From daemon Tue Jun 1 15:04:59 1999 Received: by net.bio.net (8.9.1a/8.9.1) id PAA04255; Tue, 1 Jun 1999 15:04:59 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 1 Jun 1999 15:04:59 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199906012204.PAA04255@net.bio.net> To: annelida@net.bio.net From: "Dr Hugh D.Jones" Reply-To: annelida@net.bio.net Organization: University of Manchester, UK Subject: Amynthas sp. - "jumping" earthworms Whilst studying land flatworms in Liverpool hothouse, we noticed some "jumping" earthworms. They are extremely vigorous when disturbed and leap about all over the place. On checking in Sims & Gerard, it is clear that they are a species of Amynthas (Megascolecidae) but none of the species listed. I have preserved specimens (and video of their leaping!) if anyone is interested in taking these further. Hugh Jones. hugh.jones@man.ac.uk Dr Hugh D.Jones, School of Biological Sciences, 3.239 Stopford Building, University of Manchester, Manchester, M13 9PT (UK) Phone/FAX: International: +44 161 275 3885 UK and Ireland: 0161 275 3885 Email: hugh.jones@man.ac.uk -- ANNELIDA LIST Discuss = = talk to all members Server = = un/subscribes Archives = http://www.bio.net:80/hypermail/ANNELIDA/ Resources = http://biodiversity.uno.edu/~worms/annelid.html -- From daemon Thu Jun 3 15:56:36 1999 Received: by net.bio.net (8.9.1a/8.9.1) id PAA27835; Thu, 3 Jun 1999 15:56:36 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 3 Jun 1999 15:56:36 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199906032256.PAA27835@net.bio.net> To: annelida@net.bio.net Reply-To: annelida@net.bio.net From: "Lawrence L. Lovell" Subject: Hypersaline polychaetes Dear Polychaete Colleagues, A local researcher has inquired about polychaetes and their ability to live and reproduce in hypersaline conditions. This question arises from research in the Salton Sea in California, USA. This sea is man-made accident (early 1900's) and currently has a salinity of about 47 and rising. Nereis succinea and Streblospio benedicti are currently thriving there. Please respond directly to me at the email address below or to the entire group if you wish. Thanks in advance for your support. Worm regards, Larry Lawrence L. Lovell Museum Scientist Benthic Invertebrates Collection Scripps Institution of Oceanography 9500 Gilman Drive La Jolla, California 92093-0206 (619) 822-2818 new area code (858) effective 6/12/99 llovell@sio.ucsd.edu -- ANNELIDA LIST Discuss = = talk to all members Server = = un/subscribes Archives = http://www.bio.net:80/hypermail/ANNELIDA/ Resources = http://biodiversity.uno.edu/~worms/annelid.html -- From daemon Thu Jun 3 16:07:47 1999 Received: by net.bio.net (8.9.1a/8.9.1) id QAA29067; Thu, 3 Jun 1999 16:07:47 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 3 Jun 1999 16:07:47 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199906032307.QAA29067@net.bio.net> To: annelida@net.bio.net Reply-To: annelida@net.bio.net From: Claude Jouin-Toulmond Subject: Proceedings Madeira Symposium, Hydrothermal vent Biology The Proceedings of the First International Symposium on Deep-sea Hydrothermal vent Biology (Funchal Madeira, Portugal 20-24 October 1997) were published in CBM Cahiers de Biologie Marine 1998, Volume 39 3/4, in February 1999. The volume is ca. 280 pages (43 contributed papers) and some copies are still available. The price of the volume is 230 FF (priority postage included). You can order the volume at: Cahiers de Biologie Marine Station Biologique B.P.74 F29682 ROSCOFF Cedex France or directly by e-mail at: jouin@sb-roscoff.fr The check should be made payable to: Agent comptable du CNRS TP Rennes Account n° 10071 35000 00003004708 11 Please e-mail me your name, address etc. Claude Jouin-Toulmond -- ANNELIDA LIST Discuss = = talk to all members Server = = un/subscribes Archives = http://www.bio.net:80/hypermail/ANNELIDA/ Resources = http://biodiversity.uno.edu/~worms/annelid.html -- From daemon Thu Jun 3 22:32:13 1999 Received: by net.bio.net (8.9.1a/8.9.1) id WAA12165; Thu, 3 Jun 1999 22:32:13 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 3 Jun 1999 22:32:13 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199906040532.WAA12165@net.bio.net> To: annelida@net.bio.net From: "Helmut Zibrowius" Reply-To: annelida@net.bio.net Subject: Re: Hypersaline polychaetes On Thu, 3 Jun 1999 15:56:36 -0700 (PDT, Lawrence L. Lovell wrote: >.. Salton Sea in California, USA. This sea is man-made >accident (early 1900's) and currently has a salinity of about 47 and rising. >Nereis succinea and Streblospio benedicti are currently thriving there. The serpulid Ficopomatus enigmaticus (formerly known as Mercierella) can live under very variable salinity conditions, including similar high hypersaline values. This was regularly the case in summer in the lagoon of Tunis (connected with the Mediterranean by a channel; N Africa), when this species was studied there in the 60s (the lagoon has now widely been modified and filled in). See: Vuillemin S., 1965. Contribution a l'etude ecologique du lac de Tunis. Biologie de Mercierella enigmatica Fauvel. Thesis, Paris, A 4622 (5469), 554 pp., illustrated. ----------------------------------- Helmut ZIBROWIUS (Centre d'Oceanologie de Marseille) Station Marine d'Endoume Rue Batterie des Lions 13007 Marseille / France E-MAIL: hzibrowi@com.univ-mrs.fr TEL: within France 0491041624 from abroad +33 491041624 FAX: within France 0491041635 from abroad +33 491041635 --------------------------------------------------------- -- ANNELIDA LIST Discuss = = talk to all members Server = = un/subscribes Archives = http://www.bio.net:80/hypermail/ANNELIDA/ Resources = http://biodiversity.uno.edu/~worms/annelid.html -- From daemon Thu Jun 3 22:39:37 1999 Received: by net.bio.net (8.9.1a/8.9.1) id WAA12813; Thu, 3 Jun 1999 22:39:37 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 3 Jun 1999 22:39:37 -0700 (PDT) From: daemon Message-Id: <199906040539.WAA12813@net.bio.net> To: annelida@net.bio.net Reply-To: annelida@net.bio.net From daemon Fri Jun 4 04:15:42 1999 Received: by net.bio.net (8.9.1a/8.9.1) id EAA18386; Fri, 4 Jun 1999 04:15:42 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 4 Jun 1999 04:15:42 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199906041115.EAA18386@net.bio.net> To: annelida@net.bio.net From: "Brigitte Hilbig" Reply-To: annelida@net.bio.net Organization: Uni Hamburg Subject: Deep-sea cables Dear colleagues, A few days ago I got a call from a TV reporter who is doing a feature on deep-sea cables, and one