From owner-crust-l-digest@vims.eduFri Mar 13 11:07:45 1998 Date: Sat, 29 Mar 1997 16:29:21 -0500 From: owner-crust-l-digest@vims.edu Reply to: crust-l@vims.edu To: crust-l-digest@vims.edu Subject: crust-l-digest V1 #63 crust-l-digest Saturday, 29 March 1997 Volume 01 : Number 063 [none] CRUST-L: FW: CRUST-L: From Shrimp News International CRUST-L: Re: Elementary Level Educational Materials [none] CRUST-L: e-mail address SV: CRUST-L: From Shrimp News International CRUST-L: mantis shrimp CRUST-L: mysid larvae CRUST-L: FW: Excretion Rates/LiveSea List Crossover Re:CRUST-L: Excretion Rates/LiveSea List Crossover CRUST-L: Amphipod systematics CRUST-L: Monitoring Coordinator CRUST-L: Lithodid request Re: CRUST-L: Amphipod systematics CRUST-L: Permanent mounts Re: CRUST-L: Permanent mounts CRUST-L: Permanent mounts ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Daniel.Latrouite@IFREMER.FR (Daniel LATROUITE) Date: Tue, 25 Mar 1997 10:43:54 +0100 Subject: [none] I would be very pleased to obtain informations about the following species of the west center Atlantic : Panulirus argus, Penaeus schmitti, P. brasiliensis, P. duorarum, P. aztecus. The requested informations are :=20 - - Biometrical relationships, specially relationship between tail weight and carapace length. - - Growth parameters : Linf and K, - - Natural mortality coefficient, - - Sexual maturity parameters : L50 and (L75-L25), - - Parameters of selectivity per gear: mesh size, L50 and (L75-L25), The answer must me directly e.mailed to Dr. Patrick Berthou : pberthou @ ifremer. fr Thank you in advance for any cooperation. =20 Daniel LATROUITE =20 IFREMER Centre de Brest =20 Direction des Ressources Vivantes =20 D=E9partement des Ressources Halieutiques=20 BP 70 - 29280 Plouzan=E9 Cedex - France =20 Tel : 98 22 43 69 =20 Fax : 98 22 46 53 ou 98 22 45 47 =20 e-Mail : dlatroui@ifremer.fr =20 ------------------------------ From: "Kenji SHIMIZU" Date: Tue, 25 Mar 1997 22:15:25 +0900 Subject: CRUST-L: FW: This mail was sent to my address. But it was wrong delivery, then I will FW this mail to CRUST-L@VIMS.EDU. - ---------- 7ol : Daniel LATROUITE 6f : CRUST-L@VIMS.EDU < : Mz : 1997N3 25z 18:43 I would be very pleased to obtain informations about the following species of the west center Atlantic : Panulirus argus, Penaeus schmitti, P. brasiliensis, P. duorarum, P. aztecus. The requested informations are : - - Biometrical relationships, specially relationship between tail weight and carapace length. - - Growth parameters : Linf and K, - - Natural mortality coefficient, - - Sexual maturity parameters : L50 and (L75-L25), - - Parameters of selectivity per gear: mesh size, L50 and (L75-L25), The answer must me directly e.mailed to Dr. Patrick Berthou : pberthou @ ifremer. fr Thank you in advance for any cooperation. Daniel LATROUITE IFREMER Centre de Brest Direction des Ressources Vivantes Dipartement des Ressources Halieutiques BP 70 - 29280 Plouzani Cedex - France Tel : 98 22 43 69 Fax : 98 22 46 53 ou 98 22 45 47 e-Mail : dlatroui@ifremer.fr - ---------- ------------------------------ From: BRosenberr@AOL.COM Date: Tue, 25 Mar 1997 08:19:21 -0500 (EST) Subject: CRUST-L: From Shrimp News International SHRIMP INDUSTRY SPAWNS AQUACULTURE TRADE ASSOCIATION Hi, I'm Bob Rosenberry, editor and publisher at Shrimp News International. On Friday, February 21, 1997, at the World Aquaculture Society Meeting in Seattle, Washington, USA, fifty-six people from twelve countries got together and laid the groundwork for a new, industry-oriented, international aquaculture association. The new association will represent aquaculture in the international arena--on issues of trade, the environment, and public relations. It will promote aquaculture products and encourage sustainable, environmentally friendly fish and shellfish farming. Most of the participants at the first meeting were from the shrimp industry--farmers, processors, marketers and retailers. They represented the largest and oldest shrimp farms in Latin America and the biggest shrimp marketing companies in the United States, like Long John Silver's Restaurants, Rich-SeaPak and Red Lobster. Representatives from the trout and salmon industries attended the meeting and a few aquaculture associations sent representatives. Attendees from Japan, Indonesia, Taiwan, India and Thailand expressed a strong commitment to the new association. Everyone agreed that all species groups and all aquaculturists should be represented by the new association. The association will probably be structured as a federation--an association of national aquaculture associations--but will be flexible enough to accommodate a wide range of individuals and businesses. It will make a special effort to include service providers, equipment suppliers, feed companies, marketers, processors and retailers. It's mission will be to foster the production of high quality aquaculture products in environmentally sustainable systems and to represent the aquaculture industries in the international arena. The association will network with all segments of the industry (scientific, environmental, political and regulatory), it will keep its members informed on the latest news, and it will work to educate the public on the benefits of aquaculture. George Chamberlain, director of aquaculture at Ralston Purina International and a past-president of the World Aquaculture Society, organized the meeting and later was nominated acting chairman of the association. I've prepared a report (free) on the meeting. It contains background information, comments of the organizers and attendees, and plans for the next two meetings. In addition, I've included the names, affiliations, addresses, and communications numbers of the 56 people who attended the meeting. The report is available at my web site: http://members.aol.com/brosenberr/Home.html. You must use a capital "H" in Home! Once you arrive at the site, click the box in the upper left hand corner that says "Click For The Latest News" and it will take you directly to the report. Or, contact me via email, and I'll email a copy back to you. All of my communications numbers appear below. Thanks, Bob Rosenberry, Editor/Publisher Shrimp News International 9450 Mira Mesa Boulevard, Suite B-562 San Diego, CA 92126 USA Phone 619-271-6354 Fax 619-271-0324 Email: shrimpnews@aol.com Web Page: http://members.aol.com/brosenberr/Home.html ------------------------------ From: Jeffrey Shields Date: Tue, 25 Mar 1997 08:46:37 -0500 (EST) Subject: CRUST-L: Re: Elementary Level Educational Materials Please respond to Barbara Page (pageclan@msn.com), and not to me. THanks, Jeff =============================================================== > Dear List: > Has anyone developed educational materials for elementary age children > concerning Crayfish or crustaceans? > -Barbara Page ============================================================== Barbara, We've developed a nice brochure on fiddler crabs. I can send you some if you'd like. We also have several "Fiddler Walks" underway in the summer. The walks are very popular as the crabs are one of the more visible members of the marsh community. Cheers, Jeff jeff@vims.edu ( ) ( ) Dr. Jeffrey Shields (^ ^) (^ ^) Virginia Institute of Marine Science (^) . . (^) Gloucester Point, VA 23062, USA \\ 0 | | 0 // \\__\\|}{|//__// http://www.vims.edu/~jeff/ \^ ^^ ^/ <====\^ ( ) ^/====> <====\^ ^/====> <====\ /====> ()===(____)===() ------------------------------ From: Jeffrey Shields Date: Tue, 25 Mar 1997 12:52:26 -0500 (EST) Subject: [none] Please respond to Jim Collins or Enrique Dupre, and not to me. Thanks, Jeff - ---------- Forwarded message ---------- To: Jim Collins , crust-l@VIMS.EDU From: edupre@socompa.cecun.ucn.cl (Mag. Enrique Dupr=E9 M.) Subject: Re: CRUST-L: DNA extraction Dear Jim: I have contact with Dr. Victor Vacquier, whose is extractin= g DNA from the gonad of sea urching. He use PCR to amplify the mtDNA sequences. I think that he will help you with the technic. He e-mail is vvacquier@ucsd.edu. Good work. Enrique Dupr=3DE9 >Extracting DNA from fresh or frozen specimens of *Palaemonetes* has not=3D been >a problem; however, extracting DNA from alcohol specimens has presented=3D some >problems. I have tried several different protocols for extracting DNA wit= h >little success. Does anyone have a protocols that has proven to extract= =3D DNA >from alcohol preserved crustaceans. If you can point me in the right >direction, I would greatly appreciate your efforts. > >Jim Collins > > > > > > M.Sc. Enrique Dupr=3DE9=3D20 Lab. Biol. de la Reprod. Fac. Ciencias del Mar Universidad Cat=3DF3lica del Norte, Coquimbo, Chile Fax: 5651-311287 E-Mail: edupre@socompa.cecun.ucn.cl ------------------------------ From: "Wulf Kobusch" Date: Wed, 26 Mar 1997 11:34:11 +0000 Subject: CRUST-L: e-mail address Hello crustaceophiles, sorry for disturbing you with this stuff, but is there anybody out there who can send me the e-mail address of: Prof. T. H. Wooldridge (Port Elisabeth) and / or Dr. Yulia G. Tchindonova (Moskow)? Happy Easter to all of you Wulf ********************************************************** Wulf Kobusch Ruhr Universitaet Bochum Spezielle Zoologie Gebaeude ND 05 /776 Universitaetsstrasse 150 44801 Bochum GERMANY phone +49/(0)234/700-5577 fax +49/(0)234/7049-114 e-mail: wulf.c.kobusch@rz.ruhr-uni-bochum.de ------------------------------ From: Peter Andreas Heuch Date: Wed, 26 Mar 1997 13:04:52 +-100 Subject: SV: CRUST-L: From Shrimp News International Hello crustlers, I'm working on the distribution of larvae of a parasitic copepod in the = sea, and need water current data. Do any of you know where I could get = hold of cheap current meters? I won't need much storage capacity and the = instrument doesn't have to be very accurate.=20 Happy Easter! Peter Peter Andreas Heuch National Veterinary Institute Fish Health Section PO Box 8156 Dep., N-0033 Oslo Norway Peter.A.Heuch(vetinst.no ------------------------------ From: Jeffrey Shields Date: Wed, 26 Mar 1997 08:47:06 -0500 (EST) Subject: CRUST-L: mantis shrimp Please respond to Mark Parsons, and not to me. Thanks, Jeff - ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 26 Mar 1997 16:56:58 +1100 (EST) From: Mark Parsons To: CRUST-L@VIMS.EDU Subject: mantis shrimp Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Hello, I was interested in finding out information on Squilla mantis (the mantis shrimp). Some starting references on their life cycle, ecology etc. would be a great help. If anyone can help me in this regard it would be greatly appreciated. Thankyou. George Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology ------------------------------ From: dieter.walossek@BIOLOGIE.UNI-ULM.DE (dieter walossek) Date: Wed, 26 Mar 97 16:22 MET Subject: CRUST-L: mysid larvae Hello all, we are interested in information on mysid larvae, especially lophogastrids. Any suggestions for references / possibilities for obtaining material are greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance, DIETER Professor Dr. Dieter Walossek Leader of the Section for Biosystematic Documentation University of Ulm Liststrasse 3, D-89079 Ulm, Germany, phone ++49 731 4014 150 or 151, FAX ++49 731 4014 159 email: dieter.walossek@biologie.uni-ulm.de WWW site: http://www.biologie.uni-ulm.de/biosysdoc/ ------------------------------ From: William Daniels Date: Thu, 27 Mar 97 07:37:46 PST Subject: CRUST-L: FW: Excretion Rates/LiveSea List Crossover - ---------------Original Message--------------- Dear list: Does anyone have appropriate information or suggested sources for excretion characteristics of European brown cancer crabs, spider crabs and lobsters? I could use the specifics, but would also be interested in actual experience in holding these animals and "rules of thumb" with regards to nitrification requirements, holding tank water turnover rates, densities achieved/recommended, etc. Regards to all, Paul Hundley, President/Principal Engineer APPLIED AQUATICS, INC. Aquatic Systems Design, Supply and Installation 936 Pine Hollow Road Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464 * USA Tel: 803/971-9639 * Fax: 803/971-9641 E-mail: AAquatics@aol.com ps. I originally posted this message to the live seafood list. I will share responses with both lists as interests dictate. - ----------End of Original Message---------- - ------------------------------------- Name: Bill Daniels Research Assistant Professor/ Extension Specialist, Aquaculture 1200 N. Dupont Hwy. Department of Agriculture & Natural Resources Delaware State University Dover DE 19901-2277 (302) 739-6944 (302) 739-2014 (fax) E-mail: bdaniels@desu.edu Date: 03/27/97 Time: 07:37:46 Eastern U.S.A. Standard Time - ------------------------------------- ------------------------------ From: pnoel@CIMRS1.MNHN.FR (Pierre NOEL) Date: Thu, 27 Mar 1997 14:52:58 +0100 Subject: Re:CRUST-L: Excretion Rates/LiveSea List Crossover >Does anyone have appropriate information or suggested sources for excretion >characteristics of European brown cancer crabs, spider crabs and lobsters? >I could use the specifics, but would also be interested in actual experience >in holding these animals and "rules of thumb" with regards to nitrification >requirements, holding tank water turnover rates, densities >achieved/recommended, etc. >Regards to all,>Paul Hundley, President/Principal Engineer >APPLIED AQUATICS, INC. >Aquatic Systems Design, Supply and Installation >936 Pine Hollow Road >Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464 * USA >Tel: 803/971-9639 * Fax: 803/971-9641 >E-mail: AAquatics@aol.com >Name: Bill Daniels >Research Assistant Professor/ > Extension Specialist, Aquaculture >1200 N. Dupont Hwy. >Department of Agriculture & Natural Resources >Delaware State University >Dover DE 19901-2277 >(302) 739-6944 >(302) 739-2014 (fax) >E-mail: bdaniels@desu.edu YOU MAY LIKE TO CONTACT THE FOLLOWING PERSON WHO WILL BE CERTAINLY HELPFULL: Mlle Michele Regnault, Station Biologique, OSU, CNRS LP 4601 & Universite Paris VI, Place Georges Teissier, BP 74, F-29680 Roscoff France Tel. +33 02 98 29 23 23; fax +33 02 98 29 23 24; e-mail regnault@sb-roscoff.fr BEST REGARDS, PIERRE. