[Nhcoll-l] Larval Fish Workshop at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science

[Sarah K. Huber]

Larval Fish Workshop at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science
October 5 – 16, 2015

The Virginia Institute of Marine Science Nunnally Ichthyology Collection in Gloucester Point, VA, is home to a large ichthyoplantkton collection. This collection contains samples from the tropical and northern Pacific Ocean, the Southern Ocean, the Amazon Plume, Sargasso Sea, the Caribbean, the Mid- and South Atlantic Bights, and the Chesapeake Bay. As part of our current NSF CSBR grant, we are hosting a larval fish workshop from October 5-16, 2015.

Goals of the workshop include: 1) how to sort and identify larval fishes; 2) preparation, storage, and curation of larval fish collections; and 3) imaging techniques for larval fishes.

The focus of the first week of the workshop will be on mesopelagic samples collected in subtropical Hawaiian waters and the subarctic North Pacific. The second week will focus on samples from the western tropical Atlantic in and adjacent to the Amazon River plume. Participants will sort and identify ichthyoplankton samples to the family level under the guidance of four expert taxonomists:  Drs. Jeff Leis (University of Tasmania), Ann Matarese (Alaska Fisheries Science Center, NOAA), Nalani Schnell (Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle), and G. David Johnson (Smithsonian Institution).

The workshop is open to students, collections managers, curators, and other museum and research professionals. Applicants can attend both weeks of the workshop or either the first or second week. However, preference will be given to individuals that are able to attend both weeks. Applications are due on August 1st, 2015 and a notification of acceptance will be made by August 15th, 2015.

If interested please contact Dr. Peter Konstantinidis (peterk at vims.edu<mailto:peterk at vims.edu>) for an application form or you can download one from the VIMS Nunnally Ichthyology Collection website: https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.vims.edu_research_facilities_fishcollection_larval-5Fworkshop_index.php&d=AwIF-g&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=CLFZJ3fvGSmDp7xK1dNZfh6uGV_h-8NVlo3fXNoRNzI&m=PDMM8_82M4FsaWPXNC60Gh1IufeNioPUm6SG7wqn77g&s=Vw76Wqv3p3TGw2L2bZ7wgG8LarKArXtk8zBVxwrqXOQ&e= 



Sarah K. Huber, Ph.D.
Curatorial Associate, VIMS Nunnally Ichthyology Collection
Office 804.684.7104 | Collection 804.684.7285
skhuber at vims.edu | www.vims.edu
PO Box 1346 | Rt. 1208 Greate Rd., Gloucester Pt., VA 23062

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