of the things he ran into was the destruction of the rubber coating by some boring animals, which around 1930 led to the replacement of the cables by new ones that are coated with some synthetic material. He thought the boring animal might be a "worm", maybe even a polychaete. Even though my strong suspicion is that this may be a Teredo or something in that order, I would be very grateful if any of you who have some insight on this could provide me with some information. Thank you very much in advance! Sincerely, Brigitte Hilbig Zoological Institute and Zoological Museum Martin Luther King-Platz 3 D20146 Hamburg Germany Tel. +40.42838.6558 Fax +40.42838.3937 email: fb7a070@nw01.rrz.uni-hamburg.de -- ANNELIDA Discuss = annelida@net.bio.net = talk to all members Server = biosci-server@net.bio.net = un/subscribes Archives = http://www.bio.net:80/hypermail/ANNELIDA/ Resources = http://biodiversity.uno.edu/~worms/annelid.html -- From daemon Fri Jun 4 04:21:58 1999 Received: by net.bio.net (8.9.1a/8.9.1) id EAA19202; Fri, 4 Jun 1999 04:21:58 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 4 Jun 1999 04:21:58 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199906041121.EAA19202@net.bio.net> To: annelida@net.bio.net From: adrianp@calm.wa.gov.au Reply-To: annelida@net.bio.net Subject: Re: Hypersaline polychaetes Dear Lawrence and all, I have collected Sabellidae ( a new species of Fabriciinae) from seasonally inundated inland salt lakes in south-west Western Australia at 37 to 49 ppt salinity, but these lakes have probably not had connection to the sea since the mid-Miocene and even then they were part of an extensive river system rather than coastal lagoons or anything. Cheers, Adrian. Adrian Pinder Research Scientist Wildlife Research Centre Department of Conservation and Land Management PO Box 51 Wanneroo 6946 Western Australia ph (08) 9405 5153 fax (08) 9306 1641 email: adrianp@calm.wa.gov.au -- ANNELIDA Discuss = annelida@net.bio.net = talk to all members Server = biosci-server@net.bio.net = un/subscribes Archives = http://www.bio.net:80/hypermail/ANNELIDA/ Resources = http://biodiversity.uno.edu/~worms/annelid.html -- From daemon Mon Jun 7 03:08:27 1999 Received: (from daemon@localhost) by net.bio.net (8.9.1a/8.9.1) id DAA03488; Mon, 7 Jun 1999 03:08:27 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 7 Jun 1999 03:08:27 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199906071008.DAA03488@net.bio.net> To: annelida@net.bio.net Reply-To: annelida@net.bio.net From: Claude Jouin-Toulmond Subject: TOC for Proceedings Madeira Symposium [The attached file is RTF = rich text format. Attached files are discouraged on mailing lists because mail programs and list processors vary in their ability to handle them gracefully. I'm letting this one through. GBR.] Following the first announcement (3/06/99), I am sending here the table of contents of the Proceedings of the first International Symposium on Deep-sea Hydrothermal vent Biology, published in Cahiers de Biologie Marine, 1998, volume 39, 3/4 (February 1999). The volume is ca. 280 pages (43 contributed papers) and some copies are still available. The price of the volume is 230 FF (priority postage included). You can order the volume at: Cahiers de Biologie Marine Station Biologique B.P.74 F29682 ROSCOFF Cedex France or directly by e-mail at: jouin@sb-roscoff.fr The check should be made payable to: Agent comptable du CNRS TP Rennes The Agent comptable CNRS Rennes, do not accept credit card. Please e-mail me your name, address etc. Claude Jouin-Toulmond Executive Editor Cahiers de Biologie Marine -- ANNELIDA Discuss = annelida@net.bio.net = talk to all members Server = biosci-server@net.bio.net = un/subscribes Archives = http://www.bio.net:80/hypermail/ANNELIDA/ Resources = http://biodiversity.uno.edu/~worms/annelid.html -- -------------- Enclosure number 1 ---------------- * This message contains the file 'Proceedings_Madeira_Sym_RTF', which has been * uuencoded. 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The cable has a large excavation in it and is associated with the paratype of the pholad bivalve Martesia funisicola Bartsch and Rehder, 1945. In Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 104(11):14, the authors stated that the types were "taken from a section of electric power cable that crosses Lake Worth, Fla., at West Palm Beach. These mollusks, by drilling holes through the lead casing and other insulation, occasioned an interruption of current due to blowouts produced by seawater reaching the copper wire." According to Turner (1955, Johnsonia 3(34):104), M. funisicola = Martesia striata (Linne, 1758). Although these were not deep-sea cables, this may be the source of the early report. Furthermore, other pholads are known from the deep-sea, to depths of at least 1000 fathoms. Mike Vecchione -- ANNELIDA LIST Discuss = = talk to all members Server = = un/subscribes Archives = http://www.bio.net:80/hypermail/ANNELIDA/ Resources = http://biodiversity.uno.edu/~worms/annelid.html -- From daemon Mon Jun 7 15:50:23 1999 Received: by net.bio.net (8.9.1a/8.9.1) id PAA23936; Mon, 7 Jun 1999 15:50:23 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 7 Jun 1999 15:50:23 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199906072250.PAA23936@net.bio.net> To: annelida@net.bio.net From: "Geoff Read" Reply-To: annelida@net.bio.net Organization: NIWA (Nat. Inst. Water & Atmos. Res. NZ) Subject: Re: Hypersaline polychaetes > This question arises from > research in the Salton Sea in California, USA. This sea is man-made > accident (early 1900's) and currently has a salinity of about 47 and rising. The terraformers get it wrong again. For background there is a recent item in Science: Kaiser, J. 1999. Battle over a dying sea.— Science, 284 (2 April) :28-30. Also a web page: http://www.sci.sdsu.edu/salton/SaltonSeaHomePage.html However that is a minor problem compared with the scale of the Aral Sea disaster: Stone, R. 1999. Coming to grips with the Aral Sea's grim legacy.