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Recreational angling is an extremely popular leisure activity that contributes a great deal of revenue to the global economy. However, recent estimates show that recreational angling is also contributing to a great deal of pressure on fish stocks even when compared to commercial fisheries. Over the past 10 years the science of recreational fisheries has evolved to include fields such as conservation physiology as a means to understand the mechanisms behind the potential impacts on recreationally targeted fish stocks.

This course explores statistical problems beyond the classical linear models including mixed effects, non-normal error distributions, autocorrelations, etc. Hierarchical models, including explicit observer effects, will also be considered.

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This laboratory course introduces the statistical computing language R and provides hands-on experience using R to screen and adjust data, examine deterministic functions and probability distributions, conduct classic one- and two-sample tests, utilize bootstrapping and Monte Carlo randomization procedures, and conduct stochastic simulations for ecological modeling.

This course provides students with an understanding of basic statistical concepts critical to the proper use and understanding of statistics in ecology and conservation science and prepares students for subsequent ECO courses in ecological modeling.

Provides graduate students with a broad sampling of new and cutting-edge research related to environmental conservation to help foster critical thinking and provide a more expansive view of natural resources research. Seminars will be given by departmental faculty and faculty from other departments, both on campus and from other institutions. The seminars will be designed for both students who plan a research career and those who plan a more applied path.

Introduction to the research process in the natural resources sciences. Focus on research philosophy, concepts, and design, progressing from development of hypotheses, questions, and proposals, to grants and budgeting, and delivery of such research products as reports, publications, and presentations.