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

Drs。雷蒙德·鲍尔和乔尔·马丁组织了一个关于甲壳类动物生殖生物学的专题讨论会，计划在1988年12月的美国动物学家协会（ASZ）会议上举行。研讨会的三个主要主题是：1)甲壳类动物吸引配偶的化学、视觉和声学机制；2)求偶和交配行为；3)交配结构的形态变化和功能考虑。在过去的十年中，对这些现象的研究加速了，而提议的研讨会将是第一次尝试整合它们。这些领域的综合将阐明配偶选择、生殖结构和交配行为的进化作用。这次研讨会是由美国海洋和海洋管理局无脊椎动物部和甲壳类动物学会共同主办的。为期一天的专题讨论会将包括12位受邀演讲者和几次专题讨论会。主办单位计划出版相应稿件的论文集。拟议的专题讨论会和论文集对若干领域具有重要的潜在影响。研究其他节肢动物的研究人员，如昆虫，将对生殖系统进化的更大问题有更深入的了解。生态学家将获得甲壳类动物种群和生殖生物学多样性的宝贵新数据，这些数据是常用的环境指标。最重要的是，这次研讨会将启动对进化、生殖生物学和交配行为进行高度整合的一代研究。

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.