The primary objective of this web-based directory is to facilitate communication among systematists, ecologists, and field biologists who conduct research on freshwater, estuarine, marine, and terrestrial annelid worms - especially Oligochaeta. Institutional affiliation, postal, electronic mail, and world wide web site addresses, and telephone numbers presently are included. As soon as a searchable database can be implemented for the world wide web, a summary of the researcher's areas of ecological, geographical, taxonomic, and systematic interests and expertise will also be available. This directory, first established in 1982, now includes over 340 scientists from 54 countries. During 1994, a revised questionnaire was distributed to previous respondents, to researchers expressing interest in this directory, to participants of past International Symposia on Aquatic Oligochaete Biology (ISAOB), and to authors of journal articles discussing one or more aspects of annelid biology.

This site also includes much information related to oligochaetology -- announcements of upcoming (and recently convened) symposia, conferences, meetings, taxonomic/systematic discussions, recent publications, and memoria for colleagues who have passed away.

Please verify the accuracy of the information; send corrections and / or changes to me via E-mail. Contact information is updated periodically, noted by an asterisk, and then followed by date of change. Asterisks will be removed after new changes have been posted for 1 year.

If you are working with oligochaetes, but are not included on this list, please contact me with the appropriate information, and a short summary of your research interests; I will be glad to add your contact information to this list. Thank you.

Important Notice: On 30 July 2002, all 'automatic' E-mail options (clicking on E-mail addresses to automatically send an E-mail message directly from this website) were changed; you must now paste the E-mail address into your own E-mail software program. On 11 June 2003, ALL E-mail addresses listed on this site were modified: the '@' symbol has been replaced with '{AT}' to deter the 'mining' or 'harvesting' of these webpages by spammers, phishers, malwarers, adwarers, and their ilk who use programs to collect valid E-mail addresses. A recent study released by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission found that 86% of E-mail addresses posted on webpages and in internet news-groups eventually end up on lists used by spammers and phishing entities. You must replace the '{AT}' with the '@' symbol in order for your E-mail message to be sent and received. Hopefully, this will reduce at least some unwanted E-mail messages.

This website established and maintained by Mark J. Wetzel, Research Scientist
- Curator, Collections Manager, and Database Manager for the INHS Annelida Collection
Illinois Natural History Survey (INHS), a division within the Prairie Research Institute
at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in Champaign, Illinois, USA.

WHAT'S NEW?

Recent Book Publications:

"A Guide to European Terrestrial and Freshwater Species of Enchytraeidae (Oligochaeta)" by Rüdiger M. Schmelz and Rut Collado. This guide is published as a special issue of Soil Organisms (formerly "Abhandlungen und Berichte des Naturkundemuseums Görlitz"). Publisher: Senckenberg Museum für Naturkunde Görlitz. Volume 82(1). 176 pp. ISBN 978-3-0909854-6-8. Û 38, - + shipping costs.

The purpose of this book is to facilitate and to stimulate work with enchytraeids, a notoriously difficult but ecologically important group of small oligochaete worms. Our critical guide to the identification of 206 species of European enchytraeids includes the recent taxonomic advances (new species, revisions, improved standards of description) and also results of original research on a number of genera. Marine and exotic species are excluded. The illustrated keys are preceded by detailed introductions into the taxonomic traits, the general anatomy of enchytraeids, and the technique of handling living worms during the identification process - fixed specimens cannot be identified with certainty. Due to persistent taxonomic problems in many groups, a 'sensu lato' approach is adopted in the circumscription of several common species. We attach a preview of the first 14 pages of the book. Please forward this announcement to other possibly interested persons.

Print copies can be ordered through Senckenberg Museum für Naturkunde Görlitz - Bibliothek, Frau Grosche.
E-mail: ilse.grosche{AT}senckenberg.de; Fax: ++49(0)-3581-401742.
Surface mail: PF 30 01 54, 02806 Görlitz, Germany.
Please indicate the shipping address in your order. The invoice will be sent together with the print copy.

Thank you for your attention! Questions? Please contact the authors via e-mail:
Rüdiger M. Schmelz [enchytrailer{AT}telefonica.net] and Rut Collado [rutco{AT}udc.es] --
University of A Coruña, Science Faculty
Department of Animal Biology, Plant Biology and Ecology
Rua da Fraga, 10, 15008 A Coruña, ESPAGNA

The 13th International Symposium on Aquatic Oligochaeta [ISAO 13]
will convene in Brno, Czech Republic, in September 2015.

Symposium host and organizer:
Dr. Jana Schenková
Department of Zoology and Ecology
Faculty of Science
Masaryk University
Kotlárská 2
611 37 Brno
CZECH REPUBLIC

Telephone: [42] 41129525; FAX: [42] 41211214
E-Mail: schenk'{AT}'sci.muni.cz

A link to the official symposium website for this upcoming symposium will be posted here as soon as it has been established.

Notices, other upcoming or recent activities or publications, and recently convened meetings.

The 12th International Symposium on Aquatic Oligochaeta [ISAO 12]
recently convened at the Esplanade Hotel in Fremantle (near Perth), Western Australia, 10-13 September 2012.

Symposium host and organizer:
Adrian M. Pinder, Science Division, Department of Environment
and Conservation, P.O. Box 51, Wanneroo 6946, Western Australia;
E-mail: adrian.pinder{AT}dec.wa.gov.au.

Symposium sponsors:
Department of Environment and Conservation, Government of Western Australia, Murdoch University, Phoenix Environmental Sciences, Bennelongia Environmental Consultants, Outback Ecological Services, Subterranean Ecology Scientific Environmental Services, Ecologia Environment, Biota Environmental Services, and the Australian Society for Limnology, Inc.

Please visit the official symposium website, above, for additional information; this website will be accessible until September 2013.

The proceedings of this 9th International Symposium on Enchytraeidae will be published as Newsletter on Enchytraeidae No. 12, in "Landbauforschung - vTI Agricultural and Forestry Research" (formerly "Landbauforschung Völkenrode").

The Eleventh International Symposium on Aquatic Oligochaeta [ISAO 11] convened (5-12 October 2009) at the Mukarnas Resort Hotel, located on the Mediterranean Sea in Alanya, Antalya, Turkiye. This was a most successful symposium, with 60 participants representing 20 countries. The proceedings of this symposium will be published in the Turkish Jounal of Zoology in late 2010. Additional information pertinent to this symposium is available from our symposium host, Dr. Naime Arslan [oligo2009'{AT}'gmail.com]

The 3rd International Leech Conference convened in Bad Bevensen-Medingen, Germany, 14-16 March 2008. This conference was organized by the Gustav Stresemann Institut e.V. in cooperation with the German Limnological Society (DGL) - Workgroup 'Txonomy'. Plenary and poster sessions focused on leech faunistics, ecology, biology, and taxonomy. Please contact (via E-mail) Drs. Clemens Grosser [c.grosser{AT}gmx.de] or Uwe Jueg [uwejueg{AT}t-online.de] for additional information about this conference.

Dr. Grosser's website also provides a diversity of information related to leeches of Europe, and beyond.

The 8th International Symposium on Enchytraeidae convened in Durham, United Kingdom, 2-6 July 2008.

Please contact Dr. Valerie Standen via E-mail: [valerie.standen'{AT}'hotmail.co.uk] for additional information regarding this symposium.

The 3rd Latin American Meeting on Oligochaete ecology and Taxonomy (ELAETAO3) convened in Curitiba-PR, Brazil, from 3-7 December 2007. For additional information, please contact:
George Brown, comite organizador / organizing committee.
E-mail for Dr. George Brown: browng'{AT}'cnpf.embrapa.br.

The Third International Oligochaete Taxonomy Meeting convened at the Hotel Pendeli in Platres, Cyprus, 2-6 April 2007. An extensive website HERE presents a diversity of information related to this meeting, including list of and contact information for participants, meeting programme, photo album, and instructions for manuscripts for inclusion in the proceedings.

This 10th symposium was attended by 76 oligochaetogists representing 18 countries and regions (four for the first time: Colombia, Kazakhstan, Korea and Taiwan); a total of 68 presentations (38 platform and 22 poster) were given. During the business meeting, Dr. Naime Arslan presented a formal invitation to host the 11th ISAO meeting in Turkey, in 2009; that invitation was graciously accepted by all participants of this 10th international symposium.

Many of the presentations during this 10th ISAO were published (early 2008) in a special symposium proceedings issue of Acta Hydrobiologica Sinica, co-edited by Hong-zhu Wang, Christer Erséus, Adrian Pinder, Naime Arslan, Piet Verdonschot, and Mark J. Wetzel.

You may also contact Dr. Hong-Zhu Wang via E-mail [ ISAO2006'{AT}'ihb.ac.cn ] and [ ISAO2006'{AT}'yahoo.com.cn ]; because E-Mail connections can sometimes be unreliable, Dr. Wang also encourages you to send your E-Mail messages to BOTH of the above addresses.

[reminder: as noted at the bottom of this webpage, the '{AT}' in all E-Mail addresses on this page must be replaced with the '@' character in order to work].

In Memoriam: Jacques Juget (1928-2006)

Our friend and colleague, Dr. Jacques Juget, passed away on Saturday 12 August 2006, in France. Dr. Juget was a long time professor at Université Claude Bernard in Lyon, France. A more complete memoriam, included a list of Dr. Juget's professional publications, was published in a special issue of Acta Hydrobiologica Sinica focusing on the proceedings of the 10th ISAO.

In Memoriam: Brenda M. Healy (1932-2006)

It is with great sadness that I announce the death of our dear friend and colleague, Brenda Healy, who passed away on Sunday 5 March 2006, in Ireland. A more complete memoriam, which included a list of Brenda's professional publications, was published in a special issue of Acta Hydrobiologica Sinica focusing on the proceedings of the 10th ISAO.

In Memoriam: Michael Robert Milligan, Oligochaetologist (1951-2005)

Our good friend and colleague, Michael R. Milligan, passed away on Friday, 19 November 2005, at his apartment in Sarasota, Florida; he was 54 years old. Michael was born on 1 August 1951, in Park Ridge, Illinois, the son of Isabelle and Leslie Milligan. He is survived by his father in Arlington Heights, Illinois; sisters Kathleen, Janice, and Carol; a daughter Molly and twin sons Max and Hank; three nieces and a nephew; and Nadine, his close companion and friend for many years.

Mike completed his primary and secondary education in Park Ridge, graduating from Maine South High School in 1969. He was an Eagle Scout, Boy Scouts of America. Michael completed his undergraduate education at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, receiving his B.S. degree in Zoology/Marine Biology in 1973. While an undergraduate, Mike worked part time as a benthic technician for NALCO Chemical in the Chicago region. He later enrolled in graduate school at the University of Southern Mississippi, receiving a Masters of Science degree in 1979. In May 1984, Mike took a position as a benthic biologist at Mote Marine Laboratory in Sarasota, Florida, working there until August 1993 before leaving to start his own consulting firm in Sarasota, the Center for Systematics and Taxonomy.

