You will research and write a 5-7 page (12pt font, double spaced, 1 inch margins) paper on any environmental issue of your choosing. However, the instructor must approve your topic after the topic submission date. There will be three times when something connected with this assignment is due. (Note the ** along the left side of the syllabus).
(1) A topic idea
(2) Eight citations from peer-reviewed scientific journals
(3) The term paper itself
General information websites and encyclopedias (Wikipedia, How Stuff Works, About.com, Credo Encyclopedia, etc.) are not acceptable sources to be cited in this assignment. While they are good for gaining background on your topic, they are not to be cited as sources in your paper. You may use no more than two sources from a general interest periodical, i.e. National Geographic, Audubon, Natural History, Scientific American, etc. Everything else you will use for the information you gather for this project will exclusively be from peer-reviewed academic scientific journals. We will discuss what “peer-reviewed” means and how to find quality articles on your topic during class time mid-semester. If our library does not have access to a journal that you may need, request the article from inter-library loan. It may take a few weeks to get the articles so you will need to start early in the semester to gather the articles for this project. We will discuss this assignment in class several times and a rubric will be posted to blackboard that you should refer to when doing the assignment.
Citation format for this assignment is in this form:
General
In text (Author, year)
In literature cited section
Author(s). (Year). Title. Full Journal Name. Volume#: Page #s
One author
In text (Vaughn 2012)
In literature cited section
Vaughn, C. (2012) Life history traits and abundance can predict local colonization and extinction rates of freshwater mussels. Freshwater Biology. 57:982-992
Two authors
In text (Cazenave & Llovel 2010)
In literature cited section
Cazenave, A. and Llovel, W. (2010). Contemporary sea level rise. Annual Review of Marine Science. 2:145-173
Three or more authors
In text (Shindell et al. 2012)
In literature cited section
Shindell, D., Kuylenstierna, J., Vignati, E., van Dingenen, R., Amann, M., Klimont, Z., Anenberg, S., Muller, N., Janssens-Maenhout, G., Raes, F., Schwartz, J., Faluvegi, G., Pozzoli, l., Kupiainen, K., Höglund-Isaksson, L., Emberson, L., Streets, D., Ramanathan, V., Hicks, K., Oanh, N., Milly, G., Williams, M., Demkine, V., and Fowler, D. (2012). Simultaneously mitigating near-term climate change and improving human health and food security. Science. 335:183-189
I do not need to see doi # or the day that you accessed the article or anything else. I only need the above information in the EXACT format. You WILL have points taken off for improper citation format.
Sourses to be used are:
Authors Francesco Ferretti, Boris Worm, Gregory L. Britten, Michael R. Heithaus, Heike K. Lotze
Year First published: 14 July 2010
Title ecology letters
Journal name Patterns and ecosystem consequences of shark declines in the ocean
8 more-
1-Title- Ices journal of marine science vol 74
Journal name- Shark finning in eastern Indonesia: assessing the sustainability of a data-poor fishery
Author- Vanessa F. Jaiteh, Adrian R. Hordyk, Matías Braccini, Carol Warren, Neil R. Loneragan
Year first published- 07 November 2016
2- Title- Colorado Natural Resources, Energy & Environmental Law Review
Journal name- Shark Finning: A Ban to Change the Tide of Extinction
Author- Elizabeth Neville
Year first published- 2014
3- Title- University of Hawaii Law Review
Journal name- Think Globally, Act Locally: How Innovative Domestic American Efforts to Reduce Shark Finning May Accomplish What the International Community Has Not
Author- Cameron S.G. Jefferies
Year first published- 2012
4- Title- Duke Environmental Law & Policy Forum
Journal name- FROM SHARK FINNING TO SHARK FISHING: A STRATEGY FOR THE U.S. & EU TO COMBAT
SHARK FINNING IN CHINA & HONG KONG
Author- JEREMY ILOULIANT
Year first published- 2012
5- Title- Boston College International and Comparative Law Review
Journal name- EVEN JAWS DESERVES TO KEEP HIS FINS: OUTLAWING SHARK FINNING THROUGHOUT GLOBAL WATERS
Author- JESSICA SPIEGEL
Year first published- 2001
6- Title- Marine Policy Volume 82,
Journal name- The end of shark finning? Impacts of declining catches and fin demand on coastal community livelihoods
