ASIH 1997 Joint Meetings

Symposia

Fifteen symposia are planned; participation is by invitation only. To have your paper considered for inclusion in one of the symposia, please contact symposium organizers immediately.

1. " Nuclear DNA and the Evolutionary Genetics of Fishes, Amphibians, and Reptiles." ASIH: organized by Andrew M. Shedlock, Department of ESPM, University of California at Berkeley, 201 Wellman Hall, Berkeley, CA 94703, shedlock@nature.berkeley.edu.
2. "Ecological Processes: Insights from Field Experiments and Natural History: A Symposium Celebrating the Career and Contributions of Margaret McBride Stewart." ASIH/HL/SSAR: organized by Kiisa C. Nishikawa, Department of Biological Sciences, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011-5640, Kiisa.Nishikawa@nau.edu.
3. "Comparisons and Current Uses of Phylogenetic Approaches to Ichthyology and Herpetology." ASIH: organized by Mark Pyron, Illinois Natural History Survey, Center for Biodiversity, 607 E Peabody Drive, Champaign, IL 61820, (217) 333-5893, pyron@uiuc.edu; and Robert Espinoza, Department of Biology, University of Nevada, Reno, NV 89557-0015, (702) 784-4565, espin_r@unr.edu.
4. "Chemical Ecology of Predator/Prey Relationships Among Fishes, Amphibians, and Reptiles." ASIH: organized by Alicia Mathis, Department of Biology, Southwest Missouri State University, Springfield, MO 65804-0095, (417) 836-5126, sam477f@vma.smsu.edu; Debra Lancaster, Department of Biology, Whatcom Community College, Bellingham, WA 98226, (360) 676-2170, Ext. 3241; and Brian Wisenden, CEEB, T. H. Morgan School of Biological Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506, (606) 257-8599, brian@CEEB.uky.edu.
5. "Four Decades of Research Excellence: The Scientists, Personnel, Equipment, and Natural History Collections of the U.S. Fish Commission Steamer Albatross (1882-1921)." ASIH, co-sponsored by the Fisheries History Section of the American Fisheries Society: organized by Mark R. Jennings, National Biological Service, 39913 Sharon Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, (916) 753-2727, Mark_Jennings@nbs.gov; and Kurt W. Dunbar, 1652 Hillsdale Road, Bellingham, WA 98226, (360) 676-5181.
6. "Life History and Ecology of Chelonians." HL: organized by R. Bruce Bury, National Biological Service, 3080 SE Clearwater Drive, Corvallis, OR 97333, (541) 754-4382, buryb@mail.cor.epa.gov.
7. "Biosystematics, Behavioral Ecology, and Conservation of Iguanas." HL: organized by Ronald L. Carter and William K. Hayes, Department of Natural Sciences, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA 92350, (909) 824-4300, ext. 48911, whayes@ccmail.llu.edu and rcarter@ccmail.llu.edu.
8. "Science and Conservation: Tales from the Front." ASIH Environmental Quality Committee: organized by Selina S. Heppell, Duke University Marine Laboratory, 135 Duke Marine Lab Road, Beaufort, NC 28516-9721, (919) 504-7567, ssh4@acpub.duke.edu; Frank McCormick, USEPA-NERL, 26 West Martin Luther King Drive, Cincinnati, OH 45268, mccormick.frank@epamail.epa.gov; and Phil Pister, Desert Fishes Council, P.O. Box 337, Bishop, CA 93514, phildesfish@mail.telis.org.
9. "Ontogeny of North Pacific Scorpaeniform Fishes." ELHS-AFS: organized by Morgan S. Busby, National Marine Fisheries Service, Alaska Fisheries Science Center, 7600 Sand Point Way NE, Bin C15700, Building 4, Seattle, WA 98115-0070, (206) 526-4113, mbusby@afsc.noaa.gov.
10. "Juvenile Fish Studies: Contributions to Early Life History and Recruitment Processes." ELHS-AFS: organized by Ric Brodeur, National Marine Fisheries Service, Alaska Fisheries Science Center, 7600 Sand Point Way NE, Bin C15700, Building 4, Seattle, WA 98115-0070, rbrodeur@afsc.noaa.gov; and Brenda Norcross, Institute of Marine Science, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK 99775-7220, norcross@halibut.ims.alaska.edu.
11. "Habitat Use and Diel Activity Patterns in Juvenile Salmon: Comparisons of Atlantic and Pacific species." ELHS-AFS: organized by Francis Juanes, Department of Forestry & Wildlife Management, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, (413) 545-2758, juanes@forwild.umass.edu.

12. "Elasmobranch Endocrinology." AES: organized by Jim Gelsleichter, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, P.O. Box 1346, Gloucester Point, VA 23062, (804) 642-7151, jimg@vims.edu; and Charles Manire, Mote Marine Laboratory, 1600 Thompson Parkway, Sarasota, FL 34236, (941) 388-4441, cmanire@marinelab.sarasota.fl.us.
13. "Captive Elasmobranch Biology." AES: organized by Juan Sabalones, National Aquarium, Pier 3, 501 E Pratt St., Baltimore, MD 21202, (410) 576-8424, jsabalones@aqua.org; and John Rupp, Point Defiance Aquarium, 5400 N Pearl St., Tacoma, WA 98407, (206) 591-5337, jrupp99806@aol.com.