In 1991, Mike enrolled in a PhD program at Göteborg University in Göteborg, Sweden, under the direction of Dr. Christer Erséus. He studied with Dr. Erséus at both Göteborg University and also at the Swedish Museum of Natural History (Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet) in Stockholm for short periods of time over the course of several years, but for a variety of reasons did not complete his doctoral program, choosing to focus on taxonomy projects through his business in Sarasota, Florida.

Mike was one of the 'founding fathers' of the Florida Association of Benthologists (FAB) (est. 1987), and was elected and served as the Association's President for the years 1990 and 1991; he received the Association's Award of Excellence in Benthic Science award in December 1997. Mike was a perennial member of the Association's Executive Committee, and served on several other FAB standing committees, and prior to his death, had served for several years as chairman of the Award of Excellence Selection Committee. Mike was also instrumental in organizing and presenting several annual taxonomic workshops for FAB that were traditionally convened during the October meetings at the Lime Tree Bay Resort / Keys Marine Laboratory in Layton, Long Key, in the Conch Republic [Florida Keys]. Mike was also a regular participant of and contributor to the North American Symposia on Aquatic Oligochaete Biology (serving as organizer of the 1988 meeting in Sarasota, and the 1990 meeting at Jackson Lake, Wyoming), and he was a participant of five of the triennial International Symposia on Aquatic Oligochaeta (ISAO).

Mike authored and co-authored several scientific publications, including two taxonomic guides focusing on the freshwater Oligochaeta, and the marine and estuarine Oligochaeta of Florida.

Mike's pleasant nature, interesting wit, and incredible knowledge of and enthusiasm about benthos in general -- and in particular anything associated with marine, estuarine, and freshwater Oligochaeta -- will be missed by all of us; however, Mike's legacy shall live on in our memory of him as a friend, as a colleague, and as an instrumental member of the Florida Association of Benthologists and the greater 'land-based' benthic community. A more complete memoriam, which included a list of Mike's professional publications, was published in a special issue of Acta Hydrobiologica Sinica focusing on the proceedings of the 10th ISAO.

--- Mark J. Wetzel, INHS

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In Memoriam: Charles D. Drewes, Educator and Oligochaetologist (1946-2005)

Our good friend and colleague, Charlie Drewes, passed away on Monday 4 July 2005, in Ames, Iowa; he was 58 years old. Charlie was a distinguished professor in the Department of Ecology, Evolution, & Organismal Biology at Iowa State University [IaSU] in Ames, Iowa, USA. While I was not a close associate of Charlie, we did communicate on occasion about oligochaetes (especially, lumbriculids) and had the opportunity to interact personally at past International Symposia on Aquatic Oligochaete Biology in 1988 (Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge) and in 1997 (University of Maine at Presque Isle). It was quite obvious when discussing biology with Charlie that his interests extended broadly beyond annelids; in particular, his most evident of passions was excellence in science education - general biology, invertebrate zoology, and most especially, the mentoring of students and teacher education. Charlie was a humble person - more interested in others' discoveries, studies, observations...than in highlighting his own pursuits - yet he was not shy when it came to encouragement, and the sharing of his own observations if it would help those who were talking with him. Well-deserved recognition of and honor for his passion for teaching included Outstanding Teacher at IaSU in 1991, Distinguished Iowa Science Teacher Award from the Iowa Academy of Science in 1998, and the Four-Year College Biology Teaching Award from the National Association of Biology Teachers [NABT] in 2002. In 2003, Charlie was honored with the title of ''University Professor'' by IaSU. Charlie was also a long time member of the Association for Biology Laboratory Education [ABLE], and he contributed regularly to the Association's annual publication entitled ''Tested Studies for Laboratory Teaching.''

Charlie's website, currently being maintained by IaSU, summarizes Charlie's diverse scientific and education outreach programs. Contributions to the Charles Drewes Memorial Fund are welcome and will be used to build an endowment that will preserve the memory of Charlie through perpetual support of the academic enterprises that were so important to him. Three other memoriam postings are available HERE and HERE (in pdf format) or HERE (in Word format), and HERE (in Word format).
A more complete memoriam, including a list of Charlie's professional publications, was published (late 2007) in a special issue of Acta Hydrobiologica Sinica focusing on the proceedings of the 10th ISAO.

--- Mark J. Wetzel, INHS

The biological systematics (and nomenclature) has two concurrent tasks: a ready survey of the diversity of organisms (an applied function), and expression of their phylogeny (a theoretical function). The first aspect requires some stability while the second one leads to changes, according to escalation of our knowledge.

In their Preface (p. XVII) to the Fourth [current] Edition of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (1999), two former Presidents of the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature wrote: ''The conventional Linnaean hierarchy will not be able to survive alone: it will have to coexist with the ideas and terminology of phylogenetic (cladistic) systematics. From a cladistic perspective, our traditional nomenclature is often perceived as too prescriptive and too permissive at the same time. Too prescriptive, in so far as it forces all taxa (and their names) to fit into the arbitrary ranks of the hierarchy; too permissive, in so far as it may be equally applied to paraphyletic as to monophyletic groups. New proposals are therefore to be expected. But even in the perspective of new developments, we believe that it will never be possible or desirable to dispose of 250 years of Linnaean zoological (and botanical) taxonomy and nomenclature. One should always keep in mind that an important function of classifications is information retrieval. The Linnaean tradition will be supplemented, but not replaced, by new semantic and lexical tools.''
The problem of paraphyletic taxa represents a crucial difference between the theoretical and applied approaches in systematics: illicit in cladistic approach, many paraphyla (grades) are utilitarian for other studies. We met this conflict when many convenient and well-defined taxa (e.g., Tubificidae, Rhyacodrilinae, Lumbriculidae, Haplotaxidae, Oligochaeta, Polychaeta..., and why not -- even Annelida?) proved to be paraphyletic. The best way for discrediting any good idea, is its promotion to absurdity. Thus, attempts to adjust the Linnaean system to all Hennigian bifurcations would make the system very impractical, not to say impossible. We shall never discover all these bifurcations, and there will never be enough comparable formal ranks for them. A search for natural system needs temporary, flexible versions of nomenclature, using codified names not rigidly tied to the formal Linnaean system. The last one can follow the ''changes'' in phylogeny easily enough on the species and generic levels. On the family and order level, however, the phylogenetic relations often remain only partially resolved. A workable system (and Linnaean nomenclature) may be a comprehensive compromise between development and stability.
Different modifications of the system, based either on practical, or on cladistic approach, seem to be inevitable particularly on the highest taxonomic ranks. We should not abandon a traditional, nominal taxon at once when it appears to be paraphyletic. In particular, the recent trend to replace the taxon Oligochaeta with Clitellata everywhere, is impractical. Biologists use (and will continue to use) paraphyletic taxa (grades, instead of clades) on the highest levels of hierarchy: e.g., the Bacteria, Eukaryotes, Protista, Platyhelminthes. The nominal classes of Amphibia and Reptilia will survive in everyday use, although being paraphyletic. Accumulation of phylogenetic information should change the more vague ''cladistic'' system instead of the Linnaean system and nomenclature, required in all branches of biology.
In October 2006 (in Wuhan, China) we successfully convened -- proudly and without shame (or incident) -- the 10th International Symposium on Aquatic Oligochaeta (ISAO) -- not a symposium on ''Aquatic Non-Hirudinidan Clitellates''. The 11th ISAO is now scheduled to convene in October 2009, in Turkey.

Brinkhurst, Ralph O. 2004. Still Searching; The Autobiography of a Biologist. Trafford Publishing. 226 pp. For those of you who know Ralph personally and professionally, this wonderful autobiography will provide much insight into the dedicated scientist, world traveler, political and cultural analyst, philosopher, and warm friend that we have come to know over the last 45+ years. Many of his favorite poems are also included in this book, and are quite enlightening to read. --- mjwetzel

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Semernoy V.P. 2004. Oligochaeta of Lake Baikal. Novosibirsk: Nauka. 528 pages [Published in Russian, with English translation; est. cost: ~50 Euros, plus postage] This monograph is the next book in the series "Guides and Keys to Identification of Fauna and Flora of Lake Baikal". It includes a review of previously published information, as well as new data on the fauna of Oligochaeta and Aeolosoma of Lake Baikal; history of Baikalian oligochaete research; a morphological review on endemic genera and species; sampling and processing procedures; index of the species and their localization; comprehensive description of the previously species and those new to science (indicating their localities and distribution in and outside Baikal). Identification tables of taxa, composition, and distributions of oligochaetes in major ecological lake zones, speculations on their origin and evolution, and an original glossary on their morphology are presented. The book is intended for experts on oligochaetes, and limnologists, hydrobiologists, and zoologists interested in the fauna of Lake Baikal. [English version by EM. Timoshkina]. Please contact the author via E-Mail [semernoy'{AT}'bio.uniyar.ac.ru] for additional information.
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Schmelz, Rüdiger M. 2003. Taxonomy of Fridericia (Oligochaeta, Enchytraeidae): Revision of species with morphological and biochemical methods. Abhandlungen des naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins in Hamburg (Neue Folge) (Ed. Otto Kraus), No. 38. 415 pp + 73 full-page figures. ISBN: 3931374408. Cost: 125. Euros

To order a copy of this book, please contact:
Goecke & Evers, Sportplatzweg 5,
75210 Keltern-Weiler, Germany
Fax: 07236-7325
E-Mail: books@insecta.de

Abstract. A critical systematic revision has been carried out on the genus Fridericia MICHAELSEN, 1889 (Enchytraeidae, Oligochaeta, Annelida). The identification of species in this genus is difficult even for specialists, mostly because of uncertainties regarding the status of character variations (intra- or interspecific), and because of the confused older taxonomic literature. An enlarged approach was chosen to address these problems. The investigations were based on extensive sampling campaigns in Germany and abroad, with focus on type and reference localities, in order to obtain material for reinvestigation of as many described species as possible. Animals were obtained by extracting soil samples. They belonged to 54 different species. Two thirds of all species described from Europe were found. Animals were investigated alive and in preserved state, as stained whole mounts. Furthermore, total protein and isozyme patterns (PGM, MDH, EST) were investigated (34 species) for an appraisal of character variations inconclusive with respect to their intra- or interspecific status. Extant and available type and reference material was reinvestigated (84 nominal species), the literature was critically reviewed.

There are 197 nominal taxa at present (species and subspecies); 89 of them are accepted as valid here. The character catalogue for species diagnoses has been considerably enlarged. Almost all species of which living specimens could be obtained are described to the same level of detail, to allow inter-species comparisons for each character. The species discussions are carried out in great detail, to make the taxonomic decisions transparent. Many new species were discovered; thirteen of them are described in this study and previous contributions to the revision of the genus (SCHMELZ 1998; -2002).

