Sarah Klain posts a photo for 350.org’s international day of climate action.
Sarah Klain posts a photo from the Hakai Institute in the Great Bear Rainforest for 350.org ‘s International Day of Climate Action. See all the pictures from the Climate Impacts Day here.
New Blog Post: Remember your roots
Kai Chan has written a new blog post called, Remember your roots. Check out this blog post and others at CHAN’s Lab Views, http://chanslabviews.blogspot.ca/.
CHAN’s Lab Views wins Liebster Blog Award!
CHAN’s Lab Views wins Liebster Blog Award! Thank you to Water Blogged for honouring us with this award!
Kai Chan to speak at Princeton University
Kai Chan will be presenting at The David Bradford Seminars in Science, Technology, and Environmental Policy series at Princeton University on April 23rd, 2012. The talk is titled, ”Sea Otters, Kelp Forests, and Coastal Communities: Ecosystem Services Amongst Trophic Cascades”.
Joey Bernhardt and Emily Anderson win Vanier Scholarships, Ally Thompson wins NSERC CGS and Natasha Sihota wins NSERC PGS D
Congratulations to Joey Bernhardt and Emily Anderson for winning prestigious Vanier Scholarships, to Ally Thompson for winning an NSERC CGS, and to Natasha Sihota for winning an NSERC PGS D!
Moving beyond single-sector management to marine spatial planning (MSP) yields benefits – F1000 Review
Gregr E, Chan K: “White et al. are the first to show how moving beyond single-sector management to marine…” Evaluation of: [White C et al. Ecosystem service tradeoff analysis reveals the value of marine spatial planning for multiple ocean uses. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2012 Mar 5; doi: 10.1073/pnas.1114215109]. Faculty of 1000, [...]
Biodiversity and ecosystem services F1000 review
Olmsted P, Chan K: “Mace et al.’s review should lead to an improvement in communication among conservation…” Evaluation of: [Mace GM et al. Biodiversity and ecosystem services: a multilayered relationship. Trends Ecol Evol. 2012 Jan; 27(1):19-26; doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2011.08.006]. Faculty of 1000, 01 Mar 2012. F1000.com/13492987#eval15395077
Modelling benefits from nature: Using ecosystem services to inform coastal and marine spatial planning
Guerry, A., M. Ruckelshaus, K. Arkema, et al. (2012). “Modelling benefits from nature: Using ecosystem services to inform coastal and marine spatial planning.” International Journal of Biodiversity Science, Ecosystem Services & Management: 1-15. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21513732.2011.647835
Rethinking ecosystem services to better address and navigate cultural values
Chan, K. M. A., T. Satterfield and J. Goldstein (2012). “Rethinking ecosystem services to better address and navigate cultural values.” Ecological Economics 74: 8-18. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0921800911004927
Tunicates are a drag, especially when they invade
Clarke Murray, C, TW Therriault and PT Martone. 2012. Adapted for invasion? Comparing attachment, drag and dislodgment of native and nonindigenous hull fouling species. Biological Invasions DOI: Link
Aquatic Ecosystem Research Laboratories
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University of British Columbia
Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z5, Canada
Our mission is captured in the diversity of research efforts conducted in our lab:
- Our focus in the natural sciences (Biological infestations and invasions, Ecosystem-modeling, and Biodiversity) extends beyond the ecological questions to the relevance of this work to management and decision-making.
- Our work in the social sciences (Applied environmental ethics, Socio-cultural value elicitation) explores the just treatment of current and future generations developing novel approaches and informing the relevance of our natural science work.
We are proudly based at the Institute for Resources, Environment & Sustainability (IRES) and the Biodiversity Research Centre (BRC) at the University of British Columbia (UBC), Vancouver, Canada.
