STRI newsletter

STRI newsletter

May 5, 1995 SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INS'I11UTE -Apartado 20?2, Balbo!, Ponami No. IS

On th~ ltft, 10rgt. Vt.ntocilla IIdmires II drawing by Martin Moynihan, uJuuited at the. STRI Community Arts and Crafts Show, in the Tupper Center Exhibit Hall. On the rigltt, Fenl.lmdo Caballero, Assistant Stcurity Offi«r,

trims

one of his bonsais, that also can bt. uiewed at the uhibit opt.n until May 11 ••• En

wIota de.

la izquierda, Jorge

Venfocilla

admira

un cuadra de Marlin Moynihan, que

^Be. apont! en

14 F.xhibicion

de. Arle y Manualidades dt-lsI

Comunidad de STRI

en

el Salon de Exhibidones del

Tupper.

En

Ia

foto de

III

derecha, Fernando Caballero, sub-director

dt stguridad, mantit:ne uno de sus bonstJis,

que

tambiht

pueden

verse

en

la exhibid6n

hasta till de mayo.

(fotOf.:

M.A.

eum-4)

TUPPER CENTER SEMINARS No noon seminar

scheduled

for Tuesday, May 5. For scheduling a seminar, please contact Neal Smith, at the Tupper Center.

BAMBI SEMINARS During Greg Gilberfs absence until

June

6, John Barone

will

act as the

Bambi

seminars' coordinator. No Bambi

is

sch- eduled for this coming week.

l'EorlE Arrivals

• Damon Kyllo, Pre-doctotal fellow from

the University

of

Missouri. May 8-22. to

continue studies on the translocation

through VA Mycorrhi2ae and

the

effects

on plant performance and early succes- sion under different li ht,

on BO.

STRI

Arts

and

Crafts Show:

How

it

Came About

by

Anndte Aiello

Upon seeing the work of the artists worldng on the Culebra marine

exhibit, 1 became curious to see some of the other work they had

done. About the same time, I

cMIlce, d to

dlscover that a J\umber of

STRI people have artistlc hobbies, and

It occw'red to

me that

it

might be nJce to have a small art ahow. In speoJdng with people about

the

Idea,

I

encountered a great

deal of

enthusIasm and learned

of

many more people who

did artisticthlnJ!$.

The Idea very

quickly

expande<j

to

include craJts as weU as art andspecialcoUec- tions. A date was set.

Maria Luz

Calder6n expressed an interest

in

helping to organize and set up the show. She spent a gond deal of

her Ume on it, and made 11 happen

with

the help of Ricardo Cortez and Marcos Guerra.

The show opened at I pm, Tuesday, 2 May 1995, at JheTupper ExhlbU Hall, and will continue through Friday, 12 May. There was l1D.formal opening, and regretting

tha~

we plan to have an offlclal closlng that

will talee place at I

pm, Thursday, 11 May.

The

ceremony wilIlndude live music for slrings. played by ElIzabeth Leigh and several other local

musicians.

All

the

STRI

commUIllty

Is

invited

to attend.

1

May 5, 1995 SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE. Apartado

'11Y12.

Balboa, Panama No. IS

• Gerardo Toro, SIRI's

Latin

American fellow from the Univen;idad

del

Vaile,

Colombia, May 5-Jul 30, to work with John Pandolfi in a study of the spatial variability in coral

reefs

communities of 125,000

years

old, at Naos.

• Rafael Coma, Kiho Kim and

Elizabeth

Beiring, Univer- sity of New Yorl<;, May 9-8 JuI, 10 work with Howard Lasker in his project of fertilization success among broadcasl spawning benthlc invertebrates, in San Bias.

• John Brown. Justine Evans, Sean Morris and TlDl Scoones, Oxford Scientific Films, May 11l-31

JuI.

to oontlnue their projects. They will be stationed at

Gamboa.

• David

Chalcraft,

lo-week graduate student from VirgInia Tech, May 11l-20 Aug, to study the predation on

lizard eggs

by

ants:

interaction modifications in an unstable physical environment, on BCI.

Departures

• Ross Robertson, May 8-6 Jun, to

Tahiti,

to

join an

expedition to the Marquesas Islands, Fr. Polynesia.

