[Nhcoll-l] VIMS Larval Fish Workshop

[Sarah K. Huber]

The deadline for the VIMS Larval Fish Workshop has been extended to August 7, 2015. Please forward to anyone you think might be interested. We still have a couple spots remaining.

Larval Fish Workshop at VIMS
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.

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).

Week One: Mesopelagic fishes collected in subtropical Hawaiian waters and the subarctic North Pacific.

Week Two: Larval fishes from the western tropical Atlantic in and adjacent to the Amazon River plume.

The workshop is open to students, collections managers, curators, and other museum and research professionals. The workshop is free; however, participants will be responsible for covering the cost of transportation, lodging, and meals.

If interested please contact Dr. Peter Konstantinidis (peterk at vims.edu<mailto:peterk at vims.edu>) for an application or download one from the 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=Edvks72GbRy3UkXvrCw7mh8fk7-uhraewj5n2x6ZA58&s=2wbF8lFBg7Vcjt79DWVb7eboRtQX6HgJKTNw6MWcOS0&e= 

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. The application deadline has been extended to August 7, 2015.  Notification of acceptance will be made by August 15, 2015.




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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