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IX International
Symposium on Tardigrada
The congress was
attended by 48 researchers from
10 countries
from four continents (Asia, Europe,
North, Central & South America). During the
three days of the conference
26
talks and
26 posters were
presented.
So
far, this
was the third time that a tardigrade meeting took
place in the USA, making it (along Italy) the top country for the number of tardigrade
conferences. It was also the first
Symposium in the XXI century.
Table of contents
Logo
Dates
Place
Venue
Organisers
Participants
Group photo
Programme
Proceedings
Booklet
Photos
Logo
The Symposium logo, designed by
Dr. W. Randy
Miller (Chestnut Hill College), shows three tardigrades (Macrobiotus sp.,
Batillipes sp. and Echiniscus sp.) crawling on a
replicating DNA strand.
Dates
28 July 2003 - 01 August 2003.
Place
Saint Pete Beach,
Florida, USA.
World Map from
Wikipedia.
Venue
The Tradewinds Sirata Hotel.
Organisers
Dr. James R. Garey (University of
South Florida, USA),
Dr. P. Brent
Nichols (University of South Florida, USA),
Dr. Frank A.
Romano III (Jacksonville State University, USA),
Dr. W. Randy
Miller (Chestnut Hill College, USA).
Participants (alphabetically)
Abe, Wataru (Japan)
Altiero, Tiziana (Italy)
Avdonina, Alexandra
(Russia)
Bartels, Paul (USA)
Bateman, Lois (Canada)
Beasley, Clark (USA)
Bertolani, Roberto (Italy)
Blaxter, Mark (UK)
Boeckner, Matthew (Canada)
Collins, Michael (Canada)
D'Addabbo, Gallo (Italy)
DaFoe, Robert (USA)
Daub, Jennifer (UK)
Dewel, Ruth (USA)
Eibye-Jacobsen,
Jette (Denmark)
Fernandez, Maria
(Argentina)
Garey, James (USA)
Guidetti, Roberto (Italy)
Guldberg, Jesper Hansen
(Denmark)
Harada, Hiroki (Japan)
Heiner, Iben (Denmark)
Helm, Richard (USA)
Herrera-Vasquez,
Jonnathan (Costa Rica)
Hinton, Juliana (USA)
Hohl, Amber (USA)
Horikawa, Daiki (Japan)
Jerez-Jaimes,
Javier (Puerto Rico)
Klage, Karsten (USA)
Kristensen, Reinhardt
M. (Denmark)
Marley, Nigel (UK)
Maroon, Habib (UK)
Marshall, Mary (USA)
Marshall, Clayton (USA)
Meyer, Harry (USA)
Miller, William (USA)
Mitchell, Colleen (USA)
Narvaez-Parra,
Eliana (Puerto Rico)
Nelson, Diane R. (USA)
Nichols, Brent (USA)
Ray, Maggie (USA)
Rebecchi, Lorena (Italy)
Regier, Jerome (USA)
Rocha, Alejandra
(Argentina)
Romano, Frank (USA)
Suzuki, Atsushi (Japan)
Thomas, Frances (UK)
Trygvadottir, Birna
(Denmark)
Young, James (USA)
Group photo
Photo by
B. Higgins.
Programme
Sunday
(27.07.2003) |
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18:00-20:00 |
Welcome Social at the Beachfront Breezeway |
Monday (28.07.2003) |
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SESSION 1:
Welcome (Mediterranean
Palm) |
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09:00-09:10 |
J. Garey,
Symposium Committee Chair |
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09:10-09:30 |
S.
Schneider, Associate Dean of
Research, USF |
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09:30-10:30 |
Opening Lecture:
D.R. Nelson |
Tardigrade Research: Where Have We
Been? Where Are We Going? |
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10:30-11:00 |
Morning break
(Mediterranean
Palm) |
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SESSION 2:
