S T R I NEW S LET T E R '#22 SEMINAR NEWS The luncheon seminar on Tuesday. June 11 will be given by VICTORIA STARCZ AK. University of Connecticut. Dr. Starczak will speak on: Competition for mates and intrasexual aggression in the marine worm. Nereis acuminata. On Tuesday. June 18 our speaker will be J AMES WEINBERG. Smithsonian Pos tdoctoral Fellow from the University of Connecticut. His subject will be: Evolutionary 'divergence among populations of a marine isopod: within and between ocean comparisons. ARRIVALS & DEPARTURES June 8 Arriving. P. , NELSON and C. SCHAREM. new assistants on the Handley project at B Cr. June 9 - Leaving. JIM KARR on official business to Washington. D.C. to attend the meetings of the SI Research Policy Committee and the SI Management Committee. He will return June 12. June 9 Arriving. WILLIAM COX. SI Archives .for one week. to consult with various members of the staff regarding maintenance of records. June 10 - Leaving. IRA RUBINOFF. for San Juan. Puerto Rico. to attend the meetings of the International Union of Biological Sciences-UNSECO. on human impact on species diversity in tropical rain forests. He will return June 14. June 10 Arriving. JAMES HAMRICK. University of Kansas. to continue studies on genetic structure of tropical tree populations. June 10 Arriving. JESS ZIMMERMAN. University of Utah. on a Smithsonian Predoctoral Fellowship to study sex choice in the orchid Catasetum viridiflavum. He will be on BCI until December. June 15 Leaving. HENK WOLDA. for Budapest. to work at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences on the analysis of data on Lepidoptera wi th various colleagues there. He will return to STRI August 15. Also expected this week from Venezuela is ERNESTO WElL. Fundaci6n CienUfica "Los Roques" on an Exxon Assistantship. to work with J. Jackson on studies of the encrusting animal communities associated with coral reefs on both sides of the Isthmus. PLEASE NOTE Henk Wolda's home number The number that appears Directory is incorrect. is 68-0979. in the STRI JUNE 7TH, 1985 PERSONNEL NEWS BIENVENIDOS A STRI: RENE ENRIQUE OLMOS. who is the new Cook on BCr. Olmos had formerly worked as the chief cook for the las t four presidents of Panama. ANDRES RAMOS. who was selected as the new Gamewarden. Ramos has a B. S. in biology from the University of Panama. and had been teaching high school in Bocas d el Toro. FELICITACIONES: LORENA GATES was promoted from Clerk Typist to Secretary to the Facilities Manager. ALVARO GONZALEZ was promoted to the position of Gamewarden Group Leader. GABRIEL ABREGO was promoted to Gamewarden Naturalist. BASILIO MELA and ELADIO GONZALEZ also recieved promotions. THIS WEEK On Tuesday. June 11 at 5 pm. Architect JORGE RIB A will be the speaker in the environmental conservation seminar series sponsored by the ASOCIACIONES CIVICAS UNIDAS of Panama. Architect Riba will speak on: "El Futuro de las Areas Revertidas del Canal de Panama." at 5: 30 pm in the Hotel Continental. On Friday. June 14. in the BIBLIOTECA SIMON BOLIVAR. of the University of Panama. representatives from various institutions (RENARE-MIDA. STRI. CATIE. IDIAP. Univ. of Panama) civic groups. and the private sector will hold an all day working meeting to explore economic models to provide a livelihood for campesinos living in the canal watershed adjacent to the Barro Colorado Nature Monument. For further information. please call G. OCAIilA at the Tivoli. FOR SALE NEW caps with STRI logo in a variety of colors. $4.50 each. & T-shirts that say: "Pipeline Road - Limbo Camp. Parque Nacional SobernIa. Panama" in tan and white. S-M-L: $8.25 . Children sizes. 6-8.10-12.14-16: w.25. See MARIA MORELLO at the Tivoli. MORE ON THE BACK FOR RENT In El Cangrejo. bright. spacious apartment. 2 bedrooms. living- dining room. kitchen. balcony. maid's room and bath. Within walking distance of supermarket. drugstore. restaurants and park. Rent: $600. please call Ms. Wong. 23-7690. LIBRARY NEWS On a special "New Books shelf": AMBIO volume 14- 1985- ARCHAEOLOGY ( Handbook of Middle American Indians Suppl 11. J. Sabloff • ed. , 1981) F1219 A76 STRI REF BIRDING volume 17- 1985- CLADISTICS volume 1- 1985- ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS volume 7- 1985- A. INSECT POLLINATION OF CROPS ( J.B. Free, 1970) OK 926 F 853 STRI NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC RESEARCH volume 1- 1985- RESPONSES OF MARINE ORGANISMS TO POLLUTION ( J.J. Stegeman, Ed., 1984) 0 11 541.5 S3R43 1984 STRI SEARCH volume 15- 1984- TURTLES OF VENEZUELA ( P.C .H. Pritchard, 1984) QL 666 C5 P96t STRI DEFENSIVE MECHANISMS IN SOCIAL INSECTS ( lIenry R. Hermann oed. I 1984) OL 496 044 1984X STRI FISH HATCHERY MANAGEMENT ( R.G. Piper, 1982) SH 151 F5 1982X STRI GREENHOUSE EFFECT AND SEA LEVEL RISE( M.C. Barth and J.G. Titus, eds. , ;984) GC 89 G74 1984X STRI KNOCK ON WOOD: AN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF TALISMAN CHARMS, SUPERSTITION AND SYMBOLS', ( Carole Potter, 1983 ) BF 1775 P 67 1983X STRI REF LANDPRINTS: ON THE MAGNIFICENT AMERICAN LANDSCAPE OE 77 S84 1984X STRI Walter Sullivan, 1984) LIMITS OF SCIENCE ( P.B. Medawar, 1984) 0 175 M 433 1984X MAMMAL ECOLOGY ( M.J. Delany, 1982) OL 703 044 1982X STRI NEPAL NATURE'S PARADISE ( T.C. Majupura, ed., 1984) OK 359.5 N43 1984 STRI ORDERS AND FAMILIES OF RECENT MAMMALS OF THE WORLD ( S. Anderson and J.K. Jones , jr., eds ., 1984) OL 703073 1984X STRI REF BCI RAINFALL DATA Envir on".nlC1I SC I'''". PrO'HClO'\ - 8orro Colorado 1.land 1985 Ro. I"htl In 0'\0'\ " '0,,", durin, .. Ia." c. rain ,au,. dClY Jon F.b lia r A .. r liaY .Jun Jut Au, s.,. Oct 110... 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