This course is offered for $395 and consists of 12 graded lessons, a practical species identification quiz designed to simulate real in-field detection events, and a comprehensive final exam.  The training program was created by instructors whom are accepted trainers by the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE), in collaboration with experienced PSOs, degreed biologists, educators, and industry professionals.  Successful completion of the program results in a professional certification that distinguishes you as a PSO.

Whether you are looking to work in the field as a PSO, to expand your knowledge of protected species regulations, marine environmental issues, and/or geological and geophysical regulations, or enhance your skillset, this course has something to offer you!

Register  at PSOeTraining.com!

RPS Group has been the leading provider for PSO services in the Gulf of Mexico for over a decade and we are proud to present this high-quality, convenient, and effective online certification program. Doctors, engineers, pilots, and other professionals complete certification and/or degree programs that are available online, and now PSOs join the ranks of those benefiting from online learning! Our intensive e-training program will engage and instruct you with informative videos, interactive quizzes, and stimulating content.  The combination of a fun, interesting program and self-paced learning has been proven to facilitate learning and increase retention of the material—leading to better, more qualified PSOs!

Learn more at PSOeTraining.com!

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ABSTRACT SUBMISSION DEADLINE: 13 JANUARY 2017

ECS, Danish Marine Mammal Society and Aarhus University

invites you to attend the 31st Annual Conference of the European Cetacean Society at

Hindsgavl Castle, Middelfart, Denmark

Main conference will be on 1-3 May, 2017

Workshops will take place on 29-30 April, 2017

This year’s theme is: CONSERVATION IN THE LIGHT OF MARINE SPATIAL USE 

INVITED KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Professor Lars Bejder, Murdoch University, Cetacean Research Unit, Australia

Dr. Asha De Vos, Post-doctoral scholar, University of California, Santa Cruz

Dr. Len Thomas, University of St. Andrews, Scotland

IMPORTANT DATES

Abstract and workshop submission deadline: 13 January 2017 (23:45 CET)

Early registration deadline: 15 March 2017 (23:45 CET)

Video abstract submission deadline: 1 March 2017 (23:45 CET)

Late registration deadline and: 1 April 2017 (23.45 CET)

MORE INFORMATION

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WCA World Whale Conference 2017 “Towards Responsible Tourism for Cetaceans”

Durban, South Africa, 24th -29th June 2017

The World Cetacean Alliance (WCA) would like to invite you to register your interest in our forthcoming World Whale Conference: Towards Responsible Tourism for Cetaceans in Durban, South Africa from 24^th – 29^th June 2017.

The WCA is the world’s largest Partnership working to protect whales, dolphins and porpoises. Through cooperation, our 70+ global Partners aim to conserve and protect cetaceans and their habitats in the world’s oceans, seas and rivers, to ensure their continued health and survival.

The WCA invites you to participate in this event to discuss how tourism can protect and celebrate cetaceans and their habitats.

Hosted by the Durban KwaZulu-Natal Convention Bureau and eThekwini Municipality, the WCA’s 2017 Conference will compose of two parts:

The 4th World Whale Conference will focus on responsible tourism for whales and dolphins, and will unite national, regional and global stakeholders from whale conservation and welfare backgrounds, the whale watching industry, travel and tourism representatives, and beyond, to share evidence and discuss strategies to ensure the protection of cetaceans in southern Africa and worldwide.

The 2nd Whale Heritage Sites Summit will bring together representatives from tourist destinations, international institutions and the private sector along with global experts in tourism, sustainability and whale watching to see Whale Heritage Site candidates showcase their prospective sites, and discuss and explore opportunities for the development of new sites in Africa and worldwide.

Conference Schedule:

Saturday 24th June, 2017: Social events: Community event, excursions, dinner (tbc)

Sunday 25th June, 2017: Workshops (open for topic registration soon)

Monday 26th & Tuesday 27th June, 2017: World Whale Conference

Wednesday 28th June & Thursday 29th June, 2017: Whale Heritage Sites (WHS) Summit

For more information, please register your details: https://surveyplanet.com/57ff81f5c45a3306bc0eee97

Have your say – What would you like to see at the conference?

