Fw: NEW UW Riparian Landscape Ecology Course (fwd)

[kate duttro]

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From: Phil Hurvitz <phurvitz at u.washington.edu>
To: UW - GIS Discussion & Support <uw-gis-l at u.washington.edu>
Date: Wednesday, September 01, 1999 12:07 AM
Subject: NEW UW Riparian Landscape Ecology Course (fwd)


>For those that might be interested in an Ecology course that incluses a
>GIS component:
>
>-P.
>
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>---------- Forwarded message ----------
>Date: Tue, 31 Aug 1999 21:11:45 -0700 (PDT)
>From: J. Braatne <braatne at u.washington.edu>
>Subject: NEW UW Riparian Landscape Ecology Course
>
>
>With the assistance of the UW Center for Streamside Studies, I will be
>offering a new course this fall on Riparian Landscape Ecology.  The course
>is open to both upper level undergraduates and graduate students and can
>be used to meet program requirements for students seeking a minor in
>Streamside Studies.  Course listings are as follows:
>
>ESC 491 C (Independent Undergraduate Studies) mm
>ESC 557 B (Topics in Wildlife Science)
>
>Proposed time: Tuesday afternoons 2:30 to 4:20
> 4 River field trips (times to be arranged)
>
>A general course description is provided below:
>
>Riparian Landscape Ecology (ESC 491C/557B; 3 Credits):
>
>Instructor: Jeffrey H. Braatne
>Proposed time: Tuesday afternoons (2:30 to 4:20)
>
>This course will focus on the integrative principles of landscape ecology
>as a means of exploring the structure and function of riparian corridors.
>Riparian landscapes are a composite of channel, streambank and floodplain
>environments.  These landscapes are linear in nature, forming a dynamic
>ecotone between aquatic and terrestrial habitats.  The goal of this course
>will be to introduce students to the ecology of riparian landscapes,
>interactions with fluvial processes and geomorphic surfaces, and current
>management and restoration strategies.  Riparian plant community sampling
>protocols and strategies will be reviewed, including integration of GPS
>and GIS-based methods.
>
>The course will meet once a week for two hours, and there will be 3-4
>weekend field trips (all day) depending upon student
>schedules/preferences.  The purpose of these field trips would be to
>complement class lectures/discussions and would involve visits to the
>Nisqually, Green, Snoqualmie,Yakima and Skagit/Sauk/Stillaquamish river
>basins.  Class discussion sessions (following lectures) will review
>selected chapters of "Riparian Landscapes" by GP. Malanson, "Ground-Water
>Ecology" and an upcoming book on "Riparian Ecology" edited by Jack
>Stanford, and other published literature sources.
>
>Proposed Course Topics:
>
>I.  Principles of landscape ecology
>II. Structural basis of riparian landscapes
> Landscape structure elements
> Internal structure dynamics
>III. Functional integration of materials and energy
> Riverine & hyporheic environments
> Streambank & Floodplain environments
>IV. Ecological dynamics of terrestrial-riverine ecotones
> Riverine & hyporheic environments
> Streambank & Floodplain environments
> Successional dynamics of plant/animal communities
>V.  Plant community sampling protocols and methodologies
>VI. Data organization/analysis utilizing GPS/GIS technologies
>VII. Riparian resource management and restoration strategies
> Agricultural & forestry-impacted landscapes
> Dams and flow-regulation impacts
> Urban-impacted landscapes
>
>
>Please pass this message along to students with an interest in riparian
>ecology.....Thanks
>___________________________________________________________________________
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>Jeffrey H. Braatne
>braatne at u.washington.edu
>
>