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Advanced course

Title: Taxonomy and identification of marine and freshwater phytoplankton

Teaching plan

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- Introduction to marine and freshwater phytoplankton

- Importance for environmental monitoring and water quality

- Blooms and toxins

- Technical glossary applied to phytoplankton

- Bacillariophyceae (diatoms)

- Coscinodiscophyceae (diatoms)

- Melosirophyceae (diatoms)

- Fragilariophyceae (diatoms)

- Thalassiosirophyceae (diatoms)

- Chlorophyceae (green algae)

- Trebouxiophyceae (green algae)

- Chrysophyceae (golden algae)

- Cryptophyceae (cryptophytes)

- Cyanophyceae (cyanobacteria)

- Dinophyceae (dinoflagellates)

- Euglenophyceae (phytoflagellates)

- Zygnematophyceae (desmids)

In-person or in-company mode

Hours: 12h

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.

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