Research, Conservation, Education
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Message from the organizers of an American Fisheries Society symposium:
The Program Committee for the 2018 AFS Meeting has extended the deadline for abstract submission. The new deadline is March 31, 2017.
The Imperiled Species and Fish Culture Sections of the American Fisheries Society would like to extend this invitation to present at a Symposium entitled, “Captive Propagation of Imperiled Aquatic Organisms” to be held at the AFS Meeting in Tampa, FL on Aug 20-24. We are soliciting for presenters who are willing to share their successes and failures culturing any imperiled aquatic species. Below is the abstract for the symposium, which has been accepted by program organizers.
Abstract: A growing number of aquatic organisms including fishes, mussels, and crayfish, among other aquatic organisms are imperiled. To aid conservation and recovery efforts, there is an increasing use of methods to propagate these organisms in captivity to support population augmentation and reintroduction efforts and for use in experiments. Methods for spawning and rearing many species either are scattered in the literature, are in unpublished documents, or in some cases are little more than anecdotes. The purpose of this symposium is to bring together scientists, managers, and others who work with captive propagation to exchange knowledge and attempt to synthesize what is known about captive propagation of different taxa, which new methods seem most fruitful, and which areas are most in need of further research. We will solicit case histories, results of experimental studies, and reviews and syntheses of captive propagation efforts. The ultimate goal of the symposium will be to produce a published volume that will serve as a general resource for scientists and managers and which can serve as at textbook for specialized graduate courses.
Presentation Format: 20-minute time slots (15 minutes presentation, 3 minutes questions + 2 minutes for room change)
The turn-around time for this is short as usual. Abstracts are due to AFS (https://afs.confex.com/afs/20
We hope that you will come and share your tricks for conservation culture.
Register now to attend the 2017 Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists!
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July 12-16, 2017
Austin Renaissance, Austin, TX
Abstract Submission: Deadline – March 22, 2017
Attendee Registration: Early Deadline – May 19, 2017
Exhibitor Registration: Deadline – May 31, 2017
Hotel Reservations: Deadline – June 19, 2017
Meeting information is available at
http://conferences.k-state.
Sponsoring Societies:
American Elasmobranch Society
American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists
Herpetologists’ League
Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles
Visiting Society:
The Early Life History Section of the American Fisheries Society
HR March 2017, Volume 48, Number 1. Our cover features a field photo of an adult Coleonyx reticulatus (Reticulate Banded Gecko), photographed by Noah Fields. This issue is scheduled to be mailed 27 March, although full contents are now available online to SSAR members at https://ssarherps.org/herpetological-review-pdfs/. All Natural History Notes, Geographic Distribution Notes, and Book Reviews are Open Access and are now available for download at the same link. If you are not a member of SSAR, please consider joining the leading international herpetological society. Student and online-only rates available. Follow the “Join SSAR” link on the home page. Congratulations to Noah for his outstanding cover photo!
The Carl Gans Collections and Charitable Fund is pleased to support attendance awards to students—both graduate and undergraduate, but not postdoctoral—who are attending the XI Latin American Congress of Herpetology: Puce, Ecuador (July 24th – July 28th, 2017).
The awards are open to all students regardless of nationality who are eligible to register at the conference. You may not apply if you applied for our previous 2017 conference grants. The deadline for receipt of applications is April 1, 2017.
You may access additional information about these grants and apply online via the Gans Collections and Charitable Fund’s Grants page.
SSAR is very pleased to announce the establishment of a new endowment in support of postdoctoral fellows. These awards will assist successful applicants to attend and present their research at SSAR’s annual meetings and meet and interact with leaders in the field, which comes at a key time in their careers when they are seeking permanent positions. Awards are open to postdocs from all countries. The first awards will be made to attend the Society’s 2017 meeting as part of the JMIH event at the Renaissance Austin Hotel, Austin, Texas, USA (July 12–16, 2017). Application deadline is: March 1, 2017.
For full details, click here.
The Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles (CAAR) consists of accounts of taxa prepared by specialists, including synonymy, description, diagnosis, phylogenetic relationships, published descriptions, illustrations, distribution map, and comprehensive list of literature for each taxon. Over 900 accounts have been published since the initiation of the series in 1963. The series covers amphibians and reptiles of the entire Western Hemisphere. Previously, accounts were published as loose-leaf separates; beginning in 2013 accounts are published as on-line PDFs. All accounts are open access and now are available for free download at the University of Texas Library Repository.
Symposia are important components of the Annual Meeting. They allow researchers in a given subfield to come together and present the latest research in that area; benefit society members through interactions with symposium participants; and can result in proceedings, books, or special topic section in the Journal of Herpetology. We invite the submission of symposium proposals for SSAR at the 2018 Annual Joint Meetings of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists. The deadline for electronic submission has been extended to March 17, 2017. See the SSAR website (https://ssarherps.org/meetings/symposium-proposals/) for submission guidelines.
We are excited to announce that Journal of Herpetology has begun continuous publication, where articles are published officially online shortly after they are accepted.