Objectives: Under the general framework of Global Change Ecology, the goal of this course is to provide the participants with the most recent and practical knowledge on the use of Functional Diversity. This includes the selection of functional traits and calculation of Functional Diversity Indexes. Examples of the application of this knowledge will be given regarding Ecological Indicators and Ecosystem Services.

The specific objectives are:

Overview: Currently, climate changes or alterations are known to be reflected on the stable isotope ratios of Hydrogen, Nitrogen, Carbon, Oxygen and Sulphur present in atmospheric gas forms, fresh or ocean water, as well as in plants and animals and organic matter in the soil. Samples from those matrices can provide a record for such changes across a given length of time and / or space. Also, ecological and physiological processes often reflect on stable isotope ratios, again setting a record in plant, animal or other living tissues.

Joana Fortes Correia defende a dissertação "O contributo da educação ambiental para a proteção dos oceanos".

Júri das provas:

Speaker: Kristin Laidre (Associate Professor at the School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences; Polar Science Center, Applied Physics Laboratory, University of Washington).

By Steve Perlman (University of Victoria, Canada).

Por Marcelo Alves Ramos (Universidade de Pernambuco, Brasil).

Entrada livre, mediante inscrição prévia.

Por José Ricardo Paula (MARE-FCUL).

No processo de globalização também a nossa alimentação sofreu alterações profundas - muitos alimentos que consumimos vêm do outro lado do mundo e passámos a comer frutas e legumes fora de época. A produção a larga escala tornou-se comum. O valor nutricional de muitos alimentos diminuiu e o seu nível de açucares aumentou - a saúde dos portugueses ressentiu-se, os diabetes e as doenças cardiovasculares aumentaram.