Symposium on Sex Attraction, Mating Behavior, and Insemination in Crustacea; San Francisco, California; December 1988

雷蒙德·鲍尔和乔尔·马丁博士组织了一次 甲壳纲动物生殖生物学专题讨论会 1988年12月，美国社会 动物学家（ASZ）。 研讨会的三大主题是 1)使用的化学、视觉和听觉机制， 吸引配偶的甲壳类动物，2）求偶和交配 行为，3）形态变异和功能 配合结构的考虑。 对这些现象的研究 在过去的十年里， 这将是第一次尝试将它们结合起来。 的综合体 这些区域将阐明配偶在进化中的作用 选择、生殖结构和交配行为。 的 研讨会由无脊椎动物学 ASZ和甲壳动物协会的分部。 为期一天的 研讨会将包括12位特邀演讲者和几场会议 贡献的技术演示文稿。 组织者计划在 出版一卷相应的手稿。 拟议的专题讨论会和会议记录卷具有重要意义 对一些领域的潜在影响。 研究人员在其他 节肢动物群体，如昆虫，将深入了解 生殖系统进化的更大问题。 生态学家将获得有关人口和 多种甲壳类动物的生殖生物学， 常用的环境指标。 最重要的是 研讨会将启动一代高度一体化 研究进化、生殖生物学和交配行为。

Drs. Raymond Bauer and Joel Martin have organized a symposium on the reproductive biology of the Crustacea, scheduled for the December 1988 meeting of the American Society of Zoologists (ASZ). The three major themes of the symposium are 1) the chemical, visual, and acoustic mechanisms used by crustaceans for attracting mates, 2) courting and mating behavior, and 3) the morphological variation and functional considerations of mating structures. Research on these phenomena has accelerated in the past decade, and the proposed symposium will be the first attempt to integrate them. A synthesis of these areas would illuminate the evolutionary role of mate selection, reproductive structures and mating behavior. The symposium is being cosponsored by the Invertebrate Zoology Division of the ASZ and by the Crustacean Society. The day-long symposium will include 12 invited speakers and several sessions of contributed technical presentations. The organizers plan to publish a proceedings volume of corresponding manuscripts. The proposed symposium and proceedings volume have important potential impact on a number of areas. Researchers on other arthropod groups, such as the insects, will gain insight into the larger questions of evolution of reproductive systems. Ecologists will gain valuable new data on population and reproductive biology of a diversity of crustaceans, which are commonly used environmental indicators. Most of all, the symposium will set in motion a generation of highly integrative research on evolution, reproductive biology, and mating behavior.