1ST STABLE ISOTOPE COURSE APPLIED TO TROPHIC STUDIES
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MONDAY: GETTING INTO R (optional)
15:00 – 16:00 – Introduction to R
16:00 – 16:30 – Coffee Break
16:30 – 18:00 – Introduction to R
18:00 – End of first day
TUESDAY: INTRODUCTION TO STABLE ISTOPE ECOLOGY
9:30 - 10:00 – Welcome and presentation of the course
9:30 – 11:00 – Introduction to Stable Isotope Ecology: Principles and general applications
11:00 – 11:30 – Coffee Break
11:30 – 13:00 – Main methodological aspects of SIA: Isotopic turnover, diet-to-tissue discrimination factors, confounding effects on SIA interpretation
13:00 – 14:30 – Lunch time
14:30 – 15:30 – Sample collection and preparation for SIA
15:30 – 16:00 – Coffee Break
16:00 – 18:00 – Participants presentations
18:00 – End of second day
WEDNESDAY: TROPHIC STRUCTURE ANALYSIS THROUGH STABLE ISOTOPE ANALYSIS
9:30 – 11:00 – Trophic Niche Analysis
11:00 – 11:30 – Coffee Break
11:30 – 13:00 – Trophic Niche Analysis in practice (Layman Metrics, SIBER, NicheRover)
13:00 – 14:30 – Lunch time
14:30 – 16:00 – Trophic position analysis
16:00 – 16:30 – Coffee Break
16:30 – 18:00 – Trophic position analysis in practice (tRophicPosition)
18:00 – End of third day
THURSDAY: DIET RECONSTRUCTION THROUGH STABLE ISOTOPE ANALYSIS
9:30 – 11:00 – Diet determination through Isotopic Mixing Models
11:00 – 11:30 – Coffee Break
11:30 – 13:00 – Evaluating Mixing Models (MixPolygon)
13:00 – 14:30 – Lunch time
14:30 – 16:00 – Mixing Models in practice (MixSIAR)
16:00 – 16:30 – Coffee Break
16:30 – 18:00 – Covariates in Mixing Models (MixSIAR)
18:00 – End of course
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Spanish
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Recommended reading:
Jackson, A. L., Inger, R., Parnell, A. C., & Bearhop, S. (2011). Comparing isotopic niche widths among and within communities: SIBER–Stable Isotope Bayesian Ellipses in R. Journal of Animal Ecology, 80(3), 595-602.
Parnell, A. C., Inger, R., Bearhop, S., & Jackson, A. L. (2010). Source partitioning using stable isotopes: coping with too much variation. PLoS One, 5(3), e9672.
Stock, B. C., & Semmens, B. X. (2016). Unifying error structures in commonly used biotracer mixing models. Ecology, 97(10), 2562-2569.
Contact for further information:
For additional information, please check our Contact section or get in contact directly with the Lecturer of this course.
For registration and logistics please contact with the program coordinator (info@barcelona-ocean.com)
Fees:
Complete course: 340 euros (a reduced fee of 270 euros will be applied if registration is before 1st of May).
Course without optional R session: 290 euros (a reduced fee of 230 euros will be applied if registration is before 1st of May).
The course fee for ICM/CSIC students and personnel is 150 euros.
All fees must be paid by June 20.
How to register for the course:
Should you wish to participate in this course, please fill in the next form and we will contact you to proceed with the registration.