Insight #34: Beatriz Dos Santos Dias on modeling and historical ecology

This insight episode comes from full episode 051, Michael’s conversation with Beatriz Dos Santos Dias.

Beatriz is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. Beatriz was part of the Modelling and Stock Assessment of Prince William Sound Herring in the Gulf of Alaska, and she is currently exploring the effects of regime shifts in the Gulf of Alaska Marine food webs. 

In this episode, Beatriz talks with Michael about models, specifically their value in informing policy, and the importance of a historical perspective in ecological research.

Beatriz’s website: https://www.biadias.com/home