Paulo,
Well said!!!
Nevertheless, when confronted with regulations, in itself necessary, but
carried out to the letter and not to the intention, even a scientist
occasionally is entitled to raise his hands in despair to heaven. A
permit - as I once was given - to collect only 3 specimens of each given
species is difficult to comply with if the worms under study are under
water, only 60 micron in diameter and recognizable with high power
microscope only. (Fortunately it was not carried out to the letter).
Resignation not always comes easily, although more so with increasing age.
Maybe becoming a grandfather will help my Marseillean friend.
Have fun all, and a successful meeting, Wish I could be there!
Harry A. ten Hove
Institute for Systematics and Population Biology
Zoological Museum, University of Amsterdam
POB 94766, 1090 GT AMSTERDAM
<hove at bio.uva.nl>
TEL. 3120 5256906
FAX. 3120 5255402
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