A POGO-funded training initiative, held in Australia from 2-6 December 2019.
Objectives:
To train new members of the Global Alliance of CPR Surveys (GACS) in the methods they need to collect CPR samples from ships of opportunity.
Format:
- They first attended a 3-day GACS meeting in Hobart, Australia (25-27 Nov 2019)
- They then attended a 2-day Plankton Molecular Workshop in Hobart, Australia (28-29 Nov 2019)
- During the Plankton Molecular Workshop, they also spent time in the AusCPR lab in Hobart
- They then flew to Brisbane and attended CPR training for 1 week in the AusCPR lab there
Topics:
- Day 1: Deploying CPRs from SOOPs.
- Day 2: Loading internals into CPRs
- Day 3: Fixing and maintaining CPRs
- Day 4: Counting phytoplankton samples
- Day 5: Counting zooplankton samples
Participants:
First name | Surname | Institutional affiliation | Country | Position |
Marco | Worship | Department of Environmental Affairs: Oceans and Coastal Research | South Africa | Scientist (technician) |
Octavio | Esquivel | Pós-grado em Oceanografia Biológica FURG; Biólogo Universidad de Costa Rica | Brazil | PhD student |