From daemon Thu Nov 6 14:54:54 1997 Received: (from daemon@localhost) by net.bio.net (8.6.12/8.6.6) id OAA12824 Message-Id: <199711062254.OAA12824@net.bio.net> To: annelida@net.bio.net From: "Geoff Read" Reply-To: annelida@net.bio.net Organization: NIWA (Nat. Inst. Water & Atmos. Research) Date: Fri, 7 Nov 1997 11:44:39 +1100 Subject: Re: Interruption of Annelid resources WWW Service Hello folks, The resources pages are back online and the new Url is: http://biodiversity.uno.edu/~worms/annelid.html I think your old bookmarks will mostly work just fine but please update them soon. Let me know if you find any serious problem areas. > The Annelid resources WWW pages hosted by the Biodiversity and Biological > Collections WWW Server (BBCWS) are going to be off-line for a few days > beginning November 1, 1997, while the host machine is moved to a new > location. -- Geoff Read -- ANNELIDA LIST Server address = biosci-server@net.bio.net (un/subscribes) Discussion address = annelida@net.bio.net (talk to all members) List archives = URL:http://www.bio.net:80/hypermail/ANNELIDA/ Research resource = URL:http://biodiversity.uno.edu/~worms/annelid.html From daemon Fri Nov 7 11:18:18 1997 Received: (from daemon@localhost) by net.bio.net (8.6.12/8.6.6) id CAA29385 Message-Id: <199711071004.CAA29385@net.bio.net> To: annelida@net.bio.net Reply-To: annelida@net.bio.net From: Torleif Holthe Subject: Professor Carl Stop-Bowitz Date: Fri, 7 Nov 1997 10:36:48 +0100 Dear friends, I am sorry to to bring you the message that one of the nestors of polychaete research, Dr. Carl Stop-Bowitz, died November 1st, almost 84 years old. Dr. Stop-Bowitz was for many years an associate professor at the University of Oslo. and was some ten years ago appointed as professor at the International University of San Marino. He was rewarded the King's Medal for Merit. He was known throughout the Norwegian biological community as a most inspiring teacher. He contributed to several popular works on zoology, and his signature CS-B is familiar to all those who search information on invertebrates from the Norwegian Encyclopedia. His interest in linguistics was famous, he was internationally active as an esperantist, and the knowledge of biological terminology and nomenclature in Norway is sadly reduced by his death. Those of us who knew him will miss him, but still be glad that we did meet him. Even in his last year it was a pleasure to tell students to contact Dr. Stop-Bowitz and experience that he still was able to kindle enthusiasm in young people and give them scientific advice. Torleif Holthe Museum of Natural History and Archeology Norwegian University of Science and Technology Trondheim -- 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 Nov 7 14:19:55 1997 Received: (from daemon@localhost) by net.bio.net (8.6.12/8.6.6) id OAA02026 Message-Id: <199711072219.OAA02026@net.bio.net> To: annelida@net.bio.net Date: Fri, 07 Nov 1997 14:47:34 -0500 Reply-To: annelida@net.bio.net From: Kristian Fauchald Subject: Professor Carl Stop-Bowitz -Reply I was very saddened to hear about Professor Stop-Bowitz death. Many years ago, when I was doing military service in Norway and itching to get out and back to studies, I visited him in a very small lab he had in the Zoological Museum, Oslo. I had already decided I was going to work on polychaetes, but could not decide what group to tackle first. Professor Stop-Bowitz suggested the nephtyids, and for a MS project that was just about the right size, with enough problems and what-not to whet my appetite for polychaete systematics. He also ended up telling me long stories about visiting with Pierre Fauvel and others of that generation and gave me a far better idea of the international nature of polychaete studies than I had before. Professor Stop-Bowitz early papers on various families from Norwegian and Arctic waters are classics in their style and content. He added considerably to our knowledge of polychaetes and managed to do so while remaining a thoroughly enjoyable gentleman to boot. Kristian Fauchald -- 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 Sat Nov 8 10:39:02 1997 Received: (from daemon@localhost) by net.bio.net (8.6.12/8.6.6) id KAA00831 Message-Id: <199711081839.KAA00831@net.bio.net> To: annelida@net.bio.net From: anna@aa1456.spb.edu (Anna V. Artemieva) Reply-To: annelida@net.bio.net Subject: Pholoe Organization: St.-Petersburg University Date: Sat, 08 Nov 1997 22:36:47 +0300 (MSK) Hello all. I am investigating the structure of the soft-bottom benthic communities. I am interested in any information about feeding habits of the little worm Pholoe. I would also appreciate any data on its development and typical habitats. Thank you in advance. Anna V. Artemieva (anna@aa1456.spb.edu) St.