STRI newsletter
July 21, 1995SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE - Apartado 2072. Balboa. Panama No. 29
TUPPER CENTER SEMINARS No noon seminar scheduled for Tuesday, July 25. Anyone interested in giving a seminar, please contact Neal Smith, at the Tupper Center.
Behavior Discussion Group
The Behavior Discussion Group will meet to discuss the manuscript 'TypOlogy, Sexual Selection By Female Choice, and Neural Systems" by Bill Wcit.lo and Bill Eberhard, on Tue, Jul 25, LMR, Ipm.
Copies of the manuscript are available in Bill Weislo's box at Tupper, by E-mail, or asking Wcislo for a copy by regular mail.
NAOS LAB LUNCHEON Friday, July 28, Naos Marine Lab lun- cheon speakers will be Rebecca Petersen and Carolyn Cruz.
PEOPLE ~
Arrivals
• Tun Swain, State University of New York, Jul23-24. Aug, tu work with How- ard Lasker's project on the fertilization success among broadcast spawning benthic invertebrates, in San BIas.
Departures
• Fernando So.ntos-G .. ·a~ero,
Jill
22-13 Aug, to Quito, Ecuadcr, to work with the co-author of a jo~t book J.nd to coordinate the pub1.kation of the EtlZIl-ographic Guide of Upper Ama.2onia.
THINGS TO KNOW At the Tupper Center
Tue, Ju1 25 • Tupper Scientific Support Staff meeting,
srvfR.
9am• IRHE-Fortuna Meeting, Large Meeting Room, 9<1m
• Behavior Discussion Group Meeting. lMR. 1 pm
Fri. Jul28 • CAFSAC-COP Meeting, Conference Hall, llam Sal, Ju) 29 • STRl-University of Panama
award cererrony fur Gigante Course fOrtiop.-lnts, LMl~ 9am
On Wed, luI 12, 11 group from "Escuela Cabuya Arriba'!, Anton, accompanied by Arturo Dominici, tried one of t1t~ recently installed telescopes at Punta Culebra to look at tile fauna and flora of adjacent areas, and tile ships tirat tralls;t tlte Paltama Canal'" EI miercoles 12 de julio, un grupo de la Escue/o Cobuya Arriba, Alli611, acompa~1ndos por Arturo Dominici, probaron U1l0 de los felescnpios illsta/ados recientemmte en Punta Culebra para obseroar la Imina y flora de los alrededores, as( como los bareos que trallsitall el Callal de Panama. (F%; A. Monlllru:r)
- - - - At th~ CuJebra Marine Rcscl'V'e
Tue-, Jul 25 Pn·mer Cido Paflilllui Woo,Ju126 ]Itstitllto Comerrial PalUmuf Thu, Jul 2J Escuela Gil Collmge Fri.
Jul
28 Escuela Federicc Veldsqll£z Sal,J ul
L9 Asociacion de Estudinnles de 11lgenieria Illdustrial. tlSMA At Barro Colorado IsLmd Station5.:1t,
Jul
22 Visitors from Panama City and Colegio Pre:;iruml!: Roo<..cveJt Sun, Jul 23 Panama Canal CommissionSat, Jul 29 Universuwd de Panama and Colegio &fael A. Moreno Sun,
Jul
30 SEK lni.ernationalFrom Extem.al Affairs ••• De Asuntos &fernos
The Interoceanic Regional AuthOrity (ARl) of Panam,a, through its Board of Director's Resolution No. 035 of March 15, authorized exclusive custodian- ship to
snu
of the area adjacent to its Ubrary /Coruerence complex to develop an "Arboretum". Part of the land right across from the future"Arboretum" was also assigned to SIRI to be used as parking for both Conference Center and Ubmry users. 1l1e resolution was Signed by ARJ's Board President, Carlos Mendoza · · · lil junta direct iva de fa Autoridad de /a
RegWIl illterocetinica (ARO, a traves de la ResolucWn No. 035 del 15 de nUlTW, otorgo a STRlla alstadia exdllsim del area ad!flUX1lte al complejo de fa biblioteal .If e1 Om/ro de COllferellcins TXII1l Irtmsfonl1l1rla ell WI .. ArboretumH• PlIrte del dml
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July 21, 1995 SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITlITE. Apartado 2072. Balboa, rMlam~ No. 28 twlle al futuro "Arboretum" tambibt
fue
asignadD a STRIpara USlJrla como estacionamiento para usuarios del Centro de COllferencias y la biblioleca. £Sla Tesoluci6n ful! firmada por CArlos Mendoza, presidente de fa Junta Diredioo del ARl.
