[Coral-List] COURSE ANNOUNCEMENT
Ania
banaszak at mar.icmyl.unam.mx
Wed Oct 4 12:57:20 EDT 2006
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/
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