Worthy

Cause Update

Let

us

begin by thanking every single person who has generously given his or her support to

Eric

Amado.

Though few, we have raised 51050.00 so far. There

is

still much work to do and needed money to raise. It will only be done, if we all work together and give it a good.

effort.

Let

us

embrace

this worthy cause and share with the Gonzalez family in their pressing need. The life of a child is at stake and we can do much to better

that

situation. Much depend. on us, let's

join

our efforts and make a dream come true: a healthy and normal life for

a

five

year

old

boy

who doesn't even understand

the

nature of his

aUment.

We can help do it! Those interest- ed in participating

in

the support committee for Eric Amado,

please

contact V1elka Rodriguez at BCI before Wed, May 10. Danlel MiII4n will keep us posted on the new activities planned

to

get more money for

the

Iddney transplant Besides the fund for the operation, the Happy Hour Adtivlty provided some necessary Items to keep Eric Amado in a more

healthy

environment to

buy

him lime before all the $15,000 can be raised.

TlIINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW

At

!be

lUpper Center

Mon.. May 8 • Fundaci6n Natura, Auditori~ Bam Tue, May 9 • ScIentific Staff Meeting, l.MR, 2pm

• Happy Hour, Corotu Cafeteria. 4:30pm Thu,

May

11 • Casing ceremony

of

the

STRI Com-

munity Art and Crafts Show, Exhibit Hall, Ipm

• FundJJCi6n NalurIJ, AuditOrium..

Sam

2

At the Culebra Marine Reserve 1\1e,

May 9

Direa:i6n de Excepcionales

Wed, May 10

Direa:i6 n de Excepcionales

Thu. May 11

Direa:i6n de Excepcionales

Fri, May 12 lnstituto Enrico Fermi

Sat, May 13 Escu£Ll Rent Omar

Tejada, Los Santos At Harm

Colorado

Island Station

Sat, May 6 Co1egio LA Salle and Outdoor Recreation

Sun Apr 7

Sa~ May 13

Center, Fort Cayton

Univen;idad Santa

Maria LA

Antigua

Aauiemia

San'"

Marfa.Colon and visitors from Panama and the

U.s.

Sun, May 14

Instituto Juslo

Arosemena

ANNOUNCEMENTS From ExIemal Affaits

Recently, a Working Plan and a Cooperation Agreement with the Federal University of Parana (UFPR), Curibba, Brazil, was signed between Ira Rubinoff, STRI and

J a.e

Enrique de Faria, Dean of the UFPR This agreement calls for

technical

and scientific interchange to reconstruct the

history of the vegetation and the climate

in several regions of Bra2il since the last glacial epoch. The STRI Paleoecolog·

ical team, headed by Paul Colinva"", and the UFPR Depart- ment of Botany and its staff, headed by Raquel RB.

NegreIle, will be working together for the successful achievement of this project.

SIlLu1. Ambimte y Desarrollo

l.a.

Fundad6n NATURA

invita

a

Ia

oomunidad.

de

SIRl a

asistir aI Oclo de ConIerencias ''Salud. Ambienle y Desarr0- llo: Introduo:i6n. Metodologlas de AnMisIs Ambiental", de Sam a Spm en el Auditorio del Centro de Conferencias Earl

S.

1\1pper. el !unes 8 de mayo de 1995. Inversi6n par participante: $S. Sa desarroUaran los slguientes lomas:

"Desarrollo, Iecnologlas Y media ambiente en PanamA", "Ley de Evaluad6n de Impacto Ambiental", "Rlesgos Amblenta- les", y "Experiencias de AnMisIs Ambiental en

0_

^palses.

El ddo de oonferendas esta auspldado por el MlnIsterto de Salud

Y

la Organizad6n Panamericana de la Salud, y organizMo por la Pundaci6n NAlURA. Mayor informaci6n en los tel. 211-1935/211-1936 • Fax 28-1934.

