CUGAS

UNIVERSIDAD INTERNACIONAL MENENDEZ PELAYO

Eighth European Seminar on

MARINE MAMMALS: BIOLOGY AND CONSERVATION

Valencia (Spain), 13-17 September 2010

DIRECTORS: J. A. Raga (University of Valencia) & P. Evans (Sea Watch Foundation & University of Bangor)

SCIENTIFIC SECRETARIES: F.J. Aznar & M. Fernández (University of Valencia)

ADMINISTRATIVE SECRETARY:

Universidad Internacional Menendez Pelayo
Student Office
Plaza del Carmen, 4
E-46003 Valencia, Spain

Phone ; Fax +34.963865249

E-mail: secretaria_valencia@uimp.es

LANGUAGE: English (with simultaneous Spanish translation)

REGISTRATION: It is limited to a maximum of 100 participants and is subjected to current availability and order of reception.

REGISTRATION FEES: 129 €

DEADLINE: 8th September 2010 (if places are available)

GRANTS: A limited number of grants is available for the course

Applications should be submitted from 1st May to 31st May 2010.

For further information contact the UIMP student office (see above).

PROGRAMME

MONDAY, 13th

08.30 Registration

09.00 Opening session

Juan Antonio Raga & Peter Evans

09.30 Life history strategies of marine mammals

Christina Lockyer
NAMMCO, Norway

12.00 Feeding ecology of marine mammals: techniques, problems and solutions?

Begoña Santos

Instituto Español de Oceanografía, Spain

16.00 Statistical modelling for cetacean habitat use, diet and life history

Graham Pierce

University of Aberdeen, UK

TUESDAY, 14th

09.00 Assessment of marine mammal population size and status

Philip S. Hammond
University of St. Andrews, UK

11.30 Management of cetacean populations

Gregory P. Donovan
International Whaling Commission, UK

16.00 Impact of pollutants on marine mammals

Alex Aguilar
University of Barcelona, Spain

WEDNESDAY, 15th

09.00 Practical sessions*: (1) Age determination & (2) Estimating population size using mark-recapture methods.

COORDINATOR:
Juan Antonio Raga, University of Valencia, Spain

PARTICIPANTS:
Christina Lockyer, NAMMCO, Norway
Philip S. Hammond, University of St. Andrews, UK

16.00 Practical sessions*: (3) Identifying and quantifying cetacean diet & (4) Cetacean necropsy.

COORDINATOR:
Peter Evans, Sea Watch Foundation & University of Bangor, UK

PARTICIPANTS:
Graham Pierce, University of Aberdeen, UK

Begoña Santos, Instituto Español de Oceanografía, Spain

Juan Antonio Raga, University of Valencia, Spain

* Practical sessions will be held in the Cavanilles Institute of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology at the Science Park of Valencia University. Only one of the four practical sessions offered can be chosen by each student.

THURSDAY, 16th

09.00 Parasitism in marine mammal populations

Juan Antonio Raga
University of Valencia, Spain

11.30 Pathology of marine mammals

Mariano Domingo
Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain

16.00 Wind farms and marine mammals

Jonas Teilmann

Aarhus University, Denmark

18.00 Coffee round table

Free talks with the speakers

FRIDAY, 17th

09.00 Behavioural ecology of marine mammals

Arne Bjørge
Institute of Marine Research, Norway

11.30 Conservation of marine mammals and the role of Marine Protected Areas in management

Peter Evans
Sea Watch Foundation & University of Bangor, UK

13.30 Closing session

REGISTRATION REQUIREMENT:

Applicants must be universitary students or post-graduates.

DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED FOR REGISTRATION:

A registration form will be provided by the Student Office. Once this has been completed, it should be handed into the same ofice together with the following documentation:

a) Photocopy of the passport

b) Evidence that the applicant is at least a university or graduate student

c) Original receipt showing payment of registration fees.

PLEASE BEAR IN MIND THAT COIMMUNICATION WITH THE STUDENT OFFICE IS NOT POSSIBLE IN AUGUST DURING UNIVERSITY VACATION TIMES – list these.

http://www.uv.es/cavanilles/cursos/course2010.html

http://www.uimp.es/blogs/valencia/actividades/mamiferos_marinos/