Parrish: Estimating the carrying capacity of monk seals using the French Frigate Shoals Ecopath. |
| 15:15-15:30 | Divya Varkey: Exploration of ecological and economic benefits from implementation of marine protected areas in Raja Ampat, Indonesia. |
| 15:30 - 16:00 | Coffee break and poster session |
| 16:00 - 18:00 | Session 3 - Ecosystem comparisons / Network Analysis, Chair: MARTA COLL download presentations and posters) |
| 16:00-16:30 | Ecosystem Comparisons/Network Analysis Keynote Johanna J. Heymans: Comparing indicators of ecosystem change using ecological Network Analysis. |
| 16:30-16:45 | Lyne Morissette: Marine mammals ñ fisheries interactions: how to use Ecopath with Ecosim to capture ecological complexity. |
| 16:45-17:00 | Jason Link: A Simple Approach for Enhancing Ecological Networks and Energy Budgets (namely Ecopath): Please, Letís Do Some PREBAL Before We Start Balancing |
| 17:00-17:15 | VÌctor Hugo Galv·n PiÒa: Comparison of trophic structures and key players for two periods in the continental shelf ecosystem of the central pacific of Mexico. |
| 17:15-17:30 | Lualhati Lachica-AliÒo: Trophic flow structure of four overfished coastal ecosystems around the Philippines. |
| 17:30-17:45 | J. Ernesto Arias-Gonz·lez: Relationship between biodiversity and ecosystem functioning in Mexican aquatic systems. |
| 17:45 | Reception |
| Tuesday September 1, 2009 | |
| 09:00 - 11:30 | Session 4 - Climate impact evaluation, Chair: CATHERINE BULMAN download presentations and posters |
| 09:00-09:30 | Climate Impact Evaluation Keynote Beth A. Fulton. Ecoworld. |
| 09:30-09:45 | Simone Libralato: Experiences in integrating physical-biogeochemical processes into food web dynamics with EwE. |
| 09:45-10:00 | Christopher Brown: Ecological interactions within marine ecosystems determine winners and losers under climate change. |
| 10:00 - 10:30 | Coffee break and poster session |
| 10:30-10:45 | Shane Griffiths: Ecological effects of fishing and climate change on the pelagic ecosystem off eastern Australia. |
| 10:45-11:00 | Carie Hoover: Ecosystem effects of climate change in the Antarctic Peninsula. |
| 11:00-11:15 | David Preikshot: On the use of both unconventional and traditional time series data in constructing dynamic models of a marine ecosystem. |
| 11:15-11:30 | Glen Sutton: Development of an Ecosystem Model for Galveston Bay: Evaluating the influence of freshwater inflows, nutrient inputs and fisheries. |
| 11:30-11:45 | Torstein Pedersen: Maurstad Anita. Structure of two high latitude Norwegian fjord ecosystems analysed using Ecopath. |
| 11:45 - 12:45 | Lunch and poster session |
| 12:45 - 15:00 | Session 5 - Implementing Ecosystem-based management, Chair: JASON LINK download presentations and posters |
| 12:45-13:15 | Implementing Ecosystem-based Management Keynote Lynne Shannon. How can EwE assist us in implementing ecosystem-based fisheries management? Drawing from the South African experience. |
| 13:15-13:30 | Sergio Neira: Ecosystem approach to the multispecies fishery in the south austral zone of Chile. |
| 13:30-13:45 | William Cheung (Rashid Sumaila): Trade-offs between conservation and socio-economic objectives in managing a tropical marine ecosystem. |
| 13:45-14:00 | Maria Espinosa: Supporting ecosystem based management on the West coast of Vancouver Island. |
| 14:00-14:15 | Thomas A. Okey: Progress in ranking species importance in whole biological communities using food web models. |
| 14:15-14:30 | Jameal Samhouri: Using ecological thresholds to inform targets for marine ecosystem-based management. |
| 14:30-14:45 | Maria C. Villanueva: Preservation - the case of the Meru National Park Kenya. |
| 14:45-15:00 | Dawit Tesfamichael: Using Ecopath with Ecosim and local ecological knowledge to examine conflict between artisanal and industrial fisheries in the Red Sea. |
| 15:00 - 15:30 | Coffee break and poster session |
| 15:30 - 17:45 | Session 6 - Ecopath with Ecosim and beyond, Chair: JEFFREY POLOVINA download presentations and posters |
| 15:30-16:00 | Ecopath with Ecosim and Beyond Keynote Francisco ArreguÌn-S·nchez: Use of EwE outputs to investigate attributes of trophic networks of aquatic ecosystems relevant to fisheries management. |
| 16:00-16:15 | Sherman Lai: EwE6 - interoperability usage, capabilities, technology, structure and beyond. |
| 16:15-16:30 | Laura Tremblay-Boyer: A global map of the relative impact of fishing on the biomass of marine ecosystems from 1950 to 2004. |
| 16:30-16:45 | Jonathan Beecham: Dynamic linking of Ecosim and the GOTM biogeochemical model using plugins. |
| 16:45-17:00 | Howard Townsend: Chesapeake Bay Fisheries Ecosystem Model - Computer-generated graphics for creating a gaming experience with ecosystem data and management. |
| 17:00-17:15 | Julia Ekstrom: MINOE - open source tool to navigate ocean governance in the context of a user-defined ecosystem. |
| 17:15-17:30 | Manuel Zetina RejÛn: Revealing changes in fish community at ecosystem level: using of trophic modelling and topological analysis. |
| 17:30-17:45 | Kim de Mutsert: Using Ecopath with Ecosim to explore nekton community responses to freshwater input from a Mississippi River diversion in Breton Sound, Louisiana. |
| 17:45 - 18:45 | Closing session |
| 17:45-18:15 | Final Keynote Villy Christensen: The Future for Ecopath download presentations and posters |
| 18:15-18:45 | Discussion and selection of venue for the next EwE conference |
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