DesarroUo SocioeconOmioo y Bi04iI>eJ 'dad

SENACYT, INRENARE, Pundaci6n NAlURA y llCA lnvitan a una Conferenda Extraordinarla sabre el Desarrollo

Socioecon6mico y Biocliversidad: Una Perspecliva Centroa-

mericana, por Rodrigo Gamez, director general dellnstltuto de Bindivezsldad de Costa Rica, el j.Jeves 11 de mayo de 1995, en el Auditorto del Centro de Conferencias Earl S, 1\1pper a las 4pm. Entrada hbre.

May 5,1995 SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE. Apartado 2072, Balboa, Panama No. 18

May

SIRI

Birthdays Aurelio Vu-go

I

~

Johna-y

^4~'

Angel Aguirre 5 Steven Paton 5

Emesto Pella 7

~Marero 12 juan B. Dutari 13 juan

llarria

13

Gabriel Jaoome 13

UbaIdo Flmentel 17 Alejandro Aru 17

~:~~~~es : ^{~I t ~}

Eduardo Sierra 20 ' \

'/~

Abel Gomez 22 Felix Sanchez 26

~rJUnenez

29

Naocy Knowlton 30

VI Congreso Cientfjico Agropeauuio

@)

La

Facultad de Oenclas Agropecuarias de la Universidad de PanamA invita a

la

comunidad de STRI a partidpar en e1 VI Congreso Cientifico Agropecuario, que se llevara a cabo del 19 al 21 de julio de

1995 en el Corregimiento de

Chlrlqul La

fecha tope para la entrega del titulo.

autones) y resfunenes de exposltores es el12 de mayo de 1995. Este resumen

seri utilizado para ser fotografiado para la

publ1cad6n

de las memorias

del congre-

so, m!xirno 300 pa1abras. espado sendllo en una ~gina de 8.5 • 11. dejando 25 pulgadas de margenes arriba y ahajo de la hoja

y una

pulgada • cada

lado. Para

fadlitar su partldpad6n se

ha

deddido

que

eI

expositor

suministre

una copia de su conferenda, por esoito, a

mAs

tardar

el 26 de mayo de 1995. para agilizar el

proceso de impresi6n de las memorias.

Para

lnfonnaci6n

sobre

alojamiento, y la forma a llenar para este congreso, favor

de pasar por la Ofidna de Becas y Educa-

ci6n de STRl, en el Centro Tupper.

Du.nm~ '" semana piWUfa, "Snruura tU Lu SecrdariJU", STRI ofreci6 WI

brituli. ^II todas las ucn.tarias dellnstituto, el jueves 27 de,wn~ t:1I el Sal6n Principlli de Reunionu tkl Centro TupptI'. PUll ufII toto tk gmpo se.

mmimm,. tk irquierda II dnecha, VICky Rodriguer.. Ami Luisa de lR Espada, ManfUl Perurt:nll y Nereidll Herndntkr.. s.ecretarill$i Audrey Smith.

Coordinado,a till Tupperi ~litUth tk Le6n,. Adrian4 Bilgray, Cristinll Arias Y M/UUla Valias, secretmill$; Doris MIlrliz., admmistrado,a. hi "Mini- BookstOJ'llH; Y Lidill Mann Y Olgll VAsquez., ucrctarill$. (Fohx M.A. Cwm-a)

At the Office of Fellowships and Education

Due to lack of space, the

SfRI

Newsletter

is

unable to publish all announcements. These are some of the news items available for conswtation at the Office of Fellowships

and

Education

(see

Maria

Luz calderon):

• RegI>trntion

Pad<age &r

the!UFRO

XX WOOd

~

6-12 August 1995.

'i'an'q>erP.. HnIan± CariI1g &r

the _ - . in a

Ow>ging World.

• SymposIum on Molecu1ar Evolution and Adaptive Radiation, july 7-8. 1995, M('{;!ll University: Deadline to attend, May IS, 1995.

• IALE 9~ Congres de YInlemational Association for

Land9::ape

Erology:

The Future of

oUr Landscapes.

Toulouse. Frara. Zl-31

August.

1995.

• ECOSET '95, international Conference on ErologicaJ System

Enhancement Technology for Aquatic

Environments (61h IntemationaJ

C01Ifumce ...

AqII4tic

HtWit.t EnJuuaament).

Nihon University

Auditori\Ul\, November 6-10,1995, Tokyo, Japan.