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Pierre Y. NOEL, Biologie des Invertebres marins, CNRS URA no699, Museum national d'Histoire naturelle, 55 rue Buffon, F-75005 Paris, France. e mail: pnoel@mnhn.fr Tel +33 1 4079 3098 - Fax +33 1 4079 3089 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- ):) ------------------------------ From: Bob Van Syoc Date: Thu, 27 Mar 1997 09:34:07 -0800 (PST) Subject: CRUST-L: Amphipod systematics I'm looking for a set of references that could be used to update the family level taxonomy of our amphipod collection. I particularly need information regarding the Gammaridea. It seems that the taxonomy used by Barnard, J.L. (1969. The Families and genera of marine gammaridean Amphipoda. Bull. USNM 271.) and Bowman, T.E. and Abele, L. G. (1982. Classification of the recent crustacea. In: The Biology of Crustacea, Vol. 1.) may be out of date. Do any amphipod experts out there have suggestions for me? I understand that taxonomy and systematics are somewhat fluid, but if general agreement exists regarding the validity or invalidity of particular families I'd like to know. Thanks for your help! Bob ***************************************************************************** Robert J. Van Syoc, Ph.D. email: rvansyoc@cas.calacademy.org Senior Collection Manager http://www.calacademy.org Invertebrate Zoology and Geology voice: (415) 750-7082 California Academy of Sciences fax: (415) 750-7090 Golden Gate Park San Francisco, CA 94118-4599 ***************************************************************************** ------------------------------ From: Jeffrey Shields Date: Thu, 27 Mar 1997 15:32:27 -0500 (EST) Subject: CRUST-L: Monitoring Coordinator We have a full-time (restricted) position open. Marine Scientist (#00023X), Grade 9. Salary Range: 23401-36,535. Starting salary dependent upon experience or exceptional qualifications and previous salary level of appointee. This is a restricted appointment with funding which is subject to renewal June 30, 1997. Occasional evening and weekend work will be required. The successful applicant will support monitoring and research activities in the Chesapeake Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve in Virginia. Duties include performing field sampling, creating and maintaining databases, collecting and analyzing monitoring data, and performing a variety of related duties. Qualifications: Degree in biology, ecology, marine science or a related field or an equivalent combination of experience and training required. Working knowledge of surface and groundwater monitoring and testing procedures; of statistical analysis methods, of computer applications; field collection methods; and strong interpersonal communication and analytical skills required. Preference to advanced degree, expertise in aerial photography and remote sensing interpretation and digitizing, boating safety certificate, and experience supervising volunteers. Applications are available at http://www.state.va.us/~dpt/menu.htm or at any Virginia state agency. Applications can be downloaded, viewed and printed with the Adobe Reader. Deadline for application 4/11/97. Submit completed applications to The College of William and Mary, Office of Personnel Services, P.O. Box 8795, Thiemes House, 303 Richmond Road, Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795. Contact the Manager, Dr. Maurice Lynch (mlynch@vims.edu, or Research Coordinator, Dr. Jeffrey Shields (jeff@vims.edu) for more information. http://www.vims.edu for info on VIMS http://www.vims.edu/cbnerr for info on CBNERRS http://www.state.va.us/~dpt/menu.htm for list of state jobs and application ------------------------------ From: zaklan@bms.bc.ca (Stefanie Zaklan) Date: Thu, 27 Mar 1997 13:49:01 -0800 Subject: CRUST-L: Lithodid request Hello, I am a graduate student at the University of Alberta and the Bamfield Marine Station working in various areas of Anomuran phylogeny. Presently, along with Dr. Cliff Cunningham at Duke University, I am trying to collect specimens of the Family Lithodidae to produce a molecular phylogeny of this taxon. Currently, we have access to the following animals: Hapalogaster mertensii Oedignathus inermis Cryptolithodes sitchensis Cryptolithodes typicus Paralithodes camtschaticus Lopholithodes mandtii Phyllolithodes papillosus but require additional species. If anyone could help us collect any additional Lithodid species, or could direct me to another researcher that may be able to help, I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks in advance, stef **************** Stefanie Zaklan Bamfield Marine Station Bamfield, B.C. V0R IB0 zaklan@bms.bc.ca ph: (250) 728-3301 fax:(250) 728-3452 **************** ------------------------------ From: Craig Staude Date: Thu, 27 Mar 1997 16:24:06 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: CRUST-L: Amphipod systematics Dear Bob, You may have noticed that Bowman and Abele (1982) used a superfamily classification for hyperiids and caprellids, but left the gammarideans with Barnard's alphabetical listing of families. Ed Bousfield has proposed a superfamily organization for gammarideans that brings this group more in line with the phyletic organization of other percarids. See the following references for details: Bousfield, E.L. 1983. An updated phyletic classification and paleohistory of the Amphipoda. In: F.R. Schram (ed.) Crustacean Issues, 1. Crustacean Phylogeny, pp. 257-277 Bousfield, E.L., and C.-t. Shih 1994 The phyletic classification of amphipod crustaceans: problems in resolution. Amphipacifica 1(3):76-134. Refer also to other papers cited within those references, and consult other issues of Amphipacifica for recent revisions of some amphipod families and genera. You should also consult Barnard and Barnard (1983; Freshwater Amphipoda of the World, Hayfield Associates, Mt. Vernon, VA) and Banard and Karaman (1991; The Families and Genera of Marine Gammaridean Amphipoda, Records Australian Mus. Suppl. 13). These comprehensive works give fairly recent diagnoses and composition of gammaridean families. Perhaps there is no "general agreement" on these family and superfamily groups, but progress has been made in many areas. Best wishes, - -Craig Dr. Craig P. Staude Friday Harbor Laboratories University of Washington staude@fhl.washington.edu 620 University Rd. phone (360) 378-2165 Friday Harbor, WA 98250 USA fax (206) 543-1273 On Thu, 27 Mar 1997, Bob Van Syoc wrote: > Date: Thu, 27 Mar 1997 09:34:07 -0800 (PST) > From: Bob Van Syoc > To: crust-l@vims.edu > Subject: CRUST-L: Amphipod systematics > > > I'm looking for a set of references that could be used to update the > family level taxonomy of our amphipod collection. I particularly need > information regarding the Gammaridea. > > It seems that the taxonomy used by Barnard, J.L. (1969. The Families and > genera of marine gammaridean Amphipoda. Bull. USNM 271.) and Bowman, T.E. > and Abele, L. G. (1982. Classification of the recent crustacea. In: The > Biology of Crustacea, Vol. 1.) may be out of date. > > Do any amphipod experts out there have suggestions for me? I understand > that taxonomy and systematics are somewhat fluid, but if general agreement > exists regarding the validity or invalidity of particular families I'd > like to know. > > Thanks for your help! > > Bob > > ***************************************************************************** > Robert J. Van Syoc, Ph.D. email: rvansyoc@cas.calacademy.org > Senior Collection Manager http://www.calacademy.org > Invertebrate Zoology and Geology voice: (415) 750-7082 > California Academy of Sciences fax: (415) 750-7090 > Golden Gate Park > San Francisco, CA 94118-4599 > ***************************************************************************** > > > ------------------------------ From: Jeffrey Shields Date: Fri, 28 Mar 1997 17:21:19 -0500 (EST) Subject: CRUST-L: Permanent mounts Crusters, What medium/technique do you use to make permanent mounts? I have some 250-800 um specimens that I'd like to mount for submission but I'm not happy with Hoyer's medium, and I don't relish the thought of working them up through an alcohol dehydration to xylene and permount unless they're affixed to the slides. Suggestions? Cheers, Jeff jeff@vims.edu ( ) ( ) Dr. Jeffrey Shields (^ ^) (^ ^) Virginia Institute of Marine Science (^) . . (^) Gloucester Point, VA 23062, USA \\ 0 | | 0 // \\__\\|}{|//__// http://www.vims.edu/~jeff/ \^ ^^ ^/ <====\^ ( ) ^/====> <====\^ ^/====> <====\ /====> ()===(____)===() ------------------------------ From: oshel@UX1.CSO.UIUC.EDU (Philip Oshel) Date: Fri, 28 Mar 1997 21:59:08 -0600 Subject: Re: CRUST-L: Permanent mounts >Crusters, > >What medium/technique do you use to make permanent mounts? I have some >250-800 um specimens that I'd like to mount for submission but I'm not >happy with Hoyer's medium, and I don't relish the thought of working them >up through an alcohol dehydration to xylene and permount unless they're >affixed to the slides. Suggestions? > >Cheers, Jeff Jeff, Um, submit to what? I've got some web sites... . Are the specimens whole mounts or sections or what? There is another mounting medium, Histomount sold by National Diagnostics, that's non-toxic, and used with HistoClear, a non-toxic replacement for carcinogenic xylene. Also, there are water-soluble mounting media that are used for fluorescence-staining that can work. These would also need to be permanently ringed, and to be honest, I don't know if they're of archive quality. If you do need to dehydrate let me know. I've got some dehydrating/mounting tricks from mounting 200 micron gelatin sections. Phil &&& Illigitimi non carborundum &&&&&&&& Philip Oshel Station A PO Box 5037 Champaign, IL 61825-5037 (217) 355-1143 oshel@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu *** looking for a job again ****************** ------------------------------ From: Buz Wilson Date: Sun, 30 Mar 1997 07:25:30 +1000 Subject: CRUST-L: Permanent mounts At 05:21 PM 3/28/97 -0500, Jeffrey Shields wrote: >What medium/technique do you use to make permanent mounts? I have some >250-800 um specimens that I'd like to mount for submission but I'm not >happy with Hoyer's medium, and I don't relish the thought of working them >up through an alcohol dehydration to xylene and permount unless they're >affixed to the slides. Suggestions? Nothing gives better results than staining, careful dehydration and mounting specimens in a stable permanent medium like canada balsam. However, this is a bloody nuisance if only a few parts are being mounted. Also, *do not* use Permount, because it contracts and crystallises with age. Media like Permount that are made for histological sections may not have archival attributes. Over the years, I've tried a bunch of direct mount media and have found most unsuitable for one reason or another. Lately (perhaps out of laziness) I've been using glycerin jelly. Although many may not consider this a long term "archival" solution, it has the advantages of allowing one to mount the part directly from a glycerin working medium. Many "direct" mounting media often cause shrinking, dissolution or other undesirable changes to the specimens, which glycerin jelly does not. I've had no trouble with long term storage of glycerin jelly specimens, and recommend that once you are done with a specimen in glycerin jelly, the cover slip should be ringed fully. Bill Newman once mentioned that he saw specimens over 100 years old in glycerin jelly at the British Museum (Nat Hist ), so it may the necessary qualities for longevity. If you use it for deposition in a Museum, be sure to mark the slide clearly that it has glycerin jelly, and collection managers should be advised that the mounts may be sensitive to heat and should be stored flat, not on their sides. The beauty of glycerin jelly is that if you want to move a part to another position before ringing, just heat lightly and reposition. A water-based medium called "Euparel" (made in Europe) that we used in Bob Hessler's lab for some time was close to being as easy to use as glycerin jelly. I didn't like it because it sometimes distorted the specimens and had a green stain in it. I suppose more experimentation with similar unstained media might be in order. If anyone has any negative long term experiences with glycerin jelly, I would like to hear of them, since we use it regularly here at the AM Isopod Lab. Buz Wilson Australian Museum ------------------------------ End of crust-l-digest V1 #63 **************************** From owner-crust-l-digest@vims.eduFri Mar 13 11:07:58 1998 Date: Sat, 12 Apr 1997 10:49:38 -0400 From: owner-crust-l-digest@vims.edu Reply to: crust-l@vims.edu To: crust-l-digest@vims.edu Subject: crust-l-digest V1 #65 crust-l-digest Saturday, 12 April 1997 Volume 01 : Number 065 CRUST-L: formlain extractions [none] CRUST-L: deep sea shrimp CRUST-L: Post-Doctoral Position CRUST-L: More Hits - We've extended the offer! CRUST-L: Pumps to collect copepods CRUST-L: (Fwd) Mortality estimates for lobsters CRUST-L: Recent spams CRUST-L: Slight change in list feature [none] CRUST-L: Pandalopsis ampla CRUST-L: Re spams CRUST-L: culturing freshwater crustaceans CRUST-L: WWW - Web Site Redesign CRUST-L: Culturing deep sea lithodids CRUST-L: For Shrimp Farmers Only CRUST-L: Virus Alerts CRUST-L: Daphnia ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "V.A.Reid" Date: Tue, 8 Apr 1997 18:49:27 +0100 (BST) Subject: CRUST-L: formlain extractions Hello there! My name is Vicky Reid, and I am a first year PhD student, based at Hull University. I am working on long-term change in zooplankton populations. My samples date back to 1939, and are the composite of routine fortinghtly sampling in Lake Windermere, English Lake District. All samples have been permanently preserved in formalin, with no subsequent transfer to alcohol. I am aware that many people have succeeded in extracting and amplifing DNA from tissues which have been formlain fixed for a short period and then transfered to ethanol (Frances and Kocher 1996), but has anyone succeeded in extracting DNA from material which has not been remobed from formalin? I have had a couple of promising results, using a modification of a protracted proteinase K, phenol:chloroform protocol, but am finding it very difficult to repeat the success! If anyone can make some suggestions, I would be very greatful! Many thanks, Vicky Reid ------------------------------ From: Brita Hansen Date: Wed, 09 Apr 1997 12:02:34 +1000 Subject: [none] Hi, My name's Brita Hansen, I'm doing a PhD in freshwater crayfish systematics at the University of Tasmania, Australia. I have found in the university's collection of freshwater crayfish several specimens preserved in alcohol, but unfortunately unlabelled. As they are of no use in this form I would like to dry and harden them for handling and display purposes. Does anyone have any suggestions on methods for doing this? Please send answers directly to me. Thanks, Brita ------------------------------ From: Jeffrey Shields Date: Wed, 9 Apr 1997 08:53:25 -0400 (EDT) Subject: CRUST-L: deep sea shrimp Please respond to Kapiris Kostas and NOT to me. Thanks, Jeff - ---------- Forwarded message ---------- X-Sender: kkapir@posidon.ncmr.ariadne-t.gr Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: crust-l@vims.edu, emin-l@nic.surfnet.nl, bionet-biology-deepsea@net.bio.net Subject: Depp sea shrimps X-Mailer: Can anyone help me about the feeding habits of the deep sea shrimps (Aristaeomorpha foliacea, Aristeus antennatus, Parapenaeus longirostris) ? What are they eating, who can I measure their stomachs - stomach's biometry ? With thanks in advance, KAPIRIS KOSTAS NATIONAL CENTRE FOR MARINE RESEARCHE INSTITUT OF BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES AGIOS KOSMAS - HELLINIKON 16604 ATHENS HELLAS FAX:+30-1-9811713 ------------------------------ From: Paul=Brown%Faculty%fnr@forest1.fnr.purdue.edu Date: Wed, 9 Apr 97 11:03:30 EST Subject: CRUST-L: Post-Doctoral Position Post-Doctoral Position in Crustacean Nutrition A post-doctoral research associate is needed for a collaborative study in lobster nutrition. The incumbent will be an employee of Purdue University, but will be housed and conduct research at the University of Maine Lobster Institute. The project is designed to evaluate a series of new feeds for homarid lobsters in laboratory and field settings. Other lines of investigation will be encouraged. Applicants should have recently completed their Ph.D. in aquaculture, nutrition, physiology or related field. Strong analytical capabilities desired. The position is funded for 1 year with a possibility for renewal. 