-Petersburg University -- 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 Nov 13 16:24:27 1997 Received: (from daemon@localhost) by net.bio.net (8.6.12/8.6.6) id QAA02353 Message-Id: <199711140024.QAA02353@net.bio.net> To: annelida@net.bio.net From: "Daniel McGowan" Reply-To: annelida@net.bio.net Organization: School of Biological Sciences Date: Fri, 14 Nov 1997 11:13:18 GMT+1200 Subject: Sabella spallanzanii Hi there, Can anyone please tell me what effect this worm has had in Port Phillip Bay, Melbourne where it has been introduced. I have found plenty of reports describing various aspects of its biology, but nothing which says why it is so bad. Cheers in advance, Daniel McGowan ******************************* Daniel P McGowan School of Biological Sciences University of Auckland Private Bag 92019 Auckland New Zealand dp.mcgowan@auckland.ac.nz ******************************* -- ANNELIDA LIST Server address = biosci-server@net.bio.net (un/subscribes) Discussion address = annelida@net.bio.net (talk to all members) List archives = http://www.bio.net:80/hypermail/ANNELIDA/ Research resource = http://biodiversity.uno.edu/~worms/annelid.html From daemon Mon Nov 17 02:35:09 1997 Received: (from daemon@localhost) by net.bio.net (8.6.12/8.6.6) id CAA10276 Message-Id: <199711171035.CAA10276@net.bio.net> To: annelida@net.bio.net From: "Geoff Read" Reply-To: annelida@net.bio.net Date: Mon, 17 Nov 1997 23:27:03 +0000 Subject: Terrestrial ice worms Before the Gulf of Mexico marine 'ice worms' there have been "a number of curious records of worms whose natural habitat appears to be snow or ice". I came across an oblique reference to these things a while ago but wasn't able to pin down much about them until a correspondent mentioned them again recently. That has led me back to look again at Stephenson's 1930 Oligochaeta monograph, p618-20 - Ice and Glacier worms - where I read that on the Malaspina Glacier large numbers of a small black worm, Mesenchytraeus solifugus "appear on the surface about four o'clock in the afternoon, moving sluggishly about ... but when the sun [once more] appears in the morning they again burrow into the snow" (hence the solifugus presumably!), and that Mesenchytraeus solifugus var rainierensis, "abundant on the higher snowfields and glaciers in early summer, evidently passes its entire existence, generation after generation in the snow and ice. ... The snow on which it is found has a red colour, due to a minute unicellular alga, which may serve as the food of the worm." If anyone has the details of recent citations for glacier worms or knows more about what they do in their rather extreme environment I'd be interested to hear from them. -- Geoff Read -- 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 Nov 17 13:11:39 1997 Received: (from daemon@localhost) by net.bio.net (8.6.12/8.6.6) id NAA00946 Message-Id: <199711172111.NAA00946@net.bio.net> To: annelida@net.bio.net Date: Mon, 17 Nov 1997 12:28:10 -0200 Reply-To: annelida@net.bio.net From: blacdf@clark.edu (Del Blackburn) Subject: Re: Terrestrial ice worms I have in the collection at Clark College, Vancouver, Washington, USA a jar of M. solifugus collected in 1974 June 25 at 1800 meters elevation on Mt. Olympus, Olympic National Park, Washington, USA. Ice worms were on the surface of a glacier on a cloudy rainy day in a area of red snow. Del Blackburn -- 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 Nov 17 13:14:03 1997 Received: (from daemon@localhost) by net.bio.net (8.6.12/8.6.6) id NAA01274 Message-Id: <199711172114.NAA01274@net.bio.net> To: annelida@net.bio.net From: "Geoff Read" Reply-To: annelida@net.bio.net Organization: NIWA (Nat. Inst. Water & Atmos. Research) Date: Tue, 18 Nov 1997 09:53:05 +1100 Subject: Spring cleaning at Annelid Resources Hello folks, I'm going to redo the PRO list (Polychaete Researchers Online) and I've already done some link updating elsewhere. So, if you can find time could you please look at yourself in the old PRO 7 (May) - http://biodiversity.uno.edu/~worms/pro-new.html - and send me as soon as possible by e-mail any corrections and updates. Some of the research notes & comments could probably do with a freshen up. New entries also welcome, and I interpret 'polychaete' researcher rather loosely so that any annelid or allies worker may join in if they wish. Also look at the people pages - http://biodiversity.uno.edu/~worms/ppeople.html http://biodiversity.uno.edu/~worms/wpeople.html - and let me know if your web page is missing. I've also put a few 'worm labs' on the field-trips page. Let me know similarly if you have a research group which could be listed