PSAMMONALIA

Newsletter of the International Association of Meiobenthologists

Number 116, May 1997

Composed and Printed at The University of Gent, Department of Morphology - Systematics and Ecology, Marine Biology Section, K.L. Ledeganckstr. 35, B-9000 Gent, Belgium.

Hot news : '...as a large migratory group of meiobenthologists is expected to land in the area of Plymouth sometime next year, ...' More details inside this issue.

Executive Committee

Magda Vincx, Chairperson,
Ann Vanreusel, Treasurer,
Paul A. Montagna, Past Chairperson, Marine Science Institute, University of Texas at Port Aransas, P.O. Box 1267, Port Aransas TX 78373, USA
Robert Feller, Assistant Treasurer and Past Treasurer, Belle Baruch Institute for Marine Science and Coastal Research, University of South Carolina, Columbia SC 29208, USA
Gunter Arlt, Term Expires 2001, Rostock University, Department.of Biology, Rostock D18051, GERMANY
Teresa Radziejewska, Term Expires 1998, Interoceanmetal Joint Organization, ul. Cyryla I Metodego 9, 71-541 Szczecin, POLAND
Yoshihisa Shirayama, Term Expires 1998, Ocean Research Institute, University of Tokyo, 1-15-1 Minamidai, Nakano-Ku, Tokyo 164, JAPAN
James Ward, Term Expires 1998, Department of Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523 USA

Ex-Officio Executive Committee (Past Chairpersons)

Robert P. Higgins, Founding Editor, 1966-67
W. Duane Hope 1968-69
John S. Gray 1970-71
Wilfried Westheide 1972-73
Bruce C. Coull 1974-75
Jeanne Renaud-Mornant 1976-77
William D. Hummon 1978-79
Robert P. Higgins 1980-81
Carlo Heip 1982-83
Olav Giere 1984-86
John W. Fleeger 1987-89
Richard M. Warwick 1990-92
Paul A. Montagna 1993-1995

Board of Correspondents

Bruce Coull, Belle Baruch Institute for Marine Science and Coastal Research, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
Dan Danielopol, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Limnology, A-5310 Mondsee, Gaisberg 116, Austria
Roberto Danovaro, Facolta de Scienze, Universita di Ancona, ITALY
Nicole Gourbault, Museum Nat. Hist. Nat., Bim - 57 rue Curie, Paris, 75231 Paris 5, FRANCE
Andrew Gooday, Institute of Oceanographic Sciences, Wormley, Godalming, Surrey, GU8 5UB, UK
Duane Hope, Department of Invertebrate Zoology, National Museum Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560, USA
Tom Moens, University of Gent, Marine Biology Section, K.L. Ledeganckstr. 35, B-9000 Gent, BELGIUM
Alex V. Tchesunov, Dept. Invertebrate Zoology, Biology Faculty, Moscow Lomonosov State Univ., Moscow 119899, RUSSIA
Zhang Zhinan, Department of Marine Biology, Ocean University of Qindgao, Qingdao, Shangdong, PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA

You may make your donations to the Bertil Swedmark Fund directly to the IAM bank account (account number 6586667) of the Lloyds Bank (Sort code 30-96-68), 8 Royale Parade Plymouth PL1 1HB, UK.

IN MEMORIAM

Ulrich Einsle was not only a scientist with heart and soul, but also an athlete when he was young, his favourite disciplines being high jumping and sprints. He was highly interested in history and he also was a musician, to be exact, he played the accordion. In his student days Uli made dance music with his trio in the distinguished "Parkcafe" and in the villa "Haus Margarete" in Konstanz. Ulrich did joinery, partly rebuilt and completed his house in the "Sonnentauweg" and even put in a fire-place all by himself. He also liked working in the garden. As a scientist he knew how to quiet the croaking frogs in his pond when neighbours were complaining. What he did not like at all was to repair the car or to tinker at engines - apart from that he was an all-purpose man. Ulrich distinguished himself in the mid-sixties in the public discussion on the conservation of the threatened water of Lake Constance. He contributed to the monitoring programmes of the "Internationalen Gewasserschutzkomission fur den Bodensee" [International water monitoring committee for Lake Constance]. From 1975 to 1980 he was even a member of the Konstanz municipal council as a representative of the "Konstanzer Freien Wahlergemeinschaft" [Free Electors' Initiative of Konstanz]. Owing to his knowledge and experience in biology and freshwater fauna he became the nature protection expert of the district of Konstanz. In all of these honorary functions he threw off his modest reservedness and committed himself to the public welfare with enthusiasm and success.

