Private crash courses:
Courses
Using meiofauna as a tool in environmental impact studies
Research design and statistics in life sciences
Courses in management, analyses and presentation of environmental data for companies
Private crash courses in identification of harpacticoid copepods
2 weeks beginners course: Initially the student will be trained in techniques to extract harpacticoids from samples, quantify and sub-sample them and finally sorting to family level under stereo microscope. Then follows intensive anatomical lessons to introduce the major morphological features of the copepods. The variability of key identification characters will be thoroughly studied by examining individuals of different families and from different habitats. During the course the student will be trained in dissections of harpacticoids and mounting body parts on microscope slides. The student will be trained in sketching harpacticoids by using camera lucida and to identify individuals to family and genus level. Students may bring their own material to be used in some of the practical lessons.
2 weeks advanced course: Further training in identification to family, genus and species level. Training in doing practical species descriptions for identifying quickly all major species in a certain habitat. Students are encouraged to bring their own material for making reference slides and drawings of the most abundant species in their area of study.
Fees:
Course fee is 2500 € and includes all training material, a selection of dissected harpacticoids from the course and the guide: Marine and brackish water harpacticoid copepods, Part 1 by R. Huys, J.M. Gee, C.G. Moore and R. Hamond. Synopses of the British Fauna (New Series) No. 51.
The courses are held in Madrid, Spain and are aimed for students and researchers alike. They are intensive, private (1 to 2 persons at time) and can be carried out at any time of the year in consultations with the teachers.