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The Department of Oceanography and the COPAS Sur-Austral Program of the University of Concepcion, Chile, announce the Austral Summer Institute XIV (ASI XIV) to be held in January 2014 at the Main Campus in Concepción and at the Experimental Laboratory of Marine Biology in Dichato.

ASI XIV will be devoted to Coastal and Open Ocean Studies Through Multiple Approaches, and consists of the following courses:

  • Multi-disciplinary satellite oceanography: platforms, data and applications

    6-10 January 2014

    Andrew Thomas, University of Maine, United States

  • Changing biogeochemical cycles in the coastal ocean

    6-10 January 2014

    Kay-Christian Emeis, Institute of Coastal Research & University of Hamburg, Germany

  • Ecology and Diversity of Marine Microorganisms (ECODIM VIII)

    6-25 January 2014

    Rodrigo De la Iglesia, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile
    Kurt Hanselmann, ETH Zürich, Switzerland
    Matthew Sullivan, University of Arizona, United States
    Nicole Trefault, Universidad Mayor, Chile
    Osvaldo Ulloa, Universidad de Concepción, Chile
    Ger van den Engh, BD BioSciences, United States
    Daniel Vaulot, Station Biologique de Roscoff (CNRS & Université Pierre et Marie Curie), France

  • Fluvial and glacial sediments impacting coastal ocean processes: an interdisciplinary perspective

    13-17 January 2014

    Charles Nittrouer, University of Washington, United States