Ulrich Einsle was born in Konstanz on 24 April 1935 and graduated from the Humboldt secondary school in 1954. He studied biology, chemistry and sports in Freiburg. The first impulses for his future scientific career came from Professor Friedrich Kiefer, the Grand Old Man of copepodology, who was his biology teacher. Uli completed his doctoral thesis on the genus Cyclops in Lake Constance in 1963 under the supervision of Professor Hans-Joachim Elster and Professor Kiefer. As a doctorand he already worked at the "Anstalt für Bodenseeforschung" in Konstanz [Institute for research on Lake Constance], temporally as a scientific assistant. After taking his doctor's degree in February 1963 he worked with Professor Kiefer in a private employment holding a scholarship by the German Science Foundation. On 1st April 1966 the institute was put under municipal administration and he became a municipal employee of the town of Konstanz. When the "Anstalt fur Bodenseeforschung" was put together with the "Landesanstalt fur Umweltschutz" [Federal institute for environment protection] in Langenargen on 1st January 1970, Uli became a federal official. In 1982 he became the head of the branch office in Konstanz-Staad. In the summer of 1995 he moved to his new office in Langenargen. The main function of the federal institute is water monitoring in the federal state of Baden-Wurttemberg, especially the monitoring of Lake Constance.

However, Ulrich was always devoted to the taxonomy, systematics, and ecology of cyclopoids, which is demonstrated by his publications from 1959 until 1996.

Cyclops s.str., which was considered a taxonomically very problematic genus all along, was in general recorded and classified morphometrically. Ulrich regarded this an unrenounceable method to describe a population at a certain moment. Applying chromatin diminution for the systematics of Cyclops s.str. allowed for an exact determination on a species level, although quantitative statements are not possible as yet. As a valuable tool for population analysis he lately applied enzyme electrophoresis which - combined with the two other methods - yielded quite surprising details. Uli focused his ecological research on the question of how daily periodicity influences the developmental rate of some Cyclops species. Owing to his rich collection of material he succeeded in proving the expected relationship in his experiments. He also investigated the annual occurrence of pelagic copepods, their vertical and horizontal distribution as well as their daily migrations in Lake Constance "Obersee", "Untersee" and "Seerhein", and particularly in the "Buchenseen" and "Mindelsee". Besides this work he helped supervising diplomands and doctorands in the field of limnology.

Until few weeks before his death Ulrich was busy completing scientific articles and he lived to see them published. He was very happy about dedicating Cyclops heberti to his Canadian friend and colleague Paul Hebert and about completing his contribution to the "Guides to the Identification of the Microinvertebrates of the Continental Water of the World" (H.J.F. Dumont) for determination of Cyclops, Megacyclops, and Acanthocyclops. He wanted this volume by all means to be published before the Conference on Copepoda in Oldenburg. Plans for other contributions to the "World Guide" and for other monographs of American and African cyclopoids, however, had to be abandoned.

Unfortunately, I came to know Uli very late. He was a kind man who never wanted to thrust himself forward with his qualities. Whenever I paid our friends in Allensbach a visit, we met in the institute or in the near-by restaurant "Schiff" directly at the landing stage of the ferry to Meersburg. I will badly miss these friendly conversations with Uli. In the last years of his life Ulrich suffered from cancer of the tongue. He endured the post-operative consequences very, very patiently. The cancer, which he fighted for more than three years, finally deprived him of speech. When I last met him he communicated with me on scraps of paper. The radiotherapy had awful consequences. Every operation filled him with new hope, but ended up in disappointment. Ulrich Einsle died on Christmas Eve 1996. He died much too early at an age of 61. His death is a painful loss to his wife Helga, his son Oliver, who also studies biology, and his 91 year-old mother Hildegard, who can still be found pulling weeds in the garden.

Thomas Glatzel, Oldenburg

EDITORIAL

The front page of this issue contains the logo of the TENTH INTERNATIONAL MEIOFAUNA CONFERENCE (XIMCO) to be held in Plymouth next year. We wish the organisers and especially Mike Gee all the best and we are already looking forward to meeting everyone there. As Paul Montagna reminded me a few weeks ago, the raffle at the banquet in Perpignan was great (Mike Gee will certainly remember it). It provided some fun and raised a good deal of money for the Swedmark fund. Together with Paul, I would like to suggest to the organisers of XIMCO to think about a similar activity again.

