Subject Area
Biological Oceanography
Marine Ecology
Activities
Marine Biology and Ecology, Coastal Hydrobiology and Ecology, Coastal Phytoplankton Community Structure, Coastal Eutrophisation, Harmful Algal Blooms, Harmful Algae, Amnesic Shellfish Poisonning,
Sea regions of study
Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin
Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin
Skills
Analysis of phytoplankton, Chl a and nutrients with spectrophotometric methods, Analysis of domoic acid in sea-water and cultures of Pseudo-nitzschia using the HPLC method, Familiarity with taxonomy of Pseudo-nizschia species (causative of Amnesic Shellfish poisonning). Isolation and culture of diatom species.
Familiarity with both univariate and multivariate statistics, experience with SPSS, Statistica 8, Canoco 4.5 and several types of word processors. Experience in design and maintenance of large relational data sets.
