PSAMMONALIA

Composed and Printed at The University of Gent, Department of Morphology - Systematics and Ecology, Marine Biology Section, K.L. Ledeganckstr. 35, B-9000 Gent, Belgium.

DOUBLE CELEBRATION

Executive Committee

Magda Vincx, Chairperson,
Ann Vanreusel, Treasurer,
Paul A. Montagna, Past Chairperson, Marine Science Institute, University of Texas at Port Aransas, P.O. Box 1267, Port Aransas TX 78373, USA
Robert Feller, Assistant Treasurer and Past Treasurer, Belle Baruch Institute for Marine Science and Coastal Research, University of South Carolina, Columbia SC 29208, USA
Gunter Arlt, Term Expires 2001, Rostock University, Department.of Biology, Rostock D18051, GERMANY
Teresa Radziejewska, Term Expires 1998, Interoceanmetal Joint Organization, ul. Cyryla I Metodego 9, 71-541 Szczecin, POLAND
Yoshihisa Shirayama, Term Expires 1998, Ocean Research Institute, University of Tokyo, 1-15-1 Minamidai, Nakano-Ku, Tokyo 164, JAPAN
James Ward, Term Expires 1998, Department of Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523 USA

Ex-Officio Executive Committee (Past Chairpersons)

Robert P. Higgins, Founding Editor, 1966-67
W. Duane Hope 1968-69
John S. Gray 1970-71
Wilfried Westheide 1972-73
Bruce C. Coull 1974-75
Jeanne Renaud-Mornant 1976-77
William D. Hummon 1978-79
Robert P. Higgins 1980-81
Carlo Heip 1982-83
Olav Giere 1984-86
John W. Fleeger 1987-89
Richard M. Warwick 1990-92
Paul A. Montagna 1993-1995

Board of Correspondents

Bruce Coull, Belle Baruch Institute for Marine Science and Coastal Research, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
Dan Danielopol, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Limnology, A-5310 Mondsee, Gaisberg 116, Austria
Roberto Danovaro, Facolt� de Scienze, Universit� di Ancona, ITALY
Nicole Gourbault, Mus�um Nat. Hist. Nat., Bim - 57 rue Curie, Paris, 75231 Paris 5, FRANCE
Andrew Gooday, Institute of Oceanographic Sciences, Wormley, Godalming, Surrey, GU8 5UB, UK
Duane Hope, Department of Invertebrate Zoology, National Museum Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560, USA
Preben Jensen, Marine Biological Lab Helsingor, Univ. of Copenhagen, Strandpromaenaden 5, DK-3000 Helsingor, DENMARK
Tom Moens, University of Gent, Marine Biology Section, K.L. Ledeganckstr. 35, B-9000 Gent, BELGIUM
Zhang Zhinan, Department of Marine Biology, Ocean University of Qindgao, Qingdao, Shangdong, PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA

List to be completed in the next issue of Psammonalia

EDITORIAL

Starting my new task as editor of Psammonalia, I looked back in the history of the International Association of Meiobenthologists and was surprised to find two important birthdays which merit a celebration (cf. front-page) :

IAM is 30 years old and reaches the age of maturity and wisdom. Indeed the IAM was founded in 1966 by Bob Higgins as founding Editor. We are still very grateful to him for that initiative. An organisation with 261 members after 30 years indicates that our discipline is alive and kicking.
What makes the success of the IAM ? IAM and more in particular, Psammonalia is a forum on which meiobenthologists can talk to each other. Four times a year, we can communicate with members all over the world. But in our field as well, new technology intervened and from now on, we can surf on internet on the homepage created by our North American colleague Nikolaos Schizas. See further in this issue. It does not mean that the four paper-issues will not be produced anymore, but it means that we encounter each other while playing with the computer. I'm sure that Bob Higgins did not even dream about this possibility 30 years ago.