— Science, 284 (2 April) :30-33. -- Geoff Read -- ANNELIDA LIST Discuss = = talk to all members Server = = un/subscribes Archives = http://www.bio.net:80/hypermail/ANNELIDA/ Resources = http://biodiversity.uno.edu/~worms/annelid.html -- From daemon Tue Jun 8 14:59:37 1999 Received: by net.bio.net (8.9.1a/8.9.1) id OAA00702; Tue, 8 Jun 1999 14:59:37 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 8 Jun 1999 14:59:37 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199906082159.OAA00702@net.bio.net> To: annelida@net.bio.net From: "Brigitte Hilbig" Reply-To: annelida@net.bio.net Organization: Uni Hamburg Subject: Thanks Re: Deep-sea cables Dear colleagues, thanks to all of you who sent comments and notes regarding my question about boring animals on deep-sea cables! Sincerely, Brigitte Hilbig Zoological Institute and Zoological Museum Martin Luther King-Platz 3 D20146 Hamburg Germany Tel. +40.42838.6558 Fax +40.42838.3937 email: fb7a070@nw01.rrz.uni-hamburg.de -- ANNELIDA LIST Discuss = = talk to all members Server = = un/subscribes Archives = http://www.bio.net:80/hypermail/ANNELIDA/ Resources = http://biodiversity.uno.edu/~worms/annelid.html -- From daemon Wed Jun 9 20:58:39 1999 Received: by net.bio.net (8.9.1a/8.9.1) id UAA13641; Wed, 9 Jun 1999 20:58:39 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 9 Jun 1999 20:58:39 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199906100358.UAA13641@net.bio.net> To: annelida@net.bio.net Reply-To: annelida@net.bio.net From: "Matthew O'Brien" Subject: Soil/sand core sampling Hi everyone, Does anyone know of a device for sampling sand cores (both wet and dry) from a beach environment? I want to look at sediment characteristics over depth up a beach. I need to be able to obtain .75 - 1.0 meter length (deep) cores, 2.5cm (1") - 5cm (2") in diameter. It's important that the cores are relatively unmixed, so the true strata are retained. I've looked at some soil samplers, but nothing seems to look to do the trick. I'm thinking of inserting a s/steel tube into the sand, but am worried about being able to insert it to the required depth, and retaining all the sand! Any comments/suggestions/ideas most appreciated! Thanks for your help in advance, Matthew O'Brien _____________________________________________________ Matthew O'Brien, Department of Zoology and Entomology, University of Queensland, Brisbane QLD 4072 email: mobrien@zoology.uq.edu.au Fax: (07) 3365 1655 Ph: (07) 3365 2491 (Zoology Office) -- ANNELIDA LIST Discuss = = talk to all members Server = = un/subscribes Archives = http://www.bio.net:80/hypermail/ANNELIDA/ Resources = http://biodiversity.uno.edu/~worms/annelid.html -- From daemon Thu Jun 10 03:22:01 1999 Received: by net.bio.net (8.9.1a/8.9.1) id DAA25921; Thu, 10 Jun 1999 03:22:01 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 03:22:01 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199906101022.DAA25921@net.bio.net> To: annelida@net.bio.net From: "Dr. M. Nechama Ben-Eliahu" Reply-To: annelida@net.bio.net Organization: huji Subject: Re: Soil/sand core sampling Prof. Yir Achituve designed a corer. You might want to contact him at achity@brosh.cc.biu.ac.il Good luck! Nechama Ben-Eliahu Matthew O'Brien wrote: > Hi everyone, > > Does anyone know of a device for sampling sand cores (both wet and dry) > from a beach environment? I want to look at sediment characteristics over > depth up a beach. -- ANNELIDA Discuss = annelida@net.bio.net = talk to all members Server = biosci-server@net.bio.net = un/subscribes Archives = http://www.bio.net:80/hypermail/ANNELIDA/ Resources = http://biodiversity.uno.edu/~worms/annelid.html -- From daemon Thu Jun 10 19:13:55 1999 Received: by net.bio.net (8.9.1a/8.9.1) id TAA07636; Thu, 10 Jun 1999 19:13:55 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 19:13:55 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199906110213.TAA07636@net.bio.net> To: annelida@net.bio.net From: "Geoff Read" Reply-To: annelida@net.bio.net Organization: NIWA (Nat. Inst. Water & Atmos. Res. NZ) Subject: Frank Licher reprints Dear Annelida listers, Frank Licher successfully completed his Syllidae PhD, "Revision of the genus Typosyllis," last year at Osnabrück and has since moved on to the world of commerce. His new home address from July is below. He has available several reprints on Syllidae, Pilargidae, Hesionidae, for those deeply interested & without ready access to the particular journals. The papers are detailed below. Frank does not have a home e-mail address (which is why I'm doing this on his behalf), so the BEST OPTION for Frank at the moment is to fax him at his current address (during German daylight hours I would suggest). But you can also send post, OR e-mail him via his father: If you e-mail please: 1) create a new message; 2) indicate clearly that the message is for son Frank (should I add - remember to include your address?). I ask that you DO NOT forward my whole message with a 'yes please, send me all your reprints' tacked on top or bottom. Thanks, -- Geoff Read +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Frank Licher Current Fax no. +49-(0)541-7120955 Neue Adresse ab 1.07.99: Dr Frank Licher 38165 Lehre Windmuehlenweg 24 Fon: 05308-961530 Fax: 05308-961531 The papers: 1994 a Licher, F.: Resurrection of Glyphohesione Friedrich, 1950, with redescription of G. klatti Friedrich, 1950 and description of G. longocirrata, new species (Polychaeta: Hesionidae). - Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 107(4): 600-608. * 1994 b Licher, F. & Westheide, W.: The phylogenetic position of the Pilargidae with a cladistic analysis of the taxon - facts and ideas. In: J.-C. Dauvin, L. Laubier & D. J. Reish (eds.). Actes de la 4čme Conférence international des Polychčtes. - Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, sér. A 162: 223- 236. (ISBN 2-85652-214-4) * 1995 Licher, F., Ding, Z., Fiege, D. & Sun, R.: Redescription of Typosyllis magnipectinis (Storch, 1967) from the South China Sea (Polychaeta: Syllidae). - Senckenbergiana maritima 25(4/6): 107-113. * 1996 Licher, F.: Syllides caribica, a new species from Aruba, the Netherlands Antilles, with a brief discussion of its subfamilial assignment (Polychaeta: Syllidae). - Senckenbergiana biologica 76(1/2): 191- 196. * 1997 Licher, F. & Westheide, W.: Review of the genus Sigambra (Polychaeta: Hesionidae), redescription of S. bassi (Hartman, 1947), and descriptions of two new species from Thailand and China. - Steenstrupia 23: 1-20. * 1998 a Ding, Z., Licher, F. & Westheide, W.: New and newly assigned species of the genus Dentatisyllis (Polychaeta, Syllidae, Syllinae), with comments on the reproduction, together with a key and a synoptic table of all species of the genus. - Sarsia 83(1): 29-43. * 1998 b Licher, F. & Kuper, M.: Typosyllis tyrrhena (Polychaeta: Syllidae: Syllinae), a new species from the island Elba, Tyrrhenian Sea. - Italian Journal of Zoology 65(3): 227-233. -- ANNELIDA LIST Discuss = = talk to all members Server = = un/subscribes Archives = http://www.bio.net:80/hypermail/ANNELIDA/ Resources = http://biodiversity.uno.edu/~worms/annelid.html -- From daemon Sun Jun 13 15:10:49 1999 Received: (from daemon@localhost) by net.bio.net (8.9.1a/8.9.1) id PAA14505; Sun, 13 Jun 1999 15:10:49 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sun, 13 Jun 1999 15:10:49 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199906132210.PAA14505@net.bio.net> To: annelida@net.bio.net From: BIOSCI Administrator Reply-To: annelida@net.bio.net Subject: BIOSCI/bionet miniFAQ & Fundraiser (LAST REVISION: 30-JUL-95) This BIOSCI "miniFAQ" is designed to answer the questions that come up the *most frequently*. 