Taxonomy, systematics, and ecology of aquatic oligochaeta, Keystone Resort, Colorado: pre-nabs technical information workshop

-> Workshop Sponsors: This workshop is being underwritten by the NABS Technical Issues Committee* and the US EPA.

-> Date, Time, and Location of Workshop: Sunday, 28 May 2K; 9:30 AM - ~4:30 PM; Crestone III & IV rooms of the Keystone Resort Conference Center. These rooms are accessed via the hallway on the main floor of the conference center, to the right of the main lobby (most likely where conference registration tables will be set up).

-> Tentative Worshop Agenda: Introduction to freshwater Annelida - current phylogeny and systematics; Collecting techniques; Field, lab SOP's; Specimen preparation; Basic morphology; Use of keys; Identification of the primary groups of freshwater annelids / families of oligochaetes; Microscopical techniques (dissecting, compound, SEM); Printed and electronic resources; Importance of Quality Assurance / Quality Control protocols.

-> Workshop Registration. To register for this workshop, please complete the line item under "Technical Information Workshops" on the first page of the NABS 2000 meeting registration form, included in the Fall 1999 issue of the NABS Bulletin. Please note that the meeting registration form is also available NOW on-line (downloadable, in Acrobat and Rich-Text formats), at:

NABS 2000 Meeting Registration.

The fee for this workshop is $45.00, which will include an extensive workbook and catered lunch. In addition, your registration in this workshop will entitle you to a reduced fee (USD$35.00) in purchase of:

Kathman, R.D., and R.O. Brinkhurst. 1998. Guide to the freshwater Oligochaetes of North America. iv + 264 pp.

If you wish to receive this Guide at the reduced price of USD$35.00, please register for this workshop in the appropriate place on the NABS 2000 meeting registration form, then send funds per instruction at the following NABS "Classified" website posting: Guide to the freshwater Oligochaetes of North America.

Please note with your order that you have registered for the NABS 2000 Oligochaete workshop, and whether you would like the Guide..... 1) mailed to you prior to the workshop (on or about 1 May 2K),.... OR.... 2) brought to the meeting in Colorado, for you to pick up with your other workshop materials on Sunday 28 May 2K.

For those who can't wait to 'split hairs', you can go to the website, above, and order the Guide immediately (at the regular price).

We encourage you to familiarize yourself with - and use - this Guide before the workshop, so you can compile 'stump the experts' questions to share during the workshop.

And DON'T FORGET:

The 2nd Annual NABS Taxonomy Fair, which is being organized again this year by our good friend and colleague, Dave Penrose, will convene on Wednesday 31 May 2K, from 1-5 PM, in the Ballroom of the Conference Center. Additional info on this Taxonomy Fair is available HERE.

Ferret out those weird mounted specimens to bring to the Fair; Wetzel, Kathman, Fend, and Coates will be there, and 'back in the saddles' [ = at the scopes ] to take on your tired, your poor, your troubled and troubling, gnarley, nomenclaturally-challenged worms.

* Please note that this is one of two Technical Information Workshops that will convene on Sunday the 28th, prior to the 48th Annual Meeting of the North American Benthological Society, Keystone Resort, Colorado [conference dates: 29 May - 1 June, 2000]; the other Technical Information Workshop [all day] is entitled, "Scientific Writing and the Publication of Biological Research", and will be presented by Drs. Vincenzo Resh and David Rosenberg.

Contact Mark J. Wetzel

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