A second celebration is for the fact that it is 20 years ago since the Newsletter has been edited by a female-meiobenthologist : Jeanne Renaud-Mornant was editor of the journal in 1976-1977. In this period I graduated at the University and did not know that meiofauna would determine my life so drastically and that I could perform a hobby as a profession.
Indeed, for the decision of the subject of my M.Sc. I followed the advise of Carlo Heip who suggested me to start research on copepods (his favourites). I cultured (it means that I succeeded in raising two adult females during one year of study) Canuella perplexa and performed morphological studies of its postembryonic development. Soon I became fascinated by the wonderful little creatures living between the sandgrains but after one year of culturing (it means encouraging day and night the animals to reproduce) I had enough of it and decided to change subject for my Ph.D. Since the Marine Biological Section of Carlo was part of the famous Nematology Lab of Prof. De Coninck & Prof. Coomans, I decided to continue my Ph.D. studies with marine nematodes. I'm very glad for that decision; it gave me the opportunity to investigate a very diverse world of animals but boring for those who are not familiar with them. I'm still very enthusiastic about these creatures and recently, on the occasion of the discussion about the biodiversity crisis of our globe, nematodes become more and more important (even Belgian politicians know what nematodes are...). It was only in 1982, when Carlo Heip became editor of the IAM (and I was the treasurer) that I realised the importance of an organisation like IAM. With the organisation of the Meiofauna conference in Gent (August 1983), I met most of the meiobenthologist colleagues for the first time and it became clear to me that these colleagues are as diverse and as interesting as marine nematodes. Getting the opportunity to continue my post-doc at the university of Gent, I am really satisfied that I have the opportunity to investigate meiofauna for the rest of my life (?). However, since struggle for jobs and scholarships are very hard, and since I have taken the responsibility for many Ph.D. projects on meiofauna, I cannot longer enjoy directly the surprise effect of a new discovery of a strange animal or a new phenomenon. Nevertheless it is very satisfactory to see good scientists to be born out of our students. In this educational position, I take the objectives of our organisation which are 'general advancement and promotion of the study of meiobenthos in all aspects' very much at heart. Therefore I feel really honored when the Executive Committee has chosen me last summer in Perpignan as the new chairperson of the IAM.

I will do this three years job with pleasure (notice a smile on the cover page). And our meiobenthic staff of the University of Gent, Marleen De Troch, Maaike Steyaert, Tom Moens, Sandra Vanhove, Ann Vanreusel, Dominick Verschelde, Jan Schrijvers, Lee Hee Joong, Chen Guo Tong, Agnes Muthumbi, promised me the necessary help for producing this journal. We survived already one 'Psammonalia fever' of Feb 1996 ! But, for the future, I'm still trusting on guest editorials and other interesting and/or amusing contributions sent by each of you.

Finally I want to honour and thank the previous chairman, Paul Montagna and his staff, for all the effort he has given to our association .

Magda Vincx, Gent, February 14, 1996

The IAM financial position remains stable. When I took over as Treasurer 3 years ago, we had $3,651.68 in the bank. In Feb 1994 the balance was $4,919.06, in Feb 95 it was $4,900.11, and this year we have $4,903.39 plus whatever is in our new European Treasurer's bank. Our biggest expense the last three years was production and mailing of Psammonalia: numbers #100 - 110 cost $4,651.88, an average of $422.90 per number. The treasury received $6,853 from Feb 1993 to Feb 1996, and expended $5,601.29, leaving our balance as stated above. Our membership contributed $490 to the Swedmark Fund during the last 3 years through this treasury, but other contributions were made as a result of the raffle at the Perpignan meeting. We received a request from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in La Jolla, California, for a complete set of all back issues of Psammonalia. B.C. Coull kindly allowed us to photocopy his (a massive task), and our charge of $500 netted $250 for the treasury. I would like to suggest that we raffle a complete set at the next IAM meeting in Plymouth. The biggest problem I have had as Treasurer has been getting checks from non-US members that were not written on US- affiliated banks, hence they could not be deposited and had to be returned. This cost us nearly $100 in unnecessary fees. Having an European treasurer should solve most of these problems. It has been a pleasure serving the IAM. I will continue in this capacity until the Presidency returns to this side of the Atlantic Ocean, at which time we shall have elected a new US Treasurer, so please keep the dues coming!
Respectfully submitted, Robert J. Feller.

