Advanced course

Title: Taxonomy and identification of marine and freshwater zooplankton

Teaching plan

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• Introduction to zooplankton

• Importance of zooplankton

• Glossary

• Class Eurotatoria (Phylum Rotifera)

• Class Tubulinea (Phylum Amoebozoa)

• Class Imbricatea (Phylum Cercozoa)

• Class Branchiopoda (Phylum Arthropoda)

• Class Copepoda (Phylum Arthropoda)

• Class Ostracoda (Phylum Arthropoda)

• Class Colpodea (Phylum Ciliophora)

• Class Cyrtophoria (Phylum Ciliophora)

• Class Gymnostomatea (Phylum Ciliophora)

• Class Heterotrichea (Phylum Ciliophora)

• Class Hypotrichea (Phylum Ciliophora)

• Class Karyorelictea (Phylum Ciliophora)

• Class Nassophorea (Phylum Ciliophora)

• Class Oligohymenophorea (Phylum Ciliophora)

• Class Oligotrichea (Phylum Ciliophora)

• Class Prostomatea (Phylum Ciliophora)

• Class Spirotrichea (Phylum Ciliophora)

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Other groups

• Foraminifera

• Cnidaria

• Annelida

• Mollusca

• Echinodermata

• Chaetognatha

In-person or in-company modality

Hours: 10h

Theoretical and practical class

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Online Modality 

Hours: 8h

Theoretical class

Exclusive live classes​

Target audience: Students, researchers, professionals seeking to improve and update themselves, laboratories that want to implement new analyzes in their scope, laboratories that seek accreditation with INMETRO or that wish to train their employees.