Consultancy of design, implementation and management of research projects - advanced laboratory and field experiments.   Past research has included:
 
1) Sensory and behavioural ecology, neuroanatomy and electrophysiology within (but not limited to) the early development of fishes; first feed, growth, habitat-use, -detection, -selection and -imprinting.
 
2) The ecology, behaviour and ecophysiology of cnidarians and their fish and crustacean symbionts.
 
3) Monitoring and assessments of aquatic ecosystems
 
4) Aquaculture:  Successful culture of several corals and coral reef fish species (anemonefishes, seahorses, gobies, and stony corals).
 
Specific skills with practical experience from past assignments:
 
1) Staff management, design, construction and maintenance of aquaculture facilities/aquariums.
 
2) Certified, experienced microscopy user: scanning and transmission electron microscopy and light  microscopy.
 
3) Professional U/W- photographer. Collection of coral- and fish-images: approx. 15.000. Several images selected for the front page of international science publications and sold to college student text books (see under books).
 
4) DTP: Book, brochure and magazine design, layout, publishing and editorial work. Experienced user, including teaching/supervision, of Adobe Acrobat (full), Enfocus Pitstop, Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, ImageReady, the full office package and stat-software.
 
5) Teaching biology and geography in Danish or English at high school/college level. See more details under Teaching 1 and 2.
 
6) Teaching, lecturing and supervision worldwide of university students (See more details under Teaching 1 and 2 ): general biology, physiology, ecology, sensory and behavioral ecology, ecophysiology, morphology and aquaculture. Science language - research paper preparation and publication.
 
Michael Arvedlund - April 2010

Hi, I am your consultant

Michael Arvedlund
 
BSc MSc PhD in marine ecology
 
Fastest way to contact me: arvedlund@speedpost.net
 
I work all over the world.
 
In the past I have worked on marine and freshwater biological main projects in United Kingdom (three years), Japan (three years), Australia (three years), Denmark (five years), and worked on smaller projetcs (several weeks to several months) in Israel, Egypt, Jordan, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Indonesia, Taiwan, Fiji, & USA.
 
Today, I am based in Denmark, Northern Europe.
 
 
Summary of publications: 103 papers.
 
(A) Science papers: 21 refereed papers, 2 refereed dissertations and 9 international conference/meeting abstracts.
 
(B) Popular science books, papers, reports and misc.: 2 books, 48 popular science articles, 6 feasibility studies, 7 national newspaper articles and 8 technical reports
 
Please contact me by e-mail for copies of my published papers and a detailed list  of my publications. I can also help you purchase my books for a reasonable price.


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