The Greek
research organisation Archipelagos is
offering several one-week field courses addressing the local cetacean
fauna. Location is the island of Patmos, Northern Dodecanese.
Whales &
Dolphins of the Greek Seas
- A Marine Field Course
These courses focus on the biology and conservation of marine mammals
in the Aegean Sea, and the methods to study them in the field. Weather permitting,
daily boat surveys will be carried
out.
Dates in
2007: 3.4.-9.4.
29.4.-5.5.
27.5.-2.6.
22.7.-28.7.
9.9.-15.9.
14.10.-20.10.
(The fee including accommodation, meals and all
activities is Euro 580.)
Please find
extended information at:
The course content is highly applied, as is the daily work of the
Archipelagos Institute, which aims at developing sustainable management concepts
for the natural wealth of the Aegean
Sea in co-operation with the local
communities.
The topics of the
course:
1. Visual survey methods to assess the abundance of cetacean
populations.
2. Biology and
conservation of marine mammals of the Eastern
Aegean Sea.
3. Passive acoustics: a modern tool to study cetacean
behaviour, habitat characteristics and estimating cetacean
abundance.
4. Cetacean
Bioacoustics.
5. Application of GIS (Geographic Information
System) analysis in marine biodiversity
studies.
6. First aid to marine
mammals
The course is coordinated and conducted
by Dr. Frank Veit. For more information, visit the course home page (link
above) or contact Frank Veit directly at: frank@archipelago.gr
The
non-profit environmental organisation Archipelagos conducts for
over six years the first comprehensive study on the biodiversity of the
marine and terrestrial island ecosystems in Greek waters, focussing on the
application of established as well as innovative research techniques in
assessing and modelling environmental data. A further emphasis of the
organisation’s activities is the information exchange with local communities,
including educational programs, and a close collaboration with national and
international institutions.
Archipelagos is offering further educational
field courses. An overview is given
at:
Frank Veit, Ph D
Marine
Mammal Research Coordinator
Archipelagos Institute
Poste Restante
85500 Patmos
Greece
Tel./Fax: +30 22750 41673
mob. : +30 6946447506