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Download your free copy today! ******************************************************************* ------------------------------ From: jgomez@vmredipn.ipn.mx Date: Wed, 9 Apr 1997 17:13:15 -0400 Subject: CRUST-L: Pumps to collect copepods Hi, My name is Jaime Gomez. Currently we are interested to estimate secondary production of copepod in Magdalena Bay, Mexico by demographic methods and we need to have all population sampled. We must sampled nauplii and small copepodite using a pump. Somebody known what kind of pump is better to get small zooplankton without dammaged it? Do you know its specification?. This mean, what company sell it, what kind of impeller is better, flow velocity, motor specification etc. etc. If it is recomendable a submersible pump or not. We have the Cole-parmer and VWR catalog however, because we haven't been doing before, we dont have any idea what kind of pump is fine to our porpose. Thanks in advance for any advice Cheers, Jaime @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ M.Sc. Jaime Gomez-Gutierrez Centro Interdisciplinario de Ciencias Marinas Departamento de Plancton y Ecologia Marina A.P. 592. La Paz, Baja California Sur C.P. 23000, Mexico Tel: Mexico code (52) La Paz code (112) 2-53-66 or 2-53-44 ext: 2436; Fax: 2-53-22 E-mail jgomez@vmredipn.ipn.mx @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Life is like ocean currents and plankton, you know that you are going up and down but you don't know where are you going to finish ------------------------------ From: "Dave Schoeman" Date: Thu, 10 Apr 1997 11:45:50 SAT-2 Subject: CRUST-L: (Fwd) Mortality estimates for lobsters Greetings Crusters Our institute is currently attempting to develop an age/length structured model, which will be used in a Bayesian assessment of a deep water rock lobster (Palinurus gilchristi) resource. One of the aspects giving us problems at the moment is a reasonable estimate of M (natural instantaneous mortality). We have a few preliminary estimates from size-distribution data, but these may have been biased by fishing and selectivity patterns. For this reason we are trying to gather as many estimates of natural mortality rates amongst palinurid lobster populations as possible, as this will enable us to construct a reasonable prior distribution for this parameter. Any input would be greatly appreciated, especially in terms of estimates from the "grey literature" of fishery reports etc. Thanks for your time - - Dave Dave Schoeman Sea Fisheries Research Institute Private Bag X2 Rogge Bay 8012 Cape Town, South Africa Phone: (021) 4023127 ------------------------------ From: Jeffrey Shields Date: Thu, 10 Apr 1997 09:40:53 -0400 (EDT) Subject: CRUST-L: Recent spams Crusters, and Marine Pathologists, I don't know from which list I just got spammed, but I'm looking into (1) blocking further spams from this person, (2) finding anti-spam software (which I heard was available on the web), and/or (3) moderating the list (I'd rather not do it). As Bill Snyder suggests, now is the time for some discussion of these points. I don't think complaints to webmasters will succeed as the culprit appears to logon and logoff several accounts, but go ahead and complain to webmaster@northcoast.com or postmaster@northcoast.com. In the meantime if any of you can recommend some anti-spam software for unix mail servers, please pass the information to me. Cheers, Jeff jeff@vims.edu ( ) ( ) Dr. Jeffrey Shields (^ ^) (^ ^) Virginia Institute of Marine Science (^) . . (^) Gloucester Point, VA 23062, USA \\ 0 | | 0 // \\__\\|}{|//__// http://www.vims.edu/~jeff/ \^ ^^ ^/ <====\^ ( ) ^/====> <====\^ ^/====> <====\ /====> ()===(____)===() ------------------------------ From: Jeffrey Shields Date: Thu, 10 Apr 1997 14:31:27 -0400 (EDT) Subject: CRUST-L: Slight change in list feature Crusters, and Marine Pathols, We've changed the list configuration such that one has to be subscribed to post to these lists. That doesn't mean outside senders can't post, it just means their messages get forwarded through me first. While this is a subtle change, it should thwart the simple spammer. The more determined spammers can easily get around this change. For now, subscription remains open, and posts are unmoderated. To subscribe send SUBSCRIBE "listname" as the body of the text to MAJORDOMO@VIMS.EDU Cheers, Jeff Shields, List Administrator jeff@vims.edu ( ) ( ) Dr. Jeffrey Shields (^ ^) (^ ^) Virginia Institute of Marine Science (^) . . (^) Gloucester Point, VA 23062, USA \\ 0 | | 0 // \\__\\|}{|//__// http://www.vims.edu/~jeff/ \^ ^^ ^/ <====\^ ( ) ^/====> <====\^ ^/====> <====\ /====> ()===(____)===() ------------------------------ From: Jeffrey Shields Date: Thu, 10 Apr 1997 17:48:56 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [none] Please respond to the cc: address and not to me. THanks, Jeff - ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 10 Apr 1997 17:08:12 -0400 X-Sender: ecespoz@genes.bio.puc.cl X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Version 1.4.4 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: crust-l@vims.edu Subject: Pandalopsis ampla Dear friends: I'm trying to find any information about Pandalopsis ampla (specially geographic range and ecology). Any help will be greatly appreciated. Best regards, Patricio Zavala Sala de Sistematica Facultad de Ciencias Biologicas P. Universidad Catolica de Chile Casilla 114-D, Santiago CHILE ------------------------------ From: Jeffrey Shields Date: Thu, 10 Apr 1997 23:14:13 -0400 (EDT) Subject: CRUST-L: Pandalopsis ampla - ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 10 Apr 1997 20:10:30 -0400 From: ernesto campos <@bahia.ens.uabc.mx@bahia.ens.uabc.mx> To: "'Crustacean List'" Cc: "'ecespoz@genes.bio.puc.cl'" Subject: Pandalopsis ampla Date: Thu, 10 Apr 1997 17:05:51 -0700 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Patricio Abajo te anoto la distribucion de Panadalopsis ampla Distribucion: Sea Lion Rock, Washington USA hasta Acapulco Guerrero , = Mexico (incluyendo Golfo de California); ATLANTICO: Cercanias de = Montevideo, Uruguay hasta Argentina (segun, Michel Hendrickx y Mary = Wicksten Wicksten, 1989. Los Pandalide (Crustacea: Caridea) del Pacifico = Mexicano, con una clave para su identificacion. CALDASIA (Colombia) 16: = 71-86). Otro articulo que te pudiera ser de utilidad: Wicksten, M.K. and M. Hendrickx. 1992. Checklist of Penaeoid and = caridean shrimps (Decapoda: Penaeoidea, Caridea) from the Eastern = Tropical Pacific. Proceedings of the San Diego Society of Natural = History, 9: 1-11. Lo mejor para usted colega chileno. Ernesto. ***************************************** Ernesto Campos Professor of Zoology Profesor de Zoologia Facultad de Ciencias Universidad Autonoma de Baja California Apartado Postal 2300, Ensenada, Baja California 22800 Mexico U.S. ADDRESS 4492 CAMINO DE LA PLAZA (STE.ESE. 1108) SAN YSIDRO, CALIFORNIA 92173-3097 U.S.A. ***************************************** ------------------------------ From: Jeffrey Shields Date: Thu, 10 Apr 1997 23:19:43 -0400 (EDT) Subject: CRUST-L: Re spams Thanks to those who responded with advice. I'll be looking into the matter in more detail. CHeers, Jeff jeff@vims.edu ( ) ( ) Dr. Jeffrey Shields (^ ^) (^ ^) Virginia Institute of Marine Science (^) . . (^) Gloucester Point, VA 23062, USA \\ 0 | | 0 // \\__\\|}{|//__// http://www.vims.edu/~jeff/ \^ ^^ ^/ <====\^ ( ) ^/====> <====\^ ^/====> <====\ /====> ()===(____)===() ------------------------------ From: reesjf@bani.ucl.ac.be (Rees J.F.) Date: Fri, 11 Apr 1997 10:32:15 +0200 Subject: CRUST-L: culturing freshwater crustaceans Does anyone know of methods that would allow culturing common freshwater copepods and ostracods (any species). What food can we give them, what density can be obtained in the tank? Many thanks for your reply. Jean-Francois - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jean-Francois REES. Lab. animal Physiology. University of Louvain. Croix du Sud 5. B-1348 Louvain-la-Neuve. Belgium ph: 32-10-473472/3476 Fax 32-10-473477 ------------------------------ From: lisa@IMBC.GR (Lisa Owen) Date: Fri, 11 Apr 1997 17:44:56 +0300 Subject: CRUST-L: WWW - Web Site Redesign +Apologies for the cross-postings. This announcement will be made to all relevant mailing lists. ** WEB SITE REDESIGN** The Web Page of The Institute of Marine Biology of Crete (IMBC) (http://www.imbc.gr) has been redesigned to incorporate some of the latest Internet capabilities and to allow faster and more efficient access to resources. Features include: * A News Section - latest developments and archive material from the IMBC * Full details of IMBC Fields of Work (aquaculture; fisheries; genetics; marine environment; oceanography; sonar, remote sensing and GIS) and Support Units (Information Design and Development Unit, Research Vessels and Library). * NEW* - A Projects and Programmes Section describing current projects in which the IMBC is involved, and providing links to EU Web sites * NEW* - A Bibliographical Services Section housing the IMBC Library and a new facility for full-text searching of all abstracts on the site (EMBS, MEDCOAST 95, Mediterranean Targeted Programme (MAST), IMBC Collected Reprints). You can also use BIAQUE (A Bibliography: Interactions of Aquaculture and the Environment), a searchable database of over 4,800 references relating to aspects of aquaculture and the environment. * NEW* - A Products and Services Section giving details of products for purchase (videos, CD-ROMs and printed materials), and Services for hire (aquaculture, research vessel chartering, design, environmental monitoring, and technology transfer) * NEW* - A Case Studies Section. Introduction, Project, Preparation and Results of Mediterranean studies. CINCS (MAST) projects (including JAGO, the use of an underwater submersible) are now available for viewing. * An Internet Resources Section containing a Marine Science Internet Resource Database (over 650 links to other internet resources - add your site to the database) and a Commercial Product and Services Directory (free listings for marine companies - submit your entry now!) The new site can be accessed from the evening of 12/4/97. We think you'll agree, that it is much improved and houses some great resources. As ever, we welcome feedback and wish you many happy hours of pleasant viewing. The Information Design and Development Unit The Institute of Marine Biology of Crete Greece ------------------------------ From: "Ayax R. Diaz R." Date: Fri, 11 Apr 1997 16:49:33 -0500 (CDT) Subject: CRUST-L: Culturing deep sea lithodids Dear listers: Does anyone know of methods that would allow culturing deep sea lithodid crabs (such as king or gold crab)? What food can I give them, what density can be obtained in the tank? I'm trying to find any refs about this subject and I'd thank any help. Yours, Ayax R. Diaz Ruiz Proyecto Fauna Arrecifal Departamento de Biologia Marina Universidad Autonoma de Baja California Sur Km 5.5 Carretera al Sur. Apto. Postal 19 - B. C.P. 23080. La Paz, B.C.S. Mexico. ------------------------------ From: BRosenberr@AOL.COM Date: Fri, 11 Apr 1997 19:57:02 -0400 (EDT) Subject: CRUST-L: For Shrimp Farmers Only Environmental Extremes Versus Sustainable Policies in Aquaculture Hi, I'm Bob Rosenberry, editor and publisher at Shrimp News International. At the World Aquaculture Society meeting in Seattle, Washington, USA (February 1997), Thor Lassen, President of Ocean Trust, an organization that promotes the reasonable use of marine resources, spoke about the environment, militant environmentalists, fisheries and shrimp farming. He encouraged the environmentalists to behave more responsibly. Here are some excerpts from his presentation (the full presentation is free at my web site or via email, instructions below): "Given these differences between perception and reality, it is now surprising to hear the wide range of claims at the World Aquaculture conference regarding the destruction of mangroves. Dr. Claude Boyd from Auburn University reports a 6% use of mangrove habitat for shrimp aquaculture worldwide. In Thailand, we hear that 17% of shrimp ponds are in mangrove areas. In Ecuador, it is reported that 14% of the mangrove alteration is associated with shrimp farming. And at the high end, perhaps well-intentioned NGO groups site reports claiming that half of the mangrove loss is due to aquaculture development. We also have heard that 80% of mangroves were destroyed in this or that