PSAMMONALIA The Newsletter of the International Association of Meiobenthologists Number 167, June 2017 Composed and Printed at Lab. of Coastal Benthic Ecology P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology RAS DONT FORGET TO RENEW YOUR MEMBERSHIP IN IAM! THE APPLICATION CAN BE FOUND AT: http://www.meiofauna.org/appform.html This newsletter is mailed electronically. Paper copies will be sent only upon request This Newsletter is not part of the scientific literature for taxonomic purposes 1 Executive Committee Vadim Mokievsky, Chairperson P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Hanan Mitwally (term expires 2019) Academy of Sciences, 36 Nakhimovskiy Faculty of Science, Oceanography, University of Prospect, 117218 Moscow, Russia. Alexandria, Moharram Bay, 21151, Egypt . [email protected] [email protected] Wonchoel Lee, Past Chairperson Gustavo Fonseca (term expires 2019) Lab Of Biodiversity, (#505), Department of Life Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Instituto do Science, College of Natural Sciences, Hanyang Mar, Av. AlmZ Saldanha da Gama 89, 11030- University, Seoul, South Korea. 400 Santos, Brazil. [email protected] [email protected] Daniel Leduc (term expires 2022) Ann Vanreusel, Treasurer National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Lab Morphologie, Universiteit Gent, Research, Private Bag 14-901, Wellington, New Ladengancjstraat 35, B-9000 Gent, Belgium. Zealand. [email protected] [email protected] Nabil Majdi (term expires 2022) Jyotsna Sharma, Assistant Treasurer Bielefeld University, Animal Ecology, Department of Biology, University of Texas at Konsequenz 45, 33615, Bielefeld, Germany. San Antonio, San Antonio, TX 78249-0661, [email protected] USA. [email protected] Ex-Officio Executive Committee (Past Chairpersons) • 1966-67 Robert Higgins - Founding Editor • 1987-89 John Fleeger • 1968-69 W. Duane Hope • 1990-92 Richard Warwick • 1970-71 John Gray • 1993-95 Paul Montagna • 1972-73 Wilfried Westheide • 1996-98 Magda Vincx • 1974-75 Bruce Coull • 1999-2001 Yoshihisa Shirayama • 1976-77 Jeanne Renaud-Mornant • 2002-2004 John Lambshead • 1978-79 William Hummon • 2005-2007 Keith Walters • 1980-81 Robert Higgins • 2008-2010 Paulo Santos • 1982-83 Carlo Heip • 2011-2013 Nikolaos Lampadariou • 1984-86 Olav Giere • 2014-2016 Wochoel Lee Board of Correspondents Er Hua College of Marine Life Science, Ocean University of China, 5 Yushan Road, Qingdao 266003, P.R.C. [email protected] Jeroen Ingels Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Prospect Place, Marten Sørrensen The Hoe, Plymouth PL1 3DH, UK. Natural History Museum, Denmark. [email protected] [email protected] Cheng Chen Samuel Gomez University of Malaysia Sabah, Malaysia. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Joel [email protected] Montes Camarena s/n, 82040 Mazatlán, Sinaloa, México. [email protected] This Newsletter is not part of the scientific literature for taxonomic purposes 2 Editor in Chief: Vadim Mokievsky Cover page: Elena Chertoprood, Lesia Garlitska Contents Editorial Editorial ………………………………….3 Dear colleagues, Upcoming conferences ..……………...….4 I am glad to present you a new issue of 17th International Conference on Meiofauna Psammonalia. Electronic resources and a 14th International Symposium on Tardigrada number of on-line services become more V Scalidophora Workshop popular and fast ways for information 10th Symposium for European Freshwater exchange, but it still has sense to keep the Science Newsletter as a traditional platform for 4th World Conference on Marine communication between IAM members. Biodiversity - Carlo Heip Award In Marine Beside the lists fresh literature, we will try to Biodiversity keep you informed about new electronic 12th International Symposium of the Russian resources that can be useful in our studies. In Society of Nematologists this issue we provide direct links to some of them. Among them, I'm glad to announce the After the conference: special issues….…..6 Facebook group for International Association Special Issue of Zoological Journal of the of Meiobenthologists created by Jeroen th Linnean Society Dedicated to 13 Inglis. It is a good addition to IAM website. International Symposium on Tardigrada The last had been updated recently and Proceedings of the Fourth International together with Jeffry Baguley we will try to Scalidophora Workshop keep it in order. For that I need help from all Education ………………..……………….7 the members of Association: the list of members is out of date now. Please, check The International MSc program in your personal information there and, in case Nematology at Ghent University of any corrections, send it me directly or as a Upcoming project…………………..