Intraspecific character variation is lower than generally assumed. This allows more precise species diagnoses, but it also necessitates greater precision in the descriptions. Protein patterns confirm species diagnoses and species distinctions made on minute but constant morphological differences. A few species show geographically constant protein patterns. The majority, however, is differentiated geographically, and sometimes also locally; some of them are probably species complexes, not further differentiated here. For future micro-taxonomic studies, additional non-morphological methods are indispensable; conventional taxonomy should consider preserved material to a larger extent. The deposition of appropriately fixed reference material in all studies dealing with enchytraeids on the species level is strongly recommended.

Author(s): T. Timm, H.H. Veldhuijzen van Zanten. 2003.
ISBN: 90-75000-44-8. Ordering information available via this web site.

Version: 1.0 -- Available on hybrid CD: compatible on both Macintosh (Mac OS 8.x/9.x, PowerPC CPU) and Windows OS (95/98/ME, Pentium CPU), platforms [each requires16 MB RAM, 4x or higher CD-RON drive, and monitor capable of thousands of colors].

Price: EUR 179.00 [suggested retail prices without VAT, and excluding carriage charges; subject to change without notice.]

Summary. This CD-ROM provides a unique illustrated identification key to all 184 species of Oligochaeta and 24 species of ''oligochaetoid'' polychaete annelids, recorded from the fresh waters of North-West Europe. The CD-ROM includes short descriptions of species and higher taxa, and over 500 illustrations of some essential characters for the identification of all species. A geographical search can be performed by using the MapIt module. On four different maps you can compare ranges or display the diversity of Oligochaeta species. All text is hyperlinked, synonyms are listed, an illustrated on-line glossary of used terms and all principal literature references are given. By using this CD, the zoologist can identify most of species in temporary or permanent whole mounts, or alive, without any histological preparation. This CD-ROM facilitates monitoring studies, and is a valuable and easy to use standard tool for identifying freshwater Oligochaeta for ecologists, environmentalists and students.

In Memoriam: Professor Walter J. Harman, PhD (1928-2002)

Our dear friend and colleague, Dr. Walter J. Harman, passed away on 1 April 2002, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. I am finalizing an extensive obituary on Dr. Harman that will include a life list of his publications and some information not previously known by his annelid colleagues -- his love for the botanical world of Cycads. This memoriam was presented at the Ninth International Symposium on Aquatic Oligochaete Biology in Wageningen, The Netherlands, in October 2003 (see additional symposium information, below). An abstract of this presentation is posted HERE, and includes a list of his publications. This memoriam was recently published in Hydrobiologia 564: 1-4 (2006), and in the symposium proceedings.

Tarmo Timm and Rheinmar Grimm recently (December 2005) published the results of their exhaustive search to validate the enigmatic taxon, Homochaeta naidina Bretscher, 1896. They concluded that the genus Homochaeta, and in particular, the taxon H. naidina, should not be included in the routine identification keys of Oligochaeta for the following reasons: no type material exists for this taxon; all subsequent material identified as this taxon, when available for review, had been misidentified; the original description by Bretscher likely was based upon different, immature specimens in the families Naididae and Tubificidae; the taxon has never been redescribed.

Citation:
Timm, T., and R. Grimm. 2005. What is Homochaeta naidina Bretscher, 1896 (Annelida, Oligochaeta, Naididae)? Zoosystema 27(3):469-482.

Recent Annelida Conferences and Symposia

The 8th International Symposium on Earthworm Ecology [ISEE8] convened on 4-9 September 2006, in Kraków, Poland. Please contact the symposium organizer, Dr. Anna Rosen, via E-mail: > rosen'[AT]'eko.uj.edu.pl <.

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The 7th International Symposium on Enchytraeidae convened at the Faculty of Science, Masaryk University in Brno, Czech Republic, 24 - 28 May 2006. This symposium was hosted by Jiri (George) Schlaghamersky.

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The 6th International Symposium on Enchytraeidae convened at the Vörstjärv Limnological Station at Rannu, Estonia, 16-18 May 2004; a taxonomy workshop followed the symposium (19-22 May). Please contact Dr. Tarmo Timm, symposium organizer [EE-61101 Rannu, Tartumaa, Estonia; E-Mail: ttimm'{AT}'zbi.ee] for additional information. The proceedings of this symposium were published in Timm, T., ed. (2005). Special issue on Enchytraeidae - Newsletter on Enchytraeidae No. 9. Proceedings of the Estonia Academy of Sciences - Biology, Ecology 54(4): 251-359. {ISSN 1406-0914}. Ordering information: Estonian Academy Publishers, Kohtu 6, 10130 Tallinn, Estonia; Tel.: (372) 6 454 106; FAX (372) 6 466 026; E-Mail: [asta'{AT}'kirj.ee].

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The Ninth International Symposium on Aquatic Oligochaete Biology [ISAOB] convened at the Wageningse Berg in Wageningen, The Netherlands, 6-10 October 2003. This symposium was sponsored by WIMEK, STOWA, Alterra--Green World Research (Centre for Ecosystem Studies), Wageningen University (Subdepartment of Environmental Technology, and Department of Agrotechnology and Food Sciences), KNAW, and the LEB Foundation. The organizing committee included Drs. Piet F.M. Verdonschot, Rebi Nijboer, and Tjeerd-Harm van den Hoek (Alterra) and Christa Ratsak, Bas Buys, and Hellen Elissen (Wageningen University). Once again, this symposium was most successful -- over 80 participants from 27 countries were present, with 40 participants attending for the first time! Selected papers presented at this symposium were published in the journal, Hydrobiologia, Volume 564 (2006).

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A symposium entitled Morphology, Molecules, Evolution and Phylogeny in Polychaeta and related Taxa convened at Haus Ohrbeck, Osnabrück, Germany, 23-27 September 2002. Additional information is available by contacting Dr. Günter Purschke via E-mail [ purschke'{AT}'biologie.uni-osnabrueck.de ], telephone [+49-0541-969-2857], FAX [+49-0541-969-2587], or post: Universität Osnabrück, Fachbereich 5, Barbarastraße 11, D-49069 Osnabrück, GERMANY.

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The Fifth Symposium on Enchytraeidae convened at Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands, 12-14 April 2002. The website summarizing symposium proceedings, titles and abstracts of presentations, and list of participants no longer is active. Questions regarding this symposium, and the publication of its proceedings, should be directed by E-mail to: Wim Didden [wim.didden'{AT}'bb.benp.wa.nl ] or Petra van Vliet [ petra.vanvliet'{AT}'bb.benp.wa.nl ], or by Telephone [ +31 317 482 134/344] or FAX [+31 317 483 766].

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The Seventh International Polychaete Conference convened at Haskolabio, the Conference and Cultural Centre of the University of Iceland in Reykjavik, 2-6 July 2001. This conference was hosted by the Icelandic Institute of Natural History, the University of Iceland, and the Marine Research Institute in Reykjavik. The website summarizing conference proceedings, titles and abstracts of conference presentations, and list of participants no longer is active. Questions regarding this conference, and the publication of its proceedings, should be directed by E-mail to Elin Sígvaldadóttir [ elin'{AT}'ni.is ] or Gudmundur V’dir Helgason [gudmvid'{AT}'hi.is ], who were members of the conference organizing committee.

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The Eighth International Symposium on Aquatic Oligochaeta was hosted by Dra. Pilar Rodriguez, Universidad del País Vasco, Bilbao, Spain, 18-22 July 2000. Information formerly available on the symposium web site has been removed. Additional information can be obtained by contacting Dra. Rodriguez via E-mail [ pilar.rodriguez{AT}ehu.es ]. The Symposium proceedings were published in Hydrobiologia, Volume 462. A special hardbound reprinting of this volume [Rodriguez, P. and P. Verdonschot, eds. 2001. Aquatic oligochaete biology VIII - Proceedings of the 8th International Symposium on Aquatic Oligochaeta, held in Bilbao, Spain 18-22 July 2000, xxiii + 262 pp.] was sent to all registered participants of the Bilbao symposium in April 2002.

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Enchytraeidae2000. Dr. Bent Christensen hosted the Fourth Enchytraeidae Symposium in Molslaboratoriet, Denmark, 2-4 June 2000. The citation for the published proceedings is as follows: Christensen, B., and V. Standen, eds. 2002. Proceedings of the 4th International Symposium on Enchytraeidae, Mols laboratory, Denmark, 2-4 June 2000 (Newsletter on Enchytraeidae No. 7). Natura Jutlandica Occasional Papers No. 2. 110 pp. ISBN: 87-89137-78-7. [ordering information - contact the Natural History Museum, Universitetsparken, Building 210, DK-8000 Århus, Denmark; Telephone: (+45) 86129777; FAX: (+45) 86130882; E-Mail: nm'[AT]'nathist.dk; Website: www.naturhistoriskmuseum.dk/; estimated cost: DKK 200.00]

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The symposium proceedings for the Third Enchytraeidae Symposium, convened in Osnabrück, Germany (3-4 July 1998), were published in Schmelz, R.M., and K. Sühlo (1999); a complete citation and ordering information for the proceedings is provided below, under the entry for "Schmelz".

Annelida Taxonomy Workshops

Updated information to be posted here soon.

Recently Published Symposium Proceedings

Colack, Ercument; Arslan, Naime; Wetzel, Mark J.; Timm, Tarmo; Wang, Hong-Zu; Pinder, Adrian; and Schenkova, Jana (editors). 2012. Aquatic Oligochaete Biology XI. Proceedings of the 11th International Symposium on Aquatic Oligochaeta held in Alanya, Antalya, Turkey, 5-10 October 2009. viii + 145 pp. Turkish Journal of Zoology 36(1).

Wang, H.-Z., M.J. Wetzel, A.M. Pinder, P.F.M. Verdonschot, and N. Arslan (eds.), and X.-Q. Liu (compiler). 2007 [but published in 2008]. Aquatic Oligochaete Biology X. Proceedings of the 10th International Symposium on Aquatic Oligochaeta, held in Wuhan, China [at the Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences], 16-21 October, 2006. Acta Hydrobiologica Sinica 31 (Supplement): viii + 171 pp.

Verdonschot, P.F.M., H. Wang, A. Pinder, and R. Nijboer (eds). 2006. Aquatic Oligochaete Biology IX. Selected papers from the 9th Symposium on Aquatic Oligochaeta, 6-10 October 2003, Wageningen, The Netherlands. Developments in Hydrobiology 186. Published by Springer, Dordrecht, The Netherlands. ix + 222 pp. ISBN 1-4020-4781-9 [reprinted from Hydrobiologia, vol. 564, July 2006].

