Dr. Donald Gunderson
Professor, School of Fisheries
email: dgun@fish.washington.edu
Dr. David Fluharty
Professor, School of Marine Affairs
email: fluharty@u.washington.edu
Teaching Assistants:
Nick Lowry
email: nlowry@fish.washington.edu
Eric Eisenhart
email: eisen@u.washington.edu
Wayne Martin
email: wmartin@ocean.washington.edu
During Fall Quarter 2000 (September 25 -December 2), the University of Washington School of Fisheries and the Friday Harbor Laboratories continued their exciting program on the design of marine protected areas under the course designation Fish 495/499 (12 credits), "Undergraduate Research Apprenticeships in Marine Fish Ecology."
The course focussed on gaining an understanding of how Marine Protected Areas function for a variety of fish species with diverse life histories, and emphasized research to understand the dispersal/retention of larval and early juvenile fishes at MPAs.
Students also became actively involved with the San Juan County Marine Resources Committee and engaged in evaluating the policy implications of implementing MPA networks. The opportunity for students to learn to do independent research is the primary teaching objective of this course.
Each of the students who completed the course presented a paper on the research which they had performed during the quarter. These are reproduced here
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Last updated 9th March 2001