Number 117, August 1997
Newsletter of the International Association of Meiobenthologists
Number 117, August 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.
XIMCO XIMCO XIMCO
The organizing committee has been meeting regularly to try and ensure that
this will be a highly successful conference. In this time of austerity, Melanie
Austen and Andrea McEvoy have been working hard to encourage sponsors and
exhibitors to contribute financial assistance. We are pleased to announce
that the meeting will be supported by the Linnean Society of London and The
Marine Biological Association of the UK. Most of the conference social events
have been finalized and the facilities booked-a conference dinner in the
mediaeval banqueting Hall at Buckland Abbey and an evening boat trip up the
river Tamar. Fund raising events for the Bertil Swedmark Fund, a raffle and
funny photographs, are also being planned.
Detailed costings of the conference have been delayed, partly due to our
financial secretary having to undergo a heart-by-pass operation from which
he recovered successfully, and partly because we need a better idea of the
likely number of participants!!! Similarly, the scientific programme is still
under discussion. There will be conference themes each morning and afternoon
except Thursday afternoon, with an hour a day set aside for poster sessions.
However, we have received no suggestions for conference themes or possible
workshops and therefore the organizing committee will have to put the programme
together on their own. Again we need to have some idea of who is coming to
the conference and their range of interests (i.e. possible presentations).
Thus it is essential that you respond to the expression of interest form
contained in this issue of Psammonalia NOW. Thank you to the 56 people
who have already done this. The organizers can work their tails off to provide
the facilities and ambiance of the conference but in the end it is you the
participants who will make it either a success or a failure by your presence
and the quality of your scientific input.
Conference information, booking and abstract forms will go out by e-mail
or post in October and pre-booking will stop at the end of February. So,
you have been warned!!
P.S. In response to Magda's suggestions in the editorial of the May issue
of Psammonalia: The organizing committee are all in favour of a raffle for
the Bertil Swedmark Fund and would like to receive donations of prizes with
a meiofauna connection. However, they are unanimously against offering prizes
for conference oral presentations.
Mike Gee
'Magda, Mike & Richard: I do NOT agree we should give prizes for "Best
...whatever" at the IMCO meetings. This was discussed at length at Perpignan
and the consensus of the executive committee was not to give prizes because
it will destroy the cordial and congenial nature of the meetings, that is,
we do not need more competition in the world and we as one of the friendliest
group of scientists should encourage cooperation not competitiveness. I fully
support this argument and would urge that we NOT start a competition. Those
are my thoughts.'
Bruce C. Coull
The larval biology meetings were established in 1993 as a biennial forum
for work on the ecology and evolutionary biology of larval stages of aquatic
organisms. The meetings are relatively informal, consist of mini-symposia
and oral and poster presentations on current research. The aim is to cover
a wide taxonomic range.
Mini-symposia:
-Fertilization Ecology: Toby Bolton ( toby.bolton@flinders.edu.au)
Timelines-15 August 1997: Second mailing: Call for abstracts & list of symposium
topics
Mailing list: The web site will be the source of most conference information,
and administration. We will use our mailing list to notify you of program
details. When there is a major change to the web site, an announcement will
be broadcast to everyone on the mailing list. If you or a colleague wish
to be added to the mailing list, please complete the response form on the
web site.
General enquiries about the meeting can be sent to
Dr Greg Jenkins
We have the pleasure to announce and invite you to attend the VII International
Conference on Copepoda, to be held in Curitiba, Brazil, during the austral
winter of 1999. The Conference will cover several aspects of copepod research,
including taxonomy, phylogeny, ecology, zoogeography, ecophysiology, biochemistry
and genetics, with emphasis on recent findings and up-to-date discussions.