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Because of our limited personnel resources, we ask that you resubmit a *complete* form to revise your entry; we only replace complete entries and do not have resources to edit old forms. -- ANNELIDA LIST Discuss = = talk to all members Server = = un/subscribes Archives = http://www.bio.net:80/hypermail/ANNELIDA/ Resources = http://biodiversity.uno.edu/~worms/annelid.html -- From daemon Wed Jun 16 14:54:22 1999 Received: by net.bio.net (8.9.1a/8.9.1) id OAA02415; Wed, 16 Jun 1999 14:54:22 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 16 Jun 1999 14:54:22 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199906162154.OAA02415@net.bio.net> To: annelida@net.bio.net Reply-To: annelida@net.bio.net From: Salva Subject: Hyalinoecia bilineata Dear list mates, Still writing the manuscript on polychaete patterns off La Gomera Island (Tenerife, Spain). I have a question regarding the characteristic occurrence of Hyalinoecia bilineata in my study sites that may be related to their flexible feeding behaviour and the oligotrophic condition of the Canarian waters. Fauchald & Jumars (1979) have suggested that Hyalinoecia spp. are opportunists displaying omnivorous scavenging and high motility and are better represented in nutrient-poor, shifting sands than any other onuphid. Do you know of any published study where such pattern is confirmed? If so, could you give the full reference of it? Thank you, Salva -- ANNELIDA LIST Discuss = = talk to all members Server = = un/subscribes Archives = http://www.bio.net:80/hypermail/ANNELIDA/ Resources = http://biodiversity.uno.edu/~worms/annelid.html -- From daemon Sun Jun 20 16:53:14 1999 Received: by net.bio.net (8.9.1a/8.9.1) id QAA08175; Sun, 20 Jun 1999 16:53:14 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sun, 20 Jun 1999 16:53:14 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199906202353.QAA08175@net.bio.net> To: annelida@net.bio.net From: lgg@infonet.com.br (Luiz Germano Gomes) Reply-To: annelida@net.bio.net Subject: Polychaetes Send for me Papers about polychaetes distribution in sediments and about Laonereis acuta. Please!!! I am biology student of Federal University of Sergipe, in Brazil. I am working in a invertebrate laboratory with sediment of estuary Praia Formosa in Sergipe, Brazil. Thank you for the attention and sorry about the bad english! I am waiting ! Luciana Godinho Nery Gomes lgg@infonet.com.br -- ANNELIDA LIST Discuss = = talk to all members Server = = un/subscribes Archives = http://www.bio.net:80/hypermail/ANNELIDA/ Resources = http://biodiversity.uno.edu/~worms/annelid.html -- From daemon Tue Jun 22 16:04:35 1999 Received: by net.bio.net (8.9.1a/8.9.1) id QAA00512; Tue, 22 Jun 1999 16:04:35 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 22 Jun 1999 16:04:35 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199906222304.QAA00512@net.bio.net> To: annelida@net.bio.net From: "Chris Glasby" Reply-To: annelida@net.bio.net Organization: NIWA Subject: Free monograph ..... .... minus the cover! I am pleased to announce the recent publication of my monograph on the Namanereidinae: taxonomy, phylogeny and cladistic biogeography in the Records of the Australian Museum (Supplement). It is available online in the form of PDF files on the namanereid page of Geoff Read's Annelid Resources, linked off the taxonomy page. See: http://biodiversity.uno.edu/~worms/taxonomy.html http://biodiversity.uno.edu/~worms/docs/namanereid.html The PDF files are an exact replica of the offprints. They can be read and printed online using the freeware Adobe Acrobat Reader (link also at above site) - note that you'll need version 3.01 or better. However, I recommend that you first save the files to disk before printing. To do this using Microsoft's obtuse Internet Explorer right click on the PDF download button and select 'save target as'; Netscape users should have fewer problems saving (similarly right click & 'save link as' will also work). The appearance of maps and figures on-screen will depend on the specifications of your monitor, but can be improved greatly by using the zoom feature of Acrobat. Printed, the graphics should be very close to offprint quality. I'd like to thank Geoff for putting the files on his Annelid Web pages and for his help in preparing the namanereid page. Also Shane McEvey, Editor, Records of the Australian Museum, for the idea of online PDF's and for saving me lots of $$$ on the cost of offprints! If you are unable to download or read the PDF files and desperately need a copy of the monograph then send me note. I have a few offprints left over for those with imaginative excuses (e.g. you really like the lime green cover!). Cheers, Chris Dr Chris Glasby National Institute for Water & Atmospheric Research PO Box 14-901, Kilbirnie Wellington, New Zealand email: c.glasby@niwa.cri.nz phone: 64-4-386 0300; fax: 64-4-386 2153 -- ANNELIDA LIST Discuss = = talk to all members Server = = un/subscribes Archives = http://www.bio.net:80/hypermail/ANNELIDA/ Resources = http://biodiversity.uno.edu/~worms/annelid.html -- From daemon Tue Jun 22 16:04:29 1999 Received: by net.bio.net (8.9.1a/8.9.1) id QAA00436; Tue, 22 Jun 1999 16:04:29 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 22 Jun 1999 16:04:29 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199906222304.QAA00436@net.bio.net> To: annelida@net.bio.net From: "Geoff Read" Reply-To: annelida@net.bio.net Organization: NIWA (Nat. Inst. Water & Atmos. Res. NZ) Subject: Re: Hyalinoecia bilineata Salva wrote: > Fauchald & Jumars (1979) have suggested that Hyalinoecia spp. are > opportunists displaying omnivorous scavenging and high motility and are > better represented in nutrient-poor, shifting sands than any other onuphid. > > Do you know of any published study where such pattern is confirmed? I looked for information on Hyalinoecia spp. behaviour a little while ago. For such conspicuous animals there is surprisingly little available. This paper may have some useful references: Read, G. B., & H. E. S. Clark. 