there. Thank you, -- 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 Nov 17 13:58:20 1997 Received: (from daemon@localhost) by net.bio.net (8.6.12/8.6.6) id NAA08077 Message-Id: <199711172158.NAA08077@net.bio.net> To: annelida@net.bio.net From: "Geoff Read" Reply-To: annelida@net.bio.net Organization: NIWA (Nat. Inst. Water & Atmos. Research) Date: Tue, 18 Nov 1997 10:48:59 +1100 Subject: Re: Sabella spallanzanii Daniel McGowan wrote: > Can anyone please tell me what effect this worm has had in Port Phillip > Bay, Melbourne where it has been introduced. I have found plenty of > reports describing various aspects of its biology, but nothing which says > why it is so bad. I am just looking at Bruce Hayward's paper* on introduced organisms in Waitemata (Auckland) Harbour. He lists potential 'bad' impacts as ecological displacement and predation, disease, environmental alterations. He also lists economic, and tourism and recreation impacts. At a guess monoculture carpets of Sabella spallanzanii, like carpets of the Asian mussel Musculista senhousia in Daniel's local harbour, are ecological displacers and environmental changers with economic and recreation impacts. Robin Wilson sent me a newspaper article some time ago in which the main thrust was the effect on the scallop industry in Port Phillip Bay as 'worm weed' clogs the dredges. *BW Hayward (1997) 'Introduced marine organisms in New Zealand and their impact in the Waitemata Harbour, Auckland.' Tane 36:197-223. -- 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 Nov 17 15:22:36 1997 Received: (from daemon@localhost) by net.bio.net (8.6.12/8.6.6) id PAA18763 Message-Id: <199711172322.PAA18763@net.bio.net> To: annelida@net.bio.net From: "Wilson, Robin" Reply-To: annelida@net.bio.net Subject: Re: Sabella spallanzanii Date: Tue, 18 Nov 1997 11:45:32 +1000 Dear Daniel and other annelid list subscribers, in response to Daniel's question on the recent introduction to PPB of Sabella spallanzanii ... Although there is currently work being done in Port Phillip Bay on Sabella spallanzanii by a PhD student at Melbourne University (Mike Holloway) and by people at the MAFRI government research laboratories at Queenscliff, I do not know of any verified effects (published or otherwise) due to S.spallanzanii. But I did miss a recent seminar by Mike Holloway, so there may be recent results or unpublished reports that I am unaware of. However, it seems inconceivable that the advent of a large suspension feeder with few local predators would have no effects on the community. Although the worm does clog scallop dredges as Geoff Read said, this will be a temporary problem for the simple reason that the government has now banned scallop dredging in the bay for envirnomental reasons! (even though a recent MAFRI study did not reveal significant long term effects on benthic communities from dredging). But Sabella would appear to compete directly with scallops and other suspension feeders for food and maybe space, and probably has impacts on recruitment to the benthos of other species. Greg Parry at MAFRI discovered also that Sabella spallanzanii is distasteful to most common PPB fish species, so the incorporation of so much benthic biomass into a species that will eventually be an energy source for microbial decomposition (rather than supporting fish communities) is bound to have widespread consequences. It will be worrying if "fixing" some PPB environmental problems by banning scallop dredging means that government environmetal monitoring agencies find it difficult to get resources to monitor these and other environmental problems in the Bay. But most of the above (except for the fish feeding bit) is unsupported by evidence, so far as I am aware. The field seems wide open for futher research, and a major environmental "experiment" is already well underway. Hope this is of some interest. If anyone needs further information they will have to go directly to the people at MAFRI and Melb Uni doing the work now. bye Robin Robin Wilson Museum of Victoria 71 Victoria Crescent Abbotsford AUSTRALIA 3067 rwilson@mov.vic.gov.au; telephone 61 3 9284 0216; fax 61 3 9416 0475 polychaetes of Australia: http://www.mov.vic.gov.au/poly -- 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 Nov 18 12:45:30 1997 Received: (from daemon@localhost) by net.bio.net (8.6.12/8.6.6) id MAA12173 Message-Id: <199711182045.MAA12173@net.bio.net> To: annelida@net.bio.net Date: Tue, 18 Nov 1997 09:47:57 -0800 (PST) Reply-To: annelida@net.bio.net From: Jim Culter Subject: Re: Terrestrial ice worms Del, Can you relate the size of these worms. I have casually looked for these worms in several parts of the world, but was ill equipped, having