NMBAQC

Workshops

NMBAQC Invertebrate Identification Teaching Laboratory (Unicomarine Ltd., Letchworth, UK)

Past Workshops

The NMBAQC committee has organised, or collaborated in, a number of workshops with tuition from recognised experts in different fields. Participants have gained hands-on experience of various field and laboratory procedures and in depth workshops focusing on particular problematical taxonomic groups. The workshops have produced a wide range of up-to-date guides and taxonomic keys, most of which are not yet available in published literature.

• NMBAQC Beginners Invertebrate Taxonomic Workshop, November 2009, Unicomarine Laboratory Letchworth.  Included an introduction to key features and terminology used for many Invertebrate Phyla, with practical sessions focusing on the Phyla: Annelida, Mollusca, Crustacea and Echinodermata.
• NMBAQC Expert Invertebrate Taxonomic Workshop, November 2008, Dove Marine Laboratory, Cullercoats.  Included Problem Taxa: Hesionidae, Terebellomorpha, Nephtyidae, and Spionidae.
• The Ascidian Taxonomy Training Workshop, August 2008, Portaferry, Northern Ireland.  This provided an introduction to ascidian ecology and taxonomy.  Link: http://www.habitas.org.uk/marinelife/ascidians/.
• NMBAQC Beginners Invertebrate Taxonomic Workshop, November 2007, Unicomarine, Letchworth.  Included Problem Taxa: Polychaeta, Oligochaeta and Echinodermata.  Also covered sample processing techniques and general phyla recognition.
• NMBAQC Beginners Invertebrate Taxonomic Workshop, November 2006, Dove Marine Laboratory, Cullercoats, Tynemouth. Including Problem Taxa: Cirratulidae, Maldanidae, Glyceridae, Goniadidae, Syllidae.
• NMBAQC Beginners Invertebrate Taxonomic Workshop, October 2005, Unicomarine Ltd., Letchworth Laboratory, Hertfordshire.
• Benthic Invertebrate Taxonomic Workshop, November 2003, Dove Marine Laboratory, Cullercoats, Tynemouth. Including Problem Taxa: Oligochaeta, Echinodermata, Lumbrineridae, Dorvilleidae.
• Benthic Invertebrate Taxonomic Workshop, October 2001, Portaferry Marine Station. Including Problem Taxa: Porifera, Hydroida, Annelida, Mollusca, Amphipoda, Decapoda, Echinodermata.
• Sampling Strategy and Survey Design, May 1999, Millport Marine Station.
• Benthic Field Methods Workshop, March 1997, Collection and Processing of Macrobenthic Samples from Soft Sediments, Hull University. Final Report on the 1997 Benthic Field Methods Workshop.
• Benthic Techniques Best Practice Review, September 1997, Follow-up Workshop, Hull University. Organised jointly with ECSA, EA, & IECS.
• Benthic Invertebrate Taxonomic Workshop, October 1996, Millport Marine Station. Including Problem Taxa: Amphipoda, Cirratulidae. Organised jointly with ECSA.