Variation & Extremes in Ecology and Ecological Physiology - Thinking Beyond the Average
PhD course
Tjärnö Marine Laboratory 10-16 June, 2022
Although many aspects of life are governed by the average—average rainfall, average temperature, average reproductive output, for instance—there are times when the average pales in importance to the variation organisms encounter and the rare extremes to which variation leads. Performance in a variable environment is often substantially different from performance in a constant environment. For example, a benign average body temperature is irrelevant if even for a moment temperature exceeds an organism's lethal limit, and the increase in environmental variability that accompanies global warming suggests that such challenging events will become more common.
Through lectures and laboratory exercises we will explore the role of variation and extremes in ecology and ecological physiology. Topics addressed will include the pervasive effects of Jensen's inequality ("the fallacy of the average"), the statistics of extremes and how to calculate and interpret them, and the importance of mechanistic models in the exploration of variation and extremes.
The course is aimed at graduate students and postdoctoral fellows in ecology, ecological physiology, and related areas of biology and environmental science. Students are encouraged to bring to the class their own data and their experiences with the topic.
Teachers on the course are Mark Denny, Hopkins Marine Station, Stanford University och Christopher Harley, University of British Colombia.
The course will be held at Tjärnö Marine Laboratory outside Strömstad (www.gu.se/en/tjarno).
The course is free of charge and also lodging is covered for. Students will have to cover their own travel and costs for food. The course is given during full days 10–16 June 2022 with arrival date June 9 and departure day June 17.
Application should include a short motivation (<1 page) and a brief CV. Submit to the University of Gothenburg course portal: https://fubasdoc.gu.se/fubasextern/info?kurs=NMAR307
Application deadline: April 15, 2022
Contact & inquires: Ann Larsson, ann.larsson@marine.gu.se
Eva Marie Rödström
Research Coordinator
The Linnaeus Centre for Marine Evolutionary Biology (CeMEB)
www.gu.se/en/cemeb-marine-evolutionary-biology
Department of Marine Sciences
Tjärnö Marine Laboratory
University of Gothenburg
SE 452 96 STRÖMSTAD
Sweden
eva.marie.rodstrom@gu.se
+46 (0)76 622 9630
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Department of Marine Sciences - https://www.gu.se/en/marina-vetenskaper
Centre for Sea and Society - www.gu.se/hav-samhalle
Ocean - www.gu.se/en/ocean
Tjärnö Marine Laboratory - https://www.gu.se/tjarno
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"For there is always light,
if only we're brave enough to see it
If only we're brave enough to be it"
– Amanda Gorman –
To get to our next level of greatness depends on the quality of our culture, which depends on the quality of our relationships, which depends on the quality of our conversations…
Everything happens through conversation!
– Judith E. Glaser –
Eva Marie Rödström
Research Coordinator
The Linnaeus Centre for Marine Evolutionary Biology (CeMEB)
www.gu.se/en/cemeb-marine-evolutionary-biology
Department of Marine Sciences
Tjärnö Marine Laboratory
University of Gothenburg
SE 452 96 STRÖMSTAD
Sweden
eva.marie.rodstrom@gu.se
+46 (0)76 622 9630
…………………………………………………
Department of Marine Sciences - https://www.gu.se/en/marina-vetenskaper
Centre for Sea and Society - www.gu.se/hav-samhalle
Ocean - www.gu.se/en/ocean
Tjärnö Marine Laboratory - https://www.gu.se/tjarno
…………………………………………………
"For there is always light,
if only we're brave enough to see it
If only we're brave enough to be it"
– Amanda Gorman –
To get to our next level of greatness depends on the quality of our culture, which depends on the quality of our relationships, which depends on the quality of our conversations…
Everything happens through conversation!
– Judith E. Glaser –