only a hand lens, no preservatives, etc. Snow algae on glaciers seems to be relatively common and I wonder if the worms are ubiquitous, but seldom looked for. Jim Culter jculter@mote.org Mote Marine Laboratory voice (941) 388-4441 1600 Thompson Parkway fax (941) 388-4312 Sarasota, FL 34236 MML is an independent not-for-profit marine/estuarine research and education laboratory. All opinions herein are my own (not MML policy) unless noted as otherwise. FOR MORE ABOUT MML SEE: http://www.marinelab.sarasota.fl.us./RESEAR07.HTM (case sensitive) On Mon, 17 Nov 1997, Del Blackburn wrote: > I have in the collection at Clark College, Vancouver, Washington, USA a > jar of M. solifugus collected in 1974 June 25 at 1800 meters elevation on > Mt. Olympus, Olympic National Park, Washington, USA. Ice worms were on > the surface of a glacier on a cloudy rainy day in a area of red snow. > > Del Blackburn -- 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 Nov 18 20:11:04 1997 Received: (from daemon@localhost) by net.bio.net (8.6.12/8.6.6) id UAA15457 Message-Id: <199711190411.UAA15457@net.bio.net> To: annelida@net.bio.net From: "Geoff Read" Reply-To: annelida@net.bio.net Organization: NIWA (Nat. Inst. Water & Atmos. Research) Date: Wed, 19 Nov 1997 17:03:25 +1100 Subject: Re: Sabella spallanzanii Robin Wilson wrote: > ... But Sabella would appear to > compete directly with scallops and other suspension feeders for food and > maybe space, and probably has impacts on recruitment to the benthos of > other species. Robin (or anyone) -- re space occupied. I had the impression from this below in Clapin & Evans' online precis that it was not the case of sporadic clumps on bits of hard debris but rather more carpet-like in some areas (if perhaps a very moth-eaten carpet). Is this never so in Port Phillip, or is it variable depending on bottom type? "Patches of S. Spallanzanii on the Southern Flats of Cockburn Sound cover approximately 20 ha of shallow sand bank (3-6 m depth) and are clearly visible in aerial photographs." Andrew & Ward 1997, MEPS152:119-130, repeat this and have a later comment - "Colonies may compete directly with native species for space..." - although the context could be a speculation or an assertion. Whether justified or no, they appear to be in no doubt about a fisheries impact, and presumably recreational scallop harvesting still takes place. Have estimates been done of the percentage of the Bay bottom occupied? (I grant you that it will not be equivalent to area denied to other species such as scallops.) > Greg Parry at MAFRI discovered also that Sabella > spallanzanii is distasteful to most common PPB fish species ... Ermm, does he know about Gambi et al., 1994:597 in the 4th IPC vol.? I quote: "The use of this species as a bait by anglers is limited to some localities in Sardinia ... It seems particularly suitable as bait for catching large Sparidae (Righini, 1991). The potential for a larger market for this species is supported by the results of some preliminary tests ..." Etc. > ... The field seems wide open for futher research ... Yep. :-) -- 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 Nov 19 23:58:28 1997 Received: (from daemon@localhost) by net.bio.net (8.6.12/8.6.6) id XAA25141 Message-Id: <199711200758.XAA25141@net.bio.net> To: annelida@net.bio.net Date: Thu, 20 Nov 1997 18:18:31 Reply-To: annelida@net.bio.net From: Michael Holloway Subject: Re: Sabella spallanzanii Hi all I have already replied directly to Daniel re ecological effects of S. spallanzanii, but since there seems to be some interest in this, here is what I said in the message: My work focuses on effects of Sabella on recruitment and community development of sessile assemblages, often known as fouling communities. The presence of the fanworms influences recruitment of several sessile species, mainly through physical mechanisms - ie it is the physical modification of the habitat structure due to the presence of the worms that cause the changes rather than biological interactions such as competition etc. No sessile taxa avoid the worm covered areas altogether, rather there is a shift in relative abundances of different species compared to worm free areas. Because the distribution of fanworms is patchy, my guess is that this will probably not lead to any drastic long-term effects on fouling organisms. I have not done any work on soft sediment communities. Another concern that has been raised is that these fanworms may alter the nitrogen cycle in Port Phillip Bay, leading to eutrophication. See the Final Report of the Port Phillip Bay Study for more on this: CSIRO 1996. Port Phillip Bay Environmental Study. Final Report. CSIRO also, Longmore, A, Nicholson, G