Rodriguez, P., and P. Verdonschot, eds. 2001. Aquatic Oligochaete Biology VIII - Proceedings of the 8th International Symposium on Aquatic Oligochaeta, held in Bilbao, Spain, 18-22 July 2000. Developments in Hydrobiology DH 158. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands. xxiii + 268 pp. [reprinted from Hydrobiologia Vol. 463, 2001]. [In April 2002, a hardbound volume of these proceedings was sent to all registered participants of the Bilbao symposium; copies of this hardbound volume may be purchased from Kluwer Academic Publishers, 101 Philip Drive, Norwell, Massachusetts 02061 USA]

Schmelz, R.M., and K. Sühlo. 1999. Newsletter on Enchytraeidae 6. Proceedings of the 3rd International Symposium on Enchytraeidae, Osnabrück, Germany: 3-4 July 1998. Universitätsverlag Rasch, Osnabrück, Rechtsträger: Rasch Druckerei und Verlag GmbH & Co. KG, Bramsche. ISBN 3-934005-05-5; ISSN 0937-4175. 155 pages, softcover, acid-free paper. Price: DM 64.50 (ca. 32.25 Euros / US-Dollars). [Most papers are in English; those in German include English abstract / summary]

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Afanasyev, Sergey A.
Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
Institute of Hydrobiology
Geroyev Stalingrada 12, Kiev 252210
UKRAINE

Telephone: [380] (044) 418-21-90; FAX: ----

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Amorim, Mónica Joao de Barros
Instituto do Ambiente e Vida
Departamento de Zoología
Largo Marques de Pombal
3004-517 Coimbra
PORTUGAL

Telephone: [351] 936 2535697, [351] 239 834729; FAX: ----
E-Mail: mjamorim'{AT}'zoo.uc.pt, mjamorim'{AT}'iav.uc.pt

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Anlauf, Andreas
Bundesanstalt für Gewässerkunde
"Außenstelle Berlin"
[ Federal Institute of Hydrology ]
Schnellerstraße 140
D-12439 Berlin
GERMANY

Telephone: [49] 30 6396-431; FAX: [49] 30 63986-226
E-Mail: anlauf'{AT}'bafg.de

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Armendariz, Laura C.
Departamento Cientifico Zoologia Invertebrados
Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo de
Universidad Nacional de La Plata
Paseo del Bosque s/n
1900 La Plata
ARGENTINA

Telephone: [54] 0221 4219432; FAX: ----
E-Mail: icesar'{AT}'museo.fcnym.unlp.edu.ar, paulaar'{AT}'netverk.com.ar

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Arrate Jorrin, Jesus A.
Departamento Biologia Animal y Genética
Facultad de Ciencias
Universidad del País Vasco /
Euskal Herreiko Universitatea
Apartado 644, Bilbao 48080
SPAIN

Telephone: [34] 94 601 2712; FAX: [34] 94 4648500
E-Mail: ggbarjoj'{AT}'lg.ehu.es

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Arslan, Naime P.
Osmangazi Üniversitesi
Fen Edebiyat Fak
Biyoloji Bölümü Meselik
26480 Eskisehir
TURKEY

Telephone: [0090] 222 2290433, ext. 2422; FAX: [0090] 222 2393578
E-Mail: narslan'{AT}'ogu.edu.tr

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Beauchamp, Katherine A.
University of California - Davis
Department of Medicine and Epidemiology
School of Veterinary Medicine
One Shields Avenue
Davis, California 95616-8737
USA

Telephone: [1] (530) 752-9318; FAX: [1] (530) 752-0414
E-Mail: kabeauchamp'{AT}'ucdavis.edu

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Bely, Alexa
Department of Biology
1210 Biology/Psychology Bldg
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742
USA

Telephone: [1] 301.405-0225; FAX: 301.314-9358
E-Mail: abely'{AT}'umd.edu

WWW URL: http://www.life.umd.edu/biology/faculty/bely/BelyLab.htm

Research Interests: evolution, reproduction, and development of invertebrates;
evolution of regeneration and asexual reproduction; evolution of segmentation
mechanisms; leech embryology; regeneration in Oligochaeta

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Berrío-Cárdenas, Claudia I.
Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias
Núcleo El Volador
Laboratorio Estudios Moleculares en las Ciencias Agrarias
Bloque 19A-Lab 306
Calle 59A No.63-20
Medellín,
COLOMBIA, South America

phone :
E-Mail: ciberrioc'{AT}'unal.edu.co; ciberrioc'{AT}'yahoo.com

Research Interests: Taxonomy and ecology of freshwater (surface and groundwater) Oligochaeta from Colombia; ecotoxicity assessments.

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Bettinetti, Roberto
Universita degli Studi di Milano
Via Celoria 26
I-20133 Milano
ITALY

Telephone: [39] (02) 266 04365 ; FAX: ----
E-Mail: roberta.bettinetti'{AT}'tiscalinet.it

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Beylich, Anneke
Free University of Berlin
Institute for Biology
-Ecotoxicology and Biochemistry-
Ehrenbergstraße 26-28
D-14195 Berlin
GERMANY

Telephone: [49] 30 838 545 87; FAX: [49] 30 838 545 85
E-Mail: abeylich'{AT}'zedat.fu-berlin.de

Research Interests: terrestrial Enchytraeidae

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Blakemore, Rob
COE Soil Ecology Group (Secretary Atsuko Tomura)
Graduate School of Environment & Information Sciences
Yokohama National University
79-7 Tokiwadai
Hodogaya-ku
YOKOHAMA 240-8501
Japan

E-Mail: robblakemore'{AT}'bigpond.com

Research Interests: earthworm systematics, ecology (primarily Australia); world fauna.

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Boi, Silvia
Dipartimento di Biologia - Sez Zoologia
Universitá degli Studi di Milano
Via Celoria 26, I-20133 Milano
ITALY

Telephone: [39] (0)2 266 04451; FAX: ----
E-Mail: BOISLV'{AT}'mailserver.UNIMI.IT, silvia.boi'{AT}'unimi.it

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Bonacina, Carla
CNR - ISE
Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche
Istituto per lo Studio degli Econsistemi
Largo Tonolli 50
28922 Verbania Pallanza
ITALY

Telephone: +39 0323/ 518336 or 518300; FAX: +39] 0323 556513
E-Mail: c.bonacina'{AT}'iii.to.cnr.it, or c.bonacina'{AT}'ise.cnr.it
WWW URL: http://www.iii.to.cnr.it/

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Bonomi, Giuliano
ITALY

Giuliano moved back to Pallanza (July 2004)
a new postal address for Giuliano will be included here, soon.
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Bönsch, Regine
Institut für Angewandte Oekologie
Lindenweg 2
D-18184 Neu Broderstorf
GERMANY

Telephone: [49] (0)38204 6180; FAX: [49] (0)38204 61810
E-Mail: sordyl'{AT}'t-online.de

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Bremnes, Trond
Zoologisk Museum (LFI)
Sars Gate 1, N-0562 Oslo
NORWAY

E-Mail: trond.bremnes'{AT}'toyen.uio.no

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Brinkhurst, Ralph O.
2524 Amberwood Way
Lebanon TN 37090
USA

Telephone: [1] (615) 449 0053
E-Mail: ralphbrinkhurst'{AT}'att.net

New Book!

Brinkhurst, Ralph O. 2004. Still Searching; The Autobiography of a Biologist. Available from Trafford Publishing. 226 pp. Excerpts from Ralph's just-released book along with ordering information are available from the website, above.

Coauthor of most recent compendium:
Kathman, R. D., and R. O. Brinkhurst. 1998.
Guide to the freshwater oligochaetes of North America.
Aquatic Resources Center, College Grove, Tennessee 37046 USA.
iv + 264 pp. USD $55.00 (post paid)

A link to ordering information is posted HERE.

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Bruns, Eric
Bayer AG
Werksdienste Umweltschutz Leverkusen
Gebäude W15
GERMANY

Telephone: [49] (0)214 / 30 33303; FAX: ----
E-Mail: eric.bruns.eb'{AT}'bayer-ag.de

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Brust, Kristin
Dresden University of Technology
Institute of Hydrobiologie Ecotoxicology
Mommsenstraße 13
01062 Dresden
GERMANY

Telephone: [49] (0)351 463 5509; FAX: [49] (0)351 463 7108
E-Mail: kristin.brust'{AT}'mailbox.tu-dresden.de

http://www.tu-dresden.de/fghhihb/ecotox/welcome.htm

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Burreson, Eugene M.
Virginia Institute of Marine Science
College of William & Mary, P.O. Box 1346
Glouchester Point, Virginia 23062
USA

E-Mail: gene'{AT}'vims.edu

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Buys, Bastian Roelof
Wageningen University
Sub-department of Environmental Technology
P.O Box 8129
6700 EV Wageningen
THE NETHERLANDS

Telephone: [31] (0) 317 485508; FAX: ----
E-Mail: Bas.Buys'{AT}'algemeen.mt.wau.nl

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Casellato, Sandra
Universitá di Padova
Dipartimento di Biologia
Via Columbo 3, 35121 Padova
ITALY

Telephone: [39] (49) 827-6258; FAX: [39] (49) 827-6260
E-Mail: sandra'{AT}'civ.bio.unipd.it

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César, Inés Irma
Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo
UNLP
Paseo del Bosque s/n
1900 La Plata
ARGENTINA

Telephone and FAX: [54] (0)221 4234922
E-Mail: icesar'{AT}'museo.fcnym.unlp.edu.ar

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Chapman, Peter
EVS Consultants
195 Pemberton Avenue
North Vancouver, British Columbia
CANADA V7P 2R4

Telephone: [1] 604.986-4331
E-Mail: pchapman'{AT}'attglobal.net; evs_consultants'{AT}'mindlink.bc.ca

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des Châtelliers, Michel Creuzé
UMR 5023 Ecologie des Hydrosystèmes Fluviaux
Hydrobiologie et Ecologie Souterraines
Bât. Forel, 6, rue Raphaël Dubois
Université Lyon1
69 622 Villeurbanne Cedex
FRANCE

Telephone: [33] 04 72 43 12 90; FAX: 04 72 43 15 23
E-Mail: michel.deschatelliers'{AT}'univ-lyon1.fr

Reserve Naturelle de Hautecourt

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Chavan, Shivaji P.
Department of Zoology and Fishery Science
Dnyanopasak Shikshan Mandal's
College of Arts, Commerce and Science
Post Box No. 54, Parbhani - 431 401 (Maharashtra)
INDIA

Telephone: [91] 2452 242466 ; FAX: 2452-242466
E-Mail: schavan646'{AT}'gmail.com

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Chekanovskaya, Olga V. ^†

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Cherian, Sheila S.
All Saints College
Trivandrum, Kerala
SOUTH INDIA

Telephone: 0471 446065; FAX: ----
E-Mail: chippy'{AT}'md4.vsnl.net.in

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Christensen, Bent
Zoological Institute
Universitetsparken 15
2100 Copenhagen
DENMARK

Telephone: [45] 3532-1307; FAX: [45] 35321300
E-Mail: BChristensen'{AT}'zi.ku.dk

Dr. Christensen hosted the Fourth Enchytraeidae Symposium,
Enchytraeidae2000, in Molslaboratoriet, Denmark, 2-4 June 2000.
Please contact Dr. Christensen via E-mail for additional information regarding this symposium.

