Graduate Course Available
Biotelemetry and Biologging
University Studies on Svalbard
Svalbard, Norway
For further information, please go to:
Master's Level Course
http://www.unis.no/10_STUDIES/1020_Courses/Arctic_Biology/ab_325.htm
PhD Level Course (additional project work required)
http://www.unis.no/10_STUDIES/1020_Courses/Arctic_Biology/ab_825.htm
To apply, please go to:
https://studweb.uit.no/isapi/WebObjects.dll/evuweb?inst=Unis
For questions, please contact:
Kit Kovacs
Email: Kit.Kovacs [at] npolar.no
University Studies on Svalbard (UNIS) will offer a graduate course on
biotelemetry and biologging in the spring term of 2013. The course will
run 29 April - 31 May 2013 in Svalbard, Norway, and is suitable for
either MSc students or PhD studies.
Students should be actively involved in graduate research work that uses
biologging devices or telemetric equipment of some kind in an ecological
context. Topics will include:
- Basic principles for radio signal transmission and antenna theory;
- Telemetric technology, regulations, and management of frequencies;
- Ethics (animal welfare) in biotelemetry/biologging;
- Introduction to VHF-based telemetry and GPS-positioning systems in
biotelemetry--transmitters, applications, and limitations;
- Telemetry and biologging equipment--a manufacturer's perspective;
- User "issues"--a manufacturer's perspective and troubleshooting;
- Maps, mapping, and GPS technology--practical applications;
- Acoustic telemetry--methods and science questions;
- Range size, habitat use, etc.--storage and retrieval of data and
the integration of animal tracks and terrestrial environmental data;
- An introduction to GIS tools;
- Design considerations/limitations in marine mammal biotelemetry;
- Biotelemetry and biologging with Svalbard's marine mammals--case
studies;
- Linking marine mammal telemetry and the environment--MAMVIS and
statistical tools;
- Remote methods in sea bird research--transponders, photographic
methods, light loggers, and GPS telemetry;
- Fish tracking;
- Physiological telemetry--applications and potential; and
- Looking into the future.
This course will have a strong marine mammal emphasis but will also deal
with avian examples and have a module in tracking fish. Short field
modules will highlight current research themes using telemetry in the
Svalbard science community. The course starts with a 2-day safety
course, with firearms training. This is a required element in all UNIS
study programs.
Students must be fit enough to ride a snowmobile (and have a valid
driver's license), as well as being field-hearty enough to enjoy boat
and other outdoor work in the High Arctic. The course will fill on a
first-come, first-served basis, providing applicants meet the
qualifications.
For further information, please go to:
Master's Level Course
http://www.unis.no/10_STUDIES/1020_Courses/Arctic_Biology/ab_325.htm.
PhD Level Course (additional project work required)
http://www.unis.no/10_STUDIES/1020_Courses/Arctic_Biology/ab_825.htm.
To apply, please go to:
https://studweb.uit.no/isapi/WebObjects.dll/evuweb?inst=Unis.
For questions, please contact:
Kit Kovacs
Email: Kit.Kovacs [at] npolar.no
ArcticInfo is administered by the Arctic Research Consortium of the
United States (ARCUS). Please visit us on the World Wide Web at:
http://www.arcus.org/
At any time you may:
Subscribe or unsubscribe by using the web form located at:
http://www.arcus.org/arcticinfo/subscription.html
To be removed from the list at any time send an email to:
arcticinfo-unsub [at] arcus.org
To resubscribe send an email to:
arcticinfo-sub [at] arcus.org
Subscribers to ArcticInfo will automatically receive the newsletter,
Witness the Arctic.If you would prefer not to receive Witness the Arctic,
specify on the web form.
Subscribe and unsubscribe actions are automatic. Barring mail system
failure you should receive responses from our system as confirmation to
your requests.
If you have information you would like to post to the mailing list send
the message to: list [at] arcus.org
You can search back issues of ArcticInfo by content or date at:
http://www.arcus.org/arcticinfo/arcticinfo_search.html
If you have any questions please contact the list administrator at:
list [at] arcus.org
ARCUS
3535 College Road, Suite 101
Fairbanks, AK 99709-3710
907-474-1600
907-474-1604 (fax)
ArcticInfo is funded by the National Science Foundation as a service to
the research community through Cooperative Agreement ARC-0618885 with
ARCUS. Any information, opinions, findings, and conclusions or
recommendations expressed in this material are those of the information
sources and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science
Foundation or ARCUS.