and Parry, G, 1996. The effect of Sabella spallanzanii on nitrogen cycling in Port Phillip Bay, A report to the Centre for research on Introduced Marine Pests, CSIRO Division of Fisheries. Victorian Fisheries Research Institute. Internal Report No. 219. I don't have copies of these references, but as far as I know the work on nitrogen cycling is fairly preliminary, nevertheless it is cause for concern. I don't think anyone knows what effect Sabella will have on the ecology of Port Phillip Bay will be, but I agree that there is scope for further research. Mike Michael Holloway -- 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 Nov 20 13:04:14 1997 Received: (from daemon@localhost) by net.bio.net (8.6.12/8.6.6) id NAA25817 Message-Id: <199711202104.NAA25817@net.bio.net> To: annelida@net.bio.net Reply-To: annelida@net.bio.net Date: 20 Nov 1997 11:52:44 -0500 From: Robert Reid Subject: Sabellaria reef-building I'm passing on a request for recent literature on reef-building capacity and use as fish habitat in Sabellaria vulgaris - can anyone help? Thanks. Robert Reid -- 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 Nov 25 13:04:44 1997 Received: (from daemon@localhost) by net.bio.net (8.6.12/8.6.6) id NAA09816 Message-Id: <199711252104.NAA09816@net.bio.net> To: annelida@net.bio.net Date: Tue, 25 Nov 1997 16:00:31 -0500 (EST) Reply-To: annelida@net.bio.net From: pchevald@ahab.rutgers.edu Subject: Chevaldonne address change Hello! I am leaving the US next week (2/12) and I wanted to let you know of my new address in France: Pierre Chevaldonne CNRS - UMR DIMAR, Station Marine d'Endoume Centre d'Oceanologie de Marseille Rue de la Batterie des Lions 13007 Marseille, France I will have access to my present US e-mail address (pchevald@ahab.rutgers.edu) for at least the next 6 months, but I will let you know of the new one (+ phone and fax numbers) as soon as I get it. Cheers Pierre Pierre Chevaldonne Center for Deep-Sea Ecology and Biotechnology Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences Rutgers University, 71 Dudley Road New Brunswick, NJ 08901-8521, USA Tel: 732 932 8959 (x-205) Fax: 732 932 6557 E-mail: pchevald@imcs.rutgers.edu ************************************************************************** NEW ADDRESS AFTER DECEMBER 1ST / NOUVELLE ADRESSE A PARTIR DU 1ER DECEMBRE ************************************************************************** CNRS - UMR DIMAR, Station Marine d'Endoume Centre d'Oceanologie de Marseille Rue de la Batterie des Lions 13007 Marseille, France -- 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 Nov 25 14:42:26 1997 Received: (from daemon@localhost) by net.bio.net (8.6.12/8.6.6) id OAA23394 Message-Id: <199711252242.OAA23394@net.bio.net> To: annelida@net.bio.net Date: Tue, 25 Nov 1997 15:43:15 -0500 Reply-To: annelida@net.bio.net From: Natasha Gray Subject: Research on Polar Marine Invertebrates ************************************************* NMNH Department of Invertebrate Zoology Request For Proposals for Collections Based Research on Polar Marine Invertebrates ************************************************* November 1, 1997 The National Science Foundation's (NSF) Office of Polar Programs has identified the National Museum of Natural History (NMNH) as a Center for Excellence for Polar Research. NSF has entered into a cooperative agreement with the NMNH's Department of Invertebrate Zoology to provide funding to support the archiving and management of the extensive collections of marine invertebrates collected during NSF-funded Antarctic research expeditions. The collections include preserved representatives of all of the invertebrate groups. Proposals are invited from scientists interested in working on USAP collections. Limited support, through three categories of awards, is available through a competitive Research Awards Program. Total funding for this program is $30,000 for 1998. We expect to fund at least 3 and no more than 5 proposals this funding cycle. The actual numbers of awards made will depend on the funding requests in the award recipients proposals. The three proposal categories are described below. Collection Improvement Awards are intended to fund projects that improve the curation level of the polar collections, and thus the accessibility of the specimens and/or specimen data. Such awards may be made for technical/specialized sorting and identification, taxonomic standardization, data enhancement, collection culling, etc. Expected results would be a fully identified and curated collection, or a completed data enhancement project. Also encouraged are site visit proposals where the recipient would t. Collections-Based Research Awards are intended to fund original