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Christoffersen, Martin L.
Departamento de Sistematica e Ecologia
Universidade Federal da Paraiba
58059-900 Joao Pessoa
Paraiba
BRAZIL

Telephone: [55] 083-3216-7773
E-mail: mlchrist'{AT}'dse.ufpb.br

Research Interests:
Metameria, Oligochaeta, Taxaonomy, Systematics, Nomenclature, Neotropical Region, Brazil, South America

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Clauss, Prof. Dr. Wolfgang
Institut for Animal Physiology
Justus-Liebig-University
Wartweg 95
35392 Giessen
GERMANY

Telephone: [49] 641 99 35050; FAX: [49] 641 99 35059
E-Mail: Wolfgang.G.Clauss'{AT}'physzool.bio.uni-giessen.de
WWW URL: http://www.uni-giessen.de/fb15/tierphysio

Research Interests: Ion transport across epithelia from vertebrates and invertebrates (leeches; oligochaete genera Eisenia, Lumbricus); ecotoxicology of heavy metals and pesticides; use of electrophysiological techniques (Ussing chamber, Patch Clamp, Microelectrodes) combined with molecular methods (heterologue expression in Xenopus oocytes) and Laser-confocal microscopy.

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Coates, Kathryn A.
2 Silk Alley
St. Georges, GE-05
BERMUDA

Telephone: [1] 441.297-2287
E-Mail: kcoates'{AT}'transact.bm

Please visit the following websites:

Key to Graniaof North America, Bermuda and the Caribbean (Annelida: Clitellata: Enchytraeidae)

List of Marine Species of the Annelid Family Enchytraeidae

Glossary to diagnostic characters and definitions for Enchytraeidae and Propappidae

Literature Cited and Selected References for Enchytraeidae and Propappidae (Annelida: Clitellata: Enchytraeida)

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Collado de la Peña, Rut
Universidade da Coruña, Fac. Ciencias
Departamento de Bioloxía Animál
Bioloxía Véxetal e Ecología
Alejandro da Sota, 1
E-15008 A Coruña
SPAIN

Telephone: [34] 981-167000, ext. 2049; FAX: [34] 981-167065
E-Mail: rutco'{AT}'udc.es

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Cristoni, Dr. Chiara
Centre for Environmental Studies
University of Bologna
Via Tombesi Dall'Ova, 55
I-48100, Ravenna
ITALY

Telephone: [39] 0544 213831; FAX: [39] 0544 213831
E-Mail: c.cristoni'{AT}'tiscali.it

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Crottini, Angelica
Department of Biology
University of Milan
Via Celoria 26
20133 Milano
ITALY

Phone: [39] 02 5031 4799; FAX: [39] 02 5031 4781
E-mail: tiliquait'{AT}'yahoo.it

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Cuadrado, Sergio
Universidade da Coruña
Departamento de Bioloxía Animál
Bioloxía Véxetal e Ecología
Campus da Zapateira s/n
E-15071 La Coruña
SPAIN

Telephone: [34] 981 167000, ext. 2203;
FAX: [34] 981 167065
E-Mail: cuadrado'{AT}'mail2.udc.es

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Davenport, Jennifer
Terra Environmental Services, Inc.
101 16th Avenue South, Suite 4
St. Petersburg, Florida 33701
USA

Telephone: (727) 565-4661
Fax: (727) 565-4663
E-Mail: jdavenport'{AT}'terraenv.com

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de Eguileor Valvassori, Magda
DBSF, University of Insubria
Via J.H. Dunant 3, 21100 Varese
ITALY

Telephone: [39] 322 421 310
E-Mail: MAGDA'{AT}'mailserver.unimi.it

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De Wit, Pierre
University of Gothenburg
Department of Biology and Environmental Sciences
Sven Lovèn Centre for Marine Sciences
Kristineberg 566
451 78 Fiskebäckskil
SWEDEN

Telephone: +46 31 786 9550
E-Mail: pierre.de_wit'{AT}'bioenv.gu.se]

http://www.bioenv.gu.se/english/staff/pierre-de-wit/

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Di Chiara Paoletti, Andreina ^†

Our dear friend and colleague, Andreina, passed away on 5 December 1997 after a
serious illness. I am sure her family would appreciate written condolences,
memories, and copies of pictures of her that you may have. You may send them
to Andreina's family by mailing them to her close friend, Manuella Pagani,
at the address, below.

Dipartimento di Biologia
SEZ Ecologia, Via Celoria 26
Universitá degli Studi di Milano
I - 20133 Milano
ITALY

A beautiful "In Memoriam" dedicated to Andreina, authored by Manuella Pagani,
[ E-Mail: manu'{AT}'imiucca.csi.unimi.it ] was published in the Proceedings of the
7th International Symposium on Aquatic Oligochaetes (1999, pp. xiii-xiv); see full citation
for this publication, above on this website, under subheading "Symposium Proceedings".

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Diaz, Robert J.
College of William and Mary
Virginia Insitute of Marine Science
P.O. Box 1346
Glouchester Point, Viriginia 23062
USA

Telephone: [1] (804) 684-7364; FAX: ----
E-Mail: diaz'{AT}'vims.edu

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Drewes, Charles D. ^†

Our friend and colleague, Charlie Drewes, passed away
on 4 July 2005 in Ames, Iowa; please see the memoriam for
Charlie posted near the top of this web page.

Charlie's website is being maintained by his department at Iowa State University, Ames.

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Dumnicka, Elzbieta
Karol Starmach Institute of Freshwater Biology
Polish Academy of Sciences
Slawkowska 17, Kraków, 31-016
POLAND

Telephone: [48] 12 421 50 82
E-Mail: Dumnicka'{AT}'dumnicka@iop.krakow.pl

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Eckroth, Marianne C.^†

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Edwards, Clive A.
The Ohio State University
Department of Biological Sciences -
Entomology Extension
010 Botany & Zoology Building
1735 Neil Avenue
Columbus, Ohio 43210
USA

Telephone: [1] (614) 292-3786; FAX: [1] (614) 292-2180
E-Mail: selss'{AT}'postbox.acs.ohio-state.edu

> Books of interest:

Edwards, C.A., Editor. 1998. Earthworm ecology. St. Lucie Press, % CRC Press,
2000 Corporate Blvd., NW, Boca Raton, Florida 33431. ISBN 1-884015-74-3. vi + 389 pp.

Edwards, C.A., Editor. 2004. Earthworm Ecology, Second Edition. CRC Press.
CRC Press Catalog No. 1819, ISBN 0-8493-1819-X; cost: USD$99.95; £60.99.
Anticipated publication date: March 2004.
For additional information, contact CRC press via E-mail:
in North & South America, Asia, and Australasia - orders'{AT}'crcpress.com;
in Europe, Middle East, and Africa - crcpress'{AT}'itps.co.uk
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Egeler, Philipp
ECT Oekotoxikologie GmbH
Böttgerstraße 2-14
D-65439 Flörsheim / Main
GERMANY

Telephone: [49] (0)6145-956465; FAX: [49] (0)6145-956499
E-Mail: ph-egeler'{AT}'ect.de

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Elissen, Hellen J. H.
Wetsus Centre for Sustainable Water Technology
Sub-department of Environmental Technology
Leeuwarden
THE NETHERLANDS

Telephone:
E-Mail: Hellenelissen'{AT}'hotmail.com

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Erséus, Christer
Department of Zoology
Göteborg University
Box 463
SE-405 30 Göteborg
SWEDEN

Tel. +46-31-786 3645
E-Mail: christer.erseus'{AT}'zool.gu.se

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Fauchald, Kristian
National Museum of Natural History
- Smithsonian Institution
Department of Zoology
P.O. Box 37012
Natural History Bldg., W213
Washington, DC 20013-7012
USA

Telephone: [1] (202) 633-1777; FAX: [1] (202) 357 3043
E-Mail: fauchald'{AT}'si.edu

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Fend, Steven V.
U.S. Geological Survey, M/S 465
345 Middlefield Road
Menlo Park, California 94025
USA

Telephone: [1] (650) 329-4465; FAX: [1] (650) 329-4463
E-Mail: svfend'{AT}'usgs.gov

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Ferraguti, Marco
Dipartimento di Biologia
Sezione di Zoologia e Citologia
Universitá degli Studi di Milano
Via Celoria 26, I-20133 Milano
ITALY

Telephone: [39] (02) 5835 4782; FAX: [39] (02) 5835 4781
E-Mail: Marco.Ferraguti'{AT}'unimi.it
WWW URL: http://users.unimi.it/~ferragu/index.html

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Finogenova, Nonna P.
Zoological Institute Academy of Sciences
Universitetskaya 1, St. Petersburg
I99034 - RUSSIA

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Gelder, Stuart R.
Department of Biology
University of Maine at Presque Isle
181 Main Street
Presque Isle, Maine 04769-2888
USA

Telephone: [1] (207) 768-9443; FAX: [1] (207) 768-9608
E-Mail: gelder'{AT}'polaris.umpi.maine.edu

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Giani, Narcisse
Centre D'Ecologie Systemes Aquatiques Continentaux
UMR C5576-CNRS
Université Paul Sabatier
118, Route de Narbonne
31062, Toulouse Cedèx
FRANCE

Telephone: [33] 05 61.55.86.87; FAX: [33] 61 55 60 96
E-Mail: giani'{AT}'cict.fr

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Giere, Olav
Universität Hamburg
Zoologisches Institüt und Zoologisches Museum
Martin-Luther-King Platz 3
D - 20146 Hamburg
GERMANY

Telephone: [49] (0)40 42838 3865; FAX: [49] (0)40.42838.3937
E-Mail: olav.giere'{AT}'zoologie.uni-hamburg.de

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Gillis, Patricia
Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration Branch
National Water Research Institute
Environment Canada (CCIW)
Canadian Centre for Inland Waters
867 Lakeshore Road, P. O. Box 5050
Burlington, Ontario, L7R 4A6
CANADA

Telephone: [1] 905 336 6241; 905 336 4692; FAX: [1] 905 336 6430
E-Mail: patty.gillis'{AT}'cciw.ca

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Gluzman, Celia
University Nacional de La Plata
La Plata
ARGENTINA

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Graefe, Ulfert
IFAB Institut für Angewandte Bodenbiologie GmbH
Sodenkamp 62
22337 Hamburg
Germany

Telephone: +49 40 593308; FAX: +49 40 59360409
E-Mail: ulfert.graefe'{AT}'ifab-hamburg.de

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Grimm, Reinmar
Universität Hamburg
Zoologisches Institüt und Zoologisches Museum
Martin-Luther-King Platz 3
D - 20146 Hamburg
GERMANY

Telephone: [49] 40.4123.3864; FAX: [49] 40.4123.3937
E-Mail: R.Grimm'{AT}'wedel.de

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Gustavsson, Lena
Swedish Museum of Natural History
Department of Invertebrate Zoology
Box 50007
SE-10405 Stockholm
SWEDEN

Telephone: [46] (0) 8 5195 5160; FAX: [46] (0)8 5195 4125
E-Mail: lena.gustavsson'{AT}'nrm.se

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Hallett, Sascha L.
Department of Parasitology
University of Queensland
Brisbane 4072
Queensland
AUSTRALIA

Telephone: [61] 7 3365 6974; FAX: [61] 7 3365 1588
E-Mail: s305713'{AT}'student.uq.edu.au

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van Haaren, Ton
Grontmij | AquaSense
P.O.Box 95125
1090 HC Amsterdam
THE NETHERLANDS

Telephone: [31] (0) 20-5922244; FAX: [31] (0) 20-5922249
E-Mail: Ton.vanHaaren{AT}'grontmij.nl

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Healy, Brenda M. ^†

Our friend and colleague, Brenda Healy, passed away
on 5 March 2006 in Ireland; a more extensive memoriam for
Brenda will be posted near the top of this web page in the near future.

