Center for Systems Integration and Sustainability

Publications

• Population Genetic Structure of Dolly Varden from Beaufort Sea Drainages of Northern Alaska and Canada

  Published on March 28, 2016
  Anadromous northern Dolly Varden Salvelinus malma support a summer subsistence fishery in Beaufort Sea coastal water

• Effects of conservation policy on China's forest recovery

  Published on March 18, 2016
  Forest loss is one of the most pervasive land surface transformations on Earth, with drastic effects on global climate, ecosystems, and human well-being

• Telemetry research on elusive wildlife: a synthesis of studies on giant pandas

  Published on March 15, 2016
  Taking a look at "Integrative Zoology".

• Twin Cities meeting update: Where to stay and how to get around

  Published on March 12, 2016
  Accommodations for the 142nd American Fisheries Society Annual Meeting on August 19-23, 2012 are in downtown Saint Paul. The Crowne Plaza Riverfront Hotel is located at the heart of the twin cities, perched upon a bluff overlooking the Mississippi River.

• Continuing education program: American Fisheries Society 142nd Annual Meeting

  Published on March 12, 2016
  The Continuing Education Committee has a diverse set of courses which include a variety of topics, ranging from standardization in electrofishing, leading effective technical meetings, digital photography, and statistical concepts for fisheries scientists.

• Being green will be easy for AFS 2012

  Published on March 12, 2016
  RiverCentre and the Crowne Plaza Hotel both support green initiatives.

• Annual Meeting tours and eats

  Published on March 12, 2016
  Take a tour of Historical Mississippi River Sites, or St. Anthony Falls Laboratory. Bike along the Mississippi River with a Park Ranger, and dine out!

• Where waters meet, people greet, and networks are born

  Published on March 12, 2016
  Conference attendees will have the opportunity to network with fisheries professionals and students, stay current on the latest in fisheries science, and enjoy the sights and scenes of the Twin Cities.

• Emerging leaders empowered to make change

  Published on March 9, 2016
  “Promote positive change, economic vitality, resource conservation, and enhance the quality of life in Michigan by encouraging leadership for the common good.”

• Utilization of a spatial-decision support tool for the restoration of Chinook salmon in the Columbia River

  Published on March 9, 2016
  Managers, policy-makers, and practitioners often utilize spatially-explicit decision-support tools for assistance and guidance in managing highly dynamic and spatially diverse environmental systems

• The intern-mentor experience: a ten week sample of the real world

  Published on March 9, 2016
  The internship experience, a temporary work period lasting three to six months, holds many meanings for undergraduate students

• Developing decision-support tools to enhance aquatic connectivity in the Great Lakes Basin: results of a workshop sponsored by the Great Lakes Fishery Trust

  Published on March 9, 2016
  Interest in reconnecting riverine habitat through barrier removal and other fish passage projects continues to increase, and funding sources are becoming more readily available in Michigan and other Great Lakes states

• The 2014-2015 Fenske Fellowship: furthering the future of fisheries management

  Published on March 9, 2016
  What does the future have in store for the Great Lakes Basin, and are we ready for it? This is a critical question to consider, especially in regard to emerging issues and potential threats

• What is the Fenske Fellowship?

  Published on March 9, 2016
  Jan Fenske was the first female fisheries biologist of the Fisheries Division of the Michigan Department of Natural Resources

• Economic and Ecological Costs and Benefits of Streamflow Augmentation Using Recycled Water in a California Coastal Stream

  Published on March 8, 2016
  We assessed the economic and ecological merits of a recycled water project that opted for an inland release of tertiary-treated recycled water in a small stream and wetland compared to an ocean outfall discharge.

• Economic and Ecological Costs and Benefits of Streamflow Augmentation Using Recycled Water in a California Coastal Stream

  Published on March 8, 2016
  We assessed the economic and ecological merits of a recycled water project that opted for an inland release of tertiary-treated recycled water in a small stream and wetland compared to an ocean outfall discharge.

• Pandas and People - Coupling Human and Natural Systems for Sustainability

  Published on February 17, 2016
  This is the first book to synthesize the findings and approaches of long-term integrated research in a model coupled human and natural system, and to illustrate their applications to regional, national, and global scales.

• BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION - Use of local ecological knowledge to investigate endangered baleen whale recovery in the Falkland Islands

  Published on February 12, 2016
  This collation of information provided first-time evidence on the return of the whales in the Falkland Islands' waters.

• The social, economic, and environmental importance of inland fish and fisheries

  Published on February 9, 2016
  Though reported capture fisheries are dominated by marine production, inland fish and fisheries make substantial contributions to meeting the challenges faced by individuals, society, and the environment in a changing global landscape

• Framing ecosystem services in the telecoupled Anthropocene

  Published on February 3, 2016
  Here, we apply a new integrated framework of telecoupling (Liu et al . 2013 ) to systematically analyze the causes, effects, agents, and dynamics of ES flows over distance.