1999. Ingestion of quill-worms by the astropectinid sea-star Proserpinaster neozelanicus (Mortensen).— New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 26:49-54. -- Geoff Read -- ANNELIDA LIST Discuss = = talk to all members Server = = un/subscribes Archives = http://www.bio.net:80/hypermail/ANNELIDA/ Resources = http://biodiversity.uno.edu/~worms/annelid.html -- From daemon Wed Jun 23 15:24:20 1999 Received: by net.bio.net (8.9.1a/8.9.1) id PAA04126; Wed, 23 Jun 1999 15:24:20 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 23 Jun 1999 15:24:20 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199906232224.PAA04126@net.bio.net> To: annelida@net.bio.net From: "Kristian Fauchald" Reply-To: annelida@net.bio.net Subject: Re: Hyalinoecia bilineata As partially responsible for the old statements maybe I should comment a bit. In the lab in Los Angeles were present a set of "monster-camera" pictures taken just off Scripps in about 1000 m depth. This camera was on a high tripod and was pointed at a bait (some fish if I remember correctly). It was a time-lapse situation. One of the truly striking features was that after several hours, masses of Hyalinoecia stricta, a very large species, came cruising in from all sides, aggregated on the fish, displacing amphipods and other fish, and making the whole thing look like one of the old stick games. After a while, it appeared that the worms simply buried themselves more or less in situ, but not before essentially all the fish was gone. So, that was at least in part the background for our statements about Hyalinoecia. Hope it helps. -- ANNELIDA LIST Discuss = = talk to all members Server = = un/subscribes Archives = http://www.bio.net:80/hypermail/ANNELIDA/ Resources = http://biodiversity.uno.edu/~worms/annelid.html -- From daemon Wed Jun 23 18:52:01 1999 Received: by net.bio.net (8.9.1a/8.9.1) id SAA18919; Wed, 23 Jun 1999 18:52:01 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 23 Jun 1999 18:52:01 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199906240152.SAA18919@net.bio.net> To: annelida@net.bio.net From: "Hannelore Paxton" Reply-To: annelida@net.bio.net Organization: Dept. of Biological Sciences Subject: Re: Hyalinoecia bilineata Dear list mates, The 'Hyalinoecia bilineata' that Salva enquired about is not one of the quillworms, the 'real' Hyalinoecias. It is superficially similar and was included in that genus until Kucheruk erected the genus Aponuphis in 1978. Aponuphis belongs to the Onuphinae, while Hyalinoecia is a Hyalinoeciinae (just to emphasise how different the two genera really are). There has been some controversy about the number of species belonging to Aponuphis. Presently I am describing three new species from eastern Australia and hope to complete in the near future a revision of the four Mediterranean and Atlantic species (together with Gerard Bellan). Cheers, Hannelore. Hannelore Paxton School of Biological Sciences Macquarie University Sydney N.S.W. 2109, Australia Tel.: 61.2.98508162 Fax : 61.2.98508245 e-mail: hpaxton@rna.bio.mq.edu.au -- ANNELIDA LIST Discuss = = talk to all members Server = = un/subscribes Archives = http://www.bio.net:80/hypermail/ANNELIDA/ Resources = http://biodiversity.uno.edu/~worms/annelid.html -- From daemon Wed Jun 23 19:34:15 1999 Received: by net.bio.net (8.9.1a/8.9.1) id TAA21351; Wed, 23 Jun 1999 19:34:15 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 23 Jun 1999 19:34:15 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199906240234.TAA21351@net.bio.net> To: annelida@net.bio.net From: "Geoff Read" Reply-To: annelida@net.bio.net Organization: NIWA (Nat. Inst. Water & Atmos. Res. NZ) Subject: Monster Camera Kristian wrote: > In the lab in Los Angeles were present a set of "monster-camera" > pictures taken just off Scripps in about 1000 m depth. This camera was on > a high tripod and was pointed at a bait (some fish if I remember correctly). > It was a time-lapse situation. One of the truly striking features was that > after several hours, masses of Hyalinoecia stricta, a very large species, > came cruising in from all sides ... I was unable to find any other recorded occurrence of this behaviour, despite a lot of baited camera work having been done since around the world. So, if those historic photos - taken by the team of JD Isaacs of Scripps - could be relocated they would be valuable to study. I would like to think they're still around somewhere in the archives. The well-known published photo is in Dayton & Hessler, 1972 (DS Res. 19:199-208). Isaacs pioneered the technique, but rather missed out in the seminal paper stakes (except there was a dramatic shark photo in Sci American), but I did find another published photo from the same series, with quill-worms visible, in: Isaacs,J. D & Schwartzlose, R. A. 1975, Biological applications of underwater photography. Oceanus 18: 24-30. -- Geoff Read -- ANNELIDA LIST Discuss = = talk to all members Server = = un/subscribes Archives = http://www.bio.net:80/hypermail/ANNELIDA/ Resources = http://biodiversity.uno.edu/~worms/annelid.html -- From daemon Wed Jun 23 21:46:00 1999 Received: by net.bio.net (8.9.1a/8.9.1) id VAA29595; Wed, 23 Jun 1999 21:46:00 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 23 Jun 1999 21:46:00 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199906240446.VAA29595@net.bio.net> To: annelida@net.bio.net From: "Geoff Read" Reply-To: annelida@net.bio.net Organization: NIWA (Nat. Inst. Water & Atmos. Res. NZ) Subject: Re: Hyalinoecia bilineata Hannelore wrote: > The 'Hyalinoecia bilineata' that Salva enquired about is not one of the > quillworms, the 'real' Hyalinoecias. It is superficially similar and was > included in that genus until Kucheruk erected the genus Aponuphis in 1978. > Aponuphis belongs to the Onuphinae, while Hyalinoecia is a Hyalinoeciinae :-) Armed with that enlightenment I returned to the recent paper below and found Aponuphis bilineata reported as a member of an upper slope cluster of the Toulon Canyon area - if that's any help. Sediment data is given. Stora, G., M. Bourcier, A. Arnoux, M. Gerino, J. Le Campion, F. Gilbert, & J. P. Durbec. 1999. The deep-sea macrobenthos on the continental slope of the northwestern Mediterranean Sea: a quantitative approach.