Cycle of conferences on the Natural History of Menorca

The Casa de Cultura in Ciutadella will hold on Fridays in February, at 8 p.m. four conferences, part of the cycle "Història Natural de Menorca", organised by the Institut Menorquí d'Estudis and the Ayuntamiento de Ciutadella, with collaboration from the Cercle Artístic de Ciutadella.

The first, on Friday 7, will deal with the dynamics and vegetation of the beaches of Menorca given by José A. Martín Prieto (Balears Litoral. Universitat de les Illes Balears) and Pere Fraga i Arguimbau (Consell Insular de Menorca).

Sport fishing on Menorca, its social importance and the impact on the fish will be the questions analysed in the following talk, on Friday 14, with the participation by Lluís Cardona Pasqual (International University Study Center. Universitat de Barcelona) and Josep Coll i Montserrat (Direcció General de Pesca. Govern de les Illes Balears).

On Friday 21, Mikel Zabala Limousin (Universitat de Barcelona) and Christian Ruiz Altaba (Conselleria de Medi Ambient. Govern de les Illes Balears) will talk about the impact of human activity on marine invertebrates.

And the last Friday of the month, 28th, will be dedicated to vertebrate fossils of the remains at punta Nati, by Josep Quintana Cardona (Institut Crusafont de Paleontologia) and Josep Antoni Alcover (Universitat de les Illes Balears).

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Date of publication: 04/02/2003

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