…….8 replay to this Psammonalia. If you do not River Ecosystems under Thermal Stress found your name there, please, send me all (RivEcoThermS) the fields (Institution, address, e-mail) you like to have on the site. New members.............................................8 This issue starts with the information from PhD in Meiobenthology………….………9 Helena Adão on the preparation of the next Electronic resources…………………….10 out meeting. As it was decided in Greece, next conference will be in Portugal. Helena IAM on Facebook and her colleagues start already the Nematodes in Twitter preparation and keep us informed. Tardigrada Register Yours Recent Literature……………………….10 Vadim Mokievsky Membership Renewal Form……………17 This Newsletter is not part of the scientific literature for taxonomic purposes 3 Upcoming conferences Most Ancient European Towns Network where you can breathe history in each corner. Since 1986 it was classified by UNESCO as “Heritage City of the World” and it is located 120 km from Lisbon. Helena Adão e-mail: [email protected] 17th International Conference on University of Évora and MARE- Marine and Meiofauna Environmental Sciences Centre University of Évora, Évora, Portugal, 7- http://www.mare-centre.pt/en 12th July 2019 http://www.evora-portugal.com/index.html The International Conference on Meiofauna 14th International Symposium on is a unique event that has become the major Tardigrada assembly to share the progress on meiofaunal research. It is an opportunity to exchange We are pleased to announce that the 14th ideas and experiences between researchers International Symposium on Tardigrada will worldwide and immersed in diversified levels be held in Copenhagen, Denmark, 30 July - 03 August 2018. of scientific experience ranging from young master students to experienced senior Tardigrade Symposia take place every three researchers creating an extraordinary week to years and represent a unique opportunity for advance our understanding about the researchers, students and other tardigrade ecological role of these microscopic motile enthusiasts from all over the world to get fauna of aquatic sediments. together, discuss and promote research and scientific ideas on all aspects of tardigrade The 17th International Conference on biology. Tardigrade Symposia represent the Meiofauna will be held at University of th greatest scientific forum on tardigrades and Évora, Portugal, in July 7-12 2019. This the 14th International Symposium will give a meeting aims to discuss and advance the good option for an up-to-date perspective on understanding of the current state of a range of topics related to these enigmatic Meiofauna diversity and their interactions in animals. Please inform colleagues and marine and freshwater ecosystems. The students of this opportunity. conference intends to be dynamic and innovative, by providing a set of Keynote An official website with detailed information sessions, contributed talks and posters and on the symposium will be available in the fall thematic workshops addressing Meiofauna of 2017. Further information will also be across a wide range of relevant research posted in the December issue of Psammonalia. challenges such as analytical methods, conservation, ecosystem interactions and We look forward to seeing you in services, marine and freshwater ecology, Copenhagen in July-August 2018. frontiers areas and policy. We would like to invite you to save the date On behalf of the Organizing Committee, Chair of Tardigrada 2018, for the 7-12th July 2019 and join us at Évora, Nadja Møbjerg in the perfect forum to present and discuss the developments, innovations and discoveries of your research on Meiofauna. In addition Évora is a very special city, belonging to the This Newsletter is not part of the scientific literature for taxonomic purposes 4 V Scalidophora Workshop focal assembly to share research outcomes, management and policy issues, and The V Scalidophora Workshop to be held at discussions on the role of biodiversity in the Centre for Marine Studies, Federal sustaining ocean ecosystems. Arranged on a Univerisity of Paraná (CEM/UFPR, 3 - 4 year cycle, prior WCMB meetings http://www.cem.ufpr.br/portal/), during one (Valencia, Spain; Aberdeen, Scotland; week. The Centre for Marine Studies is in Qingdao, China) have each attracted leading Pontal do Sul, a small town belonging to specialists from around the world, and Pontal do Paraná, State of Paraná, South of catalyzed numerous sidebar sessions on Brazil. marine biodiversity issues. The workshop will be organised by Maikon The 4th World Conference on Marine Di Domenico and André Garraffoni Biodiversity will be held at the Palais des (UNICAMP). We are planning one day with congrès de Montréal, Québec, Canada, from lectures to introduce the Scalidophoran phyla May 13-16, 2018. This meeting will bring for the local students, and invited graduate together