— Deep- Sea Research I, 46:1339-1368. -- Geoff Read -- ANNELIDA LIST Discuss = = talk to all members Server = = un/subscribes Archives = http://www.bio.net:80/hypermail/ANNELIDA/ Resources = http://biodiversity.uno.edu/~worms/annelid.html -- From daemon Mon Jun 28 02:15:47 1999 Received: by net.bio.net (8.9.1a/8.9.1) id CAA04484; Mon, 28 Jun 1999 02:15:47 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1999 02:15:47 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199906280915.CAA04484@net.bio.net> To: annelida@net.bio.net Reply-To: annelida@net.bio.net From: Dr Greg Willis Subject: Earthworms and heavy metals In the recent publication "Earthworms in Australia", by the Australian author, David Murphy, he states that "...earthworms can decontaminate soils polluted with heavy metals...". In checking the citations to which he refers in support of this contention he cites the work of Ireland, 1975, OIKOS, 26, 74-79 (et al). However, the process by which Murphy concludes that heavy metal contaminated soil is actually "decontaminated" is not clearly stated or implied. It might be that since they (the worms) are capable of taking up zinc, lead and cadmium into their bodies at levels which are several magnitudes higher than the contaminated soils, it is suggested that they carry off the heavy metals and then deposit them in uncontaminated soils. But this process of dilution is not really a process of "decontamination", per se. Are there any other processes by which worms, or other invertebrates, are capable of decontaminating soils polluted with heavy metals, or is it that they are simply tolerant of extremely high concentrations. I would suggest that since such contaminants are elemental, it would be difficult to "detoxify" such soil. Or perhaps changing the form of heavy metals by chemically altering the salts attached to them may render them less toxic. (for example, some forms of arsenic are toxic while others are medicinal". Is such a process known to occur and would it occur in earthworms? Or are there other such processes? Thank you for any information Sincerely Dr. Gregory L. Willis -- ANNELIDA Discuss = annelida@net.bio.net = talk to all members Server = biosci-server@net.bio.net = un/subscribes Archives = http://www.bio.net:80/hypermail/ANNELIDA/ Resources = http://biodiversity.uno.edu/~worms/annelid.html -- From daemon Mon Jun 28 14:47:05 1999 Received: by net.bio.net (8.9.1a/8.9.1) id OAA06838; Mon, 28 Jun 1999 14:47:05 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1999 14:47:05 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199906282147.OAA06838@net.bio.net> To: annelida@net.bio.net From: "Floyd Sandford" Reply-To: annelida@net.bio.net Subject: Culturing polychaetes w/out fresh, unfiltered seawater We are in Iowa, away from a source of fresh, unfiltered sea water. We hope to maintain the polychaete Pectinaria gouldii in captivity to carry out some behavioral studies. Has anyone had any experience with captive maintenance of this species or with others that might be similar? In terms of feeding would placing Tetramin flakes on the surface of the sand suffice or do better alternatives exist? Any help or advice would be welcomed. Floyd R. Sandford Phone: (319)-399-8576 Dept. of Biology, Coe College FAX: (319)-399-8748 Cedar Rapids, IA, 52402 e-mail: fsandfor@coe.edu -- ANNELIDA LIST Discuss = = talk to all members Server = = un/subscribes Archives = http://www.bio.net:80/hypermail/ANNELIDA/ Resources = http://biodiversity.uno.edu/~worms/annelid.html -- From daemon Tue Jun 29 03:46:48 1999 Received: (from daemon@localhost) by net.bio.net (8.9.1a/8.9.1) id DAA01557; Tue, 29 Jun 1999 03:46:48 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1999 03:46:48 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199906291046.DAA01557@net.bio.net> To: annelida@net.bio.net Reply-To: annelida@net.bio.net From: Elin Sigvaldadottir Subject: Polychaete conference: First call First announcement and call for papers THE SEVENTH INTERNATIONAL POLYCHAETE CONFERENCE, REYKJAVIK, ICELAND 2-6 July 2001 Homepage: http://www.ni.is/7IPCI THE THEME OF THE CONFERENCE Major topics of the conference will be polychaete diversity, phylogeny, taxonomy and systematics, genetics and molecular biology, evolutionary ecology, population and community ecology, and applied research. Special plenary sessions will be organized with invited speakers that will discuss current topics in polychaete research. Ideas and suggestions for plenary sessions and symposia are welcome. Keeping with tradition there will be oral presentations and poster sessions. Contributed papers will be published in the Bulletin of Marine Science. All papers must be in English and will be subject to peer review. Details of the scientific program, registration and abstract forms will be provided in the second announcement. ORGANIZATION Organizing committee Elín Sigvaldadóttir, Icelandic Institute of Natural History. Guđmundur Víđir Helgason, Institute of Biology, University of Iceland. Jörundur Svavarsson, Institute of Biology, University of Iceland. Guđmundur Guđmundsson, Icelandic Institute of Natural History. Sigmar A. Steingrímsson, Marine Research Institute. Advisory Board Jón Gunnar Ottósson, Director of the Icelandic Institute of Natural History. Gísli Már Gíslason, Dean of the Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Iceland. Jóhann Sigurjónsson, Director of the Marine Research Institute. GENERAL INFORMATION Date and Venue The conference will be held at Háskólabíó, July 2-6, 2001 (http://www.haskolabio.is/conference/). The lecture hall is within walking distance of the city centre. The lecture hall is equipped with conference facilities and all audio-vision equipment needed for oral sessions and poster displays. Other facilities (e.g. e-mail, WWW access, fax, and photocopies) will also be available. Language English is the official language for the conference, both for oral presentations and poster displays. No translation facilities will be available. Travel arrangements The official travel bureau of the conference, Iceland Travel, will arrange hotel accommodations and pre-, mid-, and post-conference tours. Contact: Helga Lára Guđmundsdóttir, Iceland Travel, PO Box 8650, IS-108 Reykjavík, Iceland. E-mail: helga@icelandtravel.is Homepage: http://www.icelandtravel.is Current prices of three and four stars hotels vary from US$ 70 to US$ 200 per person per day, breakfast included. Double rooms are available at lower prices (US$ 50 to US$ 150 per day). A list of hotels, including less expensive mid-range alternatives, will be provided in the second announcement. Conference tours There will be a traditional mid-conference tour, free of charge for participants. Pre- and post-conference tours will be organized depending on demand. Possible places to visit are Myvatn, Hornstrandir and Skaftafell. Further information about these trips will be provided in the second announcement. Pre-conference workshop A pre-conference workshop will be held at the Sandgerdi Marine Centre (http://www.hi.is/pub/smc/). The contact person is Gudmundur Vídir Helgason. E-mail: gudmvid@mail.rhi.hi.is Post-conference course We are planning to hold a post-conference workshop/course on polychaete phylogeny arranged by Fredrik Pleijel and Greg Rouse. The contact person is Elín Sigvaldadóttir. E-mail: elins@ni.is DEADLINES 1 November 1999 End of first call for interest to attend. March 2000 Second announcement, including forms for submission of oral or poster presentations and updated information (to be sent only to those who have returned the reply form included in this announcement). 