External practicals and final degree thesis
Student María Cirera Díaz
On September 26th, we initiated laboratory practical work as part of the external practicals and final degree project for María Cirera Díaz, a student at the University of Las Palmas of Gran Canaria. She will be working with her supervisor, Dr. Joana Vasconcelos, on the project titled "Application of Morphometry and Shape Analysis in Coastal Stock Identification". We have initiated our photographic record and biological sampling of Trachurus trachurus captured in the Gulf of Cádiz (FAO Zone 27, ICES IXa).
Field and laboratory work
External practicals and Master's thesis of Olivia Martínez Ruiz
On 19 September, we began the practical work in the field and laboratory as part of the external practicals and final Master's work of Olivia Martínez Ruiz, a student at the University of Coruña. The student recently joined the University of Las Palmas of Gran Canaria to work with her supervisors, Dr Rodrigo Riera and Dr Joana Vasconcelos. In order to carry out this work, we had the authorisation of the local authorities (Dirección General de Pesca; Consejería de Agricultura, Ganadería, Pesca y Soberanía Alimentaria) to catch limpets of the species Patella aspera and P. candei. We would like to thank them for all their support.
With the aim of preparing and carrying out practical activities that mobilize knowledge from Biological Sciences, adapting them to the cognitive level of students and to the programs of the 1st and 2nd Cycles of Basic Education, students of the 3rd year of the Course in Basic Education at the University of Madeira (Curricular Unit Study of the Environment V), demonstrated their activities to students of the 2nd Cycle of the Basic School of the 2nd and 3rd Cycles Horácio Bento de Gouveia (HBG).
On November 15, the activity "Frequecy of beatings of cirri of barnacles of the spceies Megabalanus azoricus (Crustacea: CIRRIPEDIA) as a function of temperatureE" organized jointly with MARE-Madeira. I would like to take this opportunity to thank Dr. Patrício Ramalhosa in setting up the experience and providing support on the day of the activity.
As part of the Biosystematics subject of the 1st year of the Biology Course at the University of Madeira, the students went to the Lota do Funchal (Regional Directorate of Fisheries) where they took photographs of fish of different species to analyze their body shape.
As part of the Zoology I course unit, some fieldwork was carried out on October 12th. In this activity, Dr. Rodrigo Riera,
Professor at the Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and partner in the LAPACOM Project gave a small lecture and showed how to sample epifauna from algae.
An experience for curious minds/ UMa experiência para mentes curiosas
ACTIVITY WITHIN THE SUBJECT ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY -
MARE-Madeira
Field work
Biosystematics
Field work
Zoology I
