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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: "Helvetica Neue"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><font size="3"><font face="Cambria">June 6 - 17, 2016<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></b></p>
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<w:wrap type="square"></w:wrap></font></font></v:shape><span style="FONT-FAMILY: "Helvetica Neue"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><font size="3"><font face="Cambria">The Virginia Institute of Marine Science Nunnally Ichthyology Collection in Gloucester Point,
VA, is home to a large ichthyoplankton 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 June 6 - 17, 2016.
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: "Helvetica Neue"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><font size="3"><font face="Cambria">Workshop Goals<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></b></p>
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<span style="FONT-FAMILY: "Helvetica Neue"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><font size="3"><font face="Cambria">1) how to sort and identify larval fishes
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<span style="FONT-FAMILY: "Helvetica Neue"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><font size="3"><font face="Cambria">2) preparation, storage, and curation of larval fish collections<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p>
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<span style="FONT-FAMILY: "Helvetica Neue"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><font size="3"><font face="Cambria">3) imaging techniques for larval fishes
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<span style="FONT-FAMILY: "Helvetica Neue"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><font size="3"><font face="Cambria">The workshop is open to students, collection managers, curators, and other museum and research professionals. The workshop is free; however, participants
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<span style="FONT-FAMILY: "Helvetica Neue"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><font size="3"><font face="Cambria">The focus of the first week of the workshop will be on samples from the Southern Ocean and western tropical Atlantic (in and adjacent to the Amazon
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: "Helvetica Neue"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><font size="3"><font face="Cambria">Week Two<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></b></p>
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<span style="FONT-FAMILY: "Helvetica Neue"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><font size="3"><font face="Cambria">The second week will emphasize samples from the Sargasso Sea, Chesapeake Bay, and the Gulf of Maine.
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<span style="FONT-FAMILY: "Helvetica Neue"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><font size="3"><font face="Cambria">Participants will sort and identify ichthyoplankton samples to the family level under the guidance of five expert larval fish taxonomists: Drs. Jeff
Leis (University of Tasmania), William Watson (Southwest Fisheries Science Center, NOAA), Nalani Schnell (Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle), G. David Johnson (Smithsonian Institution), and Peter Konstantinidis (VIMS).
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: "Helvetica Neue"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><font face="Cambria"><font size="3">The workshop is limited to 12 participants. 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 April 1<sup>st</sup></font><font size="3">, 2016 and a notification of acceptance will be made by
April 15</font><sup><font size="3">th</font></sup><font size="3">, 2016. If interested please contact Dr. Peter Konstantinidis (</font></font></span><a href="mailto:peterk@vims.edu"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: "Helvetica Neue"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Cambria">peterk@vims.edu</font></span></a><span style="FONT-FAMILY: "Helvetica Neue"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><font size="3" face="Cambria">)
for an application.</font><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</font><font size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><font size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><font color="#000000" size="3">Sarah K. Huber, Ph.D.</font><br>
</span></font></span></font><font size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><font size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><font size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Curatorial Associate, VIMS Nunnally Ichthyology Collection<br>
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<span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">| Collection 804.684.</span>7285<br>
skhuber@vims.edu <font size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">| www.vims.edu</span></font></span></font><br>
<font size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">PO Box 1346 | 1375 Greate Rd., Gloucester Pt., VA 23062</span></font></div>
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