[Coral-List] APPLICATIONS DUE APRIL 15 - Summer Courses at Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences (BIOS)

Audrey Pope audrey.pope at bios.edu
Fri Apr 5 18:41:23 UTC 2019


Summer Courses at Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences (BIOS) - APPLICATION DEADLINE APRIL 15



The Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences (BIOS) would like to remind you that we are accepting applications for three summer courses scheduled for 2019.



All students are eligible to apply for competitive scholarships and may obtain academic credit for these courses, pending exchange of information between BIOS and the student's home institution.



Modern Observational Oceanography  (June 30 - July 20)

Instructors: Prof. Nicholas Bates (BIOS & University of Southampton), Dr. Rod Johnson (BIOS) and Ruth Curry (WHOI & BIOS)



Modern oceanography combines increasingly large and diverse datasets to further our understanding of biogeochemical and physical processes in the marine environment. How are these data obtained and used? The aim of this Modern Observational Oceanography course is to provide students with a broad introduction to and practical experience in the field of observational oceanography utilizing a variety of state-of-the-art technologies and methods. The course integrates lectures, laboratory training, and fieldwork to introduce students to current research questions and the observational methods used to investigate them. Themes will include carbon and nutrient cycling, carbonate chemistry and ocean acidification, ocean-atmosphere interactions, and the spatial/temporal scales of physical ocean processes. Students will collect samples and utilize various sensors and instrumentation locally at the BIOS dock, on a 2-day research cruise aboard the R/V Atlantic Explorer, and through a small fleet of autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs).



Coral Reef Ecology: Reef Response to Environmental Change (June 30 - July 20)
Instructors: Dr. Samantha de Putron (BIOS), Dr. Raphael Ritson-Williams (California Academy of Sciences), Dr. Gretchen Goodbody-Gringley (BIOS) and Dr. Yvonne Sawall (BIOS)



This course explores the responses of coral reefs to environmental change and focuses on reef ecology from two fundamental perspectives: 1) reef biogeochemistry emphasizes the ecosystem processes of metabolism (primary production and respiration) and calcification, and 2) reef resilience emphasizes the processes of reproduction and recruitment. Lectures will be complemented with field and laboratory exercises. Students will gain experience in field techniques measuring metabolism and calcification, assessing recruitment recovery, monitoring bleaching, disease, and invasive species. Laboratory experiments will include coral fertilization, symbiosis and bleaching, and use of a flume mesocosm to investigate effects of temperature and acidification on metabolism and calcification of different types of reef communities.. of temperature and acidification on metabolism and calcification of different types of reef communities.


Marine Plankton Ecology (July 14 - August 3)
Instructors: Dr. Amy Maas (BIOS) and Dr. Leocadio Blanco-Bercial (BIOS)

Marine plankton are essential components of marine food webs and are comprised of a vast diversity of organisms - from prokaryotic unicellular organisms to bioluminescent gelatinous jellies. This course will examine taxonomy, functional diversity and the roles that plankton play in marine food webs, from onshore habitats (i.e. coral reef) to the open ocean (Sargasso Sea). Students will gain hands-on experience sampling a broad range of plankton types during boat and shore-based excursions, apply modern optical, molecular and physiological tools and traditional microscopy all while honing their observational techniques. Lectures and laboratories will cover a broad range of relevant topics and ecological principles in plankton ecology.



Application Deadline for all courses is April 15, 2019



Course details, application form and scholarship information are available on BIOS's summer course webpage www.bios.edu/education/summer-courses/<http://www.bios.edu/education/summer-courses/>



Questions? Contact us at education at bios.edu<mailto:education at bios.edu>


The Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences is an independent U.S. not-for-profit marine research and educational organization with 501(c)(3) status and a Bermuda Registered Charity (#116).
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