basic research into the systematics, evolution, and biogeography of polar organisms. Priority wil be given to research projects that draw heavily on NMNH polar collections. Applicability of the proposed project to our understanding of the systematics of the invertebrate fauna collected in the current Palmer LTER studies may be a selective factor. Awards will be in amounts not to exceed $10,000. Supported projects should be completed in 12-24 Incidental Awards will consist of smaller sums (maximum of $ 500) intended to defray costs associated with the publication of collections-based Antarctic research (i.e., page charges, illustration expenses, typing expenses). Depending on the taxonomic group under investigation, scientists may be expected to spend at least a portion of their research time at the Smithsonian Institution in order to glean the taxa they are working on from the collections. Researchers interested in using these collections, with or without financial support are requested to submit succinct proposals following the guidelines listed below: 1. Provide the name, title, organization, e-mail address and curriculum vitae of the principal investigator 2. Provide the name(s), titles, and organizations of all individuals collaborating on the proposed research. 3. Prepare a rigorous but brief (one- to two- page) proposal stating the proposal category (Collection Improvement, Collections-based Research or Incidential Award), describing the research (and, if appropriate, its applicability to current Antarctic research activities), enumerating the higher taxon or taxa of interest, listing the expected results (e.g., monograph, revision, species description, taxonomic key) and a timetable for completion. 4. Proposals should include dates for the portions of the research to be conducted at the National Museum of Natural History. Prior arrangements must be made if research space in the Department of Invertebrate Zoology is required. 5. Proposals requesting support through the Research Awards Program must clearly identify the proposal category from which support is requested, include a detailed budget, and identify the milestones and deliverables that will be used as the basis for disbursements. Allowable items include: * Travel costs to and from National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC. * A modest stipend at a rate equivalent to a Smithsonian Post-Doctoral Fellowship ($ 2,000 per month for the time spent at NMNH). * Research and expendable supplies, including consumable supplies used in conjunction with histology, photography, etc. Curatorial supplies needed to prepare the material for cataloging will be provided and need not be budgeted. Newly identified material will be cataloged by NMNH staff at the completion of the research project. * Estimated publication costs, including page charges, illustration expenses, typing expenses, etc. Eight copies of proposals should be submitted to: USAP Program Manager Department of Invertebrate Zoology, MRC-163 National Museum of Natural History Washington, DC 20560, USA The deadline for receipt of proposals is March 15, 1998. An External Advisory Committee will review the proposals on the basis of merit and current Antarctic research needs. Successful applicants will be notified by July 15, 1998. Additional information may be obtained through the USAP Program Manager (gray.natasha@nmnh.si.edu) or the Collections Manager (bright.cheryl@nmnh.si.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 Wed Nov 26 12:37:19 1997 Received: (from daemon@localhost) by net.bio.net (8.6.12/8.6.6) id MAA18326 Message-Id: <199711262037.MAA18326@net.bio.net> To: annelida@net.bio.net Date: Wed, 26 Nov 1997 08:27:13 +0100 Reply-To: annelida@net.bio.net From: gbellan@com.univ-mrs.fr (Gerard Bellan) Subject: Re: Chevaldonne address change Dear Annelidians, Eventually, you could send me (if neccessary) a message to Pierre Chevaldonne who will be in my Lab (Station marine d'Endoume). My e-Mail adress is : gbellan@com.univ-mrs.fr. I'll deliver it (or them) immediately. Nevertheless, I'm quite sure that Pierre could enjoy his private e-Mail early in december! Pierre's fax number will be : ++ 33 4 91 04 16 35 phone: not yet Bienvenue au Pays, Pierre! Bellan >Hello! >I am leaving the US next week (2/12) and I wanted to let you know of my new >address in France: > >Pierre Chevaldonne >CNRS - UMR DIMAR, Station Marine d'Endoume >Centre d'Oceanologie de Marseille >Rue de la Batterie des Lions >13007 Marseille, France Dr. Gerard BELLAN Centre d'Oceanologie de Marseille UMR CNRS DIMAR Station marine d'Endoume Rue Batterie des Lions 13007 MARSEILLE France tel.: (33) 4 91 04 16 12 Fax.: (33) 4 91 04 16 35 E-Mail : gbellan@com.univ-mrs.fr -- 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 Nov 27 13:27:01 1997 Received: (from daemon@localhost) by net.bio.net (8.6.12/8.6.6) id NAA15683 Message-Id: <199711272127.NAA15683@net.bio.net> To: annelida@net.bio.net From: WATERWHEEL@aol.com Reply-To: annelida@net.bio.net Date: Thu, 27 Nov 1997 11:49:49 -0500 (EST) Subject: Tubeworm Fouling in Florida Can anyone tell me the species name of the tubeworms that commonly foul boat bottoms and running gear in coastal areas of Florida? Also, I'd be interested to find out if they have a free swimming larval stage and the diameter of the larvae. Any references concerning their life history would be appreciated. -- 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 Fri Nov 28 20:36:23 1997 Received: (from daemon@localhost) by net.bio.net (8.6.12/8.6.6) id UAA09092 Message-Id: <199711290436.UAA09092@net.bio.net> To: annelida@net.bio.net Date: Fri, 28 Nov 1997 16:25:00 -0600 Reply-To: annelida@net.bio.net From: Sam James Subject: Re: Terrestrial ice worms At 11:27 PM 11/17/97 +0000, you wrote: "....... Ice and Glacier worms - where I read that >on the Malaspina Glacier large numbers of a small black worm, >Mesenchytraeus solifugus "appear on the surface about four o'clock in the >afternoon, moving sluggishly about ... but when the sun [once more] >appears in the morning they again burrow into the snow" (hence the >solifugus presumably!), and that Mesenchytraeus solifugus var >rainierensis, "abundant on the higher snowfields and glaciers in early >summer, evidently passes its entire existence, generation after generation >in the snow and ice. ... The snow on which it is found has a red colour, >due to a minute unicellular alga, which may serve as the food of the >worm." > >If anyone has the details of recent citations for glacier worms or >knows more about what they do in their rather extreme environment I'd be >interested to hear from them. > rainierensis would be one from Mt. Rainier, in the Cascades range of Washington State, USA. Robert W. Service, famous poet of the Yukon Gold Rush, penned the immortal Ballad of the Ice-Worm Cocktail, about an initiation ritual involving the consumption of one Mesenchytraeus solifugus in an alcoholic drink served in a rough saloon somewhere in the frozen north. The Harriman expedition collected a lot of these critters, now preserved at the Smithsonian Inst. There is one in a small glass case at the Portage Glacier visitor's center in Alaska. I have eaten the red snow, which tastes a bit like watermelon. Maybe the worms like it too. I realize this does not help, but thought you might be interested. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ Sam James ~ ~ Dept. of Biology ~ ~ Maharishi Univ. of Mgmt. ~ ~ Fairfield, IA 52557 ~ ~ sjames@mum.edu ~ ~ 515-472-1146 ~ ~ Systematics and Ecology ~ ~ of Earthworms ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -- 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 Sat Nov 29 10:04:05 1997 Received: (from daemon@localhost) by net.bio.net (8.6.12/8.6.6) id KAA25419 Message-Id: <199711291804.KAA25419@net.bio.net> To: annelida@net.bio.net From: "sashka" Reply-To: annelida@net.bio.net Date: Sat, 29 Nov 1997 17:52:32 +0300 Subject: Alexander V. Rzhavsky Hello everybody! I have removed from Kamchatka to Moscow and I am on the net now. My new e-mail address is Alexander V. Rzhavsky -- 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 Sun Nov 30 02:11:30 1997 Received: (from daemon@localhost) by net.bio.net (8.6.12/8.6.6) id CAA17056 Message-Id: <199711301011.CAA17056@net.bio.net> To: annelida@net.bio.net From: "Geoff Read" Reply-To: annelida@net.bio.net Date: Sun, 30 Nov 1997 22:41:11 +0000 Subject: PRO draft - are YOU up-to-date? Hello folks, These are the polychaete researcher names I have entries for. I've done the updating since May and will shortly output the list for the web. If you are not there, or have not been updated ever since the initial list (blank date), and _need_ to be updated, then let me know immediately, with the details. Also if you see a name you know which should not be listed any longer (graduated students?) let me know. Thanks, and especially thanks to those who have already responded nicely to the 'spring-clean' message. I appreciate hearing from you. PRO editor (columns align in a non-proportional font). DATE MODIFIED NAME AABEL, Jens 16-Apr-97 ABBIATI, Marco 20-Nov-97 ARINO, Arturo 28-Apr-97 ARVANITIDIS, Christos 06-May-97 BAILEY-BROCK, Julie 20-Nov-97 BARNICH, Ruth 27-Feb-97 BARTOLOMAEUS, Thomas 25-Apr-97 BELLAN, Gerard 05-May-97 BEN-ELIAHU, Nechama 27-Nov-97 BENTLEY, Matt 20-Nov-97 BERENTS, Penny BHAUD, Michel 21-Jun-97 BICK, Andreas BLAKE, Jim