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Plankton biodiversity: training, sampling, taxonomy and data evaluation in Seychelles & Mauritius

 

Key Facts

FUNDING SCHEME ICON
FUNDING SCHEME
Main Project
VALUE ICON
VALUE
£173,007
WHERE ICON
WHERE
Seychelles, Mauritius

Summary

To identify keystone zooplankton species in the waters around the Seychelles and Mauritius
 
Status Completed
Reference 90-04
Round 8
Start 01/04/2000
End 31/03/2003
Project Leader
Dr Dave Robins
Lead Organisation
Royal Geographical Society - Shoals
Project Partners
NERC Centre for Coastal Marine Science
Regions
Sub-Saharan Africa
Biomes
COASTAL, MARINE, MARINE COASTAL, ISLAND BIODIVERSITY
Countries
Seychelles, Mauritius
Project Outputs
Train Mauritian undergraduate students. Hold training workshops. Launch a regional plankton monograph. Produce a plankton-sampling manual. Produce a key plankton species guide. Publish 6 papers in non/peer reviewed journals. Establish key-plankton species collection. Hold regional conference.

Documents:
Download: ECP - ECP Seychelles-Mauritius - final - 08/10/2009

Download: Final Report - 09-004 FR - 19/11/2010