The WCA would like to encourage all interested parties and stakeholders to have their say in the development of this conference by taking part in our online questionnaire:  https://surveyplanet.com/5808a853cecbdd56235f8e55

The Committee of UK and Ireland Student Chapter (UKIRSC) of the Society for Marine Mammalogy are pleased to announce that the 2017 Conference in Plymouth will open with an Ice Breaker event at the National Marine Aquarium on the evening of the 18th of January.

Our key note speakers this year on the 19th and 20th of January are Dr. Iain Staniland, a marine mammal ecologist from the British Antarctic Survey, Abby Crosby, the Marine Conservation Officer from the Cornwall Wildlife Trust, and Dr. Kimberely Bennett, a marine mammal physiologist and lecturer in biomedical science at Abertay University.

The Mexican Society for Marine Mammalogy (SOMEMMA) is pleased to announce its third biennial marine mammalogy summer school, the III-E3M, which will take place in La Paz, July 3-8, 2017.

III-E3M offers theoretical and practical knowledge on the biology, ecology, evolution, natural history, health and conservation of marine mammals. The summer school is structured in two modules, a basic one that is aimed at undergraduate students with limited or no experience with marine mammals, and an advanced module, aimed at graduate students, who select one of four themes: 1) ecology, 2) bioacustics and population monitoring, 3) genetics, 4) health.

More than 30 mexican and international researchers participate as instructors in the summer school, which includes a hands-on field trip to Espiritu Santo National Park aboard the Narwal research vessel.

Our previous summer schools were targeted to Mexican students. This year, SOMEMMA broadens its scope and is open to international participants (please note that the basic module is taught in spanish, while the advanced modules are taught in spanish and english).

More details on the program, instructors and registration costs can be found at:

http://www.escuelamexicanademamiferosmarinos.com
https://www.facebook.com/3EscuelaMexicanaMastozoologiaMarina/

Are you working on Marine Mammal trophic ecology using either stable isotopes or network analysis to construct and understand food webs? PR statistics has two courses scheduled for early 2017 aimed specifically at understand and building food webs using stable isotopes and/or stomach contents

Stable Isotope Mixing Models using SIAR, SIBER and MixSIAR (SIMM03) Delivered by Dr. Andrew Parnell and Dr. Andrew Jackson http://www.prstatistics.com/…/stable-isotope-mixing-models…/

AND

Network analysis for ecologists (NTWA01) Delivered by Dr.Marco Scotti http://www.prstatistics.com/…/network-analysis-ecologists-…/

Both courses will take place at Millport field centre, Isle of Cumbrae, Scotland (please note that although the filed centre in on an island it is extremely easy and uncomplicated to reach by public transport form both within and outside the UK). SIMM03 is a 4 day course and will run from 28th -3rd March 2017 and NTWA01 is a 5 day course will run from 6th – 10th March 2017.

A COMBINED COURSE PACKAGE IS AVAILABLE)

SIMM03
This course will cover the concepts, technical background and use of stable isotope mixing models (SIMMs) with a particular focus on running them in R. This course will cover the concepts, technical background and use of stable isotope mixing models (SIMMs) with a particular focus on running them in R. Recently SIMMs have become a very popular tool for quantifying food webs and thus the diet of predators and prey in an ecosystem.
Starting with only basic understanding of statistical models, we will cover the do’s and don’ts of using SIMMs with a particular focus on the widely used package SIAR and the new, more advanced MixSIAR.
Participants will be taught some of the advanced features of these packages, which will enable them to produce a richer class of output, and are encouraged to bring their own data sets and problems to study during the round-table discussions.