Phylogeny
(Mediterranean
Palm) |
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11:00-12:00 |
J. Reiger |
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12:00-13:30 |
Lunch (Royal Palm) |
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13:30-14:00 |
M. Blaxter, B. Elsworth, J. Daub,
H. Maroon, A. Aboobaker & F. Thomas |
Molecular phylogenetics of the
Tardigrada and an investigation of the position of tardigrades
in animal phylogeny |
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14:00-14:30 |
J. Eibye-Jacobsen & R.A.
Dewel |
Three dimensional understanding of
the foremost section of the buccal apparatus of Echiniscus
viridissimus Peterfi,
1956 (Heterotardigrada) |
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14:30-15:00 |
R. Dewel & J.
Eibye-Jacobsen |
Origin and Diversification of the
Arthropods: New Interpretations of Some Old Characters |
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15:00-15:30 |
Afternoon break
(Mediterranean
Palm) |
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15:30-16:00 |
R. Guidetti, A. Gandolfi,
V. Rossi & R. Bertolani. |
Phylogenetic relationships in
Macrobiotidae (Tardigrada). II. Molecular (mtDNA) and
morphological approaches |
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16:00-16:30 |
P.B. Nichols, D.R. Nelson
& J.R. Garey |
Family Values: A Cladistic
Analysis of the Tardigrada |
Tuesday
(29.07.2003) |
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SESSION 1:
Life History – Temperate
(Mediterranean
Palm) |
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09:00-09:30 |
T. Altiero, L. Rebecchi,
R. Bertolani |
Phenotypic life history variations
in two clones of Macrobiotus richtersi |
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09:30-10:00 |
H.A. Meyer |
Distribution of Terrestrial
Tardigrades in the State of Florida |
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10:00-10:30 |
N. Marley |
Preliminary Results from a Study
on Ecuadorian Tardigrada |
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10:30-11:00 |
Morning break
(Mediterranean
Palm) |
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11:00-11:30 |
J. Hinton, H.A. Meyer &
K. Trahan |
Seasonal and Spatial Variation in
Tardigrade Diversity in Leaf Litter from Florida and Louisiana |
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11:30-12:00 |
P.J. Bartels & D.R.
Nelson |
A Large-scale, Multi-Habitat
Inventory of Tardigrades in the Great Smoky Mountains National
Park |
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12:00-13:30 |
Lunch (Royal Palm) |
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SESSION
2:
Poster session I (Sabal - Canary Palm) |
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15:00-15:30 |
Afternoon break
(Mediterranean
Palm) |
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15:30-... |
Free time/Late additions |
Wednesday
(30.07.2003) |
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SESSION 1:
Life History – Polar and Sub-polar
(Mediterranean
Palm) |
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09:30-10:00 |
M. Collins, M. Boeckner & L.
Bateman |
A Preliminary Account of
Tardigrades of Labrador, Canada |
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10:00-10:30 |
R. Miller & H.F. Heatwole |
Tardigrades of the Sub-Antarctic:
5000 year old eggs from Marion Island |
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10:30-11:00 |
Morning break
(Mediterranean
Palm) |
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11:00-11:30 |
J. Hansen, A.K. Katholm & R.M.
Kristensen |
A Study on the Genus Amphibolus
from Disko Island, Greenland, with Special Attention on the Life
Cycle of Amphibolus nebulosus (Eutardigrada:
Eohypsibiidae) |
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11:30-12:00 |
M. Boeckner, M. Collins, & L.
Bateman |
Factors Affecting the Ecology of
Tardigrada in Labrador, Canada with Relation to Elevation,
Latitude, Seasonality, and Desiccation Tolerance |
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12:00-13:30 |
Boxed lunch |
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12:00-... |
Bush gardens |
Thurday
(31.07.2003) |
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SESSION 1:
Life History – Marine
(Mediterranean
Palm) |
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09:30-10:00 |
T.M. Boesgaard & R.M. Kristensen |
The Tardigrade Fauna of Two
Australian Marine Caves With Descriptions of Six New Species of
Arthrotardigrada |
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10:00-10:30 |
I. Heine & R.M. Kristensen |
A Revision of the Marine Genus
Orzeliscus, Arthrotardigrada, Tardigrada |
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10:30-11:00 |
Morning break
(Mediterranean
Palm) |
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11:00-11:30 |
R. Kristensen |
Extreme Secondary Sexual
Dimorphism in the Genus Florarctus (Arthrotardigrada:
Halechiniscidae) |
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11:30-12:00 |
C. Beasley, L. Kaczmarek & L.
Michalczyk |
Additions to the Tardigrada Fauna
of Chin |
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12:00-13:30 |
Lunch (Royal Palm) |
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SESSION
2:
Poster session II (Sabal - Canary Palm) |
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15:00-15:30 |
Afternoon break
(Mediterranean
Palm) |
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SESSION
3:
