>Hello,
>
>My name is Alan Power.  Here are a few lines about myself, and why I =
>just subscribed to this server.  Back in college in Ireland I studied =
>whelks, the red whelk Neptunea antiqua in particular.  I grew quite fond =
>of these snails and so after graduating I found myself waist deep in the =
>marsh mud here in Savannah supergluing plastic tags onto the shells of =
>Georgian whelks.  Now I run the Shellfish Research Laboratory for the =
>University of Georgia Marine Extension Service on Skidaway Island.  We =
>do all sorts of research pertaining to the mollusca, from oyster reef =
>restoration to determining the hatchery protocol for various species of =
>potential commercial importance.  Our most recent venture has been in =
>the field of invasive species, where we have discovered an invasion of =
>the green mussel.  I am always looking for new project ideas and people =
>to collaborate with as well as just keeping up with all things =
>molluscan.  P.S. If anyone=92s in the area I will be supergluing whelks =
>again next month (the fun never ends, actually it did at around 10,000 =
>tags!).

Hi Alan

Those will make interesting specimens when they grow over the tags!
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Andrew Grebneff
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