Perhaps each of us can help in providing prizes so that more than one category can be honoured. Personally I'm in favour of three categories of awards : (1) student award for the best presentation (and people should indicate if they want to compete with their paper); (2) award for the best poster and (3) award for the most original contribution to the symposium. I think that awards can stimulate young scientists to prepare good presentations and a committee can set some criteria for selection. In my opinion this will not influence the friendly and open character of the meeting at all but on the other hand can be a stimulus for young biologists to keep on believing in meiofauna importance (since you can get awards for it). Reactions to be send to myself or to Mike Gee.

M. Vincx

As part of the NERC Initiative for Taxonomy, the Glasgow Centre for Taxonomy is pleased to announce its biennial short course in taxonomy and systematics. The aim of this course is to provide an overview of modern methods of inferring evolutionary trees, together with the applications of trees in systematics, palaeontology and evolutionary biology.

The first part of the course deals with inferring phylogenies from a range of data, including morphological and molecular. Emphasis will be on "hands-on" experience using the latest software packages, several of which have been written by the course instructors (e.g., PAUP, Spectrum). Participants will be encouraged to bring their own data sets for analysis using new and established techniques.

The second part of the course focuses on applications of phylogenies to a range of biological questions, such as ancient biodiversity, biogeography, host-parasite coevolution, conservation, molecular evolution, macroevolution, adaptation, and medicine.

The course will be taught by a mixture of lectures, practical sessions, and informal evening discussion sessions. Course lecturers include David Swofford (Laboratory of Molecular Systematics, Smithsonian Institution), Nick Goldman (Univ. Cambridge), Andy Purvis (Imperial College), Ken Johnson, Mike Charleston, and Rod Page (University of Glasgow).

The cost of the course will be 500 pounds, to include Bed & Breakfast Accommodation (in University Halls of Residence), Course Manuals, Use of Equipment, etc. Because of the emphasis on practical work, the number of participants is strictly limited to 25; places will be allocated on a "first-come, first -served basis" and a deposit of 100 pounds will secure a place. The course is not restricted to Ph.D. students, but is open to all who are interested in taxonomy and phylogeny.

The fifth and final workshop of the European Science Foundation Network in Systematic Biology will look to the future of systematics, at a time when its importance is gaining new recognition. Advances in biological techniques, the development of analytical tools to study huge data sets, and international interest in improving the conservation and management of biodiversity, are highlighting our basic need for a well-founded framework in which to generate, organise and communicate knowledge about the natural world. This workshop will focus on three areas which present opportunities and challenges to systematists in providing this framework:

-Taxonomic Challenges of Species-Rich Groups
-Links Between Developmental Biology and Systematics
-Bioinformatics: Communicating and Using Taxonomic Knowledge

Central objective of the workshop will be to develop the key elements of a proposal for an ESF-funded Programme in Systematic Biology. The purpose of this Programme will be to advance systematics by promoting European integration and collaboration, based around the three themes above. The workshop will recommend the most important issues to be addressed and the ways in which the Programme could best capitalise on Europes extensive resources in systematic collections and expertise.
During the workshop, participants will divide into three working groups, each focusing on one of the themes. The working group sessions will include offered presentations.

Registration fee: 60 pounds sterling, including documentation.

Confirmed speakers include:
Pere Alberch, Museo Nacional Ciencias Naturales, Madrid Mark Chase, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew John Lambshead, The Natural History Museum, London Alessandro Minelli, President of the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature Bernard Picton, Ulster Museum Ronald Sluys, University of Amsterdam Erko Stackebrandt, DSMZ Diethard Tautz, Zoological Institute of University of Munich
Short (10 minutes) presentations are invited for each of the three themes. Papers should be based on particular issues within the theme that could be addressed within a future European Science Foundation Programme. Titles of proposed presentations should be submitted as soon as possible to the address below.

Nicola Donlon
ESF Network in Systematic Biology
The Natural History Museum
Cromwell Road London SW7 5BD UK

4-8 May 1998 - St Petersburg, Russia Topics: The central goal is to bring together researchers dealing specifically with morphology as it relates to taxonomy in various groups of Copepods, in order to better delineate species. New and rare used methods are of particular interest: DNA - analysis, chromosome analysis (chromosome diminution especially), enzyme analysis, hybridization of closely related species, LARVAL sign analysis., etc. Other topics include analysis of variability and taxonomic weight of signs used in describing copepods now to validate the many new species that have been described in the last decades using morphological details only.
In the context of this meeting two workshops are planned:

1. chromosome diminution
2. hybridization techniques using the Fischer's Cyclopoid species.

