"Mites (Acari) in the marine littoral, an introduction"

Ilse Bartsch
Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg,
Frankfurt a.M., Germany

Wednesday, 6th October 2004: 4.00pm - 5.00pm

DBS Conference Room
Blk S3, Level 5, Department of Biological Sciences
The National University of Singapore
Science Drive 4

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Host: Darren Yeo

About the Talk
In the marine meiofauna, amongst the animals within a size range of 0.2 to 2 mm, the most dominant taxa in general are the nematodes and copepods, but mites may play an important role, too. Mites are primarily terrestrial, though several groups got adapted to life in marine habitats. The majority of marine mite species are intertidal or shallow subtidal. They belong to very different suborders and families. A single family, the Halacaridae, inhabit all depths, from the upper tidal zone to the deep sea. The seminar is meant to show different forms of mites found in marine environments and to present an introduction to halacarids mites, their biology, ecology and distribution.

About the speaker
Dr Ilse Bartsch is a member of the Taxonomische Arbeitsgruppe, a working group of specialists responsible for determination of fauna and flora collected by German research vessels. Dr Bartsch has extensive experience with ecology, biology, taxonomy, biogeography of meio- and macrobenthos, including ophiuroids (taxonomy), copepods (taxonomy), nemerteans (ecology), and myzostomids (taxonomy); and has over 200 publications on these subjects. She currently specialises in the systematics, taxonomy, ecology, and biogeography of marine mites (halacarids), a group of invertebrates that is very poorly studied in this part of the world.

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