Course for PhD students
Stockholm University
This is a course for those who want to receive an overview and a more profound knowledge of how stable isotopes can be used in modern ecological research and in archaeological applications. The focus is primarily on research questions and practical applications, but the underlying theoretical aspects are also covered. Examples of the content are: geological distribution and fractionation, ecological applications, archaeological and paleozoological applications. We will also present several of the software used to analyse and model stable isotopes. An individual practical project is also included. The course on Stable isotopes as a tool for ecologists runs in connection with the course Molecular ecology (15hp). Interested PhD students are welcome to participate.
Time: weeks 17-19 (lectures + project)
Last date for application 2018-03-01. For application and more information, contact:
Anders Angerbjörn angerbj@zoologi.su.se +468- 16 4035
Literature
Will be handed out during the course.
Preliminary schedule
Week 17: Introduction.
Stable isotopes – geological distribution and fractionation
Stable isotopes – ecological applications
Stable isotopes – archaeological and paleozoological applications
Practical demonstration of laboratories for analyses of stable isotopes
Week 18: Long lived radioisotopes – principles and applications for source apportionment – examples using Sr and Nd
Tracing trophic interactions with stable isotopes
Analytical tools for stable isotopes in ecology
Practical demonstration of software applications for analyses of stable isotope data
Week 19
Independent work with projects
Oral presentation of reports
Final written report
