The Mayfly Newsletter Volume 5 Issue 1 Article 1 12-1-1994 The Mayfly Newsletter Peter M. Grant Southwestern Oklahoma State University, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://dc.swosu.edu/mayfly Recommended Citation Grant, Peter M. (1994) "The Mayfly Newsletter," The Mayfly Newsletter: Vol. 5 : Iss. 1 , Article 1. Available at: https://dc.swosu.edu/mayfly/vol5/iss1/1 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Newsletters at SWOSU Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in The Mayfly Newsletter by an authorized editor of SWOSU Digital Commons. An ADA compliant document is available upon request. For more information, please contact [email protected]. The MAYFLY The NEWSLETTER VoL 5 No. 1 Southwestern Oklahoma State University, Weatherford, Oklahoma 73096-3098 USA December 1994 Vlllth International Conference on Ephemeroptera 14-18 August 1995 Lausanne, Switzerland The second announcement and call for papers for the Vmth International Conference on Ephemeroptera has just been mailed out. Michel Sartori has indicated that 160 people from 34 countries have responded to the first announcement. One major change since the first announcement: the conference site has been moved from Chateau d’Oex to Lausanne, Switzerland, on the campus of the University de Lausanne. The second announcement includes information on registration (SFr 250, late fee of SFr 50 after 28 February 1995), preliminary program, presentations, proceedings, meals, accommodations (dormitory rooms are available), travel scholar­ ships (see related article below), car rental, air travel, and post-conference tours. The deadline for scholarship applications, abstracts of presentations, guest program, post-conference activities, registra­ tion, and payment of fees is 28 February 1995. Keep in mind that the Xllth International Symposium on Plecoptera will follow the mayfly conference. In fact, a joint symposium involving both conferences is scheduled for 18 August 1995. For additional information, contact Michel Sartori Peter Landolt Museum of Zoology Institute of Zoology P.O. Box 448 Perolles CH-1000 Lausanne 17 CH-1700 Fribourg Switzerland Switzerland Phone + 41 21 312 83 36 Phone + 41 37 82 62 91 Fax + 41 21 323 68 40 Fax + 41 37 82 65 14 Travel Scholarships Available The Scholarship Subcommittee of the Permanent Committee of the International Conferences on Ephemeroptera will accept applications from all interested persons who wish to apply for a travel scholarship to attend the Vlllth International Conference on Ephemeroptera. The purpose of this money is to defray some of the travel expenses, rather than to pay for them entirely. Applicants should include the following information: (1) name and birth date, (2) mailing address (including telephone and fax numbers as well as e-mail), (3) affiliation and present position, (4) reason(s) for the application, (5) title and summary of proposed presentation, and (6) a resume and a list of publications as a separate document. Selection criteria are (1) financial need, (2) significance of proposed presentation, (3) directions of previous research, and (4) geographical location of applicant. Applications will be reviewed by the Subcommittee and should reach Dr. Javier Alba-Tercedor (Departamento de Biologia Animal y Ecologia, Facultad de Ciendas, Universidad de Granada, 18071 Granada, Spain) before 1 March 1995. Recipients of scholarships will be notified on or before 1 June 1995. The Mayfly Newsletter is printed on recycled paper using vegetable-based ink. Mayfly Sci-fi Ephemeropterists While I was looking for a paperback to read on on E-mail vacation, I chanced upon the book, Mayflies: The Story of the Man Who Became a Universe, by Mike Hubbard will write an article for the next Kevin O’Donnell, Jr. (1979. Berkley Publication issue listing the e-mail addresses of ephemeropter Corp., New York, USA, ISBN 0-425-04290-1). ists. If he does not yet have your e-mail address, This book is about a group of humans who leave send it to him at the earth to escape its imminent destruction. Their plan is to establish a new colony on a planet in [email protected] another galaxy. A computer that uses a human brain operates the spaceship, and the book is or write to him at Entomology, Florida A & M written from this computer’s point of view. University, Tallahassee, Florida, 32307, USA. The title of the book comes from the computer’s You may also correspond with the editor of this desire to find an appropriate term to refer to its newsletter by e-mail: [email protected]. human passengers (p. 143): “There is a more appropriate name for my cargo than ‘passengers.’ “Mayflies. Back Issues “During their brief life spans, they flit around bumping into things. They do not affect Available important matters like reaching Canopus [their Several people have inquired about back issues goal]. When they die, few of their companions are of the Newsletter. These are available from 1(2) interested enough to buzz past them. through 5(1). Let me know which issue you need. “Mayflies. I like that” If you know someone who would like to be on Personally, I lost interest in the book about one the mailing list of the Newsletter, just have them third of the way through and only skimmed the send their address to me. (See publication box on remainder to determine the significance of the title p. 6 for address, e-mail, and fax and phone num­ and to find out what happened in the end. bers.) Addresses K. G. Sivaramakrishnan Unknown Dr. K. G. Sivaramakrishnan is on a Fulbright Several copies of the last Newsletter were post-doctoral program in the US. He has spent returned because of address changes. I need the several months at Bill Peters’ laboratory at Florida current addresses of the following: A & M University and is now working with Vince Resh at the University of California - Berkeley David L. Evans, USA until June 1995. K. G. will examine freshwater James A. Gore, USA biomonitoring aspects with Vince. He also plans to R. Tim Litke, USA write an article on the biogeography of mayflies Ramon Saez-Royuela, Spain from the Indian subcontinent Nels Troelstrup, Jr., USA 2 1993 Mayfly Bibliography [Editor’s note: This bibliography was published as the Ephemeroptera portion of the 1993 (1994) North American Benthological Society’s Current and Selected Bibliographies on Benthic Biology.] The following is a list of current publications dealing with Ephemeroptera that have been published up to and during 1993 and have not appeared in previous NABS Bibliographies. To facilitate locating ab­ stracts and addresses of authors, the name of the index (abbreviated), volume, and abstract or item number follow each reference. Abbreviations are as follows: Biological Abstracts (BA); Biological Abstracts/Reports, Reviews, and Meetings (BA/RRM); Current Contents - Agriculture, Biology, and Environmental Sciences (CC); Dissertation Abstracts International (DAI); Entomological Abstracts (EA); Masters Abstracts (MA); and Zoological Record - General Insects and Small Orders (ZR). Cita­ tions for CC, DAI, and MA include the volume, issue number in parentheses (for CC), and page number on which the reference is found. References without an abstract number were obtained from the original reprint. I would appreciate receiving a reprint of any article that deals with mayflies, especially if it includes scientific names, so that it may be included in next year’s bibliography. Also, I would like to be informed of any corrections or omissions in this or past bibliographies. Suggestions are always welcome. Please send all correspondence to Peter M. Grant, Department of Biological Sciences, South­ western Oklahoma State University, Weatherford, Oklahoma 73096-3098 USA, e-mail [email protected]. Alba Tercedor, J.; Zamora Munoz, C. 1993. Description of from tropical Australia. Aquat. Insects 15:159-167. [BA Caenis nachoi sp. n., with keys for the identification of the 96:100509] European species of the Caenis macrura group (Ephemerop­ Campbell, I. C.; Peters, W. L. 1993. A revision of the Australian tera: Caenidae). Aquat. Insects 15: 239-247. [BA 97:32196] Ephemeroptera genus Atalomicria Harker (Leptophlebiidae: Bechara, J. A.; Moreau, G.; Hare, L. 1993. The impact of brook Atalophlebiinae). Aquat Insects 15: 89-107. [BA 96:29482] trout Salvelinius fontinalis on an experimental stream Chang, P. S. S.; Cobb, D. G.; Flannagan, J. F.; Saether, O. A. benthic community. The role of spatial and size refugia. J. 1993. The aquatic insects from the 1969 Lake Winnipeg Anim. Ecol. 62: 451-464. [BA 96:73899] baseline survey. Can. Data. Rep. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 0(897): 1- Blanke, D.; Doerfer, K.; Boewingloh, F. 1993. Rediscovery of 77. [BA/RRM 45:107127] Ephemera glaucops Pictet, 1843 for Lower Saxony (Insecta: Ciborowski, J. J. H.; Hanes, E C.; Corkum, E D. 1993. Serial Ephemeroptera). Braun. Natur. Schrift. 4: 451-453. (In dilution bioassay for sediment toxicity using Hexagenia German) [BA 97:87104] mayflies. Can. Tech. Rep. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 0(1942): 353- Brodin, Y.-W.; Gransberg, M. 1993. Responses of insects 358. [BA 97:154214] especially Chironomidae (Diptera) and mites to 130 years of Culp, J. M.; Scrimgeour, G. J. 1993. Size-dependent diel acidification in a Scottish lake. Hydrobiologia 250: 201-212. foraging periodicity of a mayfly grazer in streams with and [BA 95:125070] without fish. Oikos 68: 242-250. [BA 97:43848] Bull, E. L; Beckwith, R. C. 1993. Diet and foraging behavior of Da Silva, E. R. 1993. New species of Leptohyphes Eaton 1882 Vaux’s swifts in northeastern Oregon. Condor 95:1016- (Ephemeroptera, Tricorythidae). Rev. Bras. Entomol. 37: 1023. [BA 97:87122] 313-316. (In Portuguese) [BA 96:100510] Bunn, S. E; Boon, P. I. 1993. What sources of organic carbon Da Silva, E. R.; Pereira, S. M. 1993. Mayflies of Serra dos drive food webs in billabongs? A study based on stable Orgaos, Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil.