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<P dir=ltr><SPAN lang=en-gb></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-gb><B></B></SPAN><SPAN
lang=en-gb><B><FONT face=Arial color=#000080 size=2>FRESHWATER ALGAE COURSE
200</FONT><FONT face=Arial color=#000080 size=2>9</FONT></B></SPAN></P>
<P dir=ltr><SPAN lang=en-gb><B><FONT face=Arial color=#000080 size=2>Where and
when?</FONT></B></SPAN></P>
<P dir=ltr><SPAN lang=en-gb></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-gb><FONT face=Arial
color=#000080 size=2>Kindrogan Field Centre, Enochdhu, Blairgowrie, Perthshire,
Scotland (near the tourist area of Pitlochry), </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P dir=ltr><SPAN lang=en-gb><B></B></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-gb><B><FONT face=Arial
color=#000080 size=2>Friday,</FONT> <FONT face=Arial color=#000080 size=2>5
June</FONT><FONT face=Arial color=#000080 size=2></FONT> <FONT face=Arial
color=#000080 size=2>–</FONT><FONT face=Arial color=#000080 size=2>
Friday,</FONT> <FONT face=Arial color=#000080 size=2>12</FONT><FONT face=Arial
color=#000080 size=2> June, 200</FONT><FONT face=Arial color=#000080
size=2>9</FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-gb><B></B></SPAN><SPAN
lang=en-gb><B><FONT face=Arial color=#000080
size=2>. </FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-gb></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-gb> <FONT
face=Arial color=#000080 size=2>This is the</FONT> <FONT face=Arial
color=#000080 size=2>14</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-gb></SPAN><SPAN
lang=en-gb><SUP></SUP><SUP><FONT face=Arial color=#000080
size=2>th</FONT></SUP></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-gb></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-gb><FONT
face=Arial color=#000080 size=2> year that the course has been
offered.<BR><BR></FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-gb></SPAN><A
href="http://www.field-studies-council.org/kindrogan/"><SPAN
lang=en-gb></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-gb><U></U><U><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>http://www.field-studies-council.org/kindrogan/</FONT></U></SPAN><SPAN
lang=en-gb></SPAN></A><SPAN lang=en-gb></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-gb></SPAN></P>
<P dir=ltr><SPAN lang=en-gb><B></B></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-gb><B><FONT face=Arial
color=#000080 size=2>What is the course about?</FONT></B></SPAN></P>
<P dir=ltr><SPAN lang=en-gb></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-gb><FONT face=Arial
color=#000080 size=2>The course takes full advantage of the excellent range of
aquatic and terrestrial habitats in this beautiful area of Highla</FONT><FONT
face=Arial color=#000080 size=2>nd Perthshire to provide a sound introduction to
the recognition, identification and ecology of freshwater algae. Emphasis
will be placed on the use of the microscope and taxonomic keys (print and
electronic) for the identification to generic and species</FONT><FONT face=Arial
color=#000080 size=2></FONT> <FONT face=Arial color=#000080 size=2>level and
their ecological importance. </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P dir=ltr><SPAN lang=en-gb><FONT face=Arial color=#000080 size=2>For those with
some prior knowledge of the algae, we hope that the opportunity to study samples
from a range of habitats will broaden their knowledge and/or allow them to focus
on particular groups.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P dir=ltr><SPAN lang=en-gb><FONT face=Arial color=#000080 size=2>Field trips,
on f</FONT><FONT face=Arial color=#000080 size=2>oot or by vehicle, will be
varied, but not strenuous and will be complemented by laboratory work,
illustrated talks and class discussion.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P dir=ltr><SPAN lang=en-gb><FONT face=Arial color=#000080 size=2>The course
focuses on how to get</FONT> <FONT face=Arial color=#000080
size=2>to</FONT><FONT face=Arial color=#000080 size=2> grip</FONT><FONT
face=Arial color=#000080 size=2>s</FONT><FONT face=Arial color=#000080 size=2>
with identification, and the broader aspects of algal morphology,
structure,</FONT><FONT face=Arial color=#000080 size=2> reproduction, and
classification (morphological and molecular).</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P dir=ltr><SPAN lang=en-gb><B></B></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-gb><B><FONT face=Arial
color=#000080 size=2>Who are the course tutors?</FONT></B></SPAN></P>
<P dir=ltr><SPAN lang=en-gb></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-gb><FONT face=Arial
color=#000080 size=2>The course tutors, Dr Eileen Cox and Prof Elliot Shubert,
have taught this course for the past 13 years and they have a wide-ranging
expertise on freshwater algae. </FONT><FONT face=Arial color=#000080
