Reef Research: Volume 9 No. 1 March 1999

Marine & Environmental Pollution '99
A
n intensive course in marine and environmental pollution will be run at the Orpheus Island Research Station from 12-18 July 1999. The course is suitable for third-year undergraduates and postgraduates and is designed to bring together students who have a strong interest in marine and environmental pollution, and who wish to go on to further study in this area. The course will consist of lectures, tutorial sessions and laboratory work. Assessment is by a literature review, seminar presentation and examination. The maximum number of participants is 20.

The core learning objectives are to:

  • understand the basic principles and multidisciplinary nature of the subject, and to obtain an introduction to research in this area;
  • become aware of some of the current major environmental issues, such as nutrients and eutrophication, heavy metal pollution, acid rain, acid-sulphate soils, acid mine drainage, toxic organic chemicals and marine and estuarine water quality;
  • obtain through case studies new insights into the design and implementation of monitoring programs;
  • understand processes that affect the fate and behaviour of pollutants in the environment; and
  • understand how good sampling programs and state of the art instrumentation can assist pollution monitoring programs.


For further details of the course, including costs, contact the course coordinator Dr Graham Jones, Department of Chemistry, James Cook University, Townsville 4810 (email: graham.jones@jcu.edu.au).

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