UPCOMING MEETINGS
Alwine Bertels Joao Carlos Coimbra Ioan Chintaun Rosalie Maddocks Scientific Programme: Contributed papers: Next to the plenary sessions with invited speakers, there will be sessions with contributed papers, in 10 blocks total, five parallel sessions. A total of 300 contributed papers can be accommodated. Contributed papers may be presented for 10 minutes. Every morning there will be a plenary session with invited speakers. After lunch there will be 15 parallel sessions as well as poster presentations. Sponsoring societies: Amnon Rosenfeld International Technical and Scientific Committee: Microorganisms as foraminifera, ostracods, radiolarians, diatoms, calcareous nannoplankton, dinoflagellates, pollen and spores are among the main groups in micropaleontology. Their significance for biostratigraphy and paleoenvironmental reconstructions is well known. These microorganisms are very sensitive to environmental alterations, both natural and anthropogenic. They can be successfully used as indicators of stressed environments, including anthropogenic pollution. This is especially important for the coastal zone which is strongly affected by human intervention and where these microorganisms are widely distributed. The conference will introduce to a broader audience the value of microorganisms for a variety of applications, many of which are not generally associated with traditional micropaleontology. It may be presumptuous to call such applications the pointer to the future of micropaleontology, but they may, in part, better focus current discussions regarding the direction micropaleontology will take. The conference will address in particular: microorganisms as indicators of naturally stressed environments (global warming, oxygen deficiency and anoxia, oil-gas seepages, hypersaline and low saline environments, earthquakes); indicators of productivity; indicators of environments anthropogenically polluted by heavy metals, domestic sewage, oil, pesticides, fuel ash. Atike Nazik The Fourth European Ostracodologists Meeting will be held in Cukurova University, Adana, Turkey. The meeting will consist of papers, posters, workshops, discussion sessions, field-touristic trips, and social activities.
At the end of 1997, the 7th Congreso Argentino de Paleontologia y Bioestratigrafia will be held in Bahia Blanca, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina.
The Oceanographical Institute of the Universidade de Sao Paol is organizing a very interesting congress about marine sciences: VII COLACMAR, Latin-American Congress about Marine Sciences, September 22-26, 1997, Santos town, Sao Paolo State, Brazil, E-mail COLACMAR@USP.BR
14-15 June 1997, The Environment--Aggression and Protection
Bistrita, Muzeul judetean Bistrita-Nasaud, 4400 Bistrita Jud. Bistrita-Nasaud, Romania
Fourth International Curstacean Congress (Third European Crustacean Conference)
1998 Annual Summer Meeting of the Crustacean Society
July 20-24, 1998
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Development, Larval Biology and Life Histories
Ecology and Behavior
Physiology, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
Fisheries, Aquaculture, Pollution and Toxicoloy
Prf. Frederick Schram, University of Amdterdam, Chairman
Dr. Dick Spaargaren, NIOZ, Texel, Treasurer
Dr. Charles Fransen, National Natural History Museum, Leiden, Scientific Programme
Dr. Carel von Vaupel Klein, Leiden University, Proceedings
Prof. Dr. Gerard van de Velde, Katholieke Universiteit Nijmegen, Scientific Excursions
Prof. Dr. Johannes Ringelberg, University of Amsterday, Member
Wil van Zijl, University of Amsterdam, Secretary, Administration, Partner progr.