NTWA01
The first graphical representation of a food web dates back to 1880, with the pioneering works of Lorenzo Camerano. Since then, research on  ecological networks has further developed and ecology is one of the
fields that contributed the most to the growth of network science.
Nowadays, ecologists routinely apply network analysis with a diverse set of objectives that range from studying the stability of ecological communities to quantifying energy flows in ecosystems.
The course is intended to provide the participants theoretical knowledge and practical skills for the study of food webs. First, lessons and exercises will introduce basic principles of network theory. Second, ecological examples will be focused on binary food webs, networks depicting who eats whom in ecosystems. Algorithms quantifying either
global food web properties or single species features within the trophic network will be introduced. Third, we will study how the architecture of the food webs can be used to investigate robustness to biodiversity
loss, thus helping to predict cascading extinction events. Then, ecosystem network analysis (ENA), a suite of matrix manipulation routines for the study of energy/matter circulation in ecosystems, will be presented. We will apply ENA to characterize the trophic structure of food webs and quantify the amount of cycling in ecosystems. Finally, we
will learn how to visualize food web graphs to illustrate their features in an intuitive and fancy way.

Please email any inquiries to oliverhooker@prstatistics.com or visit our
website www.prstatistics.com

Upcoming courses – email for details oliverhooker@prstatistics.com
1. MODEL BASED MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF ECOLOGICAL DATA USING R (January
2017) #MBMV
http://www.prstatistics.com/…/model-base-multivariate-anal…/

2. ADVANCED PYTHON FOR BIOLOGISTS (February 2017) #APYB
http://www.prstatistics.com/…/advanced-python-biologists-a…/

3. STABLE ISOTOPE MIXING MODELS USING SIAR, SIBER AND MIXSIAR USING R
(February 2017) #SIMM
http://www.prstatistics.com/…/stable-isotope-mixing-models…/

4. NETWORK ANAYLSIS FOR ECOLOGISTS USING R (March 2017) #NTWA
http://www.prstatistics.com/…/network-analysis-ecologists-…/

5. ADVANCES IN MULTIVAIRAITE ANALYSIS OF SPATIAL ECOLOGICAL DATA (April
2017) #MVSP
http://www.prstatistics.com/…/advances-in-spatial-analysis…/

6. INTRODUCTION TO STATISTICS AND R FOR BIOLOGISTS (April 2017) #IRFB
http://www.prstatistics.com/…/introduction-to-statistics-a…/

7. ADVANCING IN STATISTICAL MODELLING USING R (April 2017) #ADVR
http://www.prstatistics.com/…/advancing-statistical-modell…/

8. INTRODUCTION TO BAYESIAN HIERARCHICAL MODELLING (May 2017) #IBHM
http://www.prstatistics.com/…/introduction-to-bayesian-hie…/

9. GEOMETRIC MORPHOMETRICS USING R (June) #GMMR
http://www.prstatistics.com/…/geometric-morphometrics-usin…/

10. MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF SPATIAL ECOLOGICAL DATA (June 2017) #MASE
http://www.prstatistics.com/…/multivariate-analysis-of-spa…/

11. BIOINFORMATICS FOR GENETICISTS AND BIOLOGISTS (July 2017) #BIGB
http://www.prstatistics.com/…/bioinformatics-for-geneticis…/

12. SPATIAL ANALYSIS OF ECOLOGICAL DATA USING R (August 2017) #SPAE
http://www.prstatistics.com/…/spatial-analysis-ecological-…/

13. ECOLOGICAL NICHE MODELLING (October 2017) #ENMR
http://www.prstatistics.com/…/ecological-niche-modelling-u…/

14. APPLIED BAYESIAN MODELLING FOR ECOLOGISTS AND EPIDEMIOLOGISTS
(November 2017)
http://www.prstatistics.com/…/applied-bayesian-modelling-e…/

15. GENETIC DATA ANALYSIS USING R (October TBC)
16. INTRODUCTION TO BIOINFORMATICS USING LINUX (October TBC)
17. LANDSCAPE (POPULATION) GENETIC DATA ANALYSIS USING R (November TBC)
18. PHYLOGENETIC DATA ANALYSIS USING R (November TBC)
19. INTRODUCTION TO METHODS FOR REMOTE SENSING (December 2017 TBC)
20. ADVANCING IN STATISTICAL MODELLING USING R (December 2017 TBC)
21. INTRODUCTION TO PYTHON FOR BIOLOGISTS (December 2017 TBC)
22. DATA VISUALISATION AND MANIPULATION USING PYTHON (December 2017
TBC)