country, implying that shrimp aquaculture is the culprit." "As with the ocean fishery issue, we've seen the apocalyptic slogans here too: 'The Red Blood of the Blue Revolution' campaign to 'Stop the Mangrove Massacre' allegedly associated with shrimp, full page ads attacking shrimp in national newspapers, threats of consumer boycotts, and lists of NGO demands. Shrimp is the focus in spite of the fact that there have been many other sources of mangrove destruction, salt farms, urbanization, pollution, lumber extraction, mining, charcoal production and other aquaculture activities, like milkfish farming in the Philippines." "The NGOs were invited to the World Aquaculture Conference. They talked about 'establishing a dialogue' and 'collaborating with industry'. Then, throughout the meeting, they took 'pot shots' at the industry with one hand, while extending the other in trust. These are not sustainable approaches to cooperative problem solving. These are extremes that further perpetuate the image of NGOs and environmental groups as alarmists." "If the NGOs want to be effective 'watchdogs', they should stop barking at everything they see. Just as the industry needs to put its house in order and rein in environmental extremes (stop all mangrove destruction), so do the NGOs. Apply the same standards to yourself that you ask of the industry--be responsible partners willing to recognize the positive along with the negative. Recognize that the expertise to solve common issues may not lie within the 'collective wisdom' of NGOs or in your list of demands. Otherwise, you encourage continual division between NGOs and industry, an us versus them attitude, that may drive the industry to its own proclamations, demands and full page ads. This does not foster a dialogue about what clearly are common interests in protecting mangroves and water quality." Source: Environmental Extremes Versus Sustainable Policies in Aquaculture. Thor J. Lassen. Presented at World Aquaculture '97, February 1997. Ocean Trust is a non-profit ocean conservation foundation dedicated to promoting the protection and sustainable use of the oceans and its natural resources as a food source for humanity. For more information contact: Thor J. Lassen, President, Ocean Trust, 222 1/2 South Washington Street, Alexandria, VA 22314, phone 703-739-2220, fax 703-739-4622. Shrimp News Web Site: The full text of Lassen's presentation is available at Shrimp News' web site: http://members.aol.com/brosenberr/Home.html. You must use a capital "H" in Home! Once you arrive at the site, click on the box in the upper right hand corner that says "Click For Freebies", then click on the report Environmental Extremes. Or, contact me via email, and I'll email a copy to you. All of my communications numbers appear below. Thanks, April 11, 1997 Bob Rosenberry, Editor/Publisher Shrimp News International 9450 Mira Mesa Boulevard, Suite B-562 San Diego, CA 92126 USA Phone 619-271-6354 Fax 619-271-0324 Email: shrimpnews@aol.com Web Page: http://members.aol.com/brosenberr/Home.html ------------------------------ From: "John & Jane O'Brien" Date: Sat, 12 Apr 1997 11:52:46 +0100 Subject: CRUST-L: Virus Alerts Hi there, I've never posted to this group before now, so I'll introduce myself. Jane O'Brien, UCD Ireland. I work on amphipods and molluscs. This message has nothing to do with crustacea - however, I thought I would pass some of the info. I have over the last few months received a number of warnings about a particular virus. I know nothing about computers other than to switch on and use the programme I need and then leave. My first warning worried me a bit and I later learned more about viruses. These days I seem to get warnings on the penpal virus daily. What I would like to say is that I have been told by friends who are computer experts that a lot of the warnings are hoaxes. However, this is not to say that you trust anything which comes in once you have heard it is a hoax. I am going to copy part of a mail sent to me re virus's from a friend who is big into computers. >In general terms, viruses can not be distributed in email (plain >text) messages. They can be distributed in attachments which >are executable files (this is one reason why attachments are not >allowed on the userlist). It is not good practise to run >attachments received from untrusted people without puttiing them >through a virus scanner. But as far as general email goes, >there is little risk of getting a virus. Fancy email, using M/S >Word as a mail reader, is slightly more at risk for Word macro >Viruses. The one I keep getting warnings about is PENPAL GREETINGS, then there are others. Basically, just don't open anything you have heard something about and scan everything from unknown sources and your hard drive should stay safe. Jane ------------------------------ From: Jeffrey Shields Date: Sat, 12 Apr 1997 10:47:05 -0400 (EDT) Subject: CRUST-L: Daphnia Please respond to Bill SNyder at his below address. Not to me. THanks, Jeff - ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Sat, 12 Apr 1997 08:35:42 -0400 From: owner-crust-l@back.vims.edu To: owner-crust-l@back.vims.edu Subject: BOUNCE crust-l@back.vims.edu: Admin request >From jeff Sat Apr 12 08:35:38 1997 Received: from dsu.deltast.edu (dsu.deltast.edu [199.78.230.2]) by back.vims.edu (8.6.12/) with SMTP id IAA29804 for ; Sat, 12 Apr 1997 08:35:37 -0400 Received: by dsu.deltast.edu (AIX 3.2/UCB 5.64/4.03) id AA104207; Sat, 12 Apr 1997 07:35:41 -0500 Date: Sat, 12 Apr 1997 07:35:41 -0500 (CDT) From: "William A. Hayes" To: Crust-L Subject: Daphnia (fwd) Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Dear colleagues, I am forwarding this request from on of my students. I know she has done her homework with our limited library resources... and on the internet... but has become frustrated with limited info and the rather cosmopolitan nature of some of the microcrustacea. Any help to her will be greatly appreciated by both of us. You may respond directly to her or through me. Thanks. Best wishes, Bill - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- William A. Hayes, II, Ph.D. | If you follow your bliss, you put yourself Professor of Biology | on a kind of a track that has been there P.O.Box 3234 | the whole while, waiting for you, and the Delta State University | life you ought to be living is the one you Cleveland, MS 38733 | are living. --- Joseph Campbell ph: 601-846-4247 \ _____ ____ fax: 601-846-4016 | \_____ _____/ \ email: bhayes@dsu.deltast.edu | __ \^^/ __ | | ////)\(0= =0)/(\\\\ // ^\| / ^^ \ |/^ \\ - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Website - http://okra.deltast.edu/~bhayes/index.html - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 11 Apr 1997 11:40:32 -0500 From: Audra Gallaspy Subject: Daphnia Good morning to all, I am trying to find the range and distribution of Daphnia pulex, D. magna, and D. galeata. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks Audra Gallaspy ------------------------------ End of crust-l-digest V1 #65 **************************** From owner-crust-l-digest@vims.eduFri Mar 13 11:08:05 1998 Date: Fri, 25 Apr 1997 10:40:56 -0400 From: owner-crust-l-digest@vims.edu Reply to: crust-l@vims.edu To: crust-l-digest@vims.edu Subject: crust-l-digest V1 #66 crust-l-digest Friday, 25 April 1997 Volume 01 : Number 066 CRUST-L: It works CRUST-L: Genetic Colors [none] CRUST-L: New Web page on Sealice CRUST-L: eutely in ostracods (fwd) CRUST-L: Crabs from Ethiopia CRUST-L: Thalassinidea CRUST-L: Obtainment of spiny lobsters CRUST-L: [none] CRUST-L: Cyathura polita RE:CRUST-L:Obtainment of spiny lobsters CRUST-L: Natantian allomertics CRUST-L: obscure publications II Re: CRUST-L: Natantian allomertics CRUST-L: IMATA ifno needed [none] CRUST-L: H. americanus CRUST-L: sex pheromone in the isopods? [none] CRUST-L: Mangrove: Mangrove Crab (fwd) CRUST-L: International Symbiosis Society ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Jeffrey Shields Date: Sat, 12 Apr 1997 11:17:32 -0400 (EDT) Subject: CRUST-L: It works Crusters, Marine Pathols Well, the change in software configuration has already weeded out 3 unrelated ads. I'll use my judgement on which ads come through, so you can complain to me if yours doesn't show up. In my mind ads have to be closely related to the intended purpose of the lists (i.e., new texts, aquaculture feeds, new journals or newsletters, etc.). Better might be a message stating that you have a new "whatever" and it can be viewed at your web site. For foreign subscribers SPAM originated as a highly processed, fatty, canned pork. It has gained notoriety from the Monty Python skits of old. For some reason the marine pathology list has attracted more spams than the crust-l list. I wonder what that says about pathologists ;-) Cheers, Jeff ------------------------------ From: jsgold@neaq.org (Jason Goldstein) Date: Mon, 14 Apr 1997 11:19:34 -0400 (EDT) Subject: CRUST-L: Genetic Colors For the record, Does anyone know the odds of a naturally occuring blue lobster (H. americanus) in wild. I've heard many numbers but the one I'm trying to verfiy is 1 in 10 million. Jason Jason S. Goldstein, Research Aquarist Lobster Rearing and Research Facility New England Aquarium Edgerton Research Laboratory Central Wharf Boston, MA 02110 USA - ----------------------------- phone: 617.973.5275 fax: 617.723.6207 email: jsgold@neaq.org webpage: http://www.neaq.org ------------------------------ From: Jeffrey Shields Date: Mon, 14 Apr 1997 14:23:15 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [none] Please respond to Frosch and not to me. Thanks, Jeff - ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 14 Apr 1997 20:09:06 +0100 To: bfrosch@nas.edu Dear netters, May be you will find useful this notice: A new www site devoted to natural history books with emphasis in botany and marine biology. http://www.dada.net/naturama A pretty site with catalogues on line and a wide bibliography on abalones All the best Riccardo Giannuzzi-Savelli ------------------------------ From: Chris Emblow Date: Tue, 15 Apr 1997 09:58:19 +0100 Subject: CRUST-L: New Web page on Sealice Dear all, Just to bring to your attention the new web page on Sealice research. The page represents a concerted action under the European Union FAIR (aquaculture) research programme to establish the way forward for research into lice control on fish farms. The homepage is at http://www.ecoserve.ie/projects/sealice/index.html. Any comments would be welcome. Chris Emblow ____________________________________________________________________ Chris Emblow Phone: 353-1-608-2403 Ecological Consultancy Sevices (ECOSERVE) Fax: 353-1-671- 8047 7, Glenmalure Park South Circular Road e-mail: cemblow@ecoserve.ie Dublin 8 http://www.ecoserve.ie/ ------------------------------ From: Valeria Rossi Date: Tue, 15 Apr 1997 11:42:26 +0200 (MET DST) Subject: CRUST-L: eutely in ostracods (fwd) - ----- Forwarded message from Valeria Rossi ----- >From owner-ostracon@LISTSERV.UH.EDU Thu Apr 10 00:05:56 1997 MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <199704091616.SAA01608@eagle.bio.unipr.it> Date: Wed, 9 Apr 1997 18:16:41 +0200 Reply-To: Ostracoda Discussion List Sender: Ostracoda Discussion List From: Valeria Rossi Subject: eutely in ostracods To: OSTRACON@LISTSERV.UH.EDU According to: Roger N. Hughes 1989. A functional biology of clonal animal. Chapman and Hall, pag 23: " In some metazoans (Figure 2.2a) the number of mitotic cell divisions during embryological development is precisely fixed and relatively small. After this number has been reached, growth is simply by the enlargement of the existing cells." In the quoted figure representations of Ostracoda, Mesozoa, Nematoda, Tardigrada, Rotifera and Gastrotrica are reported. As far as I know eutely is typical of nematodes and rotifers and I do not know anything about this phenomenon in Crustacea and in particular in Ostracods. Have any of you heard of it? Thanks for your attention. Regards. valeria - -- Valeria Rossi, dr. Department of Environmental Sciences Direct phone: +39-521-905612 University of Parma FAX: +39-521-905402 Viale delle Scienze e.mail: valeria@eagle.bio.unipr.it 43100 Parma, Italy - ----- End of forwarded message from Valeria Rossi ----- - -- Valeria Rossi, dr. Department of Environmental Sciences Direct phone: +39-521-905612 University of Parma FAX: +39-521-905402 Viale delle Scienze e.mail: valeria@eagle.bio.unipr.it 43100 Parma, Italy ------------------------------ From: Jeffrey Shields Date: Tue, 15 Apr 1997 08:55:39 -0400 (EDT) Subject: CRUST-L: Crabs from Ethiopia This bounced for some reason. Please respond to Dieter and not to me. Thanks, Jeff ============================================================ To: crust-l@vims.edu From: dieter.walossek@biologie.uni-ulm.de (dieter walossek) Subject: crabs from Aethiopia Dear Crustlers, a student from our university, Heiko Mueller, has recently bought a few= specimens of a freshwater crab said to be from Aethiopia, and he wonders if= someone could help him with identification and information on living and= culturing conditions. The carapace is blue with a light-yellow margin, and= the legs are orange-red with the claws being whitish. The eyes are yellow.