- 2008
SCAMIT's Meeting Schedule.
Note Change in
Date----Monday, March 17th , 2008, 9:30-3:00,
at LACSD Marine Biology Lab. Amphipod meeting to be led by Don
Cadien. The infraorder Bogidiellida will be the topic group.
We will discuss the superfamilies Bogidielloidea, Hadzioidea, and
Melphidippoidea containing the families Bogidiellidae, Hadziidae,
Melitidae, Melphidippidae, Hornellidae, and Megaluroipidae. Don has
been writing reviews on the amphipod fauna of the Northeastern Pacific for
some time now and is beginning to share his work with SCAMIT. You
will find his reviews organized by superfamily and posted in the member
protected taxonomic toolbox:
NEP.SCAMIT - Taxonomic Tool Box
section of the SCAMIT website http://www.scamit.org/.
Don encourages all who plan to attend to download the files of the three
superfamilies noted above and review them for comment prior to the
meeting. Discussion will be open to local species, as well as,
species from out of our area that are of interest to members. Please
bring any problematic specimens to the meeting for review and taxonomic
resolution.
April 7th will be a meeting on
parasitic copepods led by Dr. Julie Kalman at Cabrillo Marine Aquarium.
May 12th will be a meeting entitled "Bivalves 101: an introductory
workshop on bivalve taxonomy" to led by Paul Valentich-Scott at the
SBNHM.
12 May, 2008: at
the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. “Bivalves 101”, led by
Paul Valentich Scott.
June 27 (tentative
date) will be a workshop on estuarine arthropods. It will be the
second meeting co-hosted by SCAMIT and SAFIT. It will be co-led by Don
Cadien and Christopher Rogers. The proposed venue is Cal Poly San
Luis Obispo and the details are being worked out now. Live material
from Morro Bay will be examined and used as an example of an estuarine
arthropod fauna. Participants will be asked to bring their own
dissecting scopes and any preserved material of interest.
9:00-4:00 note time change for meeting. I need to know how many
SCAMIT members will be attending, so please RSVP with me ASAP.
Information on close-by accommodations, meeting location, and parking
instructions at Cal Poly SLO will be forthcoming.
If you have any questions about any of
this, please contact me.
Larry Lovell
Marine Biologist II / SCAMIT President
Marine Biology Laboratory
Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts
24501 S. Figueroa St.
Carson, CA 90743
(310) 830-2400 X-5613
llovell@lacsd.org <mailto:llovell@lacsd.org>
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The SCAMIT officers have decided to not increase prices as this will
be a site for your celebration of SCAMIT.
But hurry, we have not been guaranteed that these prices will last!
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