Second ICES/HELCOM Workshop and Training Course on Phytoplankton (WKPHYT)

The Chair, Mrs Agneta Andersson-Nordstrom, opened the Workshopffraining Course of the Phytoplankton Expert Group, which was held at Hotel Parkas in Klaipeda, Lithuania from 12-15 October 1998. The director of the Centre of Marine Research in Klaipeda, Mr Algirdas Stankevicius, welcomed the participants on behalf of the hosts. The meeting was organised by Mrs Irina Olenina. Mr Norbert Wasmund was appointed rapporteur. The list of participants is attached as Annex 1 to this report.
The training course was composed of two parts: training on cyanobacteria (Cyanoprokaryota) on 12 October 1998 with Mrs Gertrud Cronberg as a teacher and training on small flagellates (Prymnesiophyceae, Chrysophyceae, Cryptophyceae, Prasinophyceae) on 13 October 1998 with Mrs Seija Hallfors and Mr Guy Hallfors as teachers. The two parts included a theoretical introduction and practical microscopical work on samples, brought over by the participants.