This meeting is sponsored by the World Association of Copepodologists (WAC)
and hosted by the Federal University of Paran
1. Methods and points of view for a modern phylogeny of copepods
Contact address:
Rubens M. Lopes
This is to announce the formation of a new association interested in the
taxonomy of marine invertebrates from Alaska to northern California. The
NORTHERN ASSOCIATION of MARINE INVERTEBRATE TAXONOMISTS (NAMIT) was organized
recently by scientists and other individuals interested in the systematics,
taxonomy and ecology of the marine invertebrates of the northeastern Pacific
region. The purposes for which the Corporation is organized are as follows:
Exclusively to facilitate the exchange of scientific information concerning
the marine invertebrates of the coastal regions of Oregon, Washington,
British Columbia and Alaska. This includes the organization of workshops,
specimen and literature exchanges, and standardization of systematic practices
and taxonomic usage.
The NAMIT intends to serve as a northern version of SCAMIT (Southern California
Association of Marine Invertebrate Taxonomists). The NAMIT hopes to solicit
membership via this message so those that are
interested can contact Kelly Sendall at the Royal British Columbia Museum
at the address below. Presently, membership is at 69 from Canada and the
US.
Annual dues are $20.00 Canadian or $15.00 US.
Kelly Sendall
ECOSUR (El Colegio de la Frontera Sur) is inviting applications for its unit
in Chetumal, for seven tenure-track positions starting either in September
1997 or January 1998, as listed below. Chetumal is the capital of Quintana
Roo, a peaceful city (pop. 200,000) in the border with Belize.
We seek exceptional candidates pursuing natural history and management research
iin neotropical ecosystems. Successful candidates are expected to develop
vigorous research programs with potential for extramural funding; further,
they must get involved in teaching at the graduate level.
Research topics are:
A Ph.D. degree is required and two or more years of productive postdoctoral
research is desirable, as well as fluent Spanish. Applicants should send
a curriculum vitae and statement of research interests and availability,
along with the names and e-mail codes of three referees to:
Job hunting
I have studied biology at the Technical University Braunschweig in Germany
with a specialisation in Ecology and Marine Biology. In my master thesis
I worked on the food-ecology of freeliving plathelminth and their prey organisms.
The work was realized at the Biologischen Anstalt Helgoland
(BAH)-Wattenmeerstation List with Prof. Karsten Reise and Dr. Werner Armonies.
As I can see my professional career in the field of coastal and marine research
I am looking for a PhD abroad. If possible, I would like to continue working
with meiofauna, possibly something similar to the work done in my thesis.
I am convinced working with meiofauna is a challenging field of research,
with so many interesting interrelations still to describe. It would be my
pleasure to contribute my professional experience and enthusiasm to someones
project and to gain more experience in meiofauna research. I hope that someone
has a chance for me working in one of their projects.
Iris Menn
Culturing marine nematodes and the world wide web
I would like to use this forum for asking two things. Firstly, I have been
collecting available literature on the culturing of marine nematodes. I
am now considering to compile this information in a comprehensive review,
and would very much welcome any personal experiences any reader of Psammonalia
may have gathered concerning this topic: Has anyone been culturing any marine
or brackish water nematode(s), be it for purposes directly related to the
study of meiofauna or not (e.g., as a food in aquaculture), and would those
people who have such information want to share it?
Secondly, would those people who actually have cultures of marine nematodes
be willing to "advertise" this on the web? For example, I have cultures of
11 strains belonging to 9 different nematode species from brackish and marine
habitats. I would be very interested to add more species, but also to add
new strains of species I already culture, for the study of within-species
variability/diversity. Since the most easily cultured marine nematodes represent
a limited number of species belonging to only a few families, it is well
possible that several people having the odd attempt at culturing marine nematodes
have success with the same or closely related species. However, much of this
information never gets published, or cultures are already lost by the time
it does. Creating a world-wide available inventory of what is actually in
culture (with regular updating) would largely overcome this problem. Personally,
I consider the meiofauna homepage as the ideal forum to do this, because
it may be the most likely spot on the web to visit for non-meiofauna researchers
who are looking for this type of information. With the nematode Caenorhabditis
elegans as perhaps the best studied metazoan model for genetics, molecular
and developmental biology, the interest in aspects of development and genetics
of other nematodes, including marine ones, has increased. E.g., some of my
strains are currently being used for developmental biology studies or have
been included in an 18S rDNA based phylogeny of the Nematoda (submitted).