1 August Booking for hotels and conference excursions. 1 February 2001 Submission of abstracts. 1 April 2001 Notification of acceptance of contributed papers and posters. 1 May 2001 Final circular and program. 31 July 2001 Submission of manuscripts for review and publication. ____________________________________________________________________________ REGISTRATION FORM (You can also registrate on the homepage: http://www.ni.is/7IPCI) Surname/Family name: First name: Work address: Work phone (international version): + Fax (international):+ E-mail: Title of paper: Title of poster: Excursions - Mid-conference tour: Post-conference tour: Accompanying person(s), not participating in the conference? How many? Papers abstracts must be submitted by February 1, 2001 ------------------------------------------------------------ Return this form not later than October 1, to: Elín Sigvaldadóttir, Icelandic Institute of Natural History, Box 5320, IS-125 Reykjavik, Iceland E-mail: elins@nattfs.is Phone: +46-562982 FAX: +46-5620815 Elin Sigvaldadottir Icelandic Institute of Natural History Box 5320 125 Reykjavik Iceland Phone: +354-5629822, +354-5626611-209 FAX: +354-5620815 -- ANNELIDA Discuss = annelida@net.bio.net = talk to all members Server = biosci-server@net.bio.net = un/subscribes Archives = http://www.bio.net:80/hypermail/ANNELIDA/ Resources = http://biodiversity.uno.edu/~worms/annelid.html -- From daemon Tue Jun 29 11:08:18 1999 Received: by net.bio.net (8.9.1a/8.9.1) id LAA29875; Tue, 29 Jun 1999 11:08:18 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1999 11:08:18 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199906291808.LAA29875@net.bio.net> To: annelida@net.bio.net From: "Sara Lindsay" Reply-To: annelida@net.bio.net Organization: University of Maine System Subject: Re: Culturing polychaetes w/out fresh, unfiltered seawater I've not tried to keep Pectinaria happy in the lab, but for spionids and other deposit feeders I've found that mixing finely ground tetramin flakes with sediment will suffice as food. Another alternative is flake baby food (a mixed cereal) mixed with sediment. Pectinaria is a head-down deposit feeder, so you don't want to leave all the food stranded on the surface. I recommend using either type of commmercial food sparingly. If your facilities allow, culturing microalgae or diatoms and mixing them with sediment would probably be best. Bob Whitlach published a paper in 1974 on food-resource partitioning in Pectinaria (Biol. Bull 147(1):227-235 ) which might be useful. Good Luck, Sara Lindsay ********************* School of Marine Sciences University of Maine Orono, ME 04469-5763 -- ANNELIDA Discuss = annelida@net.bio.net = talk to all members Server = biosci-server@net.bio.net = un/subscribes Archives = http://www.bio.net:80/hypermail/ANNELIDA/ Resources = http://biodiversity.uno.edu/~worms/annelid.html -- From daemon Tue Jun 29 11:08:17 1999 Received: by net.bio.net (8.9.1a/8.9.1) id LAA29871; Tue, 29 Jun 1999 11:08:17 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1999 11:08:17 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199906291808.LAA29871@net.bio.net> To: annelida@net.bio.net From: Jim Culter Reply-To: annelida@net.bio.net Subject: Re: Culturing polychaetes w/out fresh, unfiltered seawater When I was in graduate school we maintained Pectinaria for a long time in aquaria with natural substrate with no additional food. They were able to feed on the organic content of the sediment. If your sand is sterile you will probably have to add food of some sort, but I would suggest grinding it up in the sand. Once we had placed the animals in the aquarium they never revisited the surface, with only the tip of the tube sometimes protruding. Hope this helps. -- Jim Culter jculter@mote.org Staff Scientist, Benthic Ecology Program Mote Marine Laboratory 1600 Ken Thompson Parkway Sarasota, FL 34236 (941) 388-4441 x335 -- ANNELIDA Discuss = annelida@net.bio.net = talk to all members Server = biosci-server@net.bio.net = un/subscribes Archives = http://www.bio.net:80/hypermail/ANNELIDA/ Resources = http://biodiversity.uno.edu/~worms/annelid.html -- From daemon Tue Jun 29 15:43:03 1999 Received: by net.bio.net (8.9.1a/8.9.1) id PAA07054; Tue, 29 Jun 1999 15:43:03 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1999 15:43:03 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199906292243.PAA07054@net.bio.net> To: annelida@net.bio.net From: "Geoff Read" Reply-To: annelida@net.bio.net Organization: NIWA (Nat. Inst. Water & Atmos. Res. NZ) Subject: Earthworm video request Annelida, I imagine something more is wanted than worms wriggling in a can, but who knows. He doesn't say. Can anyone oblige? ------- Forwarded Message Follows ------- From: Niteline Subject: earthworms Date sent: Tue, 29 Jun 1999 15:50:49 -0400 Geoff, My name is Matt Canham and I work for ABC News Nightline. We are working on a story where we need good Earthworm video, but I can't find any. If you have any or know where I can get some please email me at Mcanham@hotmail.com Thank you -- ANNELIDA LIST Discuss = = talk to all members Server = = un/subscribes Archives = http://www.bio.net:80/hypermail/ANNELIDA/ Resources = http://biodiversity.uno.edu/~worms/annelid.html -- From daemon Tue Jun 29 16:21:51 1999 Received: by net.bio.net (8.9.1a/8.9.1) id QAA11232; Tue, 29 Jun 1999 16:21:51 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1999 16:21:51 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199906292321.QAA11232@net.bio.net> To: annelida@net.bio.net From: "Geoff Read" Reply-To: annelida@net.bio.net Organization: NIWA (Nat. Inst. Water & Atmos. Res. NZ) Subject: Maintaining Polychaete Researcher addresses Annelida colleagues, Inevitably there is some drift in the accuracy of your details in the PRO listing of polychaete people. Please take a moment to THINK - has anything changed, and a moment to check your details at: http://biodiversity.uno.edu/~worms/pro.html It is frustrating for users if they find slightly, but crucially out-of-date e- mails, phones, etc. My enthusiasm for maintaining this list is currently at fever-pitch. So strike now! New entrants welcome. Let me know your web-pages also. That's NOW, as in no time like the present. Thanks folks, Geoff -- Geoff Read -- ANNELIDA LIST Discuss = = talk to all members Server = = un/subscribes Archives = http://www.bio.net:80/hypermail/ANNELIDA/ Resources = http://biodiversity.uno.edu/~worms/annelid.html -- From daemon Wed Jun 30 03:55:27 1999 Received: by net.bio.net (8.9.1a/8.9.1) id DAA25465; Wed, 30 Jun 1999 03:55:27 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 03:55:27 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199906301055.DAA25465@net.bio.net> To: annelida@net.bio.net From: Sabine Cochrane Reply-To: annelida@net.bio.net Subject: food for worms Dear Annelida, Re. mails from Floyd Sandford and Jim Culter: Maybe a trivial comment, but I'd just like to mention that I have had very good results feeding finely ground Nestles baby food to polychaetes in captivity - incidentally, the plain rice variety has the best settling properties in seawater :-) I prefer this to goldfish-food because the latter doesn't seem to settle so readily. Another advantage is that it's white, so it is easier to see the particles disappearing into tubes or moving along feeding appendages, which is great fun to watch. Where the contents of whole grab samples are kept in tanks, the amount of bioturbation is sufficient to process the settled material. For small tanks, it's best to inject it as a food/seawater suspension, as the dry powder tends to clump. For our big tank, I just sprinkle the food on the surface and the animals do the rest. However, when Pectinaria is kept as the sole species in the tank, mixing the food in the sand sounds like a good idea. On a side note, lack of running sea-water isn't necessarily a disaster. I kept a collection of small soft-bottom invertebrates in buckets in the fridge for about a year and a half. They were quite happy with a daily swirl of the water, an airstone and an occasional change of water (which I kept frozen from their habitat of 500m depth). It started as a joke and ended up providing valuable information. Good luck, Sabine ******************************************************** Sabine Cochrane Akvaplan-niva AS Polar Environmental Centre 9296 Tromsř, Norway Tel +47 777 50327, Switchboard:+47 777 50300, Fax +47 777 50301 Home Tel +47 776 98446 Visiting address: Hjalmar Johansen gt. 14 http://www.akvaplan.niva.no ********************************************************** -- ANNELIDA Discuss = annelida@net.bio.net = talk to all members Server = biosci-server@net.bio.net = un/subscribes Archives = http://www.bio.net:80/hypermail/ANNELIDA/ Resources = http://biodiversity.uno.edu/~worms/annelid.html -- From daemon Wed Jun 30 16:30:50 1999 Received: by net.bio.net (8.9.1a/8.9.1) id QAA00933; Wed, 30 Jun 1999 16:30:50 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 16:30:50 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199906302330.QAA00933@net.bio.net> To: annelida@net.bio.net From: "Geoff Read" Reply-To: annelida@net.bio.net Organization: NIWA (Nat. Inst. Water & Atmos. Res. NZ) Subject: (Fwd) Young Scientists Conf. Marine Ecosystem Perspectives Forwarded from another list. Part sponsored, deadline 1 Aug. A 'young' scientist is one less than 35 yrs old. Applications to: ices.info@ices.dk as per website instructions. ------- Forwarded Message Follows ------- Date sent: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 12:59:03 +0200 From: Stefan Neuenfeldt Subject: Young Scientists Conference on Marine Ecosystem Perspectives Young Scientists Conference on Marine Ecosystem Perspectives Denmark, 20-24 November 1999 The International Council for the Exploration of the Sea is sponsoring a conference for young scientists, in cooperation with the Danish Academy of Technical Sciences and the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters. The conference is open to all young scientists and all expenses will be paid for about four from each ICES and EU member country. Others are also welcome to apply, but will have to find their own funding. The four workshop areas which the conference will cover are: 1 Human influence on the marine ecosystem; 2 Top-down or bottom-up control in marine processes; 3 Influence of hydrographic processes on energy transfer in the planktonic ecosystem and 4 Modelling ecological processes. Further information about the conference can be obtained from the ICES web site: http://www.ices.dk/symposia/young.htm Stefan Neuenfeldt, M.Sc. Danish Institute for Fisheries Research Dep. of Marine Fisheries Charlottenlund Slot DK- 2920 Charlottenlund Denmark voice: +45 33 96 33 96 fax: +45 33 96 33 33 email: stn@dfu.min.dk -- ANNELIDA LIST Discuss = = talk to all members Server = = un/subscribes Archives = http://www.bio.net:80/hypermail/ANNELIDA/ Resources = http://biodiversity.uno.edu/~worms/annelid.html -- From daemon Wed Jun 30 19:49:34 1999 Received: by net.bio.net (8.9.1a/8.9.1) id TAA22089; Wed, 30 Jun 1999 19:49:34 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 19:49:34 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199907010249.TAA22089@net.bio.net> To: annelida@net.bio.net From: "ELLIOTT R LAROSE" Reply-To: annelida@net.bio.net Subject: Leeches I have a question on leeches. A person who owns a cottage on the same lake I am on was swimming the other day and when he came to shore he had a leech on his foot wear. It was brownish with strips on its back. He asked several people if they knew anything about leeches and all of us said no, but didn't think it unusual for a leech to be in the lake. No one to my knowledge had seen one in the lake before. Our lake is located in upstate NY about 40 miles north of Binghamton NY. Can you give me any info. on leeches and are they common in all lakes? Thank you for any help or info. you can furnish Elliott LaRose ellmarl@prodigy.net -- ANNELIDA LIST Discuss = = talk to all members Server = = un/subscribes Archives = http://www.bio.net:80/hypermail/ANNELIDA/ Resources = http://biodiversity.uno.edu/~worms/annelid.html --