North American Benthological Society - Taxonomic Certification Program

The main goals of the NABS Taxonomic Certification Program are to improve the quality of both volunteer and professional water quality assessments using macroinvertebrates, and to enhance the importance and value of taxonomic training to environmental stewardship.  It is designed for those involved with invertebrate identification and will certify skilled individuals who are providing aquatic invertebrate identifications.  Successful candidates will be provided with a 5 year certificate of proficiency. 

The Coordinator, Dr. Murray Colbo, and the technical support staff member, Gail Corkum, are located at ACER. 

For more information on NABS-TCP and their programs please visit their website at www.nabstcp.com.

Contact:

Dr. Murray Colbo

Coordinator

North American Benthological Society

Taxonomic Certification Program
Acadia University, Box 115
Wolfville, Nova Scotia B4P 2R6

Phone: (902) 585-1742
Fax: (902) 585-1054
E-mail: murray.colbo@acadiau.ca

or

Gail Corkum

Technical Support

North American Benthological Society

Taxonomic Certification Program
Acadia Centre for Estuarine Research
Acadia University, Box 115
Wolfville, Nova Scotia B4P 2R6

Phone: (902) 585-1742
Fax: (902) 585-1054
E-mail: gail.corkum@acadiau.ca
Office: War Memorial House, Room 141