= The carapace is about 8 cm wide, and the animals live part-time under water= and dig holes on land under stones and roots (in the aquarium). Any help is= appreciated. In addition, I have placed two pictures of the crabs on my homepage (http://= www.biologie.uni-ulm.de/biosysdoc/repfree2.htm). Thanks in advance, DIETER Professor Dr. Dieter Walossek Leader of the Section for Biosystematic Documentation University of Ulm Liststrasse 3, D-89079 Ulm, Germany, phone ++49 731 4014 150 or 151, FAX ++49 731 4014 159 email: dieter.walossek@biologie.uni-ulm.de WWW site: http://www.biologie.uni-ulm.de/biosysdoc/ ------------------------------ From: jose roberto Date: Wed, 16 Apr 1997 13:18:40 +0200 Subject: CRUST-L: Thalassinidea Dear Crustlers, I would like to know if these Thalassinidea have agonistic behaviour: Upogebia pusilla, U. africana, Callianassa australiensis, C. filholi Any information is greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance Jose Please reply to me directly at : jsouza@awi-bremerhaven.de - -- Jose Roberto B. souza URL: http://200.17.232.65 AWI Postfach 120161 http://zoo.bio.ufpr.br/cpgzoo/index.html D-27515 Bremerhaven fax: (0471)4831 149 jsouza@awi-bremerhaven.de ------------------------------ From: jsgold@neaq.org (Jason Goldstein) Date: Thu, 17 Apr 1997 12:28:07 -0400 (EDT) Subject: CRUST-L: Obtainment of spiny lobsters Would anyone know of a wholesale or retail contact from which to get live, adult spiny lobsters for study? Does anyone out there currently use someone that they would suggest or not suggest? Thanks , Jason Jason Goldstein NE Aquarium Boston, MA 02110 ------------------------------ From: jo.ruxton@bbc.co.uk (Ruxton,Jo) Date: 17 Apr 97 14:21:42 GMT Subject: CRUST-L: Dear Subscribers The BBC's Natural History Unit is in the process of producing a major new documentary series called 'The Blue Planet'; 8 x 50-minute programmes about the natural history of the world's oceans, encompassing a breadth and depth (quite literally!) of habitats, e.g coral reefs, rocky shores, mangroves, temperate waters, open ocean, polar seas and the deep. We are looking for spectacular stories to present in this series and would very much like to hear from you if have any interesting/unusual/spectacular behaviours and/or locations that you could tell us about. It would be particularly useful if you were able to include information on any of the following points: 1. Is there any visual material of this story in existence, either in the form of stills or video footage? 2. Is there any good reference material (review articles, books etc.) dealing with the subject, especially those with accompanying photographs? 3. Can you suggest anybody (perhaps yourself?!) whom we could contact regarding the practicalities and feasibility of filming this subject? We hope that with your help we can ensure that 'The Blue Planet' will be a hallmark series of which both the BBC and the scientific community can be proud. Any help that you can give us would be very much appreciated. I addition to the above general research, I am looking specifically for information about coconut crabs, Birgus latro, any info would be welcome but especially behaviour that would be interesting/spectacular on film. Looking forward to hearing from you! Jo Ruxton BBC Natural History Unit ------------------------------ From: Jeffrey Shields Date: Thu, 17 Apr 1997 16:04:47 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [none] Please respond to Edwin Cruz-Rivera and not to me. Thanks, Jeff - ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 17 Apr 1997 14:40:10 -0400 From: owner-crust-l@back.vims.edu To: owner-crust-l@back.vims.edu Subject: BOUNCE crust-l@back.vims.edu: Non-member submission from [Edwin Cruz-Rivera ] X-Sender: ecruzriv@login1.isis.unc.edu Hello all, I am doing some work on the ecology of Cyathura polita, the "slender isopod", at the oligohaline zone of the Chesapeake Bay. My search through electronic databases and the books I have at hand have not been useful in providing information on these critter's habits. Does anyone know of a good reference on this isopod's behavior, ecology, or natural history? Edwin Cruz-Rivera Ph (919) 726-6841 Institute of Marine Sciences Fax (919) 726-2426 University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill email: ecruzriv@email.unc.edu 3431 Arendell Street Morehead City, NC 28557 ------------------------------ From: wim@IMV.UIT.NO (Wim Vader) Date: Fri, 18 Apr 1997 08:50:50 +0200 Subject: CRUST-L: Cyathura polita Dr Cruz-Ribeiro asked about published work on Cyathura polita. When I started out as a biologist, in the early sixties, Bill (W.D) Burbanck at Emory University was "mr Cyathura" and new papers came out every year. I have some 10 reprints myself, from between 1961 and 1975. I`ll mention 2= here: W. D Burnanck, 1962. An ecological study of the distribution of the isopod Cyathura polita (Stimpson) from brackish waters of Cape Cod, Massachusetts.--The American Midland Naturalist 67(2), 449-476. Burbanck, W.D. & Madeline Burbanck, 1975. Growth of a transplanted population of the estuarine Cyathura polita (Crustacea: Isopoda), Cape Cod, Massachusetts.-- Verhandlungen der internationalen Veriens f=FCr Limnologie 19, 3001-3006 (This is the latest I have; it cites 5 earlier papers.) I can furnish copies if you need them. Wim Vader, Tromsoe Museum 9037 Tromsoe, Norway wim@imv.uit.no ------------------------------ From: pnoel@CIMRS1.MNHN.FR (Pierre NOEL) Date: Fri, 18 Apr 1997 12:50:11 +0100 Subject: RE:CRUST-L:Obtainment of spiny lobsters Date: Sat, 19 Apr 1997 23:18:36 +0100 (BST) Subject: CRUST-L: Natantian allomertics Dear All, Can anyone give me some generalisations regarding the relative growth of the whole body (TL) and carapace (CL) in natantians, particularly mesopelagic decapods; are there family traits?. I'm interested in the relative increase in eye-size with body size. There are some nice papers by Hiller-Adams & Case, but they use TL. Best wishes, Magnus + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + Magnus L. Johnson, Arthropod Neurobiology Unit, Zoology Dept, University of Leicester, Leicester, LE1 7RH, U.K. email : mlj2@le.ac.UK Tel : 0116 252 3353/2 \\\/----<= [>{|||||||x: ///\----<= ------------------------------ From: cboyko@AMNH.ORG (Christopher B. Boyko) Date: Mon, 21 Apr 1997 09:26:48 -0400 Subject: CRUST-L: obscure publications II Dear Crust-ers, Once again, I am at a loss in finding obscure crustacean articles. Since interlibrary loan (and numerous letters)has failed me, I thought I would try and see if anyone out there has these or knows where to get copies of them. They are: Kamita, T. 1957. Studies on the decapod crustaceans of Corea. Sci. Rep. Shimane Univ. 4(7): 91-109 Kamita, T. 1958. Studies on the decapod crustaceans of Corea. Sci. Rep. Shimane Univ. 5(8): 59-75 Kim, H.S. 1970. A checklist of the Anomura and Brachyura (Crustacea, Decapoda) of Korea. J. Seoul Nat. Univ., Biol. Agric. ser. B 21: 1-29, pls. 1-5 As usual, I appreciate any leads anyone can offer. Thanks! Chris Boyko Christopher B. Boyko Department of Invertebrates American Museum of Natural History Central Park West @ 79th St. New York, NY 10024 (212) 769-5720 Fax: (212) 769-5783 ------------------------------ From: Ed and Ruth Benedikt Date: Wed, 23 Apr 1997 10:40:55 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Re: CRUST-L: Natantian allomertics Glad to see where you are located. I get a lot of enjoyments from this List-Serve and my aquaculture and lobster contacts are amazed at my referrals. ED Benedikt (elder hosteler in Jamaica) At 11:18 PM 4/19/97 +0100, Magnus wrote: >Dear All, > >Can anyone give me some generalisations regarding the relative growth of >the whole body (TL) and carapace (CL) in natantians, particularly >mesopelagic decapods; are there family traits?. I'm interested in the >relative increase in eye-size with body size. There are some nice >papers by Hiller-Adams & Case, but they use TL. > >Best wishes, Magnus > >+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + > >Magnus L. Johnson, Arthropod Neurobiology Unit, Zoology Dept, >University of Leicester, Leicester, LE1 7RH, U.K. > >email : mlj2@le.ac.UK >Tel : 0116 252 3353/2 > > \\\/----<= > [>{|||||||x: > ///\----<= > > > > ------------------------------ From: Ariels4355@AOL.COM Date: Wed, 23 Apr 1997 23:44:16 -0400 (EDT) Subject: CRUST-L: IMATA ifno needed If anyone knows the IMATA (International marine animal training association) web address or mailing info can you please send it to me. Thanx in advance ____A ------------------------------ From: "dept inv.zoology" Date: Thu, 24 Apr 97 11:43:59 +0400 Subject: [none] International conference: New methods in Copepod taxonomy Dates: May 4 - 8, 1998 Location: St.-Petersburg, Russia Topics: The central goal is to bring together researchers dealing specifically with morphology as it relates to taxonomy in various groups of Copepods, in order to better delineate species. New and rare used methods are of particular interest: DNA - analysis, chromosome analysis (chromosome diminution especially), enzyme analysis, hybridization of closely related species, LARVAL sign analysis., etc. Other topics include analysis of variability and taxonomic weight of signs used in describing copepods now to validate the many new species that have been described in the last decades using morphological details only. In the context of this meeting two workshops are planned: 1. chromosome diminution; 2. hybridization techniques with using of the Fischer's Cyclopoid species. Conference is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Ulrich Einsle. Contact: Victor R. Alekseev, Zoological Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences, 199034, St.-Petersburg, Russia (Fax: 7-812-114-0444 ; avr@zisp.spb.su) We prefer Your response via e-mail! ------------------------------ From: Jeffrey Shields Date: Thu, 24 Apr 1997 21:44:15 -0400 (EDT) Subject: CRUST-L: H. americanus Please respond to Debuse, and not to me. Thanks Jeff - ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 21 Apr 1997 06:46:47 -0400 From: owner-crust-l@back.vims.edu To: owner-crust-l@back.vims.edu Subject: BOUNCE crust-l@back.vims.edu: Non-member submission from [V.J.Debuse@uea.ac.uk (Valerie Debuse)] >From jeff Mon Apr 21 06:46:39 1997 Received: from mailgate1.uea.ac.uk (mailgate1.uea.ac.uk [139.222.230.1]) by back.vims.edu (8.6.12/) with ESMTP id GAA03530 for ; Mon, 21 Apr 1997 06:46:31 -0400 Received: from cpca2.uea.ac.uk by mailgate1.uea.ac.uk with SMTP (PP); Mon, 21 Apr 1997 11:45:00 +0100 Received: from biodebuse1.bio.uea.ac.uk by cpca2.uea.ac.uk; (5.65/1.1.8.2/29Jun95-0305PM) id AA02732; Mon, 21 Apr 1997 11:44:50 +0100 X-Sender: b172@pop.uea.ac.uk Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Mon, 21 Apr 1997 11:51:08 +0000 To: CRUST-L@VIMS.EDU From: V.J.Debuse@uea.ac.uk (Valerie Debuse) Subject: H. americanus Hello crustlers, I would be very grateful if anyone could tell me a mean duration for the period that the developing fertilized eggs remain inside the female before being extruded. Please reply directly to me at: v.j.debuse@uea.ac.uk. Thanks very much. Valerie Debuse Valerie J. Debuse School of Biological Sciences University of East Anglia Norwich United Kingdom NR4 7TJ Tel: +44-1603 593172 Fax: +44-1603 592250 E-mail: V.J.Debuse@uea.ac.uk ------------------------------ From: Li Li Date: Fri, 25 Apr 1997 09:52:16 +0800 (HKT) Subject: CRUST-L: sex pheromone in the isopods? Hello all! I'm Li Li, a Ph.D student in the Swire Marine Lab, Hong Kong University, Hong Kong. I research the marine isopods on the ecology and biology in Hong Kong. Now I'm interested in the reproductive behaviour and the sex pheromone. I have read some papers published during 80s about such material appeared in amphipod. I want to know whether the sex pheromone also exit in isopods and whether it is a reliable feature to measure the reproduction process and how to confirm its present. Is there any scientists doing this research on the isopods in recent years? Could you give me instructions or introduce the relevant references to me ? Thank you in advance! Li Li The Swire Institute of Marine Science The University of Hong Kong Cape d'guilar, Shek O, Hong Kong e-mail: lily@hkusua.hku.hk ------------------------------ From: Jeffrey Shields Date: Fri, 25 Apr 1997 10:06:04 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [none] Please respond to Edwin Cruz-Rivera, and not to me. Thanks, Jeff - ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 21 Apr 1997 21:55:11 -0400 From: owner-crust-l@back.vims.edu To: owner-crust-l@back.vims.edu Subject: BOUNCE crust-l@back.vims.edu: Non-member submission from [Edwin Cruz-Rivera ] Date: Mon, 21 Apr 1997 21:54:43 -0400 (EDT) Sender: Edwin Cruz-Rivera From: Edwin Cruz-Rivera X-Sender: ecruzriv@login5.isis.unc.edu To: Crustacean Biology Group Subject: Thanks Thank you to all who sent me information on Cyathura. It seems that a lot of these papers were done by the same researcher during the 60's and 70's (W.D. Burbanck). If anyone would like these references, I would be more than happy to send them to you. Mil gracias, Edwin Cruz-Rivera Ph (919) 726-6841 Institute of Marine Sciences Fax (919) 726-2426 University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill email: ecruzriv@email.unc.edu 3431 Arendell Street Morehead City, NC 28557 ------------------------------ From: Jeffrey Shields Date: Fri, 25 Apr 1997 10:16:41 -0400 (EDT) Subject: CRUST-L: Mangrove: Mangrove Crab (fwd) This may be pertinent to the list. Please respond to churchman@nwf.org Cheers, Jeff - ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >Hi. I'm Senior Editor at Ranger Rick magazine, a nature magazine that >goes out to about 800,000 kids in North America. We're doing a photo >piece on the mangrove crab Aratus pisonii, and I'm looking for anyone's >who's studied the creature. I've read what Rathbun and C.F. Warner and >Fenner Chace and Heinrich von Hagen have had to say about it, but >would like to be able to ask a few questions. Does anyone know of any >studies of this crab in the last 10 years? Any idea who did the study? I'd >appreciate any information you're willing to share. You can answer me >by e-mail at churchman@nwf.org, or by snail mail at Deborah >Churchman/Senior Editor/National Wildlife Federation/8925 Leesburg >Pike/Vienna, VA 22184. For those of you who know Fenner Chace, he's >still alive and doing well, although his hermit crab finally passed away >after I don't know how many decades. > >Debby > ------------------------------ From: Jeffrey Shields Date: Fri, 25 Apr 1997 10:20:18 -0400 (EDT) Subject: CRUST-L: International Symbiosis Society Sorry for the cross post. Please respond to jwhite@aesop.rutgers.edu and not to me. Thanks, Jeff - ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Subject: BOUNCE crust-l@back.vims.edu: Non-member submission from ["jim.white[SMTP":AESOP.RUTGERS.EDU]!jwhite@ns.bio.msu.ru] Resent-Organization: Department of Zoology Invertebrate MSU Resent-From: "(Slava) V.N. Ivanenko" X-Really-To: symbios@net.bio.net Subject: INTERNATIONAL SYMBIOSIS SOCIETY A new professional society has been established to promote study and = understanding of symbiosis--the International Symbiosis Society (ISS). = The ISS was founded on April 15, 1997 at the 2nd International Symbiosis = Congress in Woods Hole, MA. The society currently has 50+ members = ranging from marine biologists to mycologists. The ISS will publish a = newsletter to distribute to its members, organize symbiosis congresses, = and maintain the research journal SYMBIOSIS. If you are interested in = joining the ISS contact:=20 