PRIMER-E hosted one of their training workshops at the Weedon Island Preserve Visitors' Center, St Petersburg, Florida in February 20-24, 2017. Dr. Reia Guppy attended this week long training learning the newest additions to this statistical software for Multivariate Analysis in Ecology (& other Sciences).  PRIMER is increasingly used by marine ecologists. Applications of this software included, species assemblages and physico-chemical variables which can be used to assess for example environmental impacts of oilfields, discharges, trawling, aquaculture, and population genetics.