BOCHERT, Ralf 20-Nov-97 BOEGGEMANN, Markus BOLIVAR, German BONE, David 12-Sep-96 BOROWSKI, Christian BRITAYEV, Temir 04-May-97 BROWN, Betsy BUEHRMANN, Carola 22-Nov-97 BYERS, Sheila CAMARGO, Mauricio 26-Mar-97 CANTONE, Grazia 25-Nov-97 CAPACCIONI, Romana CARLTON, Jim CARON, Alain CARRASCO, Franklin 25-Apr-97 CHA, Jae-Hoon 20-Nov-97 CHEVALDONNE, Pierre CINAR, Melih CLEVELAND, Carol COCHRANE, Sabine COHEN, Bernard 04-May-97 COLE, Faith COSSON, Nathalie 29-Nov-97 CRAEYMEERSCH, Johan CULTER, James 30-Nov-97 CUTLER, Edward 26-Nov-97 DAHLGREN, Thomas DAUVIN, Jean-Claude 03-Oct-96 DE LEON, Angel DEAN, Harlan DELGRAER, Steven DESBRUYERES, Daniel DESROSIERS, Gaston DIAZ, Robert DIAZ, Victoria 16-Apr-97 DING, Zhihu 30-Apr-97 DORRESTEIJN, Adriaan 26-Dec-96 EIBYE-JACOBSEN, Danny ELDREDGE, Lu 04-May-97 ERSEUS, Christer 27-Mar-97 FASSARI, Giuseppe 02-Apr-97 FAUCHALD, Kristian 09-Jan-97 FERAL, Jean-Pierre 20-Nov-97 FIEGE, Dieter 30-Nov-97 FISCHER, Albrecht 26-Dec-96 FITZHUGH, Kirk 09-Jan-97 FORBES, Tom FORD, Richard 20-Nov-97 FOURNIER, Judith 20-Nov-97 FOX, Geraldine FRAME, Ann 20-Nov-97 FULLER, Charlotte GALLARDO, Victor GARDINER, Stephen 30-Apr-97 GASTON, Gary 30-Apr-97 GEIER, Gunter GIBSON, Glenys 02-Jul-97 GIL, Joao GLASBY, Chris 18-Nov-97 GLOVER, Adrian GOMES, Cinthya GRALL, Jacques GRANADOS-BARBA, Alejandro GRANT, Alastair GRASSLE, Judith GRASSLE, Fred GREHAN, Anthony 12-Sep-96 GRIST, Nigel GUYARD, Philippe 12-Sep-96 HAMPTON, Sharon HANDLEY, Sean HARDEGE, Joerg HARDER, Tilman HARLEY, Eric HARRIS, Leslie 09-Jan-97 HAYASHI, Isao 25-Nov-97 HEIMANN, Christian HELLBERG, Michael HENSLEY, Robin HERMAN, Peter HERMANS, Colin HERNANDEZ-ALCANTARA, Pablo HILBIG, Brigitte HINCHEY, Elizabeth HOLT, Tom 06-May-97 HOLTHE, Torleif HOOVER, Phillip 04-May-97 HOURDEZ, Stephane 20-Nov-97 HOVE, Harry 30-Nov-97 HSIEH, Hwey-Lian 30-Nov-97 HUTCHINGS, Pat IRVINE, Steven 30-Jan-97 JIRKOV, Igor JONES, Paul 04-May-97 JOUIN-TOULMOND, Claude JUMARS, Peter JUNOY, Juan KAAG, Nicolaas 26-Jun-97 KARLEN, David KENDALL, Michael KHAITOV, Vadim 26-Dec-96 KINANE, Sean KIRBY-SMITH, William 26-Dec-96 KIRKEGAARD, Jorgen 14-May-97 KLINGEBIEL, Maike 05-May-97 KNIGHT-JONES, Phyllis 19-Nov-97 KOSTYUCHENKO, Roman KRISTENSEN, Erik KRISTENSEN, Torben KUPER, Michael 04-May-97 LALLIER, Francois LAMONT, Peter 23-Dec-96 LANA, Paulo 30-Nov-97 LARDICCI, Claudio LEVIN, Lisa 04-May-97 LICHER, Frank 25-Nov-97 LINDSAY, Sara 03-Oct-96 LONG, Charlene LOVELL, Larry 30-Apr-97 LUETJENS, Marc 19-Nov-97 MACKIE, Andy MARCANO, Guillermo MARTIN, Christopher 18-Jun-97 MARTIN, Daniel 25-Nov-96 MARTINEZ-LARA, Ricardo MASON, Graeme 12-Sep-96 MCCARTHY, Sherylan MCHUGH, Damhnait 19-Mar-97 MCLELLAND, Jerry MERZ, Rachel 29-Nov-97 MIRON, Gilles 18-Nov-97 MIURA, Tomoyuki 27-Mar-97 MOLLICA, Emanuele 11-Jan-97 MOORE, Derek 27-Nov-97 MORGAN, Torin MUELLER, Monika NICOLAIDOU, Artemis 25-Apr-97 OLIVE, Peter 12-Sep-96 OUG, Eivind PALMER, Apama PAPADOPOULOU-SMITH, Nadia PARAKETSOVA, Natalia PARKER, Tom 30-Apr-97 PARNER, Hjalte PATERSON, Gordon 28-Dec-96 PAXTON, Hannelore PEARCE, Jack 04-May-97 PENDLE, Marie PENNIFOLD, Melita 25-Nov-96 PEREIRA, Paula 06-Oct-96 PERKINS, Tom PERNET, Pernet 29-Sep-96 PETERSEN, Mary 29-Nov-97 PHILLIPS, Tony PLAIA, Gayle 12-Sep-96 PLEIJEL, Fred 22-Nov-97 POCKLINGTON, Pat 20-Nov-97 PROBERT, Keith 04-May-97 PSATHAKI, Katherina PURSCHKE, Guenter 26-Dec-96 QIAN, Pei-Yuan 20-Nov-97 RADASHEVSKY, Vasily 04-May-97 RAINER, Sebastian 25-Apr-97 READ, Geoff REBSCHER, Nicole REES, Simon 20-Nov-97 REIFF, Nicola 04-Feb-97 REISH, Don RICE, Stanley 11-Jan-97 ROBERTSON, Michael 25-Nov-97 RODRIGUEZ, German ROUSE, Greg RUFF, Eugene RUMOHR, Heye 26-Sep-96 RUSSELL, Dave 05-May-97 SAN MARTIN, Guillermo SAPHRONOVA, Marina 02-Jul-97 SARDA, Rafael SASAKI, Osamu SATO, Masanori 02-Oct-96 SATO-OKOSHI, Waka 05-May-97 SCHMELZ, Ruediger SCHMIDT, Hartmut 16-Oct-96 SCHNACK, Klaus 12-Sep-96 SCHROEDER, Paul SCHULZE, Stefan 29-Jul-97 SCHULZE, Anja SELLA, Gabriella SHIN, Paul SHIRAYAMA, Yoshihisa SHULL, Dave SICINSKI, Jacek 26-Nov-97 SIGVALDADOTTIR, Elin SIKORSKI, Andrew SIMBOURA, Nomiki 06-Oct-96 SIMPSON, Margaret SOLIS-WEISS, Vivianne 26-Sep-96 SOMASCHINI, Alessandra 25-Nov-96 TAGHON, Gary THOMPSON, Michelle THRUSH, Simon THUESEN, Erik 04-May-97 TOULMOND, Andre 05-May-97 TZETLIN, Alexander VEDEL, Anders VIEITEZ, Jose 12-Sep-96 VILLORA-MORENO, Santiago 30-Nov-96 VOELKER, Ute 25-Apr-97 WALDOCK, Rachel 04-May-97 WANG, Wen Bo WARD, Linda 30-Nov-97 WATSON, Gordon WESTHEIDE, Wilfried WILLCOX, Mark WILLIAMS, Jason WILLSIE, Alan WILSON, Herb 30-Nov-97 WILSON, Robin WINDOFFER, Reinhard 14-Jan-97 WOODIN, Sarah YAMAMURO, Masumi 04-May-97 ZAL, Franck 22-Sep-96 ZIBROWIUS, Helmut ZOTTOLI, Robert -- 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 --