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THE ECHINODERM NEWSLETTER Number 16. 1991. Editor: John Lawrence Department of 8iology University of South Florida Tampa, Florida 33620, U.S.A. Distributed by the Department of Invertebrate Zoology National Museum of Natural History Smithsonian Institution Washington, D.C. 20560, U.S.A. (David Pawson) The newsletter contains information concerning meetings and conferences, publications of interest to echinoderm biologists, titles of theses on echinoderms, and research interests and addresses of echinoderm biologists. Individuals who desire to receive the newsletter should send their name and research interests to the editor. The newsletter is not intended to be a part of the scientific literature and should not be ctted, abstracted, or reprinted as a published document. 1 .. j Table of Contents Echinoderm specialists: names and address 1 Conferences 1991 European Colloquium on Echinoderms 26 1994 International Echinoderm Conference 27 Books in print .........•.........................••.................. 29 Recent articles ........•............................................. 39 Papers presented at conferences 70 Theses and dis sertat ions 98 Requests and informat ion . Inst itut iona 1 1 ibrarfes' requests 111 Newsletters: Beche-de-mer Information Bulleltin 111 COTS Comm. (Crown-of-thorns starfish) 114 Individual requests and information 114 Cadis-fly oviposition in asteroids 116 Pept ides in ech inoderms ;- 117 Mass mortality of asteroids in the north Pacific 118 Species of echinoderms available at marine stations . Japan 120 Banyuls, France 132 Otago, New Zealand 135 Ai 1sa's sect ion 137 How echinoderm biologists became echinoderm biologists 138 (Guille, Baker, Gage, Ubaghs, Lawrence, Clark/Rotman, Dan, Tyler, Nichols, Wilkie, Jefferies, Durham, Clark, Ausich, Christensen, Rose, Cobb, Suzuki, Markel, Chia, Burke, Giese, Meyer, Emson, Lane, Blake, Parsley, Telford, Pawson, Ebert, Hendler, Stancyk, Dearborn, Strathmann,Li~o) In the past 155 Processing beche-de-mer in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands 158 .Ag ass izan d Vig uier 159 Cob b 's fa b1e 160 Echinoderms in song, literature, and poetry 160 The origin of the term, ambu7acra 163 "Sea star" or "starfish" 164 Echinoderms and the people of Vancouver Island and Cape Flattery 168 Cartoons 176 Motokawa's song 186 The starfi sh man of Austral ia " 189 Garstang's verses on echinoderm larvae 190 Rec ipes 193 Obi tuari es . Henry Gwynne Vevers 198 Walter Weber 200 Eric Sm ith 201 Norman Mill ott 202 . , 1 ECHINODERM SPECIALISTS Albuquerque, Maria da. Universidad Santa Ursula, Dept de Ciencias Biologica, Rua Fernando Ferrari, 75 Botafol, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil Aldrich, Frederick Allen. Department of Biology, Memorial University, St. John's, Newfoundland Al C 5SF, Canada Ali, Mohamed Said M. Department of Geology, Faculty of Science, El Minia University,;EI Minia, Egypt Alva, Victor. Laboratoire Biologie Marine (CP.160), Universite Libre de Bruxelles, 50, Av. F.D. Roosevelt, Bruxelles, Belgium Alvarez, Leonardo Ramon. Colorado #79, Napoles, Mexico D.F. 03810, Mexico Alvarez, Martinez de Saavedra. Departmento de Zoologia, Universidad de la Laguna, Tenerife, Canary Islands Andrade, Hector. Universidad de Valparaiso, Instituto de Oceanogia, Casilla 13-D, Vina Del Mar, Chile Arendt, Yurii A Paleontological Institue of the Academy of Sciences, Profsojouznaja str., 113, 117321 Moscow USSR Arnaud, Patrick M. Centre d'Oceanologie de Marseilles Station Marine d'Endoume, 13007 Marseilles France Aronson, Richard B. 101-06 67 Drive, Forest Hills, NY 11375, USA Ausich, William I. Department of Geology & Minerology, 125 South Oval Mall, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA Austin, William. Khoyatan Marine Laboratory, 4635 Alder Glen Rd., RR 1, Cowichan Bay, British Columbia, VOR INO Canada Baker, Alan, National Museum of New Zealand, Private Bag, Wellington, New Zealand Ball, Brendan John. Zoology Department, University College, Galway, Ireland Baron, Clifford. Department of Zoology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA Barker, Michael Frances. Protohello Marine Lahoratory, P.O. Box 8, Portobello Dunedin, New Zealand • 2 Baron, Clifford. Dept. of Zoology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA Bartsch, lise. Biologische Anstalt Helgoland, Notkestr. 31 2000 Hamburg. Federal Republic of Germany Basch, Larry. City of San Diego Marine Biology Section, Point Lorna Laboratory, 4077 N. Harbor Drive, San Diego, CA 92101, USA Baskar, B.K. Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, E.R.G. Road, Ernaculam, Cochin - 682031, India. Baumiller, Tomasz K. Dept. of Geophysical Sciences, University of Chicago, 5734 S. Ellis Ave., Chicago, IL 60637, USA Beamon, Joe. Geology Dept., West Georgia College, Carroilton, GA 30118, USA Beaver, Harold H. Dept. of Geology, Baylor University, Waco, TX 76798, USA Bell, Bruce. New York State Museum, Collections Management Section, State Education Bldg. Annex 962, Albany, NY 12234, USA Belyaev, George M. Institute of Oceanology, USSR Academy of Sciences, Krassikova str., 23. Moscow 117218, USSR Bergen, University of. Institute of -Marine Biology, N-5065 Blomsterdalen, Norway Berger, Jacques. University of Toronto, Department of Zoology, Toronto, Ontario 1\'15S1Al, Canada Bermuda Biological Station, Library, SL George's West, 1-15, Bermuda . Bernasconi, Irene. Museo Argentino de Cienceas Naturales, "Bernadino Rivadavia", Avda Angel Gallardo 470, Casilla de Corea lO-Surcursal 5, 1405 Buenos Aires, Argentina Billett, David Stewart Martin. The Institute of Oceanographic Sciences, Deacon Laboratory. Brook Rd., Wormley, Godalming, Surrey GU8 SUB, U.K. Birkeland, Charles Evans. Marine Laboratory, UOG Station, Mangilao, Guam 96923 Birtles, Alastair. James Cook University of N. Queensland, School of Biological Sciences. ~larinc Biology Department, Townsville. QLD 4811, Australia Black, W. Robert. Depart. of Zoology. The University of Western Australia, Nedlan'ds. Western Australia, 6009, Australia Blake, Daniel. Dept. Geology. 245 NHI3. Univ. of Illinois. 1301 W. Green St.. Urhana. IL 61801, USA 2 • 3 Bockclie, Johan Fredrik. Norsk Hydro Exploration, P.O. Box 200, N-1321 Stabekk, Norv.ay Boczarowski, Andrezej. Silesian University, Department of Earth Science, Mielczarskiego Str. 60. 41-200 Sosnowiec, Poland Booth, Jr., Billy B. Mote Marine Laboratory, 1600 City Island Park, Sarasota, FL 33577, USA Boudouresque, C.F. Faculte des Sciences de Luminy, Laboratoire d'Ecologie du Benthos et de Biologie Vegetale Marine, 13288 Marseille Cedex 9, France Bouland, Catherine. Laboratoire de Biologic Marine, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, c.P. 160, B 1050, Bruxelles, Belgium Bosch, Isidro. Harbor Branch, Oceanographic Institution, 5600 Old Dixie Highway, Fort Pierce, FL 33450, USA Brandt, Danita. Dept. of Geography and Geology, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI 48197, USA Branstrator, Jon W. Department of Geology, Earlham College, Richmond, IN 47374, USA Bray, Richard D. 176 West Main St., Port Jervis, New York 12771, USA Breimer, Albert. Rijksmuseum van Geologie en Mineralogie, Garenmarkt 1B, 2311 PG Leiden, Netherlands Breton, Gerard. Museum d'Histoire Naturelle, Place du Vieux Marche, 76600 Ie Ha"Te, France Briscoe, C. Shannon, Dept. of Biology, Rider College, Lawrenceville, N.J. 08648. U.S.A British Museum (Natural History), Paleontological Library, Cromwell Road, London SW7, England Brito, Ignacio Machado. Instituto de Geociencias, U.ER.J. - C.C.M.N., I1ha 0 Fundao, 21910 Rio DeJ aneiro, Brazil Broadhead, Thomas W. University of Tennessee, Department of Geological Science, Knoxville. TN 37996-1410 USA Broom, D.M. Department of Pure and Applied Zoology, University of Reading. Reading RGG 2AJ, England Brower, James C. Dept. of Geology, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244-1070, USA Brumbaugh, Joe H., Dept. of Biology, Sonoma State University. Rohnert Park. CA 9492R. USA Brunei, Pierre. Depart. de Sciences Biologiques, Universite de Montreal, Casier Postal 6128. Succursale A, Montreal, Quehec, H3C 317, Canada 3 4 Bundesanstalt fur Boden forschung. Bibliothek-L, 3 Hannover-bucholz, Postfach 54, Stillewcg 2. Germany DBR(FRG) Bureau, Fabrice. Laboratoire de Biologic Marine, 73, Avenue Marstriau (Batiment 4) 7000 Mons, Belgium Burke, Robert D. Department of Biology, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia V8W 2F2, Canada Bussarawich, Somchai. Phuket Marine Biological Center, P.O. Box 60, Phuket 83000, Thailand Byrne, Maria. Dept. of Zoology, University of Sydney, Sydney, N.S.W., Australia California Academy of Sciences. Invertebrate Zoology Department, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California 94118 USA Cameron, R. Andrew. Division of Biology 156-29, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125 Campbell, Andrew. School of Biological Sciences, Queen Mary & Westfield College, University of London, Mile End Rd., London El 4NS, London, U.K Campbell, David B. Biology Dept., Rider College, Lawrenceville, NJ 08648, USA Candia Carnevali, M. Daniele. Universita degli Studi, Dipartmento di Biologia, Via Celoria 26. 20133 Milano, Italy Cannon, L.R.G. Curator of Lower Invertebrates, Queensland Museum, Gregory TCE, Brisbane QLD 4006, Australia Carey, Andrew G. Jr., School of Oceanography, Oregon State University, Corvallis. OR 97331. USA Carpenter, Robert C. Dept. of Biology, California State University, Northridge, CA 91330. USA Carson, Sally. Department of Zoology, Biological Sciences Building, University of Alberta, Edmonton, T6G LE9 Caso Maria Elena. Inst. de Cinencias del Mar y Limnologia, La. de Ecologia de Equinodcrmos. Apartado
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