Master/PhD Course Offering
"Marine Zooplankton and Sympagic Fauna (Ice Fauna) of Svalbard Waters"
University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS)
For further information, please go to:
http://www.unis.no/studies/
Application Deadline: Tuesday, 1 June 2004
The University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS) offers a course entitled
"Marine Zooplankton and Sympagic Fauna (Ice Fauna) of Svalbard Waters"
for master and PhD students in August/September.
OBJECTIVE
This class will acquaint the student with the marine invertebrates in
pelagic and sympagic communities - faunal composition, faunal
assemblages in different habitats, and faunal relations. Practical
knowledge will be provided with regard to sampling methodology and
identification of organisms.
CONTENT
A one-week theoretical introduction (during which practical projects
will be introduced) will be followed by a 2 week research excursion.
Cruise sampling will be conducted in different pelagic and sympagic
habitats (fjords, coastal waters, near the sea-ice edge) in Svalbard's
waters. The last part of the course (2 - 3 weeks) will contain
lab-exercises focused on identification and quantification of the
collected samples, seminars in groups focusing on the treatment of
collected material, and preparation of the final report. Lectures will
deal with: problems related to identification of the organisms;
life-histories of zooplankton and sympagic organisms; relevant
literature in faunistics/ taxonomy of zooplankton and sympagic fauna;
zoogeographical distribution of important species; and basic ecological
features of the pelagial and the sympagic habitat.
For further information, please contact:
Bjorn Gulliksen
bjoerng [at] nfh.uit.no
or contact:
Jorgen Berge
jorgen.berge [at] unis.no
or go to:
http://www.unis.no/studies/