Any such "reference system" would include a limited information on the "owner",
the origin of the species or strain, the approximate date of sampling and
perhaps on the culture level. In this way, everyone is still free to decide
on whether to respond to any requests for material from his/her cultures
or not. The list would simply give an overview of what is in culture worldwide.
Strains or species that are cultured under well controlled conditions and
can be stored for longer periods could, of course, also be added to the already
existing nematode reference collection system.
Since the marine (meiofauna) world does not consist of nematodes alone, the
"reference system" could perhaps be extended to include other meiofauna as
well?
Any reactions/suggestions on this matter are welcome at my address:
Tom Moens
James Garey
Steve Jarvis
John Moverley
G.C. Rao
Thomas Gabor Buchholz
Interests: I am a student of marine biology and ecology at the University
of Rostock. I study the meiofauna structure of a bay near Iraklion (Crete)
during my diploma work. My particular interest is in the taxonomy and ecology
of nematode assemblages.
Lea A. Jimenez
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Dahms, H.-U. & C.H. Fernando, 1997. Redescription of Acanthocyclops
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70 (2): 129-144.
Darling, K.F., C.M. Wade, D. Kroon & A.J.L. Brown, 1997. Planktic
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Decraemer, W. & D. Sturhan, 1997. Desmoscolex (Desmolorenzenia)
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Dermott, R. & D. Kerec, 1997. Changes to the deepwater benthos of eastern
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Gillespie, W.B., J.H. Rodgers & P.B. Dorn, 1997. Responses of aquatic
invertebrates to a C9-11 non ionic surfactant in outdoor stream mesocosms.
Aquatic Toxicology, 37: 221-236.
Glassom, D. & G.M. Branch, 1997. Impact of predation by greater flamingos
Phoenicopterus ruber on the meiofauna, microflora, and sediment properties
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Gukov, A.Y., 1997. Distribution of bottom biocoenosis in the Olenekskiy
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Kaag, N.H.B.M., E.M. Foekema, M.C.T. Scholten & N.M. Vanstraalen, 1997.
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Loubere, P., 1997. Benthic foraminiferal assemblage formation, organic
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A word of explanation for the front page-drawing. As you all will know,
July and August are the months during which most of us take their well deserved
holidays; and so each year during this period there is nothing much happening;
hence the expression 'silly' or 'dull' or 'dead' season (in the English
language). The dutch expression for the silly season is 'the cucumber season'
or 'cucumber time'. So we chose to present you a jar of cucumbers, but naturally
- us all being 'marine scientists' - we had to fill the jar not just with
'green cucumbers' but with tasty sea-cucumbers.
Oh, by the way, I am sorry that I forgot to add the onions and pickles, but
I am sure that they will taste good anyway.
Dominick Verschelde The International Association of Meiobenthologists is a non-profit scientific
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The next meeting will be held at the University of Melbourne, Victoria, in
southeastern Australia. The organizing committee is Mick Keough (Univ.
Melbourne), Maria Byrne (Univ. Sydney), Jon Havenhand (Flinders Univ. South
Australia), and Greg Jenkins (Marine and Freshwater Research Inst, Victoria).
Information about the conference is on the web at:
http://rubens.its.unimelb.edu.au/zoology/larval/
As with previous meetings, there will be a series of half-day symposia, organized
by participants in the meeting. We called for proposals from people willing
to arrange a half-day session (including contacting speakers). Several
suggestions for symposia with lists of likely speakers were sent. The topics
and contact names include:
-Larval Nutrition: John McConaugha ( jrm100f@ludwick.ocean.odu.edu) and Paulina
Selvakumaraswamy ( paulina@anatomy.su.oz.au)
-Larval behaviour: is it important to dispersal and recruitment? Greg Jenkins
(g.jenkins@msl.oz.au) and Jeff Leis ( jeffl@amsg.austmus.gov.au)
-Evolution of Larval Form: Maria Byrne ( mbyrne@anatomy.su.oz.au)
- Function of Larval Body Parts: Dan-Sohkawa Marina
( mdan@scisv.sci.osaka cu.ac.jp)
- 15 October 1997: Deadline for receipt of abstracts& early registration
- Jan 13 1998: Meeting starts!!
larval@zoology.unimelb.edu.au., or by snail mail to Larval Meetings, Dept
of Zoology, Parkville, VIC 3052, AUSTRALIA.