11lank You Note· •• Nota de Agradecimknto
~ We want to thank all those who cooperate
~'I
with the recycling program atsrru
using the assigned. containers for aluminum cans, ... 1 newspapers. wl-Jte paper and glass jars. For~
those who haven't joined. the program yet.we will like to remind you that every SfRI facility has specific containers for the i:bove mentioned items •••
Deseamos agradecer a todos aquellos que esttfn coopenmdo con eI programa de reciclaje de STRI. usando los contenedores CO"espondientes para lalas de aluminio, periOdicos, popel blanco y enooses de vidrio. Ailuellos qlU aun na han entrado e" el programa, queremos reamJarJes que fadas las instalado- nes del Instituto cue,llan con cofltem:dares espec{ficos para cada uno de los objetos mendonados.
From Exlem.al Affairs
Effective Tue, Aug 1, all paz. Y Salvos to leave Panama will only be issued. at the E1 Dorado office. Visitors planning to leave the country must ronlact CeIideth De Le6n, Office of External Affairs, TIvoli, ot 1eost 8 worl<ing days before departure date. The new fee for paz y Saloos Is $1.00.
When VISiling DC! ••• VISitas a Barm CD/orado This is a reminder that anyone visiting Bel must make their reservations during working days. This is essential to insure transportation and lunch ••• Se les recuerda a lodes aqueJlos
que
visit.n Barra CownuhJ, que deben !weer sus restroaeiones durante dfas laborables. Esta es necesario TXZra asegumrse el transporte a fa Isla, aJ igwlque
el almuerz.o.Declarad6n de Renta
Se les recuerda a los emplcados panamei\os que hacen declaraci6n de renta, que deben entregar una copia de
esta
a Carlos Urbina, Departamento de Conlabilidad de STRI en TIvoli, antes del maries 25 de julio.ANNOUNCEMENTS
New Scholarly Studies Program Awards for STRI Richard Condit: Factors Controlling Diversity in Mixed and Monodominant Forest in Central Africa: A Forest Dynamic Plot for the lturi Region in Zaire.
leremy B.C.lackson: Diversity and Extinction of Tropical American Mollusks in the Southern Caribbean.
Harililos Ltssios: Evolution of Loci Controlling Gametic Isolation in Sea Urchins Seporoted by the Isthmus of Panama.
Sobre Eric Anuu10
EI Comite Pro-Trasplante de Rii\6n para Eric Amado Cvlu.ile:l, desb1 agrodecer toda Ia ayuda recibida para esta noble causa. Nos IT mpla·
ce informar que gracias a los apor·
tes recibidos dentro y fuera de STIU logrnmos recaudar $30,000, dinero necesario
para
cubrir la operaci6n y gastos conexos de Eric Y sus famlliares. Eric se encuenbn enCali"
Colombia, en eI Hospital Universitarto del Valle desde el20 de junio. Luego de la evaluaci6n de 100 esped·alistas, se determin6la necesidad de dos oJ:'!"r",(>:-''''S: una nefrectomia (remod6n de rii\ones), reaU.zada l;...lt0Silll\en.~
el 5 de julio, y el lrnnsplante, progromodo poro ell'"Ulrtes 25 de julio. Estaremos informando a trnvls de CW y este medio.
At the Office of Education
You may find inform:ltion on courses, congrt;.;.;s("'l, training opportunities, etc., that Hte too long to publi;lt. Some of this information roncerns:
• Segundo Ccngreso dela Biodiv ... idad Caribetla, Santo Domiugo, 1-t.17 de enero de 1996.
• Maestria en Genda3 en RKursos N<lh ' '~) ').53..
nullo RW'al, Colegio eta b. Frontera Sur, Chiapas.
NEW STIU PUBLICATfO S ."
Ibanez D., Roberto, Jaramillo, Cesar A. and SolL'i, Frank A. 1995. "Una Especi.c Nue\.'3 de AtelopI.;,A (An.pt, ~ia:
Bufonidae) de
Panama"
Canl>bean IOl/mal of Science 31 (1-2), .57-04.
Lessios, Harilaos A. 1994. 'Status of Diadema Popuiations Ten Venn; After Mass Mortallty_"
m
P"""",Ungs of the Eight Inlernaaanai fellinadam Conf=1Ice, 648, ed1ted by B. llivid, A.G. andJ.P.
F~ and M Roux. Rotlercllm:Balkema
Santos Granero, Fernando and Barclay, Frederica (eels).
1994. Guia EltlDgnljial de la Alt. Amazon .. , Vo'. U. Quito:
Serie Colecdones y Documentos FLASCO.
Santos Granero, Fernando and Barclay Rey de Castro, Frederica. 1995. Ordenes Y Des6rdenes en la Selva Central.
Quito: Serle Estudk>s de Ia Sociodad Ruml 13 IEP.
FLASCO.
MISU;LLANEUUS
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Se Venden
CD's de mtislca variada nuevos, 0 de poco uso en muy buen estado. Interesados llamar a Martin Mitre del Centro de Paleoecologia, ill 228-1015, despu03 de horns de trab.ljo.
