Molluscs 2006
 Molluscs in Research, Conservation and the Economy
Triennial meeting of the Malacological Society of Australasia
6 - 8 December 2006 University of Wollongong

2 day pre and post conference workshops
(4-5th Dec, 9-10 Dec)

The objective of this meeting is to bring together students, established researchers, naturalists and members of government and NGO agencies that have an interest in molluscs. The meeting will focus on current research involving molluscs in the Australasia area. Molluscs are the second largest animal phylum and many are ecologically and economically important. They are dominant organisms in marine environments and have suffered more human-induced extinctions on land and in freshwaters than seen in all tetrapod vertebrates.

Themes:

• Applied studies (aquaculture, fisheries, parasitology, invasive species)
• Conservation and ecology (including endangered species, indicator species, molluscs in experimental ecology, tracking environmental changes)
• Systematics (including taxonomy, phylogeny, evolution, faunistics, biogeography)
• Genetics and development (population genetics, evolution-development, larval development)

Venue:
McKinnon Building, University of Wollongong Northfeild Avenue.
Wollongong is about 1.5 hrs by road south of Sydney. Details on other travel options to Wollongong from Sydney is provided on this conference website.

For more information contact:

Dr Mark Norman                                              Dr Winston Ponder
+61 3 8341 7641                                            + 61 2 9969 2587
mnorman@museum.vic.gov.au                       wponder@bigpond.net.au

For information about the
Malacological Society of Australasia (MSA)
visit
 http://www.malsocaus.org/

You can join the society through the MSA website or when you register for the meeting.

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