Wednesday, 16 August 2000
Dear Colleagues,
My apologies for not getting this off sooner - I forgot it had not been
sent.
For those of you who haven't yet discovered it, our Annelid Resources site
is one of those singled out by NetWatch in a recent issue of Science (vol.
289, no. 5479, 28 July 2000). For more details see the following url.
http://www.sciencemag.org/content/vol289/issue5479/netwatch.shtml
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SITE VISIT: Can of Worms
Hooked on earthworms, Charles Darwin whiled away months watching the
slippery creatures mate and mine, even noting their reaction (indifference)
when his family played different musical instruments. Keep abreast of what
Darwin's successors have discovered about annelids--the segmented
worms that include earthworms, leeches, and bristly marine worms called
polychaetes--with the Annelid Resources page. Created by New Zealand
taxonomist Geoff Read and hosted by the University of New Orleans, the
site provides researchers with the latest on annelid taxonomy, ecology, and
distribution.
The 4-year-old site includes an annelid discussion group, an annotated
bibliography of recent papers on worm phylogeny, a directory of worm
experts, and geographical taxonomic lists for some of the 9000 annelid
species. Adding context are a list of annelid papers dating back to 1705,
book reviews, and biographies of famous worm researchers. Read has
also tossed in some fun diversions. No annelid page would be complete
without photos of engorged leeches feasting on human blood. You can also
download a clip from the 1990 film Tremors, in which man-eating worms
pursue Kevin Bacon. Join an online expedition to visit stands of deep-sea
tubeworms, or "ice worms" prospering on slabs of frozen methane.
http://www.biodiversity.uno.edu/~worms/annelid.html
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Congratulations, Geoff! And many thanks for all your efforts to keep us
among the better informed specialists!
Mary
Mary E. Petersen
Zoological Museum, University of Copenhagen
Universitetsparken 15, DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark
Tel +45-35 32 10 67 - Fax +45-35 32 10 10
E-mail: mepetersen at zmuc.ku.dk
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