Robert J. Feller
Professor Dept. Biological Sciences,
Marine Science Program,
Belle W. Baruch Institute
Univ. South Carolina
Columbia, SC 29208 USA
phone: (803) 777-3937
FAX: (803) 777-3935

New treasurer

Finally the time has come that I have to take my responsibility as a new treasurer, or do I have to say co-treasurer since I am lucky to shear this highly responsible job with, Bob Feller, the past treasurer. The ammendement to the bylaw which defines an assistant-treasurer has passed unanimously among all 20 voters of IAM. Probably Bob did his work so good that some didn't like to loose him in that function, so he may go on for a while as the assistant-treasurer. In practise it will save a lot of members the problem of how to do transcontinental payments, which is even in this very international-minded time still a hard thing to do. Thus, North American members of the IAM can pay to Bob Feller from the United States of America, while other members can pay to me in Belgium. As a surplus, you can pay from now on by VISA, EURO or MASTERCARD by just giving your card number with expiry date and your signature, a procedure which is commonly used for international money transactions and which is probably most efficient and cheap (only 3 % commission). Sending a cheque is another possibility, which most of the times works perfect, although occasionally things get lost on their way. So, there is not one good reason not to renew your membership. Already since the last issue, several members have come to the critical state of renewal. We give them a last chance by sending this issue and we hope our account will be spiced soon by their contribution. Finally, I want to mention that I hope to fulfil this job as accurately as the previous treasurers did, and that we end the coming three years with the same positive balance.

Ann Vanreusel
Ledeganckstraat 35
B-9000 Gent
ann.vanreusel@rug.ac.be

A workshop on 'Disseminating Biodiversity Information' is organized by the ESF-Systematic Network in Amsterdam, March 24-27 1996. The key theme of this workshop will be the organization and subsequent dissemination world-wide of information on the Earth's biological diversity. As the flow of information arising from biodiversity studies accelerates, greater coordination between data sources and more attention to user needs is required. The workshop provides a platform to address these issues, with the objective of building upon current work to develop new European projects.

The workshop topics are:

General category 1. Specimen based collection databases
2. Species based taxonomic databases
3. Other databases and methods

Specific category A. Accessibility and the user needs
B. The input of data and data management
C. Technical developments and standardisation
D. Legal and ethic aspects

Apart from the core programme, there are some interesting additional activities in and around the workshop:

- Special Working Group on European Zoological Checklists (chair: Prof. Minelli, Padua)
- Special Working Group on European Botanical Checklists (chair: Dr. Jury, Reading)
- Special Working Group 'A Common Datastructure for European Floristic Databases (chair Dr. W. Berendsohn, Berlin), EU network project
- Meeting 'Nematodes Collection Databases' (chair: Dr. P. de Ley, Gent)
- Meeting 'Species 2000 Committee (chair: Dr. F.A. Bisby)

For more information about the topics and the content of the scientific programme, please contact:

Wouter Los
Zoological Museum Amsterdam
P.O. Box 94766
1090 GT Amsterdam
The Netherlands
Tel. +31 20 525 6499
Fax. + 31 20 525 5402
e-mail:los@bio.uva.nl

Please address all correspondence concerning registration and other practical matters to:

Conference Office
Universiteit van Amsterdam
Spui 21
1021 WX Amsterdam
The Netherlands
Tel. +31 20 525 2690
Fax. +31 20 525 4799
e-mail: congres@bdu.uva.nl

31st European Marine Biology Symposium

The 31st European Marine Biology Symposium 1996 will be in Hotel 'St. Petersburg', St. Peterburg, Russia from September 9 th to 13th 1996.

The following topics are being considered:

1. Adaptation Strategies of Marine Organisms
2. The Interaction of Marine Organisms in Communities
It is intended also to have a parallel workshop on 'Obelia as a Dominant in Epibiotic Communities'.