Oliver Hooker PhD. PR statistics 128 Brunswick Street Glasgow
www.prstatistics.com
www.prstatistics.com/organiser/oliver-hooker/

The International Congress for Conservation Biology (ICCB) 2017 abstract submission deadline for symposia, short courses, and workshops has been extended to December 14! Submit your abstract here: http://conbio.org/…/program-special-ev…/abstract-submissions

The Danish Marine Mammal Society and Aarhus University invites you to attend the 31st Annual Conference of the European Cetacean Society at Hindsgavl Castle, Middelfart, Denmark

Main conference will be on 1-3 May, 2017
Workshops will take place on 29-30 April, 2017

This year’s theme is:

CONSERVATION IN THE LIGHT OF MARINE SPATIAL USE

INVITED KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:

Professor Lars Bejder, Murdoch University, Cetacean Research Unit, Australia

Dr. Asha De Vos, Post-doctoral scholar, University of California, Santa Cruz

Dr. Len Thomas, University of St. Andrews, Scotland

IMPORTANT DATES

Abstract and workshop submission deadline: 13 January 2017 (23:45 CET)

Early registration deadline: 15 March 2017 (23:45 CET)

Video abstract submission deadline: 1 March 2017 (23:45 CET)

Late registration deadline and: 1 April 2017 (23.45 CET)

MORE INFORMATION:
http://www.europeancetaceansociety.eu/conference/31st-annual-conference-denmark

From Sea to Changing Sea: A Science Symposium about Oceans 

Friday, October 28 | 9 AM–5 PM

Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University

10 Garden Street, Cambridge MA

This symposium will focus on the changing nature of the world’s oceans and the questions that arise from that change. The program will begin with a study of new data about the formation of oceans and the origins of early life. Speakers will then examine how oceans have transformed over climate epochs as water temperatures have fluctuated and ice sheets have formed and melted. Leading scientists and policymakers will also consider how human behavior is affecting the seas, and they will explore the impact of these shifts on marine life, islands, coastal areas, and climate change overall. The symposium will conclude by asking what role the scientific community and others can play in understanding and stewarding this critical global resource.

Please register by visiting www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/event/2016-from-sea-to-changing-sea-symposium.

Speakers:

• Chris Bowler RI ’17, CNRS Director of Research, Institut de Biologie de l’Ecole Normale Supérieure
• Tony de Brum, former minister of foreign affairs, Republic of the Marshall Islands
• Christopher W. Clark, I.P. Johnson Director of the Bioacoustics Research Program; senior scientist, Neurobiology and Behavior; senior scientist, Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Cornell University
• Anne L. Cohen, associate scientist with tenure, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
• David Emerson, senior research scientist and associate director for bacteriology, Provasoli-Guillard National Center for Marine Algae and Microbiota, Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences
• Peter R. Girguis, professor of organismic and evolutionary biology, Harvard University
• John Huth, faculty codirector of the science program, Radcliffe Institute; Donner Professor of Science, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Harvard University
• Richard J. Lazarus, Howard and Katherine Aibel Professor of Law, Harvard Law School
• Amala Mahadevan RI ’15, senior scientist, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
• John W. Mandelman, vice president, Anderson Cabot Center for Ocean life, chief scientist, Fisheries and Habitat Conservation, New England Aquarium
• Andrew Pershing, chief scientific officer, Gulf of Maine Research Institute
• Steven D. Poulin, commander, First Coast Guard District, United States Coast Guard
• Maureen E. Raymo, Lamont Research Professor and director, Lamont-Doherty Core Repository, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University
• Lynne D. Talley, distinguished professor, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego
• Rebecca Woodgate, senior principal oceanographer and associate professor of oceanography, University of Washington

The event is free and open to the public. We encourage you to share this invitation with people you know who may be interested in attending.

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The Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University is dedicated to creating and sharing transformative ideas across the arts, humanities, sciences, and social sciences. Learn more about the people and programs of the Radcliffe Institute at www.radcliffe.harvard.edu.