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Hessling, René
Universität Osnabrück, FB5, Biologie / Chemie
Spezielle Zoologie, Fachbereich Biologie
D-49069 Osnabrück
GERMANY

Telephone: [49] (0) 541-969-2857; FAX: [49] (0) 541-969-2587
E-Mail: hessling'{AT}'biologie.uni-osnabrueck.de

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James, Samuel W.
Kansas University Natural History Museum,
and Biodiversity Research Center
Dyche Hall
University of Kansas
Lawrence, Kansas 66045 USA

FAX: [1] (785) 864-5335
E-Mail: sjames'{AT}'ku.edu, or massemaj'{AT}'yahoo.com

Research Interests: Phylogenetic systematics and biogeography of Neotropical
and Pacific megascolecid earthworms; large-scale historical factors as they affect
the composition of earthworm communities in North America and the Caribbean

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Jamieson, Barrie G. M.
Department of Zoology
Univesity of Queensland
St. Lucia, Brisbane, Queensland
AUSTRALIA 4067

Telephone: [ ] 61 7 3365 2683
E-Mail: bjamieson'{AT}'gotalk.net.au
[older email?: bjamieson'{AT}'zen.uq.edu.au]

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Jenderedjian, Karen
Department of Protected Natural Areas
Ministry of Nature Protection
35 Moskovian Street
375002 Yerevan
ARMENIA

Telephone: [374] 2-568027; FAX: [374] 2 151959
E-Mail: jender'{AT}'armineo.com

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Jorrín, Jesús Angel Arrate
Dpto. Biologia Animal y Genetica
Facultad de Ciencias
Universidad del País Vasco
Apartado 644, Bilbao 48080
SPAIN

Telephone: [34] 94 601 2712; FAX: [34] 94 4648500
E-Mail: ggbarjoj'{AT}'lg.ehu.es

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Juget, Jacques^†

Our friend and long time colleague, Jacques Juget, passed away
on Saturday 12 August 2006. More information will be posted near
the top of this website when it becomes available.

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Kaster, Jerry
Center for Great Lakes Studies
Great Lakes W.A.T.E.R. Institute at
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
600 East Greenfield Avenue
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53204
USA
Telephone: [1] (414)382-1700; [1] FAX: (414)382-1705
E-Mail: jlk'{AT}'uwm.edu

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Kathman, R. Deedee
Aquatic Resources Center, Inc.
5109 Rock Bridge Lane
Thompsons Station, TN 37179
USA
Telephone: [1] (615) 794-1628; FAX: [1] (615) 794-1637
E-Mail: R.Deedee.Kathman'{AT}'istate.tn.us; aquatres'{AT}'ix.netcom.com

Coauthor of and contact person (info above) for the publication:
Kathman, R. D., and R. O. Brinkhurst. 1998.
Guide to the freshwater oligochaetes of North America.
Aquatic Resources Center, Tennessee USA.
iv + 264 pp. USD $55.00 (post paid)

A link to ordering information is posted HERE.

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Kaygorodova, Irina
Limnological Institute of SB RAS
Ulanbatorskaya 3
664033 Irkutsk
RUSSIA

Telephone: 7 +(3952)42 29 23; FAX: 7 +(3952)42 54 05
E-Mail: irina'{AT}'lin.irk.ru

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Kerans, Billie L.
Montana State University
Department of Biology
Lewis Hall
Bozeman, Montana 59717
USA

Telephone: [1] (406) 994-3725; FAX: [1] (406) 994-3190
E-Mail: bkerans'{AT}'montana.edu

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Kerovec, Mladen
Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science
University of Zagreb, Rooseveltov trg 6
1000 Zagreb
CROATIA

Telephone: [385] 1 48 26 269; FAX: [385] 1 48 26 262
E-Mail: mkerovec'{AT}'zg.biol.pmf.hr

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Klemm, Donald J.
EERD, NERL
National Exposure Research Laboratory
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
26 W. Martin Luther King Drive
Cincinnati, Ohio 45268-0001
USA
Telephone: [1] (513) 569-7090; FAX: [1] (513) 569-7609
E-Mail: klemm.donald'{AT}'epa.gov

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Kutschera, Ulrich
Professor of Plant Physiology and Evolutionary Biology,
Institute of Biology,
University of Kassel,
Heinrich-Plett-Str. 40
D-34109 Kassel
GERMANY
Telephone: (49) 561-804-4467; Fax:(49)561-804-4009
E-mail: kut'{AT}'uni-kasse.de

webpages: www.uni-kassel.de/fb19/plantphysiology, and www.evolutionsbiologen.de

Research Interests: Evolution and physiology of organisms, from bacteria to plants;
Ecology, behaviour and molecular systematics of leeches (and earthworms);
History and philosophy of biology, with reference to creationism and other pseudosciences.

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Lafont, Michel
CEMAGREF
Division Biologie des Ecosystèmes aquatiques
3, bis quai Chauveau, C.P. 220
F - 69 336 Lyon Cedex 09
FRANCE

Telephone: [33] 478477875; FAX: ----
E-Mail: michel.lafont'{AT}'cemagref.fr

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Lang, Claude
Chemine des Condemnes 32
Preverenges CH-1028
SWITZERLAND

[ The above information was published in the Fall 1999 NABS Bulletin /
membership directory; no additional contact information was included ]

OLD contact information:
[ Conservation de la Faune, Marquisat 1
CH-1025 St. Sulpice, SWITZERLAND
E-Mail: claude.lang'{AT}'CFEN.vd.ch ]

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Lanzavecchia, Giulio
DBSF University of Insubria
Via J.H. Dunant 3
21100 Varese
ITALY
Telephone: [39] 332 421 310; FAX: [39] 332 421 330

E-Mail: Lnzgli'{AT}'mailserver.unimi.it

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Lebreton, Bernard
Le Vau
41800 Sougé
FRANCE
Telephone: ----; FAX: ----
E-Mail: BLebre0760'{AT}'aol.com
WWW Homepage URL: http://members.aol.com/blebre0760/blf.htm

You are encouraged to visit two web sites managed by Dr. Lebreton:

>> BIOSPEOLOGICA BIBLIOGRAPHIA

>> World Bibliography on Subterranean Aphanoneura - Oligochaeta

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Lestchova, Eustolia I.
RUSSIA

Dr. Lestchova retired several years ago; if you have need to contact her, please
send your message for her to Dr. Tarmo Timm (address below).

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Liang, Yanling
Institute of Hydrobiology
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Wuhan Hubei 430072
PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA

Telephone: [86] 27 8764-7719; FAX: [86] 27 87647664
E-Mail: ylliang'{AT}'ihb.ac.cn

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Lindegaard, Claus
Freshwater Biological Laboratory
University of Copenhagen
51 Helsingörsgade
DK-3400 Hilleröd
DENMARK

Telephone: [45] 48267600; FAX: [45] 48241476
E-Mail: clindegaard'{AT}'zi.ku.dk

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Liñero, Ildefonso
Instituto Oceanografico de Venezuela
Dpto. Biología Marina
Apartado Postal No. 245
Cumaná, Edo Sucre
VENEZUELA

Telephone: [58] 93 302129, or [58] 93 302239; FAX: [58] 93 512276
E-Mail: ilinero'{AT}'ci.udo.edu.ve, linero'{AT}'hotmail.com

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Löhlein, Boris
Atelier Mueritz 7
D-17207 Erlenkamp
GERMANY

Telephone: [49] 39922-2572; FAX: ----
E-Mail: boris'{AT}'l-loehlein.de

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Locke, Jan M.
Bermuda Biological Station for Research, Inc.
17 Biological Lane, Ferry Reach
St. Georges, GE-01
BERMUDA
Telephone: [441] 297-1880 x 216; FAX: [441] 297-8143
E-Mail: jlocke'{AT}'bbsr.edu
WWW URL: J.M. Locke homepage

Please visit the following website:

Key to Grania of North America, Bermuda and the Caribbean (Annelida: Clitellata: Enchytraeidae).

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Lods-Crozet, Brigitte
Hydrobiologiste
Service des Eaux, Sols et Assainissement (SESA)
Ch. des Boveresses 155
CH - 1066 EPALINGES
SWITZERLAND
Telephone: [41] (0)21 316 71 87; FAX: [41] (0)21 316 71 82
E-Mail: Brigitte.Lods-Crozet'{AT}'sesa.vd.ch

Interests: ecology, faunistics and toxicology

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Lundberg, Stefan
Zootaxonommiska Servicecentralen
Naturhistoriska riksmuseet, Box 50007
S-104 05 Stockholm
SWEDEN

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Marchese, Mercedes
Instituto Nacional de Limnología (INALI-CONICET)
José Macia 1933/43
3016 Santo Tomé (Santa Fe)
ARGENTINA

Telephone: [54] 342 4740723; FAX: [54] 342 4750394
E-Mail: inali'{AT}'alpha.arcride.edu.ar; or inali'{AT}'arnet.com.ar

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Marotta, Roberto
Università degli Studi di Milano
Dipartimento di Biologia
Sezione di Zoologie e Citologia
Via Celoria 26
20133 Milano
ITALY

Telephone: [39] (0)2 5031 4796; FAX: [39] (0)2 5031 4781
E-Mail: roberto.marotta'{AT}'unimi.it

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Martin, Patrick
Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique (IRScNB)
Biologie des Eaux douces
29, Rue Vautier
B - 1000 Brussels
BELGIUM
Telephone: [32] (2) 627.43.17; FAX: [32] (2) 627.41.13
E-Mail: Patrick.Martin'{AT}'sciencesnaturelles.be

WWW URL: http://biobel.biodiversity.be/person/show/1085 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Martinez, Veronica Giselle
Texas A&M University
Biology Department, Zoran Lab
Mail Stop 3258
College Station, TX 77843-3258
USA
Telephone: 979.862.2819 (lab); FAX: 979.845.2891
E-Mail: vmartinez'{AT}'bio.tamu.edu

Research focus: morphallactic regeneration in Lumbriculus variegatus

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Martínez-Ansemil, Enrique
Departamento de Bioloxía Animal, Bioloxía Vexetal e Ecoloxía
Fac. Ciencias, Universidade da Coruña, Campus da Zapateira s/n
15071 A Coruña
SPAIN

Telephone: [34] 981 167000, ext. 2182 (office), ext. 2203 (lab);
FAX: [34] 981 167065
E-mail: eansemil'{AT}'udc.es

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Martínez-Madrid, Maite
Departamento Biologia Animal y Genética
Facultad de Ciencias
Universidad del País Vasco /
Euskal Herreiko Universitatea
Apartado 644, Bilbao 48080
SPAIN

Telephone: [34] 94 601 2712
E-Mail: ggpmamam'{AT}'lg.ehu.es

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McHugh, Damhnait
Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
Assistant Curator, Museum of Comparative Zoology
Harvard University
26 Oxford Street
Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138
USA
Telephone: [1] (617) 495-2459; FAX: [1] (617) 495-5667
E-Mail: dmchugh'{AT}'oeb.harvard.edu

NOTE: perhaps now at Colgate University in New York
[ new? E-Mail: dmchugh@colgate.edu] --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Meller, Michael
ecotox consult
Kreuzstr. 12
D-67063 Ludwigshafen
Germany

E-mail: ecotox{AT}ecotox-consult.de
Website: http://www.ecotox-consult.de

Research interests: sediment ecotoxicology, effects and fate of chemicals to
Lumbriculus variegatus, Tubifex tubifex and Limnodrilus hoffmeisteri.