Dr. Ronald Vonk, University of Amsterdam, Member
Dirk Platvoet, University of Amsterdam, Member
Congress Bureau, Hotels, Administration, fees, registration
ICC 4 Secretariat
ICC 4, c/o Wil van Zijl, University of Amsterdam, Vakgroep SEP, P.O. Box 94766, HL-1090 GT Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Telephone 31-20-525-6635, 6435, 5422, Fax 31-20-525-5402, E-mail zijl@bio.uva.nl/schram@bio.uva.nl
The Crustacean Society, Brazilian Crustacean Society, Carcinological Society of Japan, Crustacean Society of China, Groupe d’Etudes et de Reflexion sur l’Evolution des Crustaces(GEREM), University of Amsterdam
The First International Conference "Applications of Micropaleontology in Environmental Sciences" June 9-13, 1997
The Porter Super-Center for Ecological and Environmental Studies and Institute for Nature Conservation Research, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
Conference Chairmen:
Prof. Valentina Yanko, Prof. Yossi Loya, Prof. Avital Gasith, Prof. David Scott, Prof. John Murray
Dr. Elisabeth Alve, Prof. Antony Arnold, Dr. Martin Buzas, Dr. Eileee Cox, Dr. Stephen Culver, Dr. Yoram Eshet, Dr. Avraham Honigstein, Dr. Amnon Rosenfeld
Taxonomy
Assemblage structure and spatial distribution
Density and diversity
Pathology of soft tissue
Morphology of the shells
Chemistry of the shells
Methodology and scientific devices
Statistical treatment and mathematical modeling
Atike Nazik, Cukurova Univ., Adana
Organizing Committee
Neriman Doruk, Museum of Ege Univ., Izmir
Mehmet Duru, Institute of Mineral Research and Exploration, Ankara
Aziz Ertunc, Cukurova Univ., Adana
Nuran Gokcen, Dokuz Eylul Univ., Izmir
Umit Safak, Cukurova Univ., Adana
Cemal Tunoglu, Hacettepe Univ., Ankara
Scientific Committee
N. Aladin, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia
V. Apostelescu, Montesson, France
G. Bonaduce, Univ. Federico II, Napoli, Italy
S. Crasquin-Solleau, Univ. of Pierre & Marie Curie, Paris, France
N. Gokcen, Dokuz Eylul Univ., Izmir, Turkey
H. Groos-Uffenorde, Inst. Geol. Paleont., Univ. Gottingen, Germany
C. Guernet, Univ. of Pierre & Marie Curie, Paris, France
D. Gulen, Univ. of Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
D. Van Harten, Free Univ., Amsterdam, Netherlands
M. Keen, Univ. of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland
E.K. Kempf, Univ. of Koln, Koln, Germany
K.G. McKenzie, Charles Stuart Univ., , Wagga Wagga, Australia
N. Krstic, Geoinstitut, Beograd, Yugoslavia
H.J. Oertli, Bizanos, France
A. Rosenfeld, Israel Geological Survey, Jerusalem, Israel
J. Szczechura, Institute of Paleobiology, Warsaw, Poland
K. Wouters, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Brussels, Belgium
Objective
The aims of the meeting are to bring together ostracodologists from different countries to discuss their problems and fascinations with Ostracoda. Both oral and poster sessions will be held. The meeting subject is "Studies on Ostracoda": i-Paleontology and Biostratigraphy of Ostracoda from Palaeozoic to Recent, ii-Evolution, Environment and Paleogeography, iii-Reproductive Biology, Genetics, Morphology and Shell Chemistry.
Language of Meeting
The official language of the meeting will be English. But, contributions in German and French may also be accepted, if required.
Activities
A technical field trip to the Neogene sequence of the Adana Basin will immediately follow the main technical sessions of the meeting. After this, a tourist trip to the well-known volcanic area of Cappadocia will be organized for interested persons.
In addition, free daily cultural and touristic trips in Adana will be arranged for accompanying persons during the technical sessions. Further information will be given with the Second Circular.
Ostracodologists interested in attending the meeting should complete the attached application form and mail it to the Meeting Secretariat before 31 December 1997. The Second Circular will be sent only to those who respond to this first announcement.
Accommodation
Participants will be accommodated at the University Guest Houses, or arrangements can be made with city hotels if this is preferred.
Costs
Registration fee: US $150 entitles you to a copy of the Abstracts booklet and Proceedings volume, plus morning and afternoon refreshments, and free transport to and from the Conference halls by campus buses. Accommodation at the University Guest Houses is very moderately priced. Good meals will be provided in the Guest House restaurants (breakfast/dinner) and at the University Cafeteria (lunch). Details of the related costs will be given in the Second Circular, which includes booking arrangements for accommodation and meals. Costs of the technical field trip to the Adana Basin and the touristic trip to the Cappodocia will also be advised in the Second Circular, with their booking arrangements.
Adana
Adana is the fourth largest city in Turkey, bounded by the Taurus Mountains to the north and the Mediterranean to the south. Its climate is typical of the northern Mediterranean region. The average temperature is around 14-180C during the winter and 30-380C during summer. The average temperature during the period of the meeting is likely to be around 25-300C. Adana is situated on the edge of the Seyhan Delta and is the chief city of the Cukurova region, renowned for its rich agriculture, citrus fruit production, and textile manufacture. It also boasts a long and varied cultural history. Cukurova is one of the new universities in Turkey, established in 1973, and is situated on a large, delightful campus, overlooking the Seyhan Dam lake on the northern edge of the city.
Transportation
Adana is really accessible by plane or bus from Istanbul or Ankara. The Turkish bus system in particular is highly efficient and cheap using modern Mercedes-Benz buses and the good Turkish roads. Istanbul-Adana is 14 hours by bus; the Ankara-Adana bus trip takes 6 hours. The geology of the Anatolian Plateau is well exposed along most of the route.
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