•

Smithsonian 150th Anniversary Graphics Manual: that ... provides guidance about

(1)

how SI

units

should use

the

150 Anniversary

Logo. and the Sl names during 1995 and 1996, and (2) instructions

for using the Logo and names to acknowledge support from third parties who are not affiliated with the 150th Corporate Partner Pro-

gram..

1.

Mid .... Hryman.

5<aelary.

3

May 5, 1995 SMlTIISONlAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE, ApiUlado 21m, Balbo., PoniUJla No. IS

Manuel Lombardo, del Departamento de Educacion Ambit!Htal del Minis·

urio de EduCllci6n, entreg6 urtificados a los ganadores del concurso de dibujo "En el Dia de la Tierra: Conservetttos Nuestros Mares" patrocinado par PROMAR. A la derecha, Adriana Bilgray, de Ia Oficina de Educaci6n de STRI, les entreg6, a los ganado res, certificados de invitaci6n al Cen tro Marino de Culebra. El acto ~ llev6 ^II cabo en el Centro Tupper, el viernes 28 de Qbril, luego de una se:mana donde se prest!ntaTon fodos los di'bujos del concurso, en d Sal6n de Exhibiciones. (Fo/or: A. MoIIt.,,",

NEW STRI l'UIlJ.JCATIONS

Boland, Kelly A. and Freile, D. 1994. "Tropical Rhodoliths from a Caribbean Patch Reef, San Bias, Panama."

Geologiall Society of American Abstrrlds with Programs

26(2): 40.

Clifton, Keneth E. 1995. "Asynchronous Food Availability on Neighbo- ring Caribbean Coral Reefs Determines Seasonal Patterns of Growth and Reproduction for the Herbivorous Parrotfish

$carus

iserli." Marine Ecology Progress Series 116(1-3): 39-46.

Freile, D. 1994. '"Carbonate Production by the Calcareous alga

Halimeda incrasS4ta

in a Tropical Lagoon at Pico Feo Island, San Blas, Pana- ma." Geological Sodety of American Abstracts with Programs 26(4): 14.

Herre, E. Allen. 1995. 'Tests of Optimality Models." Trends in Ecology and Evolution 10(3): 121.

Robb-Bevier, Catherine. 1995. Physiological Constraints on Calling Activity In Neotrop1cal Frogs. Ph.D. dissertation. The University of Connecticut.

Schulz, William. 1995. "In Caribbean, Scientists Chart 10-Million- Year Geologic History." Smithsonian Institution R£search Reports No. 79: 1, 6.

4

Bel Derby Day!

disfgn by steve Paton (not me!)

Saturday, May 13, BO will celebrate its traclitionaJ Derby Day. Everyone is invit- ed to come and enjoy a fun-filled day of toad races, volleyball, dung beetles, and other activities. Please bring $3 to cover the cost of food and drinks .. , remember about reservations in the boat ••• El stfbado 13

de mayo, se

celebrard en

Barra Colorado el tradicicmtU

"Derby Day". Todos estOn illvitados a parlidpar ^y

disfrutar de un

dfa

de carreras

de

sapos,

volibol, mucha

diversiOn

y otras

actividades.

Favor de coo- peror con #3 1Xlra cubrir los gastos de comi-

da

y

bebida.s ... recuerden sabre las resenxuio- nes

para la

lancha ...

MISCELLANEOUS Missing

The book

The

Physiological

Ea>logy

of Woody Plants, by T.T. Kozlowsld, (QK 495 K69 1991x) has been missing from Ger- hard Zotz office at BCI for a while now.

Whoever borrowed

it,

please return it as soon as possible.

Last Minute News

~

^AlCierre

~~ % ^f.

^Since no Tupper ^there seminar ^{will be}

~ ~

this coming Tues-

~

V " day,

May

9, the

y.;;

Happy Hour sche- duled for that day at 4:30pm was cancelled. Happy Hours will resume in June· •• Ai no

haber seminario

en el Tupper

este marles 9 de

mayo,

el

"HQ~

flY

Hour" plancad. pam esa fecJuz

a las 4:30

Sf amcel6. Los "Happy Hours" empezRrtill nuevamente en

e1

mes de

junio.