Jim White, Dept. of Plant Pathology, Cook College-Rutgers University, = New Brunswick, NJ 08903; email: jwhite@aesop.rutgers.edu. =20 We are currently in need of members with energy and ideas to help = develop the ISS. Membership is open to professionals, students, and lay = persons. If you wish to help pioneer and define the field of = Symbiology, the ISS may be the appropriate vehicle. =20 ------------------------------ End of crust-l-digest V1 #66 **************************** From owner-crust-l-digest@vims.eduFri Mar 13 11:08:17 1998 Date: Thu, 8 May 1997 22:42:46 -0400 From: owner-crust-l-digest@vims.edu Reply to: crust-l@vims.edu To: crust-l-digest@vims.edu Subject: crust-l-digest V1 #68 crust-l-digest Thursday, 8 May 1997 Volume 01 : Number 068 [none] CRUST-L: Marine Copepods CRUST-L: Re: Riksmuseet, Stockholm CRUST-L: Re: chloroform, anesthesia, terrestrial Amphipoda CRUST-L: Announcement CRUST-L: looking for Loren Coen Re: CRUST-L: looking for Loren Coen CRUST-L: MS222 [none] CRUST-L: (Fwd) Lobster Growth CRUST-L: E-Mail of Denton Belk CRUST-L: lobster longevity, response CRUST-L: Re: Lobster Growth Re: CRUST-L: E-Mail of Denton Belk CRUST-L: Re: Lobster Growth CRUST-L: determining dry weights CRUST-L: References needed ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Jeffrey Shields Date: Tue, 6 May 1997 20:58:56 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [none] Please respond to Antonio Medina and not to me. Thanks, Jeff - ---------- Forwarded message ---------- X-Sender: amedina@merlin.uca.es X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Light Version 1.5.4 (16) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable To: crust-l@vims.edu From: Antonio Medina Does anybody know the postal and/or e-mail addresses of the Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet (Stockholm, 59-78)? Thank you for your help, Antonio Antonio Medina e-mail: antonio.medina@uca.es Dpto. de Biolog=EDa Animal, Biolog=EDa Vegetal y Ecolog=EDa, Facultad de Ciencias del Mar, E-11510 Puerto Real, C=E1diz, Spain ------------------------------ From: "Tuncay M. SEVER" Date: Wed, 7 May 1997 08:21:59 +2 TUR Subject: CRUST-L: Marine Copepods Hello Crusters, My name is T. M. Sever and I am interested in the taxonomy of Marine Copepods of Aegean Sea. This is my post-doctoral thesis. Is there anybody out there interested in the feeding behaviour, distribution and ecology of Marine Copepods and could help me on this subject? All suggestions and helps are welcome! Greetings from Turkiye! :-) T. Murat SEVER Ege University Fishery Faculty Section of Hydrobiology 35102 P. K. 65 -Bornova/ Izmir/ TURKIYE e-mail:tmsever@sufak.ege.edu.tr ------------------------------ From: pnoel@CIMRS1.MNHN.FR (Pierre NOEL) Date: Wed, 7 May 1997 09:31:46 +0100 Subject: CRUST-L: Re: Riksmuseet, Stockholm >---------- Forwarded message ---------- >X-Sender: amedina@merlin.uca.es >X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Light Version 1.5.4 (16) >Mime-Version: 1.0 >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" >Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable >To: crust-l@vims.edu >From: Antonio Medina > > >Does anybody know the postal and/or e-mail addresses of the Naturhistoriska >Riksmuseet (Stockholm, 59-78)?>Thank you for your help, >Antonio Medina >e-mail: antonio.medina@uca.es >Dpto. de Biolog=EDa Animal, Biolog=EDa Vegetal y Ecolog=EDa, >Facultad de Ciencias del Mar,>E-11510 Puerto Real, C=E1diz,>Spain You may contact for instance our colleague : Dr. Lennart Sandberg, Sektion for Evertebratzoologi, Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet, P. Box 50007, S-104 05 Stockholm 50, Sweden Tel. +46 8 666 4126; fax +46 666 4125; e-mail ev-lennart@nrm.se Best regards, Pierre. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Pierre Y. NOEL, Biologie des Invertebres marins, CNRS URA no699, Museum national d'Histoire naturelle, 55 rue Buffon, F-75005 Paris, France. e mail: pnoel@mnhn.fr Tel +33 1 4079 3098 - Fax +33 1 4079 3089 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- ):) ------------------------------ From: pnoel@CIMRS1.MNHN.FR (Pierre NOEL) Date: Wed, 7 May 1997 09:43:31 +0100 Subject: CRUST-L: Re: chloroform, anesthesia, terrestrial Amphipoda >From: Edwin Cruz-Rivera >X-Sender: ecruzriv@login0.isis.unc.edu >To: Crustacean Biology Group >Subject: Anestethizing Talitrids >Hello all, I would like to measure some talitrid amphipods for a growth >experiment. As you may know, these critters don't like to stay still very >much. I thought about ether or chloroform in some sort of chamber, but I >would like to know if: 1) anyone has done this successfully (e.g. >without adverse effects to the animals), and 2) there are any alternatives >to these chemicals. Your help is appreciated. >Sincerely, >Edwin Cruz-Rivera Ph (919) 726-6841 >Institute of Marine Sciences Fax (919) 726-2426 >University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill email: ecruzriv@email.unc.edu >3431 Arendell Street >Morehead City, NC 28557 Some times ago on this list, we had a discussion about the use of MS 222 as an anesthesic. here are some of the answers provided then. They might help you. In the former lab of Prof Charniaux-Cotton, Orchestia gammarella and other Amphipoda were anesthesied with CO2, and it was very convenient. See the "old" papers of this group for details. With my best regards, Pierre. X-Sender: jmw5@152.3.102.6 X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Light Version 1.5.4 (32) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Mon, 02 Dec 1996 16:16:53 -0500 To: CRUST-L@VIMS.EDU From: Jim Welch Subject: Using MS-222 on crustacean larvae Sender: owner-crust-l@vims.edu Hi- My apologies, because I know this question has come up in the past, but I don't remember the old answers... I need to anesthetize some blue crab megalopae. Does anyone know if MS-222 is effective for this purpose? I'd like to keep them alive so they maintain their osmotic condition and density. (I'm making sure that flow tank behaviors are due to swimming, not simply to megalopae being caught up in the flow) Thanks in advance-- -Jim Welch Jim Welch jmw5@mail.duke.edu Duke University Marine Lab 135 Duke Marine Lab Rd, Beaufort, NC 28516 919-504-7565 http://www.env.duke.edu/marinelab/marine.html Date: Mon, 2 Dec 1996 11:59:35 -1000 From: Curt Fiedler X-Sender: curt@uhunix3 To: Jim Welch Cc: CRUST-L@VIMS.EDU Subject: Re: Using MS-222 on crustacean larvae Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-crust-l@vims.edu Jim, I don't think 222 is effective on crusties, at least in my experience. Someone I know who works with copepods uses MgCl2 effectively, at typical concentrations used to knock out other inverts. This will probably revive the popular anaesthetic thread again. :-) G. Curt Fiedler Zoology Department & Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology University of Hawaii at Manoa 2538 The Mall, Edmondson hall Honolulu, Hawaii 96822 Phone: (808)956-4712 Fax: (808)956-9812 http://www2.hawaii.edu/~zoology/graduate/CurtPage.html X-Sender: cgardner@147.109.131.4 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Tue, 3 Dec 1996 09:56:33 +0000 To: Jim Welch From: cgardner@dpi.tas.gov.au (Caleb Gardner) Subject: Re: Using MS-222 on crustacean larvae Cc: CRUST-L@VIMS.EDU Sender: owner-crust-l@vims.edu MS222 is fairly ineffective on most crustaceans, especially brachyurans, although it has been recommended for amphipods (Ahmad, 1969. Anaesthetic effects of ms222 on Gammarus pulex. Crustaceana, 16: 197-201.). I'd recommend a clove oil bath for your application, at 0.125 ppt. As with most situations, it's best to add a little ethanol to get things mixing. Caleb Gardner Taroona Marine Research Labs. PO Box 192B Hobart 7001 Australia Ph (03) 62 277277 Fax 62 278035 cgardner@aries.dpi.tas.gov.au Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Sun, 3 Nov 1996 20:35:11 - -0500 To: CRUST-L@VIMS.EDU From: oshel@UX1.CSO.UIUC.EDU (Philip Oshel) Subject: Re: Using MS-222 on crustacean larvae Sender: owner-crust-l@vims.edu It should. I used it on copepods and _Daphnia_. Just be careful--I started reacting to the stuff after awhile, even though I used gloves. You'll have play with the concentration, but try the fish literature, maybe it's been used on larvae. (I used it on fish, also, but only to kill them in a semi-humane way.) Philip Oshel From: "Dr. Ruth Barnich" Organization: Senckenberg Frankfurt/Main, GER To: crust-l@VIMS.EDU Date: Tue, 3 Dec 1996 08:29:59 GMT-1 Subject: Re: Using MS-222 on crustacean larvae Priority: normal X-Mailer: Pegasus Mail for Windows (v2.01DE) Sender: owner-crust-l@vims.edu I don't have any experiences with MS 222, but for my doctoral thesis I used 7% MgCl2 (in aqua dest ) successfully to anesthetize decapod larvae before fixation. MgCl2 works also for most other planktonic organisms. Good luck Dr. Ruth Barnich Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg Senckenberganlage 25 60325 Frankfurt/M. Germany ph. +69-7542-265 Fax +69-776238 rbarnich@sng.uni-frankfurt.de From: "Joachim Kahlert" Organization: BIOLAN UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE To: CRUST-L@VIMS.EDU Date: Tue, 3 Dec 1996 10:00:49 MET Subject: Re: Using MS-222 on crustacean larvae Priority: normal X-Mailer: Pegasus Mail v3.22 Sender: owner-crust-l@vims.edu I am using MS 222 for years to immobilize freshwater Amphipods and it works very well. I use concentrations of 1,5 g/l and the Gammarids need about 5 min to fell asleep (at 20 degrees C). There's a paper about Gammarus pulex and MS 222: Ahmad, M.F. (1969): Anesthesetic effects of Tricaine methane sulfonate (MS 222 Sandoz) on Gammarus pulex (L.) (Amphipoda).- Crustaceana, 16, 197-201. Greetings Joachim Dipl.Biol. Joachim Kahlert Sysop. Biolan University of Cologne Biolan Management Group Dep. of Zoology, Ecology Weyertal 119 Weyertal 119 D-50923 Koeln D-50923 Koeln Tel.: +49 (0)221 470 2481 Tel: +49 (0)221-470 3114 Fax: +49 (0)221-470 5932 http://mother.biolan.uni-koeln.de/users/jkahlert/jkahlert.html -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Pierre Y. NOEL, Biologie des Invertebres marins, CNRS URA no699, Museum national d'Histoire naturelle, 55 rue Buffon, F-75005 Paris, France. e mail: pnoel@mnhn.fr Tel +33 1 4079 3098 - Fax +33 1 4079 3089 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- ):) ------------------------------ From: Francesca Gherardi Date: Wed, 07 May 1997 10:18:07 +0100 (MET) Subject: CRUST-L: Announcement To all the crusters interested in the introduction of alien species in Europe, please, consult the home page: http://www.unifi.it/ and select "EVENTI". Francesca Gherardi - ------------------------------------------------------------- Dr Francesca Gherardi Dipartimento di Biologia Animale e Genetica "Leo Pardi" Via Romana 17 50125 Firenze, Italy tel. + 39 55 22881/2288216 fax + 39 55 222565 ------------------------------ From: Emmett Duffy Date: Wed, 07 May 1997 05:47:53 -0400 Subject: CRUST-L: looking for Loren Coen LOREN COEN: Are you out there somewhere? Or can some kind soul tell me Loren's current e-mail address or phone #? My apologies for bothering the rest of you. Thanks, Emmett __________________________________________________________________________ J. Emmett Duffy phone: 804-684-7369 The College of William and Mary FAX: 804-684-7293 School of Marine Science/VIMS Internet: jeduffy@vims.edu Gloucester Point, VA 23062-1346 (FedEx: VIMS, Route 1208, Greate Rd., Gloucester Point, VA 23062-1346) __________________________________________________________________________ ------------------------------ From: Romuald Lipcius Date: Wed, 7 May 1997 09:01:53 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Re: CRUST-L: looking for Loren Coen Emmett, As far as I'm aware, Loren's current position is in South Carolina with the Marine Resources Research Institute. I think his e-mail address is: coenl@mrd.dnr.state.sc - --Rom --note: new phone and fax numbers-- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | Rom Lipcius | | Associate Professor of Marine Science | | School of Marine Science/VIMS | | The College of William and Mary | | Gloucester Point, Virginia 23062 | | phone: 804-684-7330 | | fax: 804-684-7250 | | e-mail: rom@vims.edu | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On Wed, 7 May 1997, Emmett Duffy wrote: > LOREN COEN: > > Are you out there somewhere? Or can some kind soul tell me Loren's current > e-mail address or phone #? My apologies for bothering the rest of you. > Thanks, > > Emmett > > __________________________________________________________________________ > > J. Emmett Duffy phone: 804-684-7369 > The College of William and Mary FAX: 804-684-7293 > School of Marine Science/VIMS Internet: jeduffy@vims.edu > Gloucester Point, VA 23062-1346 > > (FedEx: VIMS, Route 1208, Greate Rd., Gloucester Point, VA 23062-1346) > __________________________________________________________________________ > > ------------------------------ From: Jeffrey Shields Date: Wed, 7 May 1997 14:08:32 -0400 (EDT) Subject: CRUST-L: MS222 Please respond to Edwin Cruz-Rivera and not to me. Thanks, Jeff - ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Sender: Edwin Cruz-Rivera From: Edwin Cruz-Rivera X-Sender: ecruzriv@login6.isis.unc.edu Reply-To: Edwin Cruz-Rivera To: Crustacean Biology Group Subject: Thanks on the hints for Talitrids Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Hello, Once again it has been shown what a wonderful resource this list is. Many thanks to all who responded to my query on anesthetizing Talitrids. To give an idea of the most recommended methods: 1) cooling the animals in a refrigerator, 2) placing them in a CO2 atmosphere for a very brief period, and 3) photographing the critters and measuring the image (possibly on an analizer) were the most common suggestions. Pierre Noel sent me a group of emails in this subject from sometime ago (thanks). I noticed some debate regarding the effectiveness of MS 222 on crustacea. Just as a point of information, I have anesthetized amphipods (Ampithoe, Elasmopus, Gammarus) using MS-222 at a concentration of 0.38 mg/g seawater (around 30 ppt), with 100% recovery in about a minute. It has worked very well on the species I have tried, at least. Again, many thanks to all. Edwin Cruz-Rivera Ph (919) 726-6841 Institute of Marine Sciences Fax (919) 726-2426 University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill email: ecruzriv@email.unc.edu 