2nd ESTUARINE & MARINE LITTORAL TAXONOMY WORKSHOP
12-16 September 2005
SPEND A WEEK LEARNING TO IDENTIFY CRUSTACEA TO SPECIES LEVEL
Estuaries are harsh ecosystems subject to highly variable environmental
conditions, sites of major industries and repositories for a multitude
of effluents. Organisms able to colonise estuaries have evolved
mechanisms that allow them to survive numerous challenges, such as
fluctuations in water salinity, long periods of immersion and emersion
and, in some instances, a degree of pollution. Thus, many of the
species found in estuaries are unique to that environment. Organisms
living in the marine littoral environment are subjected to similarly
difficult conditions.
This workshop aims to teach participants how to identify crustacea,
including isopods, decapods, amphipods mysids, tanaids, cumaceans and
leptostracans, to species level. Participants will be taught by experts
from the Natural History Museum and Southampton Oceanography Centre and
by the end of the workshop they will be able to use up-to-date
taxonomic keys. A certificate of competence will be awarded upon
successful completion of the course.
This workshop will be taught over five days and is aimed at people working in
the estuarine and marine littoral environment, either in the water
industry, as consultants, as academics or even those pursuing higher
degrees. As the course will be run on an informal basis, participants
are welcome to bring along any specimens they have found difficult to
identify.
Places on this workshop are limited to 16 so early booking is essential.
The cost of the workshop is £720, which includes four nights en-suite
accommodation in on-campus Halls of Residence and all meals, including
a workshop dinner. Extra nights B&B can be booked for the 11th and/or
16th September for £35 per night.
For an application form contact:
Dr Jackie Trigwell.
Ecology Research Group
Canterbury Christ Church University College
The Mount
Stodmarsh Road
Canterbury
Kent, CT3 4AQ, UK
Tel: 01227 782670
Canterbury Christ Church University College is situated within walking
distance of two mainline railway stations and a National Coach stop.
Local attractions include Canterbury Cathedral and the Marlowe Theatre.
The ferry ports of Dover and Folkestone are approximately 20 miles away,
as are the coastal resorts of Margate, Broadstairs and Ramsgate. The
Stour Estuary is 15 miles distant.
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