{"id":79,"date":"2018-11-20T18:57:21","date_gmt":"2018-11-20T18:57:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/presence\/?page_id=79"},"modified":"2019-02-08T22:58:18","modified_gmt":"2019-02-08T22:58:18","slug":"turning-back-the-clock-on-ocean-declines-using-historical-ecology-in-marine-conservation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/presence\/turning-back-the-clock-on-ocean-declines-using-historical-ecology-in-marine-conservation\/","title":{"rendered":"4\/29: Turning Back the Clock on Ocean Declines: Using Historical Ecology in Marine Conservation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Loren McClenachan, Elizabeth and Lee Ainslie Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies (Colby)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Historical marine ecology has revealed long-term, and previously unknown, changes to marine species and ecosystems, providing information vital for managing and conserving marine resources. This talk will use examples from diverse taxonomic groups to demonstrate the ways that historical data can be mobilized to better assess long-term ecological change, and the ways in which historical data can improve management, particularly for species in the early stages of population recovery.<\/p>\n<p>Loren McClenachan is a marine ecologist interested in long term changes to marine animal populations. Her research focuses on historical ecology and the applied use of baselines, fisheries conservation, and marine extinction risk and consequences. Loren aims to quantify ecological change and identify conservation success over centuries and across large geographic areas in order to halt declines and promote recovery of marine animals and ecosystems.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"lcp_catlist\" id=\"lcp_instance_0\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/presence\/2019\/05\/06\/taking-an-interdisciplinary-approach-to-view-the-presence-of-the-past\/\">taking an interdisciplinary approach to marine conservation<\/a>  May 6, 2019<lcp_author>gohwil21<\/lcp_author><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">Loren McClenehan, a Colby professor, combined historical marine ecology, marine environmental history, and marine conservation to examine changes in coral reefs. I really enjoyed her lecture! I found the content ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/presence\/2019\/05\/06\/consequences-of-over-capitalized-markets\/\">Consequences of Over Capitalized Markets<\/a>  May 6, 2019<lcp_author>easogu21<\/lcp_author><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">Professor Loren McClenachan\u2019s lecture, \u201cHistorical Marine Ecology: Informing the Future by Learning from the Past,\u201d was one of my favorite lectures this semester. I don\u2019t know much about historical marine ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/presence\/2019\/05\/06\/learn-from-the-past\/\">Learn from the Past<\/a>  May 6, 2019<lcp_author>slattia<\/lcp_author><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">Loren McClenachan\u2019s presentation of: \u201cHistorical Marine Ecology: Informing the future by learning from the past\u201d was extremely interesting and relevant to the theme of this class. These conversations are happening ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/presence\/2019\/05\/06\/a-shifting-baseline\/\">A Shifting Baseline<\/a>  May 6, 2019<lcp_author>egrubman<\/lcp_author><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">On April 29th, Loren McClenachan from the Colby,\u00a0Environmental Studies Department, gave a lecture to our series titled, \u201cTurning Back the Clock on Ocean Declines: Using Historical Ecology in Marine Conservation\u201d. ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/presence\/2019\/05\/06\/a-call-for-social-change\/\">A Call For Social Change<\/a>  May 6, 2019<lcp_author>Kallie Hutchinson<\/lcp_author><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">Dr. Loren McClenachan\u2019s discussion on the environmental changes occurring in marine ecosystems was both shocking and intriguing. I feel as though these conversations are happening in regards to environmental change, ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/presence\/2019\/05\/06\/reversible-damage-or-skewed-data\/\">Reversible Damage or Skewed Data?<\/a>  May 6, 2019<lcp_author>Isabella Scribano<\/lcp_author><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">Professor Loren McClenachan is a marine ecologist who is interested in long term changes to marine animal populations and the overall ecosystem. Her research focuses on historical ecology and the ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/presence\/2019\/05\/06\/environmental-free-fall\/\">Environmental Free-Fall<\/a>  May 6, 2019<lcp_author>Nathaniel Dowd<\/lcp_author><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">Dr. Loren McClenachan&#8217;s lecture was in part something that I have put thought into and researched myself in affiliation with Colby College. Marine decline, in specifically coral decline has been ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/presence\/2019\/05\/06\/understanding-the-past-to-build-a-better-future\/\">Understanding the Past to Build a Better Future<\/a>  May 6, 2019<lcp_author>Adam Zarfos<\/lcp_author><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">This week\u2019s lecture from Professor Loren McClenachan was very interesting to hear about and once again displays the never-ending relevance that history has in our modern world. The lecture began ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/presence\/2019\/05\/05\/stopping-shifting-baselines\/\">Stopping Shifting Baselines<\/a>  May 5, 2019<lcp_author>Zaie Nursey<\/lcp_author><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">This weeks lecture from Dr. Loren McClenachan was an enlightening, yet frightening, talk about the newly discovered decline in marine ecosystem health. McClenachan worked in the Florida Keys researching the ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/presence\/2019\/05\/01\/trophy-fish\/\">&#8220;Trophy Fish&#8221;<\/a>  May 1, 2019<lcp_author>William Kirby<\/lcp_author><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">Professor McClenachan\u2019s lecture on the history of marine ecology was both extremely entertaining as well as enlightening. As a professor of environmental science, Professor McClenachan explained how she devoted her ...<\/div><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Loren McClenachan, Elizabeth and Lee Ainslie Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies (Colby) Historical marine ecology has revealed long-term, and previously unknown, changes to marine species and ecosystems, providing information vital for managing and conserving marine resources. 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