[Coral-List] Places still available to study coral reef ecology in Bermuda this summer
Samantha de Putron
sputron at bbsr.edu
Tue Apr 11 15:59:49 EDT 2006
Final notice- a few places still available:
>Places are still available for this summer's coral reef ecology course at
>the Bermuda Biological Station for Research. Scholarship and financial aid
>available. Application deadline April 22nd.
>
>Summer Course in Coral Reef Ecology
>
>The Bermuda Biological Station for Research is pleased to announce a
>course in Coral Reef Ecology. Course instructor: Dr. Samantha de Putron.
>Course dates: 9-29 July
>Location: Bermuda
>Qualifications: Open to undergraduates and graduate students with strong
>academic credentials. The course is open only to divers.
>Additional details: http://www.bbsr.edu/Education/summercourses/cre/cre.html
>Scholarship and financial aid available
>
>Course summary:
>The Coral Reef Ecology course at the Bermuda Biological Station for
>Research is comprised of lectures, required reading, laboratory exercises
>and field surveys. The lectures cover a broad range of relevant topics in
>coral reef ecology that are supplemented by readings from the primary
>literature with attention given to active areas of research. The course is
>divided into 24 lectures, 9 field trips (4 hours each), 5 lab sessions
>(4-5 hours each), 3 evening lab discussion sessions, a morning written
>exam, an afternoon of oral presentations and an afternoon discussion
>session/debate on a current topic. An additional 10-15 hours is taken to
>complete the working-group analyses and presentations.
>
>The course is aimed towards upper undergraduates and graduate students.
>
>The lab work is focused on training in practical techniques:
> separation of coral tissue from skeleton
> fractionation by centrifugation
> enumeration of zooxanthellae with a haemocytometer
> chlorophyll analysis
> determination of coral surface area
> coral growth determination using a buoyant weighing technique
>
>Various field techniques and subsequent lab analyses are used repetitively
>at different sites so that each student has the opportunity to become
>familiar with the following methods:
> video-taping of reef transects to assess community structure
> quantification of reef fish community structure using a visual census
> method
> quadrat sampling of reef algae, sorting, identification and dry weight
>biomass estimation
> quadrat sampling and measurement of juvenile corals to construct
>size/frequency curves
> quantification of parrotfish feeding rates and social interactions
>
>The laboratory and field work are synthesized as final oral presentations
>that are based on a typical format for presenting scientific results to an
>audience and so are designed to provide experience in communicating science.
>
>For further information please contact:
>
>Gerry Plumley at plumley at bbsr.edu
>or
>Samantha de Putron at sputron at bbsr.edu
>
>
>
>-----------------------------------------------------------
>Dr Samantha de Putron
>Assistant Research Scientist
>
>Bermuda Biological Station for Research
>Ferry Reach
>St Georges
>GE 01, Bermuda
>Tel: (441) 297 1880 ext 261
>Fax: (441) 297 8143
>Web: www.bbsr.edu
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