PICRC conducts training on water quality measurement From September 29-30, Palau International Coral Reef Center (PICRC) research staff including Geraldine Rengiil, Marine Gouezo, Shirley Koshiba, Lincoln Rehm, Geory Mereb, Dawnette Olsudong, Asap Bukurrou, as well as Anthony Adelbai Jr from the Environmental Quality Protection Board (EQPB) attended 2-days training on water quality measurement. The training was conducted at the PICRC Laboratories and in the field at one of PICRC monitoring sites. Dr. Takashi Kawai, a Postdoctoral fellow from Palau Coral Reef Island Ecosystems (P-CoRIE) project dispatched by Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) from the University of the Ryukyus (UoR), led the training with the assistance of Izumi Mimura and Asami Tsugi from UoR and PICRC short term volunteer from JICA Yoshihisa Goto. On the first day, the training covered important parameters of water quality for coral reef assessment, and then the staff practiced water quality measurement using a high-performance equipment (AAQ176, JFE Advantech Co., Ltd., Japan) in the field. On the second day at the PICRC Laboratory, they learned how to measure two very important water quality parameters “Alkalinity” and density of Chlorophyll a” that are key parameters for assessment of “Ocean acidification” and “Eutrophication”, respectively. Now, PICRC has powerful techniques and tools for deciphering signs of environmental changes in our very precious coral reef ecosystem. This training highlights PICRC’s efforts to continually improve its staff capacity and to utilize new tools and technology to improve its coral reef research and monitoring work. One of PICRC’s core values is investment in people and learning and by investing in capacity building for its staff, PICRC can better achieve its mission “to guide efforts supporting coral reef stewardship through research and its applications for the people of Palau, Micronesia, and the world”.
Posted on: Sat, 04 Oct 2014 02:10:06 +0000
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