[Coral-List] COURSE ANNOUNCEMENT

[Ania]

Dear Coral list members,

Please disseminate the information below about a 
course to be offered in early 2007 to graduate students.

Thank you,

Photobiology group
UNAM, Mexico


NAME: LIGHT AND PHOTOSYNTHESIS ON CORAL REEFS

LOCATION: PUERTO MORELOS, MEXICO

DATES: SUNDAY, 21st JANUARY TO SATURDAY, 10th FEBRUARY 2007

INSTRUCTORS: DR. ANASTAZIA T. BANASZAK (UNAM)
        DR. SUSANA ENRÍQUEZ (UNAM)
        DR. LUISA FALCON (UNAM)
        DR. ERNESTO GARCIA MENDOZA (CICESE)
        DR. ROBERTO IGLESIAS PRIETO (UNAM)
        DR. HELMUT MASKE (CICESE)

DESCRIPTION: This is an intensive postgraduate 
course on the photobiology of coral reefs and 
includes a strong theoretical background (75 
hours) coupled with hands on experience in 
practical classes (52 hours) as well as fieldwork (21 hours).

OBJECTIVES: The proposed course has the following 
objectives: a) to present to students a panorama 
of the state of knowledge of the physiological 
and biochemical bases of photosynthesis as well 
as the mechanisms that regulate photosynthesis in 
the aquatic environment with particular emphasis 
on coral reefs and coral reef dwelling organisms 
and b) to provide technical training in the 
methods commonly used to estimate primary 
production. At the end of the course, it is 
expected that the students will have the capacity 
to incorporate this information into the general 
context of modern marine biology as well as to 
utilize this information in their future projects and research.

SCHOLARSHIPS: A limited number of scholarships 
will be awarded to students from developing 
countries around the Greater Caribbean to cover flight and accommodation costs.

PUERTO MORELOS is a small fishing village 
situated 30 km south of Cancun, in the Mexican 
Caribbean, alongside a reef lagoon. The course is 
held at the Unidad Academica Puerto Morelos, a 
campus of the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de 
Mexico, which is located 2.5 km north of the village.

FURTHER INFORMATION: contact 
<mailto:banaszak at mar.icmyl.unam.mx>banaszak at mar.icmyl.unam.mx


Dr. Anastazia T. Banaszak
Unidad Académica Puerto Morelos
Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnología
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

Apartado Postal 1152
Cancun QR 77500 Mexico

Tel:  +52 (998) 871 0009 Ext 66 or 60
Fax: +52 (998) 871 0138
http/www.icmyl.unam.mx/arrecifes/