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PSAMMONALIA The Newsletter of the International Association of Meiobenthologists Number 150, January 2008 Composed and Printed at: Department of Zoology Federal University of Pernambuco Recife, PE, 50670-420 BRAZIL “What, and no one’s in the pool?” DON’T FORGET TO RENEW YOUR MEMBERSHIP IN IAM! THE APPLICATION CAN BE FOUND AT THE END OF THIS ISSUE OR AT: http://www.meiofauna.org/appform.html This Newsletter is not part of the scientific literature for taxonomic purposes. 1 The International Association of Meiobenthologists Executive Committee Paulo Santos Dept. of Zoology, Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife, Chairperson PE 50670-420 Brazil [[email protected]] Keith Walters Dept. of Marine Science, Coastal Carolina University, POB Past Chairperson 261954, Conway, SC 29528-6054 USA [[email protected]] Ann Vanreusel Lab Morphologie, Universiteit Gent, Ladengancjstraat 35, Treasurer B-9000 Gent, Belgium [[email protected]] Jyotsna Sharma Dept. of Biology, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Assistant Treasurer Antonio, TX 78249-0661, USA [[email protected]] Monika Bright Dept. of Marine Biology, University of Vienna, Vienna, A- (term expires 2013) 1090, Austria [[email protected]] Tom Moens Ghent University, Biology Department, Marine Biology (term expires 2013) Section, Gent, B-9000, Belgium [[email protected]] Kevin Carman Dept. of Biology, A103 Life Sciences, Louisiana State (term expires 2010) University, Baton Rouge LA 70803 USA [[email protected]] Emil Olafsson Menntun Consultoría, c/Cava Alta 9, 2ºC, Madrid 28005 (term expires 2010) Spain [[email protected]] Ex-Officio Executive Committee (Past Chairpersons) 1966-67 Robert Higgins 1984-86 Olav Giere Founding Editor 1968-69 W. Duane Hope 1987-89 John Fleeger 1970-71 John Gray 1990-92 Richard Warwick 1972-73 Wilfried Westheide 1993-95 Paul Montagna 1974-75 Bruce Coull 1996-98 Magda Vincx 1976-77 Jeanne Renaud-Mornant 1999-2001 Yoshihisa Shirayama 1978-79 William Hummon 2002-04 John Lambshead 1980-81 Robert Higgins 2005-07 Keith Walters 1982-83 Carlo Heip Board of Correspondents Antonio Todaro Dipartimento di Biologia Animale, Univeristy di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Via Campi 213/d, I-41100 Modena, Italy (Open) Webmaster Jeffrey Baguley University of Nevada, Reno, Department of Biology, Mailstop 314, Reno, NV 89557 [[email protected]] This Newsletter is not part of the scientific literature for taxonomic purposes. 2 Editorial Next Conference Bom dia! It has been >20 yrs. since IAM met in First of all I should apologize for the Ghent, Belgium for the Conference and very long delay of this number. it was decided by the membership that Wondering about a reason to this delay our return is long overdue. The next I was first drove to my many tasks – International Meiofauna Conference, “over-work” – but now I think that the fourteenth in the long list, will be held responsibility of making a good first in Ghent during summer 2010. edition of Psammonalia, together with the request of the Executive Committee during Thirimco to present new ways to Incoming “Meiobenthology” “reanimate” IAM, had both frozen my th aptness to finish this 150 edition. In News from Prof. Olaf Giere: fact I have no “magic” solution but only some thoughts of what we all can try. ‘This is just to let you and the My first reflection is that a healthy Association of Meiobenthologists know, Association is the result of proactive that I have sent the complete new text members and I feel that much could be and figures etc. of the second edition of done simply by sending information to my book "Meiobenthology" to the include on each newsletter. Looking publisher, Springer-Verlag. The new behind, I felt that during the volume will be clearly more Conference apart from debating comprehensive, both more pages and throughout presentations we also figures, but more importantly, also more exchange information during extra-time chapters. There are for example new about on-going Projects, student chapters on the meiobenthos of polar training opportunities/courses, areas incl. sea ice, on meiofauna around occurrences of known (or unknown) taxa hydrothermal vents, on mangroves or on and several other activities that clearly the impact of heavy metals and increases our networking. Maybe if we pesticides. Completely new are also 41 put some more effort to regularly "Boxes" which either summarize the exchange this “back-stage” information contents of a chapter or highlight through the newsletter we could particular aspects, such as the increase interactions among members discussion about the latitudinal and hence inject some new blood in gradient in meiobenthos. These boxes IAM. I am thus encouraging members to are kept in a more 'non-academic' style send news of their activities that could in order to catch the interest of the be worth for the others. reader. All the figures are computer- redone, additional ones have been Cheers, designed. I tried to be as actual as Paulo possible including also some 2008- publications. The reference list of > 1900 citations is meant to give a This Newsletter is not part of the scientific literature for taxonomic purposes. 