Visit of Canadian professor and researcher Dr. Christopher C. Parrish

• Grant number: 10/15714-0
• Support Opportunities: Research Grants - Visiting Researcher Grant - International
• Start date: November 13, 2010
• End date: December 04, 2010
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Ecology - Applied Ecology
• Principal Investigator: Maria da Graça Gama Melão
• Grantee: Maria da Graça Gama Melão
• Visiting researcher: Christopher C. Parrish
• Visiting researcher institution: Memorial University of Newfoundland (MUN), Canada
• Host Institution: Centro de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde (CCBS). Universidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCAR). São Carlos , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 08/02078-9 - Ecophysiological and production studies of the freshwater Anostraca Dendrocephalus brasiliensis Pesta 1921 and its implications on zooplanktonic and nektonic communities, AP.TEM

Abstract

O Dr. Christopher Parrish will conduct a research project and will teach up to a 15 hour course. This is part of the project "Análise comparativa da composição bioquímica e do valor nutricional de Dendrocephalus brasiliensis, Daphnia laevis e Artemia salina alimentadas com algas cultivadas sob diferentes condições ambientais". The experiment we would undertake would involve feeding algae to Brazilian zooplankton and taking samples for analysis in his laboratory here in Canada. The course he proposes to teach would involve approximately 3 equal modules within an Applied Chemistry Lecture Series: Environmental Chemistry, Chemometrics, and Essential fatty acids in aquatic food webs. (AU)