[Coral-List] Online Coral ID Workshops January 19 - 22, 2024

[Russell Kelley]

Dear Coral Listerers!

After overwhelming positive feedback from previous participants we are now scheduling our Coral ID workshops online - 4 days (4 hours / day). That is 16 hours of Indo-Pacific Coral ID Training chunkalised into tasty daily bites! Details follow:

When: January 19 - 22, 2024: 8:30 am - 12:30 pm (GMT+10:00) Brisbane timezone
Led by: Russell Kelley - author Indo Pacific Coral Finder
NOTE! This time zone is good for North America / South America / east Asia / Australia / Pacific


Info and registration details can be found at: https://byoguides.com/pages/workshops

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The workshop is based around the Coral Finder Toolkit, a suite of proven, practical resources for coral identification. Check out the before and after results and testimonials at the URL above.

The Indo-Pacific Coral Finder has been completely revised and updated to the new molecular taxonomic framework. The Coral Finder’s visual approach makes it possible for beginners to advance rapidly with little prior knowledge. The workshop is led by Russell Kelley – author of the Indo-Pacific Coral Finder (5 editions) & the Reef Finder with assistance from Kevin Erickson.

Target Audience: Scientists, Students, Naturalists, CITES, Coral Collectors, Exporters, Importers, Wholesalers, Retailers, Hobbyists, Academics, Researchers.

The workshop uses audio-visual and hands-on training, tutorials and instruction and includes a take home Coral Finder Toolkit: Coral Finder 2022, a comprehensive workshop manual and audiovisual training. Participants learn how to use the Indo Pacific Coral Finder 2022 to identify Indo Pacific hard corals to genus regardless of growth form. (Also includes the stony non-scleractinians.)

Special emphasis is placed on techniques for field identification, self directed learning and problem solving. For non-coral specialists, the workshop rapidly develops basic coral identification skills. Current or future coral specialists will upgrade their ID skills to the current state of molecular taxonomy.

The workshop provides an introduction to species identification and how to approach it maturely. The training applies equally topside or underwater. Even people with extensive prior knowledge of corals benefit significantly from the problem solving training built into the Coral Finder workshop.

The workshop also summarizes the changes and implications of new molecular taxonomy findings while providing an easy-to-grasp, practical, field focussed approach to coral identification.

Please spread the word.

Best

Russ
  

 
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Russell Kelley

Author: Coral Finder 2022  <http://www.byoguides.com/>- the world’s only searchable ID guide to corals delivers easy, practical, genus level coral ID anywhere between the Red Sea and Easter Island.

- Over 1730 images & expanded genus coverage
- Searchable by form, texture, lifestyle
- Updated to reflect molecular taxonomy as of April 2022
- Includes bibliography to molecular literature
- Twice the visual coverage (80 pages) of Coral Finder 3.0
- Not for underwater use!

Author: Reef Finder  <http://www.byoguides.com/>- the world’s only searchable ID guide to biodiversity.

Program Director
Coral Identification Capacity Building Program

www.byoguides.com <http://www.byoguides.com/>
www.russellkelley.info <http://www.russellkelley.info/>


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