Conference is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Ulrich Einsle.

For more information you can contact:
Victor R. Alekseev
Zoological Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences
199034 St.-Petersburg Russia
Fax: 7-812-114-0444
E-mail: avr@zisp.spb.su

Address changes

Maria Balsamo Dipartimento di Scienze della Produzione Animale Via delle Scienze 208 33100 Udine Italy Tel. ++ 39 432 558581 Fax. ++ 39 432 558585 e-mail: maria.balsamo@dspa.uniud.it

Evelyne Buffan-Dubau Dept. of Zoology and Physiology Louisiana State University Baton Rouge Louisiana 70803 USA Tel. (1) 504 388 1755 Fax. (1) 504 388 1763 e-mail: ebuffan@ix.netcom.com

Jian Li 790 N. Marine Dr. #203 Tumon Guam 96911 USA e-mail: jlee@kuentos.guam.net

Ricardo Moreno-Osorio Cra. 58A #76A-41, Unidad 32, Int.1, Apto. 203 Metropolis, Santafe de Bogota D.C. Colombia South America Fax. 57-4-3324109 or 57-1-3113306 e-mail: rmorenoo@isagen.com.co

Netherlands Institute of Ecology Centre for Estuarine and Coastal Ecology PB 140 4400 AC Yerseke The Netherlands

Kay Vopel Alfred-Wegener Institut für Polar- und Meeresforschung Tiefseeforschung, Columbus-Center 27568 Bremerhaven Germany Tel. +49-471-4831-739 Fax. +49-471-4831-724 e-mail: kvopel@awi-bremerhaven.de

New and changed e-mail addresses

Leon Cammen: leon.cammen@noaa.gov
Wilfrida Decraemer: decraemer@kbinirsnb.be
Ulrich Ehlers: uehlers@gwdg.de
Christer Erseus: christer.erseus@nrm.se
Piero Grimaldi: p.grimaldi@bioserver.uniba.it
Carlo Heip: Heip@cemo.nioo.knaw.nl
Rod Millward: millwa@unix1.sncc.lsu.edu
Mary Petersen: mepetersen@zmuc.ku.dk
Franz Riemann: friemann@awi-bremerhaven.de
Wolfgang Riess: wolfgang@postgate.mpi-mm.uni-bremen.de
Karline Soetaert: Soetaert@cemo.nioo.knaw.nl
Beate Sopott-Ehlers: bsopott@gwdg.de
Susetiono: susetiono@ambon.wasantra.net.id

Shin-ichi Hiruta Biological Lab. Hokkaido Univ. of Education at Kushiro 085 Kushiro Japan e-mail: hiruta@ atson.kus.hokkaydai.ac.jp Tel. +81-154-41-6161 Fax. +81-154-43-0855
Interests: Interstitial animals (marine, Ostracoda, Tardigrada); Myodocopid Ostracoda

Frank Romano, III Jacksonville State University 700 Pelham Road North Jacksonville, AL 36265-1602 Tel. (205) 782-5038 Fax. (205) 782-5215 e-mail: fromano@jsucc.jsu.edu

Lyudmila Vorobyova Odessa Branch, Institute of Biology of Southern Seas National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine 37 Pushkinskaya St. Odessa 270011 Ukraine Fax. (+0038 0482) 250918 e-mail: hydrobiology@paco.odessa.ua
Interests: I am head of the department of Hydrobiology of Active Zones of the Sea. During 20 years I am working on meiobenthos of the Black Sea, Sea of Azov and coastal zones.

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A WORD FROM THE PRODUCTION EDITOR

Regrettably, it seems that the "In Memoriam" column is becoming a regular item of Psammonalia. We want to express our sincere feelings of sympathy with the concerned families. Let us also all hope that this column can stay empty in the future issues of our newsletter.

To be able to end with a more pleasant tone, I would like to thank everyone who sent me their words of congratulations on my new job, and remind every systematist among you of the possibility for using our museum as a possible collection address for your type specimens. If you are working on taxonomy of any meiofauna group, do not hesitate to send us type material of your new species to register and add to our recognized type collection. The address for this is:

Dominick Verschelde
University of Gent
Museum voor Dierkunde
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Tel : (0)9-264.52.28
Fax : (0)9-264.53.44

Send your email reflections to: Dominick.Verschelde@rug.ac.be

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