size=2> Eileen and Elliot conduct research at The Natural History Museum,
London, specialising in diatoms and green algae respectively. Eileen has
published a key to live diatoms and is Co-Editor-in-Chief of
the</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-gb><I></I></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-gb><I> <FONT
face=Arial color=#000080 size=2>European Journal of
Phycology</FONT></I></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-gb></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-gb><FONT
face=Arial color=#000080 size=2>. Elliot has publish</FONT><FONT
face=Arial color=#000080 size=2>ed a key to the non-motile coccoid and colonial
green algae and is Editor-in-Chief of</FONT></SPAN><SPAN
lang=en-gb><I></I></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-gb><I> <FONT face=Arial color=#000080
size=2>Systematics and Biodiversity</FONT></I></SPAN><SPAN
lang=en-gb></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-gb><FONT face=Arial color=#000080
size=2>.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P dir=ltr><SPAN lang=en-gb><FONT face=Arial color=#000080 size=2>We will be
joined for part of the course, by Guest Tutor, Dr Laurence Carvalho, Centre for
Ecology and Hydrology, who will give a presentati</FONT><FONT face=Arial
color=#000080 size=2>on on the EU Water Framework Directive with special
reference to lakes and he will describe their counting
methods.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P dir=ltr><SPAN lang=en-gb><B></B></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-gb><B><FONT face=Arial
color=#000080 size=2>Who are the participants?</FONT></B></SPAN></P>
<P dir=ltr><SPAN lang=en-gb></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-gb><FONT face=Arial
color=#000080 size=2>The course is open to individuals with different
backgrounds ranging from beginners to those who would like to ref</FONT><FONT
face=Arial color=#000080 size=2>resh their knowledge of particular groups of
algae or experience collecting in a different region of the
world.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P dir=ltr><SPAN lang=en-gb><B></B></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-gb><B><FONT face=Arial
color=#000080 size=2>What is the full cost of the course?</FONT></B></SPAN></P>
<P dir=ltr><SPAN lang=en-gb></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-gb><FONT face=Arial
color=#000080 size=2>The course costs</FONT></SPAN><SPAN
lang=en-gb><B></B></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-gb><B> <FONT face=Arial color=#000080
size=2>£4</FONT><FONT face=Arial color=#000080 size=2>40</FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN
lang=en-gb></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-gb><FONT face=Arial color=#000080 size=2></FONT>
<FONT face=Arial color=#000080 size=2>per person (approx</FONT></SPAN><SPAN
lang=en-gb><B></B></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-gb><B> <FONT face=Arial color=#000080
size=2>545</FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-gb></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-gb><FONT
face=Arial color=#000080 size=2>€</FONT><FONT face=Arial color=#000080 size=2>
or</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-gb><B></B></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-gb><B> <FONT
face=Arial color=#000080 size=2>$</FONT><FONT face=Arial color=#000080
size=2>802</FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-gb></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-gb><FONT
face=Arial color=#000080 size=2>), which includes accommodation, all meals
(please notify the Centre if you have any special dietary needs) and
tuition. This is excellent value for money and costs significantly less
than other freshwater algal courses on offer. </FONT> <FONT face=Arial
color=#000080 size=2>This is a reduc</FONT><FONT face=Arial color=#000080
size=2>tion in the 2008 fee.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P dir=ltr><SPAN lang=en-gb><B></B></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-gb><B><FONT face=Arial
color=#000080 size=2>Is there support for students?</FONT></B></SPAN></P>
<P dir=ltr><SPAN lang=en-gb></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-gb><FONT face=Arial
color=#000080 size=2>Yes, support for a student stipend is available
from:<BR></FONT><FONT face=Arial color=#000080 size=2>1.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN
lang=en-gb><B></B></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-gb><B> <FONT face=Arial color=#000080
size=2>The British Phycological Society</FONT><FONT face=Arial color=#000080
size=2></FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-gb> </SPAN><A
href="http://www.brphycsoc.org/funding.lasso"><SPAN lang=en-gb></SPAN></A><SPAN
lang=en-gb></SPAN><A href="http://www.brphycsoc.org/funding.lasso"><SPAN