Queenscliff Marine Station
P.O. Box 138
Queenscliff Victoria 3225
Australia
Ph: +61 3 52583686
Fax: +61 3 52583632
e-mail: g.jenkins@msl.oz.au
July 25-31, 1999
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After several consultations, the following symposium subjects were proposed.
Once the organizers receive more feedback and after contacting potential
conveners, the final list should boil down to eight topics.
2. Coevolution in symbiotic copepods
3. Biogeography of copepods: a cross-section of the major taxa
4. Sexual dimorphism in copepods
5. Copepods in highly productive versus oligotrophic marine environments
6. Copepods in Antartic and Subantartic ecosystems
7. Copepods in challenging environments
8. Copepod trophic interactions and biogeochemical cycles
9. Anabiosis and copepod resting eggs
Centro de Estudos do Mar,
Universidade Federal do Paran
Trav. Alfredo Bufren 140, tÆrreo
80.020-240-Curitiba (PR)
Brazil
Fax. 55 41 455-1105
Voice: 55 41 455-1333, ext.32
e-mail: rmlopes@aica.cem.ufpr.br (office)
rmlopes@cwb.matrix.com.br (home)
Collections Manager
Invertebrates
Royal British Columbia Museum
Victoria, BC CANADA
(250) 387-2932
fax (250) 387-5674
email: ksendall@rbml01.rbcm.gov.bc.ca
- Agroecology
- Carcinology (crabs)
- Forestry
- Ecological Economy
- Herpetology
- Freshwater Ecology
- Integrated Resource Management
Sergio I. Salazar-Vallejo
ECOSUR, Apdo. Postal 424
77000 Chetumal, Quintana Roo
MEXICO
e-mail: salazar@xaway.ciqro.conacyt.mx
Dear all meiofauna-people,
BAH-Wattenmeerstation List
Hafenstr. 43 D-25992 List/Sylt
Fax: 04651/956200
e-mail: Karsten Reise<106333.1764@compuserve.com
University of Gent
Zoology Institute, Marine Biology Section
Ledeganckstraat 35
B-9000 Belgium
Fax: +32 (0)9 264 53 44
email: Tom.moens@rug.ac.be
Department of Biology
College of Arts and Sciences
University of South Florida
4202 East Fowler Avenue, LIF 136
Tampa, Florida 33620-5150
USA
University of Texas at Austin
Marine Science Institute
750 Channelview Drive
Port Aransas
Texas 78373
USA
e-mail: sjarvis@utmsi.zo.utexas.edu
Crustacea Dept.
Museum of Victoria
71 Victoria Crescent
Abbotsford, Vic, 3067
AUSTRALIA
e-mail: mover@mov.vic.gov.au
18-76/2 M.E.S. Colony
Secunderabad- 5000015 (A.P.)
INDIA
Tel. 040-865930
UniversoitÆt Rostock
Fachbereich Biologie
Arbeitsgruppe Meereszoologie
Freiligrathstr. 7/8
D-18051 Rostock
Germany
Tel. (+49) -381 498 2012
(+49)-381 498 2036
Fax. (+49)-381 498 2011
e-mail: thomas@frserv.bio3.stud.uni-rostock.de
Davao Oriental State College of Science and Technology (DOSCST)
NSM Department
8200 Mati, Davao Oriental
Philippines
Interests: I'm a MSc. student on Graduate Program on Fundamental and Applied
Marine Ecology (FAME), Brussels, Belgium. My interest is on marine benthos
in general.A WORD FROM THE PRODUCTION EDITOR
Till next time,
University of Gent
Museum voor Dierkunde
K.L. Ledeganckstraat 35
B-9000 Gent, Belgium
Tel : (0)9-264.52.28
Fax : (0)9-264.53.44
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