All correspondence should be addressed to:
Dr. Irina I. Malkova
31st EMBS
Zoological Institute RAS
Univeritetskaya nab.1
St. Petersburg 199034
RUSSIA
Tel. +(812)218-0311
Fax. +(812)218-2941, +(812)114-0444
e-mail: embs@zisp.spb.su

Third international nematology congress

The third international nematology congress will take place in Gosier, Guadeloupe from 7 to 12 July 1996. Topics will include 'Free living nematodes biodiversity'.
Registration deadline is May 1, 1996. Poster abstracts can be submitted to:
Dr. R. Rodriguez-Kabana
Dep. of Plant Pathology
Auburn University
Auburn, AL 36849-5409
Fax. 334-844-1948

Next meiofauna conference

Paul Montagna reports us that the next conference will be held in Plymouth (U.K.) 26 July- 31 July 1998.

Summer field courses

The University of Texas, Department of Marine Science, announces the undergraduate field courses being offered during the Summer Program at the Marine Science Institute in Port Aransas, Texas, USA.

First Session: June 5 - July 12
Estuarine Ecology, MNS 352C, Dunton Marine invertebrates, MNS 354, Montagna

Second Session: July 12 - August 19
Marine Environmental Science, MNS 354Q,
Thomas, Ingall, Montagna
Biology of Fish, MNS 354C, Fuiman
Room and board available. Small scholarships are also available.
For information contact Kathy Quade
Tel. +512-749-6721
Fax. +512-749-6777
e-mail: quade@utmsi.zo.utexas.edu
Information also available on the UTMSI homepage:http://wwwutmsi.zo.utexas.edu

Interest for a workshop on multivariate methods?

Paul Somerfield and some of his colleagues were wondering whether a workshop on multivariate methods would be useful. The idea would be to look at the details of what each set of analytical methods actually do with the raw data, what the consequences are, how and when each set of methods may be appropriate, and so on.
The aim would be to try and harmonise analytical strategies which at present appear to be largely polarised.... Canoco in some places, DCA/Twinspan in others, Primer in others. The hope would be to get some of the "experts" together with a bunch of the users for a week or so, with European funding from source. Would this be a useful exercise?

If you are interested, please contact Paul Somerfield
e-mail: PJSO@wpo.nerc.ac.uk

Bertil Swedmark Fund

J.M. Gee and R.M. Warwick sent us a statement of the accounts of the BS Fund for the period up to the end of 1995.
This found was originated from a bequest of £1000 from Dr. Bertil Swedmark, to encourage the study of meiofauna amongst students. However, the money was held within the general IAM funds until 1993 when the treasury was handed over from Plymouth to South Carolina. The money is held in the IAM Account Number 6586667 of Lloyds Bank (Sort code 30-96-68), 8 Royal Parade, Plymouth PL1 1HB, UK. The account opened in October 1993 with the original £1000 and a sum of money donated by the organizers and participants of the Maryland Conference. The accounts to date are as follows:

	Capital(£)	Interest (£)
Oct.-Dec. 1993	1267.06	5.03
Jan.-Dec. 1994	125.01	38.95
Jan.-Dec. 1995	388.17	54.39
TOTAL	1780.24	98.37

During this period bank interest rates on savings accounts of more than £500 but less than £5000 have varied between 2.96% and 3.45%. You may make donations to the BSF either directly into the bank account (in sterling) or by sending them to the treasurer with your subscription.

Meiofauna www site

The most striking development of recent years has been the explosive growth in the use of the Internet, particularly of the World Wide Web (www), as a standard means of communication in science. Many biological societies (e.g. The Society of Systematic Biology) have already created their own www site and provide information about society activities and their areas of expertise, upcoming meetings and pointers to related information (other societies, database...).
Nikolaos V. Schizas from the University of South Carolina (Department of Biological Sciences) has established a prototype meiofauna www site that provides an example of the services that could be made available.
With the creation of a meiofauna www site, the meiofauna society can gain a world wide audience for its activities, news and services. Since www sites are immediately indexed by numerous search and retrieval systems, the meiofauna society will become the initial point of contact for researchers new to this fauna. Additionally, society members will benefit by the services such a site can offer. Depending on the wishes of the members, these services can include indexes to society members, a searchable index of meiofauna inferences repository of meiofauna reference, archiving and retrieval of newsletter information on a worldwide basis with lowered clerical access to society information on a worldwide basis with lowered clerical demands on the societal officers. These alternate channels broaden the availability of information currently distributed to society members in Psammonalia.
You can find the prototype meiofauna www site on : http://inlet.geol.sc.edu/~nick/meiofauna.html/