3431 Arendell Street Morehead City, NC 28557 ------------------------------ From: "James Robb" Date: Wed, 07 May 97 22:36:51 PDT Subject: [none] Where could I find data on crayfish burrow depths (average, and max) in the southeast U.S. (Florida), and hydroperiod effects on populations? Thank you. ------------------------------ From: "Anthony Hazell SANCOR" Date: Thu, 8 May 1997 09:25:57 SAT-2 Subject: CRUST-L: (Fwd) Lobster Growth Here's an interesting question that a colleague of mine received via a general ecology list-server. Thought someone on this list might like to comment on it. - ----------------------------------------------------------------- - ------- Forwarded Message Follows ------- Date sent: Tue, 6 May 1997 05:30:50 -0700 Send reply to: Dex Hinckley From: Dex Hinckley Subject: Lobster Growth To: ECOLOG-L@UMDD.UMD.EDU At the National Zoo, we have a Maine lobster that reached 6.7 kg (14.5 lbs) before its left claw got infected and fell off. One of the other docents claims it is 125 years old which I find hard to believe. How long does it take a lobster to reach that size? Onno Huyser email: ohuyser@botzoo.uct.ac.za FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology University of Cape Town Rondebosch 7700 Fax: +27 21 650 3295 Republic of South Africa Tel: +27 21 650 4098 650 4008 ******************************* Anthony Hazell Sancor Rock Lobster Program Sea Fisheries Research Inst. Private Bag X2 Rogge Bay 8012 South Africa Phone:(021) 402 3202 Fax:(021) 217406 E-mail: ahazell@sfri.wcape.gov.za ******************************* ------------------------------ From: "Olesen, J?rgen" Date: Thu, 08 May 97 11:20:00 DST Subject: CRUST-L: E-Mail of Denton Belk Dear all, Does anyone have the E-Mail address of Dr. Denton Belk? (If he is on-line). Thanks in advance JORGEN ****************************************** JORGEN OLESEN Zoological Museum University of Copenhagen Universitetsparken 15 2100 Copenhagen Denmark Phone: +45 35 32 10 39 FAX: +45 35 32 10 10 E-mail: J1Olesen@ZMUC.KU.DK ******************************************* ------------------------------ From: Magnus Date: Thu, 8 May 1997 13:32:29 +0100 (BST) Subject: CRUST-L: lobster longevity, response From: Matt Sheehy To: ohuyser@botzoo.uct.ac.za Date: Thu, 8 May 1997 13:11:18 +0100 (BST) Subject: lobster longevity Cc: dhinckley@IGC.APC.ORG, ahazell@sfri.wcape.gov.za, mlj2@leicester.ac.uk Priority normal Dear Onno, I received your message through a colleague, Magnus Johnson, attached to Crust-L. Our group is presently analyzing the age structure of European lobster (Homarus gammarus) populations, using a calibrated cellular age marker (lipofuscin). Our analysis indicates that lobster growth is extremely variable, particularly for males. Very large individuals can be either relatively young or old. However we presently have a good estimate of 50 years for a 4.75 pound female. We are expecting our longevity estimates to increase as more samples come in. Our lobsters certainly get much larger than this. As we are extremely interested in documented cases of lobsters reaching great ages e.g. aquarium lobsters held for long periods, I was keen to know if your associate's estimate represents a back-calculation from its size, or is a matter of historical record. Matt Sheehy - ---------------------------------------------------------- M.R.J. Sheehy Zoology Department University of Leicester University Road Leicester LE1 7RH England Telephone: +44 116 2523338 (office) +44 116 2523353 (lab) +44 116 2523344 (Zoology secretary) Facsimile: +44 116 2523330 >Date sent: Tue, 6 May 1997 05:30:50 -0700 >Send reply to: Dex Hinckley >From: Dex Hinckley >Subject: Lobster Growth >To: ECOLOG-L@UMDD.UMD.EDU > >At the National Zoo, we have a Maine lobster that reached 6.7 kg (14.5 lbs) >before its >left claw got infected and fell off. One of the other docents claims it is >125 years >old which I find hard to believe. How long does it take a lobster to reach >that size? > > > Onno Huyser email: ohuyser@botzoo.uct.ac.za > > FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology > University of Cape Town > Rondebosch 7700 Fax: +27 21 650 3295 > Republic of South Africa Tel: +27 21 650 4098 > 650 4008 ------------------------------ From: Douglas Pezzack Date: Thu, 08 May 1997 10:46:24 -0300 Subject: CRUST-L: Re: Lobster Growth At 6:25 AM -0300 5/8/97, Anthony Hazell SANCOR wrote: * * At the National Zoo, we have a Maine lobster that reached 6.7 kg (14.5 lbs) * before its * left claw got infected and fell off. One of the other docents claims it is * 125 years * old which I find hard to believe. How long does it take a lobster to reach * that size? You are right to doubt the age given. I often hear about the 125 or 150 year old Maine (or the more abundant Canadian) lobsters (Homarus americanus) but in my opinion they do not exist. The myth of 125 or 150 year old lobsters has grown and is not treated as fact in the media. The great age is based on growth data obtained using the anniversary method with mark recapture data. These indicated intermolt periods of 10-50 years (yes 50 years! if you believe the extrapolations made). Such long intermolt periods do not occur and are an artifact of the method used. The lobsters shell needs to be replaced periodically or the simple wear and tear and disease will cause it to become pitted and weakened leading to death. From laboratory work by S. Waddy and D. Aiken (DFO St. Andrews NB, Canada) it looks like a 4-5 years maximum intermolt period, and that is only at very large sizes. Other work on snow crab which have a terminal molt also suggest a maximum shell age of around 5 years for that species. I have worked with the Canadian offshore lobster fishery where 6.7kg lobsters are not uncommon and we have looked for methods of estimating intermolt periods in the field and concluded that for intermolt periods greater than 2 years the anniversary method using mark recapture data is not appropriate. Finally to the question how old is the 6.7kg lobster? In a recent calculation using molt increments from mark recapture studies and the intermolt periods from the lab data (maximum 5 years) I estimated that a male lobster with a 234mm Carapace Length (estimated to be 14-17kg) was between 27-38 years (mean of 32 years). If the animal in question is a male my best guess would 24 years (20 -30 years). If it is a female the estimates would be slightly older (males grow more with each molt and become heavier due to their very large claws) These giants may not be as old as many people think but that does not take away from the magnificence of 15kg lobster especially when you accidentally run into one diving. In its own environment it is an intimidating sight and one you do not forget soon. Douglas Pezzack ..................................................... . . . Douglas Pezzack [D_Pezzack@bionet.bio.dfo.ca] . . _______ . . Lobster Biology & Assessment \\\\ / ___) . . Dept. Fisheries and Oceans |||| / -<_^_ . . Halifax, N.S (\ ____/_/\_____/ . . Canada, B3J 2S7 |_\/\/\/\/| \@------ . . --------------------- <<_(-(-(-(-|====--->*+ . . Voice:(902) 426-2099 | /\/\/\/\|______/@------ . . Fax: (902) 426-1862 (/ \ \______ . . |||| \ __^_\ . . //// \______/ . ..................................................... ------------------------------ From: "Jack J. O'Brien" Date: Thu, 8 May 1997 09:54:49 -0500 (CDT) Subject: Re: CRUST-L: E-Mail of Denton Belk Dear Jorgen: I believe that Denton can still be reached at: dbelk@texas.net Jack O'Brien ------------------------------ From: Douglas Pezzack Date: Thu, 08 May 1997 17:46:06 -0300 Subject: CRUST-L: Re: Lobster Growth * * As we are extremely interested in documented cases of lobsters * reaching great ages e.g. aquarium lobsters held for long periods, I * was keen to know if your associate's estimate represents a * back-calculation from its size, or is a matter of historical record. * Matt Sheehy I would like to second Matt Sheehy's request for any information on growth and age of large lobsters. I think it would be useful to bring together the bits of information from labs and aquariums that have held large animals over the years. The amount of data available on very large lobsters (>170mm CL) is limited and any observation would be useful. I am particularly interested in the intermolt period of these large lobsters. As I mentioned in an earlier message the data we have suggest a maximum intermolt period of 4-5 years. Have people observed longer intermolt periods? Have people observed 2-3 year intermolts at these sizes? Douglas Pezzack ..................................................... . . . Douglas Pezzack [D_Pezzack@bionet.bio.dfo.ca] . . _______ . . Lobster Biology & Assessment \\\\ / ___) . . Dept. Fisheries and Oceans |||| / -<_^_ . . Halifax, N.S (\ ____/_/\_____/ . . Canada, B3J 2S7 |_\/\/\/\/| \@------ . . --------------------- <<_(-(-(-(-|====--->*+ . . Voice:(902) 426-2099 | /\/\/\/\|______/@------ . . Fax: (902) 426-1862 (/ \ \______ . . |||| \ __^_\ . . //// \______/ . ..................................................... ------------------------------ From: Pat Bubucis Date: Thu, 08 May 1997 20:15:15 -0400 Subject: CRUST-L: determining dry weights Greetings! I would like to measure dry weight of some shrimp currently preserved in 70% ethanol. They are about 3 cm total length, some are gravid, and I want to avoid losing any eggs or appendages. Would it be acceptable to set them on glass fiber filter discs to dry overnight at about 120 degrees C before transferring them to a dessicator until I weigh them? Please forgive me for not first searching the literature. I promise I'll do that too. Thanks! Pat Bubucis bubucis@eden.mindport ------------------------------ From: "John C. Markham" Date: Thu, 08 May 1997 19:41:15 -0700 Subject: CRUST-L: References needed - -Fellow Crusties: I am badly in need of a couple of short papers in a journal, published in Chile, to which I do not have access. Could I prevail upon someone to locate and send me copies of six pages from a journal? I=92ll be glad to reimburse any costs. The references, according to Zoological Record, (note that they are right together in the publication) are: Jalajakumani, C. 1993. A new record of the parasitic isopod Orbione bonnieri Nobili, 1906 (Crustacea: Isopoda: Epicaridea) from the prawn Palaemon lamarrei in Visakhapatnam Coast, India. Boletin Chileno de Parasitologia 48 (3-4): 58-60. And Shyamasundari, K., K. Hanamantha-Rao, C. Jalajakumari & A. Mary. 1993. A new bopyrid isopod Athelges neotenuicaudis (Crustacea: Isopoda: Epicaridea) parasitic on Pagurus kulkarnii from Visakhapatnam Coast, India. Boletin Chileno de Parasitologia 48 (3-4): 60-63. Alternatively, could someone give me addresses, postal or e-mail, for one or more of the authors in question? Many thanks! John C. Markham ACML Arch Cape, OR 97102-0105 U. S. A. jmarkham@seasurf.com - -=20 =D0=CF=11=E0=A1=B1=1A=E1 ------------------------------ End of crust-l-digest V1 #68 **************************** From owner-crust-l-digest@vims.eduFri Mar 13 11:08:25 1998 Date: Wed, 14 May 1997 17:00:01 -0400 From: owner-crust-l-digest@vims.edu Reply to: crust-l@vims.edu To: crust-l-digest@vims.edu Subject: crust-l-digest V1 #69 crust-l-digest Wednesday, 14 May 1997 Volume 01 : Number 069 CRUST-L: Crustacean sensitivity Re: CRUST-L: determining dry weights [none] Re: CRUST-L: Crustacean sensitivity CRUST-L: determining dry weights CRUST-L: Re: Crustacean Sensitivity [none] CRUST-L: Behavioural conditioning CRUST-L: Alan Carpenter's e-mail address... [none] Re: CRUST-L: Behavioural conditioning [none] CRUST-L: TL vs CL summary CRUST-L: Harry Taylor CRUST-L: Advice please! CRUST-L: Leptocheirus plumulosus CRUST-L: Abyssal isopods CRUST-L: Naupliosoma CRUST-L: abyssal isopods ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "John & Jane O'Brien" Date: Fri, 9 May 1997 11:00:54 +0100 Subject: CRUST-L: Crustacean sensitivity I have in my hand a report which states that "crustaceans are generally very sensitive to environmental stress and in geeral to toxic substances in particular". The report discusses the quality of an estuary, with a number of potential sources of pollution. Heavy metal concentration in the sediments is quite high, the estuary is flushed quite well twice a day. The report presents the presence of crustacea as being an indicator that the estuary is in good condition regardless of the condition of the sediments and low infauna species richness/high abundance in certain areas. I would appreciate any comments. Thanks, Jane Dr. Jane O'Brien, Zoology Dept., UCD, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland. jayohbee@iol.ie and janob@ollamh.ucd.ie ------------------------------ From: Les Watling Date: Fri, 9 May 1997 08:37:22 -0400 Subject: Re: CRUST-L: determining dry weights At 08:15 PM 5/8/97 -0400, you wrote: >I would like to measure dry weight of some shrimp currently preserved in >70% ethanol. They are about 3 cm total length, some are gravid, and I >want to avoid losing any eggs or appendages. Would it be acceptable to >set them on glass fiber filter discs to dry overnight at about 120 >degrees C before transferring them to a dessicator until I weigh them? At least 30% of the body weight has already been lost due to the shrimp having been stored in alcohol, so loss of eggs or appendages is sort of moot at this point. Alcohol is notorious for extracting lipids, especially, but other compounds as well, so dry weight measures on alcohol preserved material is not preferred. You also raise the interesting point of whether the eggs should be included in the weight; the answer to that being determined by the question you are asking. Back to dry weights -- in the future your material would be best dried fresh, or failing that, preserved in formalin for as short a time as possible. Glass fibre filters or plastic weighing dishes are fine. You shouldn't use a temperature greater than 60 C or some of the lipids will volatize, again causing a weight loss. Best regards, Les. &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& Les Watling Professor of Oceanography Darling Marine Center University of Maine Walpole ME 04573 USA Ph: 207-563-3146 ext 248 FAX: 207-563-3119 or 207-563-3146,,,,,,,,272 *************************************** ------------------------------ From: Jeffrey Shields Date: Fri, 9 May 1997 11:10:29 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [none] Please respond to