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As seen in the 16 March issue of
Science:
COURSE ANNOUNCEMENT
Biomechanics, Physiology, and Genetics of Intertidal Communities
Intertidal communities have been used as a model system in ecological interaction for decades and are a sensitive bellwether of climate change. Fundamental factors responsible for structuring these communities include abiotic variables such as wave exposure, temperature, wind speed, and light, primarily through an interaction between environment and individual fitness. The physical and biological environments also set the geographic scale for dispersal, adaptation and gene flow. This four-week summer course offers experimental ecologists theoretical and hands-on instruction in cutting-edge methods in biomechanics, physiology/biochemistry/molecular biology, and genetic investigations of dispersal and local adaptation, as applied to questions in community ecology and environmental adaptation.
Instructors:
Drs. Mark Denny, Steve Palumbi, and George Somero. Dates: June 18 through July 13, 2007. Independent research following the course is possible. Location: Hopkins Marine Station, Stanford University, Pacific Grove, California 93950-3094. For additional information, including a course prospectus and instructions for application, see
website: http://hms.stanford.edu/HMSweb/mech.html
or contact the instructors
(e-mail: mwdenny@stanford.edu , e-mail: spalumbi@stanford.edu
, or
e-mail: somero@stanford.edu ). Deadline for receipt of all application materials is April 1, 2007.
5818xM06707-L112750
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