Freshwater Algae Training Courses

Algae are increasingly used in programmes to monitor the quality of water in rivers and lakes. This may be part of a general assessment of changes or targeted on specific substances such as nutrients and herbicides. Sometimes the algae themselves are cause for alarm when in warm summers they form conspicuous nuisance growths or are even toxic. For these reasons there is a rapidly growing need for the accurate identification and quantification of freshwater and terrestrial algae. We have provided since 1990 training programmes designed to meet these needs. Over 300 people from the UK, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Spain, The Netherlands, Sweden, Croatia, Egypt, South Africa, USA and several countries in South America have successfully completed our training courses that until 2001 were run jointly by The Natural History Museum (London) and the University of Durham.

The courses are designed to train biological staff from the Environment Agency of England and Wales, the Scottish Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA), The Environmental Protection Agency in Ireland, water plcs and other organizations, research students and overseas scientists in the identification of freshwater algae. These courses also address the needs of aquaculturists, fishery biologists, research students, conservationists, contract agency staff and others with an interest in identifying freshwater and terrestrial algae.

We are able to help by develop people's skills during a one-day course or courses lasting several days that focus on one or most algal groups and cover algal-related problems. Our combined expertise ensures that we are able to comprehensively cover all the ecologically most important algal groups.



Please browse around our website where you'll find details of our introductory and advance courses.

Any questions or further information,

please call, write or e-mail us:

Prof. Brian Whitton, 74 Archery Rise,
Durham DH1 4LA
phone +44(0)191 3867504 or +44(0)191 3341347
fax +44(0)191 3860619
e-mail: b.a.whitton@durham.ac.uk

Dr David John, The Natural History Museum,
Cromwell Road, London SW 7 5BD
phone +44(0)207 9425078
e-mail: d.john@nhm.ac.uk

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