Taxonomy & Methods
(Mediterranean
Palm) |
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15:30-16:00 |
H. Maroon, A. Aboobaker, F.
Thomas, J. Daub & M. Blaxter |
Adult and Embryonic Anatomy of
Hypsibius dujardini |
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16:00-16:30 |
W.R. Miller & Z.H. Johnson |
Auto-Montage Imaging for
Tardigrades |
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16:30-17:00 |
J. Herrera-Vásquez |
Tardigrades Density and Diversity
in Four Life Zones of Costa Rica |
Friday
(01.08.2003) |
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SESSION 1:
Phisiology
(Mediterranean
Palm) |
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09:00-10:00 |
R.F. Helm, K. Klage & M. Potts |
Tardigrades and Biomimetic Cell
Stabilization |
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10:00-10:30 |
L. Rebecchi, R. Guidetti, S.
Borsari, T. Altiero & R. Bertolani |
Long-term Anhydrobiotic Survival
of Lichen-dwelling Tardigrades |
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10:30-11:00 |
Morning break
(Mediterranean
Palm) |
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11:00-12:00 |
R. Guidetti, D. Boschini, L.
Rebecchi & R. Bertolani |
Encystment in Eutardigrades:
Differences and Common Traits in Two Evolutionary Lines |
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12:00-13:00 |
Open forum |
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12:00-13:30 |
Lunch (Royal Palm) |
FIRST
POSTER SESSION
Tuesday
(29.07.2003) |
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W. Abe |
Semiterrestrial Tardigrades form
Sakhalin Island, Far East Russia |
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J. Daub, F. Thomas, H. Maroon, A.
Aboobaker & M. Blaxter |
Genomic Resources for the
Tardigrade Hypsibius dujardini |
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P. Degma & M. Pecalkova |
The Ecological Distribution of
Tardigrada in National Nature Reserve Stuzica (Bukovske vrchy
Mts, NE Slovakia) |
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M.L. Fernandez, J.R.
Peluffo & C.M. de Peluffo |
Population Dynamics of
Dactylobiotus grandipes Schuster et al., 1977 (Tardigrada)
in a Neotropical Eutrophic Pond |
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R. Guidetti, T. Altiero &
R. Guidetti |
Dactylobiotus octavi n. sp.
(Eutardigrada; Macrobiotidae) from Disko Island |
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J.G. Hansen & R.M.
Kristensen |
The “Hyena Female” within the
Marine Tardigrada with the Description of Two New Species of
Megastygarctides (Arthrotardigrada: Stygarctidae) from Saudi
Arabia |
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N.J. Marley, R. Bertolani
& D.R. Nelson |
Designation of Pseudobiotus
kathmanae Nelson (Tardigrada) as the Type Species of
Pseudobiotus Nelson |
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D. Horikawa, W. Abe & S.
Higashi |
The Effects of Prehydration on the
Anhydrobiotic Survival in the Tardigrade Milnesium
tardigradum |
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J. Jerez-Jaimes |
Tardigrades in Six Phorophytes of
the Moss Calymperes tenerum C.
Muller |
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E.X. Narvaea & J.
Jerez-Jaimes |
Tardigrade Community Composition
in Four Forest Types in the El Divisio Reserve, (Santander,
Colombia) |
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A. Suzuki |
Oogenesis of Milnesium
tardigradum |
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S. McInness & P. Convey |
Exceptional, Tardigrade Dominated
Ecosystems in Ellsworth Land, Antarctica |
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D. Sucharski & W.R.
Miller |
Tardigrades of North America:
Southeastern Pennsylvania |
SECOND
POSTER SESSION
Thursday
(31.07.2003) |
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L. Kaczmarek & L. Michalczyk |
Milnesium katarzynae sp.
nov., a New Species of Eutardigrade from China |
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H. Harada & M.T. Ito |
The response of Soil-Inhabiting
Tardigrade Communities to Various Forests in the Southern Part
of Kanagawa Prefacture |
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N. Marley |
Tardigrades of Southwest England,
United Kingdom. A Long-term, Multi-habitat Survey from the
Coastal Urban Habitats to the Upland Moors |
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C. Marshall |
A Comparative Study of Souther
Indiana Urban and Rural Tardigrade Populations Due to Seasonal
Environmental pH Changes |
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H.A. Meyer |
Small-scale Spatial Variability in
Terrestrial Tardigrade Populations |
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M.M. de Peluffo, J.R. Peluffo,
A.M. Rocha & I.L. Doma |
Tardigrade Distributions in a
Medium-sized City of Central Argentina |
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L. Rebecchi, G. Rinaldi & T.
Altiero |
Resting Eggs in Tardigrades |
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F. Thomas, J. Daub, H. Maroon, A.
