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22 th April 2008

University of Sidney

Dear Doctor Underwood,

As per our phone conversation whith my professor Francisco Barros, I am writing to provide the information you requested about my academic formation to seminars) are posted in site lattes.cnpq.br. Iam very interesting in make my doctor course in Marine Biology in as your student in this University. My doctor project is about ecological patterns in benthic communities in impacted estuarines zones. I would be grateful if you could conduct our research. posgraduate program. Othes information (e.g publications, complementary courses, congress and

Yours sincerely, Maria Betnia Figueiredo