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Meeting Summary

International Symposium on Foraminifera, Forams’ 98,

Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico, July 5-11, 1998.

This meeting, organized by Dr. Jose F. Longoria, Jr., and his wife, Martha A. Gamper, Florida International University, Miami, Florida, was a huge success. The technical sessions took place at the Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey. The presentations were organized into twenty theme sessions that included a wide spectrum of topics on Foraminifera. Subjects ranging from taxonomic and ecological studies to stable isotopes and paleoproductivity were covered. In addition to the technical sessions, three workshops were organized covering seismic stratigraphy, chronostratigraphy and forams as indicators of stressed environments. Two field trips were also organized for the Symposium. During the last day of the technical sessions, participants voted to have the next International Symposium on Foraminifera in Perth, Australia (2002). Barcelona, Spain was a close alternative.

The Sociedad Mexicana de Paleontologia, A. C., published the Proceedings of the meeting and the Abstracts with Programs. This special publication was edited by Jose F. Longoria, Jr. and Martha A. Gamper (127 p.) In addition to the proceedings, the two field trip guidebooks will be published shortly by the Sociedad Mexicana de Paleontologia, A.C. All three volumes may be ordered through Dr. Jose F. Longoria, Jr. His address is: Dept. of Geology, Forida International University, Miami, FL 33199, Tel: 305/ 348-2365, Fax: 305/ 348-3877, <gamperma@fiu.edu> [1999].

The Co-Conveners of Forams’98 are to be congratulated for a job well done! I am looking forward to the 2002 meeting in Perth and the interesting field excursions that will take place at both Shark Bay and the Great Barrier Reef. I hope the worldwide community of foraminiferalogists will join us there.

- submitted by Paul R. Krutak, Dept. of Geosciences, Fort Hays State University, 600 Park Street, Hays, Kansas 67601-4099, <pkratak@tiger.fhsu.edu> [1999].

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