Long Time Series Analysis and Interpretation in Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Environments

社会对气候变化后果的关注要求有证据表明气候变化对陆地和海洋生态系统的影响。在这两个栖息地，人类都进行了干预，例如，砍伐森林、湖泊污染和海洋捕捞。此外，由内部生态过程驱动的“自然”波动也会发生。因此，确实有必要监测种群、社区和生态系统的长期变异性，特别是了解潜在的过程，以便区分不同的因果因素。海洋、淡水和陆地生态学家积极参与长期数据集的分析和规划。然而，尽管研究人员对生态概念有共同的疑问，但对这些数据集的生态解释在细节上有所不同。斯蒂尔博士将于1992年在康奈尔大学举办为期一个月的暑期班，届时将把不同学科的从业者聚集在一起，交流有关数据集、分析方法和理论解释的信息。指导委员会将邀请15-20名研究生或博士后水平的学生，以及大约10名讲师。这次研讨会是在1991年康奈尔大学一次成功的暑期班之后举行的。

Social concerns with the consequences of climatic change require evidence of its effects on ecological systems on land and at sea. In both habitats humans intervene, e.g., deforestation, pollution of lakes, and marine harvesting. In addition, "natural" fluctuations driven by internal ecological processes also occur. Therefore, there is a definite need to monitor the long-term variability of populations, communities and ecosystem, and especially to understand the underlying processes so as to separate the different causal factors. Marine, freshwater and terrestrial ecologists are actively engaged in analysis and planning of long-term data sets. However, ecological interpretations of these data sets differ in detail, even though researchers have common questions about ecological concepts. Dr. Steele will hold a month-long summer school in 1992 at Cornell University that will bring together practitioners for the different disciplines to exchange information about data sets, methods of analysis and theoretical explanations. The steering committee will invite 15-20 students at the graduate or post-doctoral levels, and approximately 10 lecturers. This workshop follows a successful 1991 summer school at Cornell University.