Hi
Does anyone know the phone details for conch-lister Emilio Garcia.
Thanks
Stephanie Clark
At 02:22 AM 4/10/2003, you wrote:
>>Date: Fri, 3 Oct 2003 09:52:35 -0500
>>From: Andy Rindsberg <[log in to unmask]>
>>Subject: Re: freshwater oysters?- Tanzania
>>
>>Well, I think it's been established that there is any number of
>>research projects that can be done on these bivalves, pelecypods, or
>>lamellibranchs in India, Africa, and South America. David obviously
>>would not turn down some fresh, frozen specimens for DNA analysis to
>>determine their evolutionary history. Their natural history
>>(distribution, predators, etc.) obviously needs work, if Ethiopian
>>scholars were entirely unaware of their existence a few decades ago.
>>The interesting shells aren't all in the sea. Of course, the curious
>>conchologist should ascertain whether these species are endangered
>>or threatened before collecting them, freshwater habitats being as
>>limited as they are.=20
>>
>>Cheers,
>>Andy
>>
>>Andrew K. Rindsberg
>>Geological Survey of Alabama
>
>
>Just an FYI, but Dan Graf of the Academy of Nat. Sci in Philadelphia
>and I are working on an NSF project on Southern Hemisphere freshwater
>mussels, naiades, naiads, nayades, clams, or bivalves (take your pick
>on names or endings). see: The Mussel Database Project
>http://clade.acnatsci.org/mussel/ for more details. We wouldn't
>object to a few fresh specimens either! For a look at Etheria or
>Acostea (South American equivalent) see
>http://www.inhs.uiuc.edu/~ksc/MusselGenera.html
>
>Kevin
>
>--
>Kevin S. Cummings
>Illinois Natural History Survey
>607 E. Peabody Drive
>Champaign, IL 61820
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>http://www.inhs.uiuc.edu/cbd/collections/mollusk.html
>
>
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Stephanie A. Clark
Biodiversity & Systematics
Department of Biological Sciences
University of Alabama
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Tuscaloosa, AL 35487
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