Andrew McArthur and not to me. Thanks, Jeff Andrew, Check Cryptoniscidae instead of Criptoniscidae. It's a family of parasitic isopods in the Epicaridea. - ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 9 May 1997 10:51:55 -0400 From: "Dr. Andrew G. McArthur" Reply-To: mcarthur@onyx.si.edu Subject: Help with 3 families and 4 genera Colleagues, In the process of maintaining our deep-sea hydrothermal vent faunal database, I have come across three families and four genera of crustaceans for which I was unable to find any records in the CD-ROM version of the Zoological Record (1978-1996): Callopiidae Criptoniscidae Paralubbockiidae Iorania Mirocaris Oradarea Thimopides If anyone can help me with citations to these, I would be very appreciative. I am after systematic citations and information on their distribution as I need to know if they are endemic to hydrothermal vents. Much thanks! Dr. Andrew G. McArthur Laboratory of Molecular Systematics, Smithsonian Museum Support Center, 4210 Silver Hill Road, Suitland, Maryland 20746 Phone: (301) 238-3444 Ext. 112, Fax: (301) 238-3059 mcarthur@onyx.si.edu, http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/8431/ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The DEEPSEA Research Newsgroup: BIONET.BIOLOGY.DEEPSEA More Info: http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/8431/deepsea.html - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------ From: oshel@UX1.CSO.UIUC.EDU (Philip Oshel) Date: Fri, 9 May 1997 12:06:17 -0600 Subject: Re: CRUST-L: Crustacean sensitivity >I have in my hand a report which states that "crustaceans are generally >very sensitive to environmental stress and in geeral to toxic substances in >particular". > >The report discusses the quality of an estuary, with a number of potential >sources of pollution. Heavy metal concentration in the sediments is quite >high, the estuary is flushed quite well twice a day. > >The report presents the presence of crustacea as being an indicator that >the estuary is in good condition regardless of the condition of the >sediments and low infauna species richness/high abundance in certain areas. > >I would appreciate any comments. > >Thanks, > >Jane >Dr. Jane O'Brien Where in the estuary are the crustaceans, and where are the metals? If they do not co-occur, the presence of crustaceans as indicator species can be misleading. Specifically: If the metals are all getting bound quickly into the muds, and the crustaceans in question are water-column species*, then the crusties' exposure to the metals is lessened. But all the mud living or feeding species are in trouble. What is the concentration of the metals in the water column? In the same form as in the sediments, or in a more active form? or less active form? What are the relative populations of crustaceans in different habitats in the estuary? What are the species distributions in different feeding guilds? Are the burrowing species or mud-feeders depauperate? Are there lots of "low-on-the-food-chain" species, and few "high-on-the-chain" species? This would indicate a problem with bioaccumulation of toxins, while giving a false impression of a healthy environment (lots of species present). Finally "toxic substances" is a rather broad term. A species that may be very sensitive to pesticides in agricultural run-off may be resistant to cadmium or mercury. Etc. Plus, "the presence of crustacea" could be a sampling artifact. Maybe the crusties were sampled by dragging a plankton net through the water and putting out crab pots. This would miss many species, and in particular might miss the ones getting exposed to the metals. Phil *or epibenthic, or living on but not eating plants ["not eating" because plants take up metals], or ... &&& Illigitimi non carborundum &&&&&&&& Philip Oshel Station A PO Box 5037 Champaign, IL 61825-5037 (217) 355-1143 oshel@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu *** looking for a job again ****************** ------------------------------ From: Pat Bubucis Date: Fri, 09 May 1997 14:10:11 -0400 Subject: CRUST-L: determining dry weights Thanks to all CRUST-L-ers who responded to my questions about measuring dry weights in some small shrimps. My proposed method was quite wrong, so I'd like to bring attention to corrections. The response from Les Watling, which was also posted to the list, was among those I received and sums it up nicely. Aluminum weighing pans and a preferred temperature of 45 degrees C were also suggested. Thanks again! Pat Bubucis bubucis@eden.mindport.net ------------------------------ From: Jeffrey Shields Date: Fri, 9 May 1997 14:43:43 -0400 (EDT) Subject: CRUST-L: Re: Crustacean Sensitivity Please respond to Roy Caldwell, or the list, but not directly to me. Thanks, Jeff - ---------- Forwarded message ---------- To: CRUST-L@vims.edu From: Roy Caldwell <4roy@socrates.Berkeley.Edu> Subject: Re: CRUST-L: Crustacean sensitivity Dr. O'Brien, A toxin to one species or even life stage is not necessarily one to another and such generalizations are not particularly useful. Our own work with stomatopods suggests that while they are very sensitive to many organic solvents, field performance to toxins is complex. Let me give you a couple of examples. In 1986, there was a major oil spill off the Atlantic coast of Pamama. Over 100,000 barrels of crude were released and much of it, plus detergents sprayed to sink it, came ashore. The gonodactylid stomatopods on the reef didn't fair too badly. Only large females brooding eggs were lost, presumably because they wouldn't leave their cavities. However, the reefs, grass flats and mangroves were heavily impacted and there was massive mortality in urchns, snails, etc. From our monitoring of the spill over the next several years, the results were at first contradictory, then clear. For the first year, the remaining stomatopods flurished. They actually grew more than usual and reproduced more frequently than expected. This was probably due to lots of food (heavy recruiting of hermit crabs) and reduced competition for cavities (the large females had been killed). Had I been using my census of adult stomatopods to monitor the reef recovery, I would have concluded that oil was good for them. However, after two years the population began to change markedly. It turns out that there was no recruitment of postlarvae for almost three years after the spill even though the females were pumping out eggs and releasing larvae from their cavities every month. These species of Gonodactylid larvae would not or could not settle where the spill had occurred. Even worse, after about four years, the roots of the mangroves and sea grasses rotted, the sediment was washed away releasing buried oil. This killed much of the reef and left behind a jumble of dead and fossil coral - and very few stomatopods of any kind. Similarly, one of my graduate students, Mark Erdmann, is just filing his Ph.D. dissertation after four years studying a pollution gradient extending out from southwest Sulawesj. In the harbor of Ujung Pandang, heavy metals are up to 300 times above what are generally accepted as safe levels. There are however, a few very large, very healthy stomatopods living there - - but almost now recruitment. It appears that every so often, a postlarva does successfully recruit and lives long and prospers - but this is a rare event. Outside the harbor and extending to the shelf, conditions markedly improve and species diversity and numbers increase rapidly. Sorry to ramble on, but I wanted to make the point that such generalizations are very risky. Roy >I have in my hand a report which states that "crustaceans are generally >very sensitive to environmental stress and in geeral to toxic substances in >particular". > >The report discusses the quality of an estuary, with a number of potential >sources of pollution. Heavy metal concentration in the sediments is quite >high, the estuary is flushed quite well twice a day. > >The report presents the presence of crustacea as being an indicator that >the estuary is in good condition regardless of the condition of the >sediments and low infauna species richness/high abundance in certain areas. > > >I would appreciate any comments. > >Thanks, > >Jane > > >Dr. Jane O'Brien, >Zoology Dept., UCD, >Belfield, Dublin 4, >Ireland. > >jayohbee@iol.ie and janob@ollamh.ucd.ie ************************************* Roy L. Caldwell Professor and Chair Department of Integrative Biology University of California at Berkeley Berkeley, CA 94720-3140 Phone: (510) 642-1391 Fax: (510) 643-6264 Email: 4roy@socrates.berkeley.edu ************************************* ------------------------------ From: owner-crust-l Date: Fri, 9 May 1997 17:30:59 -0400 Subject: [none] ------------------------------ From: ADRIAN LINNANE ZOO DEPT Date: Sun, 11 May 1997 16:52:44 +0000 (GMT) Subject: CRUST-L: Behavioural conditioning Hi People, This is Adrian Linnane here and I work with the European lobster Homarus gammarus. My question today is: has anybody out there attempted to behaviourally condition any of the crustaceans? I am working with the Irish lobster stock programme and am interested in possible behavioural deficits in released animals as a result of their time in the hatchery environment. Reared animals are maintained individually in compartmentalised plastic trays prior to release in order to avoid cannibalism. They are therefore devoid of contact with each other, predators or substrates which they encounter in the wild. Depending on the country, European lobsters spend one month to one year in the hatchery before they are released. I have conducted lab.trials where I have conditioned juveniles to all of the above three and then compared their sheltering ability with that of unconditioned animals. If anyone has carried out similar work or has experianced possible behavioural deficits, I would like to hear from you, Thanks, Adrian Linnane The Martin Ryan Research Institute, University College Galway, Galway, IRELAND. ------------------------------ From: Curt Fiedler Date: Mon, 12 May 1997 01:13:52 -1000 Subject: CRUST-L: Alan Carpenter's e-mail address... Hello! I'm trying to dig up Alan Carpenter's e-mail address, or at least a current postal address. He did some work with Atyid shrimp in the '70's, in New Zealand. Dr. Carpenter's address a while was: Research Div. Min. of Agric. & Fish. Palmerston North, New Zealand. Thanks ahead of time for your help... - -Curt G. Curt Fiedler Zoology Department & Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology University of Hawaii at Manoa 2538 The Mall, Edmondson hall Honolulu, Hawaii 96822 Phone: (808)956-4712 Fax: (808)956-9812 http://www2.hawaii.edu/~zoology/graduate/CurtPage.html ------------------------------ From: Jeffrey Shields Date: Mon, 12 May 1997 08:45:48 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [none] Please respond to Wulf and not to me. Thanks, Jeff - ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Comments: Authenticated sender is From: "Wulf Kobusch" To: CRUST-L@VIMS.EDU Date: Mon, 12 May 1997 12:21:24 +0000 Subject: Argentinia - M.D. Vinas Priority: normal X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Windows (v2.23) Hello everybody, is there anybody out there who could help me with the address or e-mail address of Dr. Maria D. Vinas (Instituto de Investigacion y Desarollo Pesquero, Argentinia)? Best wishes to all of you Wulf *************************************************** Wulf Kobusch University of Bielefeld Fakultaet fuer Biologie Abt. Morphologie und Systematik der Tiere Morgenbreede 45 33615 Bielefeld GERMANY *************************************************** ------------------------------ From: Chuck Booth Date: Mon, 12 May 1997 09:35:56 -0400 Subject: Re: CRUST-L: Behavioural conditioning If American lobsters are deprived of oyster shells or other appropriate hard, graspable substrate during rearing, they will not properly develop a crusher claw (Govind, C.K., Amer. Sci.77: 468-474, 1989). Could this be the case with your lobsters growing in plastic trays? If so, the lack of a crusher claw could seemingly influence their foraging success in the wild. >Hi People, >This is Adrian Linnane here and I work with the European lobster Homarus >gammarus. My question today is: has anybody out there attempted to >behaviourally condition any of the crustaceans? I am working with the Irish >lobster stock programme and am interested in possible behavioural deficits in >released animals as a result of their time in the hatchery environment. Reared >animals are maintained individually in compartmentalised plastic trays >prior to >release in order to avoid cannibalism. They are therefore devoid of contact >with each other, predators or substrates which they encounter in the wild. >Depending on the country, European lobsters spend one month to one year in the >hatchery before they are released. I have conducted lab.trials where I have >conditioned juveniles to all of the above three and then compared their >sheltering ability with that of unconditioned animals. If anyone has carried >out similar work or has experianced possible behavioural deficits, I would >like >to hear from you, > >Thanks, > >Adrian Linnane >The Martin Ryan Research Institute, >University College Galway, >Galway, >IRELAND. > > > > - ------------------------------------ Dr. Charles E. Booth Department of Biology Eastern Connecticut State University 83 Windham St. Willimantic, CT 06226 U.S.A. Ph: 860-465-5260 Fax: 860-465-5213 ------------------------------ From: Jeffrey Shields Date: Mon, 12 May 1997 16:29:44 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [none] Please respond to Roy, Adrian, or the list, and not to me. Thanks, Jeff - ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 12 May 1997 08:38:36 -0800 To: crust-l@vims.edu From: Roy Caldwell <4roy@socrates.Berkeley.Edu> Subject: Behavioral Deficits Cultured Crustaceans Adrian, We have found that several species of burrowing stomatopods, if reared on plastic, fail to burrow when provided appropriate substrate. If they have sand or mud during the first few weeks as postlarvae, they burrow normally and will continue to do so as adults. Roy ***************************************** Roy L. Caldwell Department of Integrative Biology University of California at Berkeley ***************************************** ------------------------------ From: Jeffrey Shields Date: Mon, 12 May 1997 16:35:44