Calendar of Past Events 2005

by Robin — last modified 2007-12-05 02:17

January-April
- NaGISA`s motto for 2005 is Synergy! Sharing knowledge, skills and resources is a vital part of working in the field of international science and we hope that 2005 will bring even more interactions. Along this theme our first Joint Synergy meeting was held in conjunction with the FMAP (Future Modeling of Animal Populations) Project in Kyoto, Japan in November 2004. The meeting resulted in four areas of cooperation being established between FMAP and NaGISA see the full report here.
- Echinodermata Taxonomy Workshop March 1-3 2005 Poster (PDF 32 KB) Fifteen students attended the basic training workshop for the taxonomic study and field identification of Echinoderms held in Seto Marine Biological Laboratory, Kyoto University, Shirahama Japan. The goal of the workshop was to train and transfer basic knowledge and techniques of echinoderm taxonomy to young scientists. The course was supervised by Dr. Toshihiko Fujita Department of Zoology, National Science Museum, Tokyo, Japan, Masaki Saba, Japanese Society of Systemic Zoology, Author of Sea and Brittle Stars in Japanese Waters and Tohru Imaoka, Author of Sea Cucumbers in Japanese Waters and Echinoderms from Continental Shelf and Slope around Japan vol. 1 & 2. Click here for workshop photos and the resulting newspaper article ` Researchers from 10 countries gather to learn from the NaGISA project` (in Japanese).
- Collection 2005 has begun. Collection in the Western Pacificstarted on Monday April 29, 2005 in Seto when the Tanabe Commercial High School Biology Club and the comedy team Ojin Ozuborn teamed up with Kyoto University students to sample the intertidal part of `Minami Hama` near the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory. A TV crew from ABC (Asahi Broadcasting Cooperation) was on location and the resulting program was aired at the end of April (Marine Day in Japan). The percent cover and the macroalgal data collected is now available and will be one of the first things to be uploaded on the NaGISA database which is scheduled to debut this year.
May-August
- Quantitative Marine Ecology. Was held at the Department of Marine Science, Keaserate University, Bangkok Thailand, May 17-27, 2005. Lead by Prof Underwood and Dr. Chapman, the authours of Experiments in ecology: their logical design and interpretation using analysis of variance and Coastal Marine Ecology of Temperate Australia. The course was built around the statistics needs of Marine Ecologists.
- At the end of June the NaGISA Research and Sorting Center based in Keaserate University closed it’s doors This was a difficult decision but it was made in our continued effort to better organize education and training. Our intent is to concentrate on a more local scale with the hope that by doing so we will benefit additional players. Our ties with the researchers and staff of the KU center remain strong and they will continue to participate in the project as part of West Pac NaGISA.
- Recent Publications. Dr Shirayama has published a updated report on the NaGISA project in the Ship and Ocean Newsletter (Japanese PDF 381 KB) and the Census of Marine Life 2004 summary report is now available- check out the section on NaGISA (PDF 67 KB).
- Publications in Progress. The NaGISA Project is compiling a handbook for Sampling Coastal Seagrass and Macroalgae Community Biodiversity. The handbook will be used during NaGISA training workshops, as a text for university ecology field courses and as a reference manual for researchers and interested parties. The handbook will be a concise (85 pages) reference for conducting biodiversity sampling in Seagrass and Macroalgae communities. NaGISA is also preparing a Field Guide for near shore benthos in the Western Pacific in conjunction with JSPS.
- Sampling in the Gulf of Mexico. The North West Florida team including Niceville High School teachers and students and scientists from Simon Bolivar University, Venezuela sampled their unique* NaGISA site - Destin`s East Pass. For more info. see the resulting Newspaper Article or Photos from the collection day. (* this site is unique as it is a sandy site without seagrass and thus not one of NaGISA 2 mandatory habitats as detailed in our Protocols).
September-December
- More than 7 sites have been completed in the past two months including sites in: Vietnam by D. Trong et al., South Africa by C. Griffith and Cape Town University students, Alaska by K. Iken & B. Konar and UAF students, Baja-California by M. Edwards et al. Japan by Rigby, Kato & Tanabe High school and in the Gulf of Mexico by the North West Florida team. In a wonderful show of exchange and cooperation the NW Florida team including Niceville High School students, teachers and volunteers joined NaGISA scientists Dr. P. Miloslavich and E. Huck from Simon Bolivar University, Venezuela to sample their unique* NaGISA sites in Destin`s East Pass, Florida. For more information see the resulting Newspaper Article or Photos from the collection day. (* These sites are unique as they consist of a jetty and surrounding sandy beach and thus are not part of NaGISA`s global focus as detailed in our Protocols).
- The taxonomy of Marine Decapoda & Stomatopoda Workshop was held from Sept7-10 in Lombok Indonesia in conjunction with CoML Indonesia and the Indonesian Institute of Oceanography (LIPI). Lectures on morphology and taxonomy were followed by hands-on-training, resulting in a practical course for the identification and scientific photography of Decapoda and Stomatopoda. Supervisors: Dr. Mohammad Kasim Moosa, Indonesian Institute of Science.
- Indian Ocean Region NaGISA IO member Edward Kimani attended the 4th WIOMSA Scientific Symposium in Grand Baie, Mauritius to discuss the possibilities of NaGISA with WIOMSA delegates and search for willing participants. Handing out the IO NaGISA Brochure (PDF 174 KB) he promoted the IO Organizational meeting and Protocol workshop that will be held in Mombassa, April 2006.
- NaGISA extends a warm welcome to Heloise Chenelot and Dr Iacopo Bertoccithe Heloise is the new East Pac NaGISA manager working at the University of Alaska Fairbanks and Dr Bertocci will soon start managing EU NaGISA out of the University of Pisa. Both have been funded under contacts for the next two years and we are happy to have them on board.
- The 3rd NaGISA SSG meeting was held in Frankfurt Germany followed by the members participating in the Census of Marine Life All Programs Meeting (report). (Nov.2005)

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