John R. Skalski

1October

Guthery, F. S. 2007. Deductive and inductive methods of accumulating reliable knowledge in wildlife science. Journal of Wildlife Management
71:222-225.

8 October

Cox, D. R. 1955. Planning experiments. Wiley & Sons, New York, NY.

Fisher, R. A. 1947. The design of experiments, fourth edition. Hafner, New York, NY.

Churchman, C. W. 1948. Theory of experimental inference. Academic Press, San Diego, CA.

15 October

Skalski, J. R., W. H. Pearson, and C. I. Malme. 1992. Effects of sounds from a geophysical survey device on catch-per-unit-effort in a hook-and-line fishery for rockfish (Sebastes spp.). Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 49:1357-1365.

Skalski, J. R., W. H. Pearson, and C. I. Malme. 1992. Effects of sounds from a geophysical survey device on behavior of captive rockfish (Sebastes spp.). Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 49:1343-1356.

22 October

Skalski, J. R., and D. H. McKenzie. 1982. A design for aquatic monitoring programs. Journal of Environmental Management 14:237-251.

Skalski, J. R.  1995. Statistical considerations in the design and analysis of environmental damage assessment studies. Journal of Environmental Management 43:67-85.

Skalski, J. R., D. A. Coats, and A. K. Fukuyama. 2001. Criteria for oil spill recovery: A case study of the intertidal community of Prince William Sound, Alaska, following the Exxon Valdez oil spill. Journal of Environmental Management 28:9-18.

5 November

Berger, J.  2006.  The case for objective Bayesian analysis.  Bayesian Analysis 1(3):385-402.

Pages 46-58 in Williams, B. K., J. D. Nichols, and M. J. Conroy. 2001. Analysis and management of animal populations. Academic Press, San Diego, CA.

Dennis, B.  2001.  Statistics and the scientific method in ecology.  In:  The nature of scientific evidence, edited by M. L. Taper and S. R. Lele, 2004.  University of Chicago Press. 

Comments on Dennis (2001) by C. E. McCulloch, A. M. Ellison, and B. Dennis.

Punt, A. E., and R. Hilborn.  1997.  Fisheries stock assessment and decision analysis:  The Bayesian approach.  Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries 7:35-63.

12 November

Burnham, K. P., and D. R. Anderson.  1998.  Model selection and multimodel inference. Springer, New York, NY.

Burnham, K. P., and D. R. Anderson.  2004.  Multimodel inference:  Understanding AIC and BIC in model selection.  Sociological Methods and Research 33:261-304.

26 November

Adelman, I. R.  2004.  Science to include outcomes:  Is it advocacy?  Fisheries 29:40.

Bazzaz et al.  1998.  Ecological science and the human predicament.  Science 282:879.

Brussard, P. F., and J. C. Tull.  2007.  Conservation biology and four types of advocacy.  Conservation Biology 21(1):21-24.

Ehrlich, P. R. 2003. Get off the train and walk. Conservation Biology 17:352-353.

Lackey, R. T. 2004. Normative science. Fisheries 29(7):38-39.

Lackey, R. T.  2007.  Science, scientists, and policy advocacy.  Conservation Biology 21(1):12-17.

Landis, W. G.  2007.  The Exxon Valdez oil spill revisited and the dangers of normative scinece.  Integrated Environmental Assessmemtn and Management 3(3):439-441.

Noss, R. F. 2007. Values are a good thing in conservation biology. Conservation Biology 21(1):18-20.

 O'Brien, M. H.  1993.  Being a scientist means taking sides.  BioScience 43(10):706-708.

Safina, C. 1999. Honor thy science: Advocate. Fisheries 24(7)28.

Wooster, W. S.  1998.  Science, advocacy, and credibility.  Science 282:1832.