lang=en-gb></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-gb><U></U><U><FONT face=Arial color=#000080
size=2>http</FONT><FONT face=Arial color=#000080
size=2>://www.brphycsoc.org/funding.lasso</FONT></U></SPAN><SPAN
lang=en-gb></SPAN></A><SPAN lang=en-gb></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-gb></SPAN></P>
<P dir=ltr><SPAN lang=en-gb><FONT face=Arial color=#000080 size=2>The deadlines
for applications are: 30 September, 1 December, 1 March and 1 June. The
sooner you apply, the better are your chances are of receiving a stipend. DO NOT
DELAY</FONT><FONT face=Arial color=#000080 size=2>,</FONT><FONT face=Arial
color=#000080 size=2> APPLY TODAY.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P dir=ltr><SPAN lang=en-gb><FONT face=Arial color=#000080 size=2>2.</FONT>
<FONT face=Arial color=#000080 size=2>Graduate students who are mem</FONT><FONT
face=Arial color=#000080 size=2>bers of the</FONT></SPAN><SPAN
lang=en-gb><B></B></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-gb><B> <FONT face=Arial color=#000080
size=2>Phycological Society of America</FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN
lang=en-gb></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-gb><FONT face=Arial color=#000080 size=2> are
eligible for financial support to attend a phycology course at a field station
from the Hannah T. Croasdale Fellowship.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P dir=ltr><SPAN lang=en-gb></SPAN><A
href="http://www.psaalgae.org/soc/croasdale.shtm"><SPAN lang=en-gb></SPAN><SPAN
lang=en-gb><U></U><U><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>http://www.psaalgae.org/soc/c</FONT><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>roasdale.shtm</FONT></U></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-gb></SPAN></A><SPAN
lang=en-gb></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-gb></SPAN></P>
<P dir=ltr><SPAN lang=en-gb><FONT face=Arial color=#000080 size=2>The deadline
for applications is 1 March 2009.</FONT><FONT face=Arial color=#000080
size=2> DO NOT DELAY, APPLY TODAY.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P dir=ltr><SPAN lang=en-gb><FONT face=Arial color=#000080 size=2>3.</FONT>
<FONT face=Arial color=#000080 size=2>The British Ecological Society</FONT>
<FONT face=Arial color=#000080 size=2>(</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-gb></SPAN><A
href="http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org"><SPAN lang=en-gb></SPAN><SPAN
lang=en-gb><U></U><U><FONT face=Arial color=#000080
size=2>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org</FONT></U></SPAN><SPAN
lang=en-gb></SPAN></A><SPAN lang=en-gb></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-gb><FONT face=Arial
color=#000080 size=2>)</FONT> <FONT face=Arial color=#000080 size=2>has</FONT>
<FONT face=Arial color=#000080 size=2>Specialist Course Grants</FONT><FONT
face=Arial color=#000080 size=2> avai</FONT><FONT face=Arial color=#000080
size=2>lable for</FONT> <FONT face=Arial color=#000080 size=2>BES members
(undergraduate and graduate) allocated on a first-come-first-served basis.
The grant covers the course fee which includes accommodation but not travel.
Application</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-gb></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-gb><FONT
face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> is</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-gb></SPAN><SPAN
lang=en-gb> <FONT face=Arial color=#000080 size=2>by form, available from the
BES office and downloadable from this</FONT> <FONT face=Arial color=#000080
size=2>webpage.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P dir=ltr><SPAN lang=en-gb></SPAN><A
href="http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/articles/grants/attendmeetings/"><SPAN
lang=en-gb></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-gb><U></U><U><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/articles/grants/attendmeetings/</FONT></U></SPAN><SPAN
lang=en-gb></SPAN></A><SPAN lang=en-gb></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-gb></SPAN></P>
<P dir=ltr><SPAN lang=en-gb><B></B></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-gb><B><FONT face=Arial
color=#000080 size=2>How do you get to Kindrogan?</FONT></B></SPAN></P>
<P dir=ltr><SPAN lang=en-gb></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-gb><FONT face=Arial
color=#000080 size=2>Edinburgh and Glasgow have international airports.
The a</FONT><FONT face=Arial color=#000080 size=2>irports have a coach
connection to the main railway station in the respective cities.
</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P dir=ltr><SPAN lang=en-gb><FONT face=Arial color=#000080 size=2>The nearest
mainline railway station is Pitlochry, which is on the London Kings
Cross-Edinburgh-Inverness route. Participants will be met at Pitlochry by
Kindrogan sta</FONT><FONT face=Arial color=#000080 size=2>ff.
