Organizers

Linda Medlin (lmedlin@AWI-Bremerhaven.DE)
Klaus Valentin (kvalentin@AWI-bremerhaven.DE)
René Groben (rgroben@AWI-Bremerhaven.DE),


AWI, Bremerhaven, Germany

Topic of the Meeting

Marine organisms play pivotal roles in many biogeochemical processes that sustain the biosphere, and provide a variety of goods and services that are essential to mankind's existence, including food production, assimilation of waste and regulation of the climate. Phytoplankton constitute the major primary producers in all marine systems and as such form the basis of these systems. Depending on the exact structure of the phytoplankton community and its diversity, the entire food web of the marine system may dramatically shift. It follows that the correct and reproducible identification of the phytoplankton species present should enable us to predict how coastal ecosystems vary at the seasonal scale. However, we are only now developing the tools required to adequately document phytoplankton diversity on a routine basis. These tools are arising from the combination of three powerful techniques, namely analytical flow cytometry, artificial neural nets and molecular probes. In our workshop, we will bring experts for these three techniques involved in phytoplankton research together, paying special attention to groups that have pioneered molecular and new analytical techniques, because we believe these techniques are critical to study phytoplankton diversity accurately.

This workshop takes place within the framework of the EU programs:

Invited speakers

Flow Cytometry

Artificial Neural Networks

Molecular Probes

Program

The workshop consisted of talks, poster sessions and practical demonstrations of the different techniques. The first half day was dedicated to talks from invited speakers, the second half day to contributed talks, posters and demonstrations.

 

Useful links

Power Point Presentations (restricted)

Last updated 11 July 2002