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Milbrink, Göran
Department of Animal Ecology
Evolutionary Biology Centre
Uppsala University, Norbyv. 18D
752 36 Uppsala
SWEDEN

Telephone: [46] 018 4712664; FAX: [46] 018 4716484
E-Mail: goran.milbrink'{AT}'ebc.uu.se

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Milligan, Michael R. ^†

Our friend and colleague, Michael Milligan, died on 19 November 2005
at his home in Sarasota, Florida; please see the memoriam for
Michael posted near the top of this web page.

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Molnár, Làszló
Janus Pannonius University, Dept. Zoology
Ifjúság u. 6, pf. 9,
H-7604 Pécs
HUNGARY
Telephone: [36] 72 327 622 / 4597

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Moreno, Ana G.
Departamento de Biolog’a Animal I (Zoolog’a)
Facultad de Biolog’a
Universidad Complutense
c/ JosŽ Antonio Novais, 2
28040 Madrid
SPAIN

Telephone: [34] 629 274 999; Fax. [34] 91 394 49 47
E-Mail: agmoreno'{AT}'eucmax.sim.ucm.es

WWW URLs:
http://www.ucm.es/info/tropico/

http://www.ucm.es/info/tropico/investigacion/grupodetaxonomia/grupodetaxonomia.htm

http://www.ucm.es/info/zoo/invertebrados/Inv_Directorio.htm

Research Interests: Terrestrial Oligochaeta

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Moser, William E.
National Museum of Natural History
- Smithsonian Institution
Invertebrate Zoology, DSB
P.O. Box 37012
Natural History Bldg., MRC 163
Washington, DC 20013-7012
USA

Telephone: [1] (202) 357-2473; FAX: [1] (202) 357-3043
E-Mail: moserw'{AT}'si.edu

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Muir, Alex I.
Marine Biological Services Division
Zoology Department
The Natural History Museum
Cromwell Road, South Kensington
London, SW7 5BD
ENGLAND

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Narita, Tetsuya
Center for Ecological Research
Kyoto University
509 Ohtsuka, Kamitanakami-Hiranocho
Otsu 520-2113
JAPAN

Telephone: [81] 77 549 8200 / 8256; FAX: [81] 77 549 8201
E-Mail: narita8259'{AT}'ybb.ne.jp

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Naveed, Dr. Mohammed Ibrahim
P.G & Research Department of Zoology
The New College
Chennai - 600 014
INDIA

Telephone: [91] 044 28351269 /or/ [91] 044 28350386
E-mail: naveed_newcollege'{AT}'rediffmail.com

Research Interests: Biodiversity and Ecology of Aquatic Oligochaetes (Annelida, Clitellata) of India

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Nijboer, Rebi C.
Waterschap Veluwe
P.O. Box 4142
7329 AC Apeldoorn
THE NETHERLANDS

Telephone: [31] (055) 527 29 11; FAX: [31] (055) 527 27 04
E-Mail: nijboer.r'{AT}'veluwe.nl

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Ohtaka, Akifumi
Department of Natural Sciences
Faculty of Education
Hirosaki University
1 Bunkyo-cho, Hirosaki 036-8560
JAPAN

Telephone: [81] 172-39-3369; FAX: [81] 172-32-1478
E-Mail: ohtaka'{AT}'cc.hirosaki-u.ac.jp

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Omodeo, Pietro
Dipartimento di Biologia Evolutiva
Universitá di Siena
Via Mattioli 4
I-53100 Siena
ITALY

Telephone: [39] (0)577 232956; FAX: [39] 0577 232825
E-Mail: rota'{AT}'unisi.it

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Pagani, Manuela
Dipartimento di Biologia
Sezione Ecologia
Universitá degli Studi di Milano
Via Celoria 26, 20133 Milano
ITALY

Telephone: [39] 2-26604379; FAX: [39] 2-26604361
E-Mail: manu'{AT}'imiucca.csi.unimi.it

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Parele, Elga
Institute of Biology
Lab. Hydrobiology
University of Latvia
Miera 3
LV 2169 Salaspils
Latvia-LETONIA

Telephone: [371] 2 945412; FAX: ----
E-Mail: agritab'{AT}'lanet.lv

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Pasteris, Andrea
Centro di Scienze Ambientai
Università di Bologna, Via Tombesi dall'Ova 55
I-48100 Ravenna
ITALY

Telephone and FAX: [39] 544213831
E-Mail: pasteris'{AT}'ambra.unibo.it

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Paunovic, Momir
Institute for Biological Research "Sinisa Stankovic"
29 November 142
Belgrade
YUGOSLAVIA

Telephone: [381] 11 764 422, ext. 154; FAX: ----
E-Mail: MPAUNOVI'{AT}'IBISS.BG.AC.YU, mpaunovi'{AT}'ibbi.ibiss.bg.ac.yu

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Pinder, Adrian M.
Science Division
Department of Conservation and Land Management
P.O. Box. 51
Wanneroo 6065
WESTERN AUSTRALIA

Telephone: [61] (08) 94055153; FAX: [61] (08) 9306 1641
E-Mail: adrian.pinder'{AT}'dec.wa.gov.au

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Plisko, Jadwiga Danuta
South Africa & Natal Museum
P.Bag 9070
Pietermaritzburg 3200
and
School of Life Sciences
University of KwaZulu-Natal
P.O. Box X01
Scottsville 3209
REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA

E-Mail: jdplisko'{AT}'saol.com Telephone: +27 33 3451 404; FAX: +27 33 3450561

Research Interests: megadrile earthworms, taxonomy, ecology, biodiversity, vermiculture.

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Pop, Victor V.
Institute of Biological Research
400015 Cluj-Napoca
ROMANIA

E-Mail: victorvpop'{AT}'yahoo.com

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Prantoni, Alessandro L.
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Purschke, Günter
Universität Osnabrück
Fachbereich 5, Barbarastraße 11
D-49069 Osnabrück
GERMANY

Telephone: [49] (0)541 969 2857; FAX: [49] (0)541 969 2587
E-Mail: purschke'{AT}'biologie.uni-osnabrueck.de

Dr. Purschke and Dr. Thomas Bartolomaeus served as hosts for the 2002 symposium,
entitled "Morphology, Molecules, Evolution and Phylogeny in Polychaeta and related Taxa."
Additional information is available by contacting Dr. Purschke directly, or by visiting the
symposium website.

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Rasmussen, Charlotte
University of Washington
School of Fisheries
% WFRC, BRD, USGS
6505 NE 65th Street
Seattle, Washington 98115
USA

Telephone: [1] (206) 526-6282, ext. 322
FAX: [1] (206) 526-6654
E-Mail: charlotte_rasmussen'{AT}'usgs.gov, Charlotte_Rasmussen'{AT}'nbs.gov

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Ratsak, Christa
Wageningen University
Agrotechnology and Food Sciences
Sub-department of Environmental Technology
P.O Box 8129
6700 EV Wageningen
THE NETHERLANDS

Telephone: -
E-Mail: christa.ratsak'{AT}'algemeen.mt.wag-ur.nl

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Real, Montserrat
Dpto. Ecologia
Universidad Barcelona
Diagonal 645
08028 Barcelona
Catalonia
SPAIN

Telephone: ----; FAX: ----
E-Mail: Montserrat_Real'{AT}'URSCorp.com

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Reynolds, John W.
Oligochaetology Laboratory
18 Broadview Court
Kitchener, Ontario, N2A 2X8
CANADA

Telephone: [1] (519) 896-4728; FAX: ----
E-Mail: john.reynolds1'{AT}'sympatico.ca

> Dr. Reynolds is the editor of the journal, Megadrilogica

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Reynoldson, Trefor B.
Adjunct Professor
Department of Biology
Acadia University
Box 115, Wolfville, Nova Scotia B4P 2P8
CANADA

Telephone: [1] (905) 336-4507; FAX: [1] (905) 336-6430
E-Mail: trefor.reynoldson'{AT}'gmail.com

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Rîsnoveanu, Geta
Faculty of Biology, Department of Systems Ecology
University of Bucharest
Splaiul Independentei 91-95
76201 Bucharest
ROMANIA

Telephone and FAX: [401] 411 23 10
E-Mail: rgeta'{AT}'bio.bio.unibuc.ro

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Rodriguez, Pilar
Profesora Catedrática de Zoología
Deparatamento de Zoología y Biología Celular Animal
Facultad de Ciencia y Tecnología
Universidad del País Vasco /
Euskal Herreiko Universitatea
Apartado 644, Bilbao 48080
SPAIN

Telephone: [34] 94 601 2712; FAX: [34] 94 601 3500
E-Mail: pilar.rodriguez'{AT}'ehu.es

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Römbke, Jörg
ECT Oekotoxikologie GmbH
Böttgerstraße 2-14
D-65439 Flörsheim / Main
GERMANY

Telephone: [49] (0)6145-9564-50; FAX: [49] (0)6145-9564-99
E-Mail: j-roembke'{AT}'ect.de

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Rosso, Agnés
C E M A G R E F, 3 bis Quai Chauveau
CP 220, F-69336 Lyon
Cedex 09
FRANCE

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Rota, Emilia
Dipartimento di Scienze Ambientali
Sezione di Sistematica ed Ecologia animale e vegetale
Universitá di Siena
Via P. A. Mattioli 4
IT-53100 Siena
ITALY

Telephone: [39] (0)577 232956; FAX: [39] 0577 232825
E-Mail: rota'{AT}'unisi.it

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Sambugar, Beatrice
Sareco Engineering & Consulting
Via Anfiteatro 9
I-37121 Verona
ITALY

Telephone: [39] 045 8004690; FAX [39] 045 597272
E-Mail: bsambugar'{AT}'tiscalinet.it

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Särkkä, Jukka
Department of Biological and Environmental Science
University of Jyväskylä
POB 35, FIN - 40351 Jyväskylä
FINLAND

Telephone: [35] 8 14 602 328; FAX: [35] 8 14 602 321
E-Mail: jsarkka'{AT}'cc.jyu.fi

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Sauter, Georg
Institut für Seenforschung
Untere Seestraße 81
D-88085 Langenargen
GERMANY

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Schenková, Jana
Department of Zoology and Ecology
Faculty of Science
Masaryk University
Kotlárská 2
611 37 Brno
CZECH REPUBLIC

Telephone: [42] 41129525; FAX: [42] 41211214
E-Mail: schenk'{AT}'sci.muni.cz

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Schmelz, Rüdiger M.
% Dr. Rut Collado de la Peña
Universidade da Coruña, Fac. Ciencias
Departamento de Bioloxía Animál
Bioloxía Véxetal e Ecología
Alejandro da Sota, 1
E-15008 A Coruña
Telephone: [34] 981-167000, ext. 2049; FAX: [34] 981-167065
E-Mail: ENCHYTRAILER'{AT}'telefonica.net

Co-editor of recent publication:
Schmelz, R.M., and K. Sühlo. 1999. Newsletter on Enchytraeidae 6.
Proceedings of the 3rd International Symposium on Enchytraeidae,
Osnabrück, Germany: 3-4 July 1998. Universitätsverlag Rasch,
Osnabrück, Rechtsträger: Rasch Druckerei und Verlag GmbH & Co. KG,
Bramsche. ISBN 3-934005-05-5; ISSN 0937-4175. 155 pages, softcover,
acid-free paper. Price: DM 64.50 (ca. 32.25 Euros / US-Dollars).
[Most papers are in English; those in German include English abstract / summary].