Aboobaker & M. Blaxter |
Establishment of a Culture System
for and Lifecycle Dynamics of the Tardigrade Hypsibius
dujardini |
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B. Trygvadottir |
Tardigrades of the Faroe Islands |
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K. Klage, R.F. Helm, J.D.
Eisenback, R. Dewel, R. Bertolani & M. Potts |
Tardigrades – Understanding
Dessication Tolerance |
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S. McInness |
Tardigrade faunaof Sub-Antarctic
Marion Island in the Prince Edward Archipelago, South Indian
Ocean – A Preliminary Report |
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S. McInness & P. Convey |
Tardigrade Fauna of the South
Sandwich Islands |
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W.R. Miller |
Tardigrades of North America:
Central Park, New York City, New York, U.S.A. |
Proceedings
The Symposium talks have been published in a
special volume of 'Hydrobiologia'. The volume contains
14
scientific papers on tardigrade
morphology, taxonomy, phylogeny, biogeography, ecology and
physiology. The symposium proceedings are dedicated to
Nigel Marley.
Hydrobiologia
(The International Journal of Aquatic Sciences)
vol. 558(1), 2006
Proceedings of
the Ninth International Symposium on Tardigrada
James R. Garey, Diane R. Nelson &
P. Brent Nichols
(Guest Editors)
COVER
CONTENTS
(click paper titles to open full texts in PDF)
TITLE |
PAGES |
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Table of contents. |
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Garey, J.R. The
biology of tardigrades: an introduction to the 9th international
symposium on Tardigrada. |
1-3 |
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Pilato, G., Bertolani,
R., Binda, M.G., Guidetti, R., Lisi, O. & Rebecchi, L. Tenth
International Symposium on Tardigrada. |
5 |
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Cryptobiosis |
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Guidetti, R., Boschini,
D., Rebecchi, L. & Bertolani, R. Encystment processes and the
‘‘Matrioshka-like stage’’ in a moss-dwelling and in a limnic
species of eutardigrades (Tardigrada). |
9-21 |
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Rebecchi, L., Guidetti,
R., Borsari, S., Altiero, T. & Bertolani, R. Dynamics of
long-term anhydrobiotic survival of lichen-dwelling tardigrades. |
23-30 |
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Morphology and
Phylogeny |
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Altiero, T., Rebecchi, L. &
Bertolani, R. Phenotypic variations in the life history
of two clones of Macrobiotus richtersi (Eutardigrada,
Macrobiotidae). |
33-40 |
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Dewel, R.A. & Eibye-Jacobsen,
J. The mouth cone and mouth ring of
Echiniscus viridissimus
Peterfi, 1956
(Heterotardigrada) with comparisons to corresponding structures
in other tardigrades. |
41-51 |
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Nichols, P.B., Nelson,
D.R.
& Garey, J.R. A family level analysis of tardigrade
phylogeny. |
53-60 |
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Suzuki, A.C.
Ovarian structure in Milnesium tardigradum (Tardigrada,
Milnesiidae) during early vitellogenesis. |
61-66 |
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New
Species |
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Guidetti, R., Altiero, T. & Hansen,
J.G. A new species of freshwater tardigrades from
Disko Island (Greenland)increases an unsolved paradox in
tardigrade systematics.
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69-79 |
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Guldberg, H.J. &
Kristensen, R.M. The ‘hyena female’ of tardigrades and
descriptions of two new species of Megastygarctides
(Arthrotardigrada: Stygarctidae) from Saudi Arabia. |
81-101 |
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Community Structure and Ecology |
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Avdonina, A.M.
Tardigrade fauna of the region between Oka and Volga rivers
(Russia) and patterns of their distribution in substrates and
habitats. |
105-109 |
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Bartels. P.J. &
Nelson, D.R. A large-scale, multihabitat inventory of the
Phylum Tardigrada in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park,
USA: a preliminary report. |
111-118 |
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Harada, H. & Ito, M.T.
Soil-inhabiting tardigrade communities in forests of Central
Japan. |
119-127 |
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Short
Research Notes |
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Meyer, H.A.
Interspecific association and substrate specificity in
tardigrades from Florida, Southeastern United States. |
129-132 |
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Meyer, H.A.
Small-scale spatial distribution variability in terrestrial
tardigrade populations. |
133-139 |
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de Peluffo, M.C.M., Peluffo,
J.R., Rocha, A.M. & Doma, I.L. Tardigrade distribution
in a medium-sized city of central Argentina. |
141-150 |
Booklet
By
Jim Garey.
Photos
By
Jim Garey.
If you have more photos from the Symposium and
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send them to us and we will put them on the website.
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