Interdisciplinary Modeling for Aquatic Ecosystems Curriculum Development Workshop, Granlibakken Conference Center at Lake Tahoe July 17-22, 2005

该奖项支持开发一门研究生水平的课程，总体目标是在水生生态系统建模中使用跨学科论述。讲习班的成功实施将产生可通过互联网网站以集合形式分发的材料，以便希望在任何高等教育机构教授这门课程的讲师都能获得背景材料和推荐的课程。跨学科建模是管理和了解水生生态系统的一种有用方法，但在成功实施水生生态系统跨学科建模方面存在若干障碍，包括：(1)具体学科所涉及的时空尺度不同；(2)数据和模型的不确定性程度不同；(3)缺乏对跨学科意义上可用的建模选择的认识；(4)不同学科之间的沟通困难，不同的术语和视角可能妨碍讨论共同问题或关切；以及(5)需要就跨学科方法对科学家和建模者进行教育和培训。本课程将向学生提供关于不同学科的水生生态系统模型的可用性、如何将这些模型一起应用于解决水生生态系统问题以及在跨学科团队中应用跨学科建模方法以增加关于水生生态系统的知识的更多知识。然后，这些学生将为专业或学术生涯做好更好的准备，在这些职业生涯中，他们将与其他学科的同行互动，解决现实世界中的水生生态系统问题。

This award supports development of a graduate level course with an overall objective of engaging interdisciplinary discourse in modeling aquatic ecosystems. The successful workshop implementation will result in materials that can be distributed as a collection via an internet website so that instructors who wish to teach this course at any institution for higher learning will have background materials and a recommended curriculum. Interdisciplinary modeling is a useful approach for managing and understanding aquatic ecosystems, but there are several impediments to the implementation of successful interdisciplinary modeling of aquatic ecosystems, including (1) different spatial and temporal scales that specific disciplines are concerned with; (2) differences in degrees of uncertainty of data and models; (3) lack of awareness of what modeling options are available in an interdisciplinary sense; (4) difficulties in communication between disciplines, where different terminology and perspectives can get in the way of discussing common issues or concerns; and (5) scientists and modelers need to be educated and trained about interdisciplinary approaches. The course will provide students with enhanced knowledge about the availability of models for aquatic ecosystems in different disciplines, how such models might be applied together to address aquatic ecosystem issues, and the experience of working in interdisciplinary teams to apply interdisciplinary modeling approaches to increase knowledge about aquatic ecosystems. These students will then be better-prepared for professional or academic careers in which they interact with peers from other disciplines to address real-world aquatic ecosystem issues.