> Address orders to:
Mrs. Susanne Franzkeit,
Universitätsverlag Rasch,
D-49069 Osnabrück, Germany.
E-mail: sfranzke'{AT}'uni-osnabrueck.de

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Semernoy, Viktor P.
Yaroslavl Demidov State University
Matrosova proezd 20-2
150057 Yaroslavl
RUSSIA

E-Mail: semernoy'{AT}'bio.uniyar.ac.ru

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Seys, Jan J.
University of Gent
Institute of Zoology, Section Marine Biology
K. L. Ledeganckstraat 35
9000 Gent
BELGIUM

Telephone: [32] 9 2645214; FAX: [32] 9 2645344
E-Mail: jan.seys'{AT}'rug.ac.be

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Shimizu, Takashi
Molecular and Cellular Interactions
Division of Biological Sciences
Hokkaido University
Sapporo 060-0810
JAPAN

Telephone: [81] (0)11 706 5295, or [81] (0)11 706 4452

E-Mail: stak'{AT}'sci.hokudai.ac.jp

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Siddall, Mark E.
Division of Invertebrate Zoology
American Museum of Natural History
Central Park West at 79th Street
New York, New York 10024-5192
USA

Telephone: [1] (212) 769 5638
E-Mail: siddall'{AT}'amnh.org
WWW URL: http://research.amnh.org/~siddall/

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Sígvaldadóttir, Elin
Icelandic Institute of Natural History
Box 5320
125 Reykjavik
ICELAND

Telephone: [35] 4-5629822, or [35] 4-5626611-209;
FAX: [35] 4-5620815.
E-Mail: elins'{AT}'ni.is

Elin Sígvaldadóttir and Gudmundur V’dir Helgason [ E-Mail: gudmvid'{AT}'hi.is ]
chaired the organizing committee for the
Seventh International Polychaete Conference, which convened in
Reykjavik, Iceland, 2-6 July 2001.

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Sket, Boris
University of Ljubljana
SLOVENIA

E-Mail: boris.sket'{AT}'bf.uni-lj.si

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Slepukhina, Tatyana D.
Institute of Lake Research
Sevastyanova Str. 9
196199, St. Petersburg
RUSSIA
Telephone: [7] (812) 294-80-60; FAX: [7] (812) 298-73-27

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Sloreid, Svein-Erik
NINA - NIKU
Norsk Institutt for Naturforskning
Boks 736 Sentrum
N-01055, Oslo
NORWAY
Telephone: [47] 22 94 03 85 (direct line); 22 94 03 00 (switchboard)
FAX: [47] 22 94 03 02
E-Mail: s.e.sloreid'{AT}'bio.uio.no

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Smith, Michael E.
Department of Biology
Valdosta State University
Valdosta, Georgia 31698
USA
Telephone: [1] (912) 333-7175
E-Mail: mesmith'{AT}'valdosta.edu

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Sokolskaja, Nina L. ^†

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Soster, Fred
Department of Geosciences
DePauw University
602 South College Avenue
Greencastle, Indiana 46135
USA
Telephone: [1] (765) 658-4670; FAX: [1] (765) 658-4732
E-mail: fsoster'{AT}'depauw.edu

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Spencer, Douglas R.
Biosystematics
240 Bull Run Road
Fowlerville, Michigan 48836
USA

Telephone: [01] (517) 223-8383
E-Mail: drspen'{AT}'cac.net

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Sporka, Ferdinand
Department of Hydrobiology, Institute of Zoology
Slovak Academy of Sciences, Dubravska cesta 9
SK-845 06, Bratislava
SLOVAKIA
Telephone: [+421] 2-5930 2609; FAX: [+421] 2-5930 2646
E-mail: ferdinand.sporka'{AT}'savba.sk

WWW URL: http://www.zoo.sav.sk/dp_hydrobiol.htm

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Stacey, Don
Department of Natural History
Invertebrate Section
Royal Ontario Museum
100 Queen's Park
Toronto, Ontario, M5S 2C6
CANADA

Telephone: 416-586-8042
E-mail: dons'{AT}'rom.on.ca

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Strayer, David L.
Institute of Ecosystem Studies
Box AB
Millbrook, New York 12545
USA

E-mail: strayerd'{AT}'ecostudies.org

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Svetlov, Pavel G. ^†

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Szító, András
Fish Culture Research Institute
P. O. Box 47
H - 5541 Szarvas
HUNGARY

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Takeda, Alice M.
Universidade Estadual de Maringá-Nupelia
Av. Colombo 5790, CEP: 87020-900
Maringa
PR. BRAZIL

Telephone: [55] 44261 4621; FAX: ----
E-Mail: alice'{AT}'nupelia.uem.br

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Teodorivic, Ivana
University of Novi Sad
Faculty of Sciences
Institute of Biology
21000 Novi Sad
TR6 Dositeja Obradovica 2
YUGOSLAVIA

Telephone: [381] 63 244 711, ext. 429, 439; FAX: [381] 21 350 122
E-Mail: gavra'{AT}'eunet.yu

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Timm, Tarmo
Centre for Limnology
Estonian University of Life Sciences
61117 Rannu, Tartumaa
ESTONIA

Telephone / FAX: [372] 7 454546
E-Mail: tarmo.timm'{AT}'emu.ee

Author of publication:
Timm, Tarmo. 1999. A Guide to Estonian Annelida. 208 pp.
>>Published by the Estonian Naturalists' Society (in Estonian and English).
This book includes 163 annelids recorded in Estonia, of which 134 are oligochaetes,
and will be useful in the identification of many species of both soil and aquatic annelids
occurring in northern Europe. Original illustrations and identification keys in both
English and Estonian are included. The price of one copy, including shipping, is:
USD $10.00.
Send check to: Estonian Naturalist's Society, Struve str. 2, 51003 Tartu, Estonia.
Additional information is available by contacting the Society by
E-mail: struve'{AT}'elus.tartu.ee

Please distribute this information among your colleagues potentially interested in the book.

In 2004, Dr. Timm organized and hosted the 6th International Symposium on Enchytraeidae, at the Vörstjärv Limnological Station at Rannu, Tartumaa, Estonia (16-18 May 2004); a taxonomy workshop followed the symposium (19-22 May). The proceedings of this symposium (Newsletter on Enchytraeidae No. 9) were recently published in a special issue on Enchytraeidae, in the Proceedings of the Estonian Academy of Sciences - Biology Ecology Vol. 54(4). Please contact Dr. Tarmo Timm (via E-mail, above), if you are interested in obtaining a copy of this publication.

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Valvassori, Magda de Eguileor
DBSF, University of Insubria
Via J.H. Dunant 3, 21100 Varese
ITALY

Telephone: [39] 322 421 310
E-Mail: MAGDA'{AT}'mailserver.unimi.it

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Valvassori, Roberto
DBSF, University of Insubria
Via J.H. Dunant 3, 21100 Varese
ITALY

Telephone: [39] 322 421 310
E-Mail: VALVASS'{AT}'mailserver.unimi.it

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van den Hoek, Tjeerd-Harm
Alterra - Green World Research Institute
Centre for Ecosystem Studies
Team Freshwater Ecology
Postbus 47
6700 AA Wageningen
THE NETHERLANDS

Telephone: [31] (0) 317 478725 E-Mail: tjeerd-harm.vandenhoek@wur.nl

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Verdonschot, Piet F. M.
Alterra - WUR
Zoetwater Ecologie
Postbus 47
6700 AA Wageningen
THE NETHERLANDS

Telephone: [31] (0) 317486552; FAX: [31] (0) 317 424988
E-Mail: piet.verdonschot'{AT}'wur.nl
personal website

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Vidal, Doris E.
Southern California Coastal Water Research Project
7171 Fenwick Lane
Westminster, California 92683-5218
USA

Telephone: ; FAX:
E-Mail: Dorisv@sccwrp.org

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Wang, Hongzhu
Institute of Hydrobiology
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Wuhan Hubei 430072
PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA

Telephone: [86] 27 8764-7719; FAX: [86] 27 8764-7664
E-Mail: wanghz'{AT}'ihb.ac.cn

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Westheide, Wilfried
Universität Osnabrück
Fachbereich 5, Barbarastraße 11
D - 49069 Osnabrück
GERMANY

Telephone: [49] (0)541 969 2861; FAX: [49] (0)541 969 2870
E-Mail: westheide'{AT}'biologie.uni-osnabrueck.de

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Wetzel, Mark J.
Illinois Natural History Survey,
Prairie Research Institute at the
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Forbes Natural History Building, MC-652
1816 South Oak Street
Champaign, Illinois 61820
USA

Telephone: [1] (217) 244-2108;
FAX: [1] (217) 244-0729
E-Mail: mjwetzel'{AT}'illinois.edu

WWW URL: http://www.inhs.uiuc.edu/~mjwetzel/hp.home.html

Research Interests: Distribution, ecology, taxonomy, systematics of freshwater Annelida; review and compilation of global literature focusing on Annelida; Aquatic Oligochaeta of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park; Aquatic Oligochaeta in Grand Canyon National Park; Huron Mountain area, Michigan; fauna associated with springs, caves, other groundwater habitats; co-author with John W. Reynolds for Nomenclatura Oligochaetologica - Second Edition (in prep.).

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Yildiz, Seray
Ege University Faculty of Fisheries
Department of Hydrobiology
Section of Limnology
35100 Bornova - Izmir
TURKEY

Telephone: [1] 0090 232 3884000, ext:1718; FAX: [1] 0090 232 3883685
E-Mail: seray.yildiz'{AT}'ege.edu.tr

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