General information
The course will comprise a few intro-ductory lectures but will mainly focus on practical hands-on sessions using scientific diving documentations techniques and learning how to conduct safe practice scien-tific diving. The syllable of the course will include:
- How to illustrate marine research using scientific diving underwater digital photography such as handling of photographic equipment, in water, optimi-zation of lighting and position of strobes during underwater photography, macro- and wide angel photography, composition of picture, imaging in pho-toshop
- How to use scientific diving underwater digital photography for empirical studies including stereo photography to quantify changes in the environ-ment, quantification by visual census methods, underwater photography to study distribution and coverage and alternative methods such as sledges, drop-videos and underwater observatories
- Stereo-video system techniques for quantitative analysis and behavior of mo-bile organisms
- Medical examination and CPR course, which are required for diving during your studies.
- Rules and regulatory frames of Scientific Diving, dive planning and risk as-sessment, repetition of dive medicine and rescue techniques
Among the teachers of the course we have Anders Salesjö, Fredrik Pleijel and Lars-Ove Loo, Linus Hammar and Maria Asplund. More information is available on the online brochure of the course. A full list of PhD courses from the Faculty of Sciences at the University of Gothenburg is available here.
Several of the skills provided during the course are required in the European Scientific Div-er (ESD) certification, which is a mobility certificate within Europe. Therefore documenta-tion after the course will be provided to the students, which can then be used when they apply for the ESD certificate.
To give you important tools about using SD documentation techniques when illustrating your research and conducting empirical studies in the marine environ-ment using SD techniques. Several of the skills provided during the course are re-quired for the European Scientific Diver (ESD) certification. Documentation after this course can then be used if you apply for the ESD certificate.
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Venue
Kristineberg, Sweden
Marine Field Station-Kristineberg, Sven Lovén Centre for Marine Research, in Fiskebäckskil
(for more info about the Lovén centre see www.loven.gu.se)
Application
Cost:
<p>There is no registration fee, but attendees will be responsible for their own travel and food expenses.</p>
Prerequisites:
- Admitted to third cycle education, graduate students
- Dive certificate; either a recreational (sports-) dive certificate corresponding to CMAS** or PADI rescue diver or a professional Swedish S30 or any other according to IDSA level 1 standards. A documentation (log book) of at least 20 logged dives whereof at least 5 dives with a max depth of at least 18 m. Documentation of previous cold-water diving.
Application Procedure:
A short abstract (max 200 words) describing the applicants research and how the applicant can foresee the usage of scientific diving documentation techniques within their research (if applicable), should be sent in with the application to the course to maria.asplund@gu.se.
Deadline for application: May 31st , 2014
Qualification
Assessment:
Required steps in order for a student to pass the course:
1. Oral presentations of the documentation produced during the course and how the PhD students aim to apply the scientific documentation techniques in their research
2. Showed proof that they can make a dive plan and a risk assessment for scientific div-ing
3. Active participation during the course
4. All scheduled moments during the course are mandatory
Credits:
The course will comprise a few intro-ductory lectures but will mainly focus on practical hands-on sessions using scientific diving documentations techniques and learning how to conduct safe practice scien-tific diving. The syllable of the course will include:
- How to illustrate marine research using scientific diving underwater digital photography such as handling of photographic equipment, in water, optimi-zation of lighting and position of strobes during underwater photography, macro- and wide angel photography, composition of picture, imaging in pho-toshop
- How to use scientific diving underwater digital photography for empirical studies including stereo photography to quantify changes in the environ-ment, quantification by visual census methods, underwater photography to study distribution and coverage and alternative methods such as sledges, drop-videos and underwater observatories
- Stereo-video system techniques for quantitative analysis and behavior of mo-bile organisms
- Medical examination and CPR course, which are required for diving during your studies.
- Rules and regulatory frames of Scientific Diving, dive planning and risk as-sessment, repetition of dive medicine and rescue techniques
Among the teachers of the course we have Anders Salesjö, Fredrik Pleijel and Lars-Ove Loo, Linus Hammar and Maria Asplund. More information is available on the online brochure of the course. A full list of PhD courses from the Faculty of Sciences at the University of Gothenburg is available here.
A short abstract (max 200 words) describing the applicants research and how the applicant can foresee the usage of scientific diving documentation techniques within their research (if applicable), should be sent in with the application to the course to maria.asplund@gu.se.
Deadline for application: May 31st , 2014
Required steps in order for a student to pass the course:
1. Oral presentations of the documentation produced during the course and how the PhD students aim to apply the scientific documentation techniques in their research
2. Showed proof that they can make a dive plan and a risk assessment for scientific div-ing
3. Active participation during the course
4. All scheduled moments during the course are mandatory
Several of the skills provided during the course are required in the European Scientific Div-er (ESD) certification, which is a mobility certificate within Europe. Therefore documenta-tion after the course will be provided to the students, which can then be used when they apply for the ESD certificate.
To give you important tools about using SD documentation techniques when illustrating your research and conducting empirical studies in the marine environ-ment using SD techniques. Several of the skills provided during the course are re-quired for the European Scientific Diver (ESD) certification. Documentation after this course can then be used if you apply for the ESD certificate.
- Admitted to third cycle education, graduate students
- Dive certificate; either a recreational (sports-) dive certificate corresponding to CMAS** or PADI rescue diver or a professional Swedish S30 or any other according to IDSA level 1 standards. A documentation (log book) of at least 20 logged dives whereof at least 5 dives with a max depth of at least 18 m. Documentation of previous cold-water diving.