3 comprehensive account on the more Suharti has been working with generally relevant meiofauna literature, Foraminifera since her graduation. She old and recent, American and Russian has completed her Ph.D. at Brawijaya and Brazilian. Well, I did my best, but University (Indonesia) end 2007 and her couldn't have done it without the help of studies with benthic foraminiferans are many, many fellow meiobenthologists being conducted at the Indonesian who supported me, not only with Institute for Science (LIPI) – Research literature and other facts, but often, and Center for Oceanography. sometimes more importantly, with encouragement and good wishes. Special thanks go to Bob Higgins and Ian King, Bruce Coull! If Springer now manages Department of Nematology, to do their job well and publish this, as Boyce Hall, promised, still in 2008, and if the price UC, Riverside, CA 92521 stays reasonable, I would be happy.’ My research interests include the ecology and systematics of free-living marine nematodes. I am interested in New Members the potential use of nematodes as bioindicators and in biomonitoring. In Lilia Pereira de Souza Santos previous research projects, I have Federal University of Pernambuco studied free-living nematode R. Guedes Pereira 114/801 populations downstream from a pulp- Parnamirim and-paper mill and populations in Recife, Brazil 52.060-150 clearcut forests. Originally from 55-81-3268-3999 Newfoundland, Canada, I am now a Email: [email protected] Ph.D. candidate in the Departments of Nematology and Biology at the Lilia completed her Ph.D. with University of California, Riverside, Jacques Castel in France and has been USA. My Ph.D. research focuses on working with copepods ever since. nematode faunal responses to a wetland Currently she is in the Oceanography estuary restoration programme in Department at the University Federal coastal southern California. de Pernembuco in Recife, Brazil studying copepod physiology and their use in aquaculture and toxicology. Help Please I am a Marine biology student at the Dr. Suharti M. Natsir, University of San Carlos in the Research Center for Oceanography, Philippines. My partner and I are JI Inerbang III no. 87 Rt. 002/03.kel. studying meiofaunal colonization. I Tengah, Jakarta, 13540 Indonesia found out that you too are working on email: [email protected] meiofauna. I would like to ask if anyone could share any reprints or pdf files of This Newsletter is not part of the scientific literature for taxonomic purposes. 4 their work that we may use as a post-embryonic development. Careful reference. diagnoses of nauplius and copepodidallow comparisons of specific Katherine Grace Calayag developmental stages among species. Biology Department Changes from the last naupliar stage to University of San Carlos the first copepodid stage are used to Nasipit Talamban Cebu City, interpret the naupliar body. Philippines Body and limb patterning are discussed, and models of limb patterning are used New Books to generate segment homologies for the protopod and both rami. Contributions An annotated checklist and keys to of post-embryonic development to the species of Copepoda phylogenetic hypotheses are considered Harpacticoida (Crustacea) and suggestions for future studies are By John B. J. Wells provided.” 2007. Zootaxa 1568: 1-872. Abstract: “A checklist of the approximately 4300 species of Copepoda Recent Literature Harpacticoida is presented. It is prepared according to the opinions of Abebe E, Decraemer W, Ley PD. 2008. the latest revisers and adopts the Global diversity of nematodes phylogenetic system of Seifried (Nematoda) in freshwater. (2003). The opportunity is taken to Hydrobiologia 595(1):67-78 formally propose replacement names for Achatz JG, Hooge MD, Tyler S. 2007. preoccupied taxa (p. 14). Comments Convolutidae (Acoela) from Belize. are provided on other taxonomic issues. Zootaxa 1479 :35-66 A dichotomous key to families is Ahmad W. 2007. New and known followed by tabular keys to species species of Dorylaimoidea (Nematoda: within each family.” Dorylaimida) from Singapore. Nematology 9(2):215-229 Post-Embryonic Development of the Albuquerque EF, Pinto APB, Perez Copepoda ADQ, et al. 2007. Spatial and By Frank D. Ferrari & Hans-Uwe temporal changes in interstitial Dahms meiofauna on a sandy ocean beach of 2007. Crustaceana Monographs 8:1-256. South America. Brazilian Journal of Summary from BRILL website: Oceanography 55 (2):121-131 “Crustaceans that are now called Alsterberg C, Sundback K, Larson F. copepods have been known, not 2007. Direct and indirect effects of necessarily by that name, since an anti-fouling biocide on benthic Aristotle. Published reports of their microalgae and meiofauna. Journal postembryonic development, however, of Experimental Marine Biology and date only from the last 250 years. This Ecology 351 (1-2): 56-72 monograph is a first attempt to gather Andrássy I, Gibson JAE.