Intermediate: Identification of Potentially Toxic Cyanophyta
Online Course Information
The Intermediate: Identification of Potentially Toxic Cyanophyta online course is designed to aid analysts in learning to readily recognise and identify the most common potentially toxic cyanobacteria to species level.
These species have a cosmopolitan distribution, affecting fresh, brackish and even estuarine systems all over the world.
Approach of this Course
This course serves as the foundation for the development of subsequent cyanobacterial identification skills, as it is critical in routine analysis. An analyst must be able to readily detect these cyanobacterial species, and, where possible, report them accurately to species, and differentiate them reliably from non-potentially toxic taxa with very similar morphologies.
This information is essential for ensuring a safe water supply and assessing risks associated with recreational use.
What will I learn in this course?
In this course, you will learn to recognise the critical morphological features of each potentially toxic species and learn to differentiate them from one another, as well as use this knowledge as a baseline for the identification and differentiation of other similar taxa in subsequent coursework.
Who is it for?
This intermediate-level course is designed for analysts at all stages of their careers to build and reinforce identification skills for this critically important subgroup of cyanobacteria. The course may also suit environmental consultants and water industry professionals who need to have a baseline identification skill to detect and recognise these taxa.
Contents
- A downloadable 60+ page textbook with descriptive entries for each taxon, relevant information, and images, as a reference and taxonomic guide.
- Approximately 35 minutes of video and written content to complement the textbook.
- The access to this course and all materials via a recurring subscription.
- Unlimited learning support via platform messaging or email.
- Additional VOIP live training sessions able to be purchased separately as required, subject to availability.
Benefits
- Build confidence in skills in identification.
- Presented from a routine analytical perspective using diagrams and images of preserved materials.
- Self-paced learning.
- In application messaging and email learning support.
- Certificate of completion and course outline for inclusion in training records.
Course Outline
Milestone 1 - Course Instructions & Downloads
- Lesson 1: Meet your Trainer
- Lesson 2: Course Instructions & Downloads.
Milestone 2 - Introduction to Potentially Toxic Cyanophyta
- Lesson 1: Introduction to Potentially Toxic Cyanobacteria
Milestone 3 - Heterocystous Potentially Toxic Taxa
- Lesson 1: Raphidiopsis
- Lesson 2: Umezakia
- Lesson 3: Dolichospermum
- Lesson 4: Nostoc
- Lesson 5: Nodularia
- Lesson 6: Heteroscytonema
Milestone 4 - Non-Heterocystous Potentially Toxic Taxa
- Lesson 1: Phormidium
- Lesson 2: Limnothrix, Geitlerinema & Anagnostidinema
Milestone 5 - Colonial Potentially Toxic Taxa
- Lesson 1: Microcystis
Milestone 6 - Marine Potentially Toxic Taxa
- Lesson 1: Trichodesmium
- Lesson 2: Lyngbya Morphotypes
Course Summary & Final Assessment
- Final Assessment
- Course Feedback
Course Fee Options:
About the fee options:
We offer two (2) payment options for individual course purchases, allowing you to choose the one that is most convenient for you. Upon signing up, payments can be made via PayPal or Credit Card. Payments are direct debited. Please also note: The course information and materials you receive within each below fee option are exactly the same.
$47.25 AUD / 3 months
Total Price: $189.00 AUD per year
After the full course fee is paid for the first year, the subscription may be cancelled anytime thereafter. The remainder of the course fee becomes immediately due if cancellation occurs within the first 12 months.
$189.00 AUD / year
Total Price: $189.00 AUD per year
Access to the course will remain active for the full 12 months of the subscription. At the end of the subscription period, options are to renew for another 12 months, change payment plan, or cancel the subscription.