Location: University of Coimbra, Department of Life Sciences
Dates:  20 – 24 June 2022
Number of hours: 30
Maximum number of participants: 20
Registration fee: 50€
Scholarships: MARE members are eligible to apply for one of 10 scholarships (400€) and fee exemption; participants from the Coimbra district can apply for fee exemption only. Priority will be given to MARE Ph.D. students > MARE master students > MARE researchers > other Ph.D. students > other master students > other researchers
Accommodation: Participants can book for accommodation at the University residences (14.2€/night in shared room; 28€/night in single room) at https://portaldossas.uc.pt/meuprocesso/#/sasuc/pedidoAlojamento

Note: Accommodation and meals are not covered by the organization. Participants are entitled to the course materials and a participation certificate.

Day 1 [Administração de Recursos Hídricos do Centro - ARH]
9:00 ‒ 9:15 Welcome. Introduction to the course.
9:15 ‒ 10:45 Species invasions in freshwaters. Pedro Anastácio, U. Évora
11:00 ‒ 11:45 Fish invasions: trends, vectors, impacts and what can we do about it! Filipe Ribeiro, U. Lisboa
12:00 ‒ 12:45 Bivalve invasions: economic and biological impacts. Joaquim Reis, U. Lisboa
14:00 ‒ 15:00 Field session: The concept of river connectivity; how a fishway works (Açude-Ponte, Coimbra). Pedro Raposo de Almeida, U. Évora
15:15 ‒ 17:00 Field session: Sampling fish by electrofishing. Filipe Ribeiro, U. Lisboa

Day 2 [Department of Life Sciences, UC]
9:00 ‒ 10:00 Concepts of hydromorphology and hydrometry. João Pedroso de Lima, U. Coimbra
10:15 ‒ 11:15 Concepts of ecosystem services and ecological integrity. Maria João Feio, U. Coimbra
11:30 – 12:30 Functional indicators of ecological integrity. Verónica Ferreira, U. Coimbra
Vale das Flores stream
14:00 ‒ 15:00 Field session: Ecosystem services provided by urban rivers. Maria João Feio, U. Coimbra
15:15 ‒ 17:00 Field session: River ecological quality assessment using macroinvertebrates as indicators - sampling and classification. Ana Raquel Calapez, U. Coimbra

Day 3 [Department of Life Sciences, UC]
9:00 ‒ 10:00 Trait definition(s); types of traits and what do they reflect. Sónia Serra, U. Coimbra
10:30 ‒ 12:30 Advances in standardizing trait data; How traits can be quantified (real vs. potential traits). Sónia Serra, U. Coimbra
14:30 ‒ 17:00 Practical session: Traits in ecology – univariate and multivariate approaches using R software (package ade4 – analysis of ecological data) to analyze and visually represent traits. Sónia Serra, U. Coimbra

Day 4 [Department of Life Sciences, UC]
9:00 ‒ 10:00 Molecular approaches in biodiversity assessment and evolution, particularly fish. Carla Sousa Santos, ISPA
10:15 ‒ 11:15 The power and limitations of environmental DNA metagenomics. Manuel Curto, U. Lisboa
11:30 ‒ 12:30 Molecular approaches to biomonitoring, particularly macroinvertebrates and diatoms. Maria João Feio, U. Coimbra
14:30 ‒ 17:00 Theoretical/practical session: Safeguarding freshwaters: could molecular biodiversity be an appropriate tool? An example with fungi. Seena Sahadevan, U. Coimbra

Day 5 [Department of Life Sciences, UC]
9:00 ‒ 12:30 & 14:30 ‒ 17:00 Theoretical/practical session: Meta-analysis in ecology. Verónica Ferreira, U. Coimbra

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