</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P dir=ltr><SPAN lang=en-gb><B></B></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-gb><B><FONT face=Arial
color=#000080 size=2>Where can I find more information?</FONT></B></SPAN></P>
<P dir=ltr><SPAN lang=en-gb></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-gb><FONT face=Arial
color=#000080 size=2>For detailed information about the Kindrogan Field
Centre:</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P dir=ltr><SPAN lang=en-gb></SPAN><A
href="http://www.field-studies-council.org/kindrogan"><SPAN
lang=en-gb></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-gb><U></U><U><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>http://www.field-studies-council.org/kindrogan</FONT></U></SPAN><SPAN
lang=en-gb></SPAN></A><SPAN lang=en-gb></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-gb></SPAN></P>
<P dir=ltr><SPAN lang=en-gb></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-gb><FONT face=Arial
color=#000080 size=2>For course information</FONT></SPAN><SPAN
lang=en-gb></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-gb><FONT face=Arial color=#000080
size=2>,</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-gb></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-gb><FONT face=Arial
color=#000080 size=2></FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-gb></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-gb>
<FONT face=Arial color=#000080 size=2>go to</FONT><FONT face=Arial color=#000080
size=2> (web link not a</FONT><FONT face=Arial color=#000080 size=2>vailable at
this time)</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-gb></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-gb><FONT
face=Arial color=#000080 size=2>:</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-gb></SPAN><SPAN
lang=en-gb> </SPAN></P>
<P dir=ltr><SPAN lang=en-gb></SPAN><A
href="http://www.field-studies-council.org/2009/courseinfo.aspx?id=503"><SPAN
lang=en-gb></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-gb><U></U><U><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>http://www.field-studies-council.org/200</FONT></U></SPAN><SPAN
lang=en-gb></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-gb><U></U><U><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>9</FONT></U></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-gb></SPAN><SPAN
lang=en-gb><U></U><U><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>/courseinfo.aspx?id=503</FONT></U></SPAN><SPAN
lang=en-gb></SPAN></A><SPAN lang=en-gb></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-gb></SPAN></P>
<P dir=ltr><SPAN lang=en-gb><FONT face=Arial color=#000080
size=2>For</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-gb></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-gb><FONT
face=Arial color=#000080 size=2> a</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-gb></SPAN><SPAN
lang=en-gb><FONT face=Arial color=#000080 size=2> booking
form</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-gb></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-gb><FONT face=Arial
color=#000080 size=2>, go to</FONT><FONT face=Arial color=#000080 size=2> (web
link not available at this time)</FONT><FONT face=Arial color=#000080
size=2>:</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P dir=ltr><SPAN lang=en-gb></SPAN><A
href="http://www.field-studies-council.org/professional/2009/bookinginformation.aspx"><SPAN
lang=en-gb></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-gb><U></U><U><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>h</FONT><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>t</FONT><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>t</FONT><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>p://www.field-studies-council.org/professional/2009/bookinginformation.aspx</FONT></U></SPAN><SPAN
lang=en-gb></SPAN></A><SPAN lang=en-gb></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-gb></SPAN></P>
<P dir=ltr><SPAN lang=en-gb></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-gb><FONT face=Arial
color=#000080 size=2>A non-refundable de</FONT><FONT face=Arial color=#000080
size=2>p</FONT><FONT face=Arial color=#000080 size=2>osit of £50 (approx
62</FONT><FONT face=Arial color=#000080 size=2>€ or $91</FONT><FONT face=Arial
color=#000080 size=2>) is required (credit cards are
accepted).</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P dir=ltr><SPAN lang=en-gb><FONT face=Arial color=#000080 size=2>If you have
any other queries, please contact:<BR></FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-gb></SPAN><A
href="mailto:e.shubert@nhm.ac.uk"><SPAN lang=en-gb></SPAN><SPAN
lang=en-gb><U></U><U><FONT face=Arial color=#000080
size=2>e.shubert@nhm.ac.uk</FONT></U></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-gb></SPAN></A><SPAN
lang=en-gb></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-gb></SPAN></P>
<P dir=ltr><SPAN lang=en-gb><FONT face=Arial color=#000080 size=2>Prof Elliot
Shubert<BR>Department of Botany<BR>The Natural History Museum<BR>Cromwell
Road<BR>London SW7 5B</FONT><FONT face=Arial color=#000080 size=2>D<BR>United
Kingdom</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P dir=ltr><SPAN lang=en-gb></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-gb></SPAN><SPAN
lang=nl></SPAN><SPAN lang=nl><FONT face=Arial color=#000080 size=2>Tel 020
7942-5606 (UK)</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P dir=ltr><SPAN lang=nl><FONT face=Arial color=#000080 size=2>Tel +44 207
942-5606 (international)</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P dir=ltr><SPAN lang=nl><FONT face=Arial color=#000080 size=2>Fax 020 7942-5529
(UK)</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P dir=ltr><SPAN lang=en-gb></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-gb><FONT face=Arial
color=#000080 size=2>Fax +44 207 942-5529 (international</FONT><FONT face=Arial
color=#000080 size=2>)</FONT></SPAN></P>
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