Interesting internet sites

Geoffrey Read reminds us about the Annelida resources on the internet. Just connect to : http://www.actrix.gen.nz/users/chaeto/index.html

Paul Montagna reports that you can now get information about the University of Texas Marine Science Institute on internet by connecting to the UTMSI homepage. The URL address is: http://wwwutmsi.zo.utexas.edu

The Expert Center for Taxonomic Identification (ETI) in Amsterdam is now available on internet. You can find more information about ETI and his collaborating scientists on : http://wwweti.eti.bio.uva.nl

Meiobenthic greetings from Antarctica

Sandra Vanhove, Lee Hee Joong (both from Gent, Belgium), Jan Vanaverbeke and Hans Dahms (both from Oldenburg), on board of RV Polarstern, are steaming to the high Antarctic Weddell Sea to explore the meio(hyper)benthic life. This is in the frame of the CS-EASIZ (coastal sea-ecology of the Antarctic sea-ice zone)-the cruise being coordinated by the AWI (Alfred-Wegener Institut f�r Polar-und Meeresforschung).
Sandra will study the impact of typical polar conditions (e.g. ice-shelf, sponge spicule and bryozoan mats...) on the small-scale distribution of the meiobenthos in their ambient sedimentary environment. Lee will address the diversity of our dear friends, the nematodes, related to larger scale environmental conditions and macrofaunal presence. Jan will mainly focus on the importance of demersal drift for the dispersal of meiobenthos. Another topic will be scaling the patchiness of the meiobenthos in the order of cm, dm, m and km. Hans, who was implanting the demersal drift project, is going to study the hypoplankton association and general feeding and reproductive biology of meiofauna in order to compare this with a similar approach simultaneously carried out at the Subantarctic Jubany (King George Island) by Gritta Veit Köhler (Oldenburg).

Wilfrieda De Craemer
Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen
Vautierstraat 29B - 1040 Bruxelles, BELGIUM
Tel. 02/ 627 43 35

Marleen De Troch
University of Gent
Zoology Institute
Marine Biology Section
K.L. Ledeganckstraat 35
B-9000 Gent, BELGIUM
Tel. + 32 (0)9 2645211
Fax. + 32 (0)9 2645344
e-mail: marleen.detroch@rug.ac.be

Interests: I'm studying the meiofauna (in particular the copepods) associated with tropical seagrass beds. The aim of this study is to know something about the biodiversity of copepods in the tropics. The study areas are Kenya/Tanzania, Mexico and Indonesia. I'm interested in collaborating with anyone working on the same subject.

Simon G.M. Ndaro
Department of Zoology and Marine Biology
University of Dar es Salaam
P.O. Box 35064
Dar es Salaam
TANZANIA
Tel. 00255 51 43638
Telex. 41561 "UNIVIP" TANZANIA
Fax. 00255 51 48274

Interests: Since 1992 I started a PhD programme (under SAREC Bilateral Programme) at the University of Stockholm, Sweden, in tropical meiobenthology. My research topic is: Ecology of Meiobenthos in Tropical intertidal lagoons. All field work is done in Zanzibar, Tanzania, where I am also involved in teaching undergraduate courses in Marine Biology. For my PhD research I look at spatial distribution and population dynamics of meiobenthos in a tropical intertidal lagoon on the eastern coast of Zanzibar. I would like to cooperate with other meiobenthologists carrying out research in tropical benthic systems to exchange information and advance science in this area.

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