Newsletter of the Biological Survey of Canada (Terrestrial Arthropods)

Volume 22 No. 2, Fall 2003


 

Index of Past Articles

General information and editorial notes

News and Notes

Brief on the role of voucher specimens published

Newsletter distribution goes electronic

Second grasslands field trip

Summary of the meeting of the Scientific Committee, April 2003

Arthropod Species Specialist Subcommittee for COSEWIC

Guide to the identification of the spiders of Quebec published

Federal Biodiversity Information Partnership (FBIP) established

Members of the Scientific Committee 2003

Lessons from threatened cuts at the University of Nebraska Museums    

Project Update: Arthropods of Canadian Grasslands

Opinion Page: DNA Barcoding: Deus ex Machina

Review of Scientific Priorities 2003 

Biological Survey of Canada: Taking Stock after 25 Years

The Quiz Page

Arctic Corner
Fourth arctic field trip

Alaska Insect Survey project

Arctic entomology course

Predaceous water beetles from Keewatin and Mackenzie

Index of Past Articles 

Selected Publications associated with the Biological Survey

Selected future conferences

Quips and Quotes

Requests for Material or Information Invited

 

 

Earlier in this issue we reported on a review of the first 25 years of the Biological Survey, so it seems appropriate to look back too at the first 22 years of this newsletter. Below is a list of titles from back issues.

Regularly occurring features such as List of Requests for Material or Information (each Spring issue), The Quiz Page (each issue starting 1988), Quips and Quotes (each issue), Selected Publications (each Fall issue), Selected Future Conferences (each issue starting Fall 1995), and the list of Members of the Scientific Committee (each Fall issue) are not listed.

In 1997 the newsletter was also posted on the Survey’s website, where the Fall 1997 and subsequent issues are still available. For information about back issues prior to that please contact the Survey Secretariat.

Vol. 1, No. 1, Spring 1982, 17 pp.
Introduction to the Biological Survey of Canada
A statement from the National Museum of Natural Sciences
News and Notes:
   Symposium on the Origins of the North American Fauna
   Scientific projects of the Biological Survey
   Aquatic insects of freshwater wetlands
   Information available
   Visits to entomological centres
   Northern entomology

Vol. 1. No. 2, Fall 1982, 11 pp.
Development of the Biological Survey
News and Notes:
   Survey activities at entomological societies’ meeting
   Biological Surveys in the U.S.A.
   More on northern entomology
   Arthropod fauna of the soil
   Initiatives by the Entomological Society of Canada
   Participation by amateurs
   Information available
Project update: Aquatic insects of freshwater wetlands
Studies in the Queen Charlotte Islands
The Fate of the Collections

Vol. 2. No. 1, Spring 1983, 30 pp.
Development of the Biological Survey
News and Notes:
   Soil arthropods
   Springs project launched
   Queen Charlotte Islands
   Insect identification
   Biological Survey logo
Summary of the meeting of the Scientific Committee for the Biological Survey, Oct. 1982
Project Update: Arthropod fauna of the Yukon
Communication among entomologists
Survey activities at the Entomological Societies Meeting

Vol. 2, No. 2, Fall 1983, 21 pp.
News and Notes:
   1984 Soil arthropods conference announced
   1984 Wetlands conference announced
Summary of the meeting of the Scientific Committee for the Biological Survey, April 1983
Project Update: Arthropods of Canadian grasslands
Letters to the editor: Yukon fauna, List of requests
Insect identification
Endangered species

Vol. 3, No. 1, 1984, 34 pp.
News and Notes
   Forthcoming conferences
   Entomologist appointed at Provincial Museum of Alberta
   Summary of the meeting of the Scientific Committee for the Biological Survey of Canada, October 1983
   Another entomological newsletter
   Another northern newsletter
   Students of aquatic Coleoptera
   Ancient advice
Project update: Aquatic insects of Newfoundland
Letters to the editor: Research in U.S. National Parks
More on insect identification

Vol. 3, No. 2, Fall 1984, 21 pp.
News and Notes:
   A second Grasslands newsletter
   International Congress of Entomology 1984
   Biological Council of Canada Canadian Congress of Biology, 1985
Summary of the meeting of the Scientific Committee for the Biological Survey of Canada, April 1984
Project update: Arthropod fauna of soils in Canada: A conference on faunal influences on soil structure
Canadian perspectives: the arctic life-zone
The Forest Insect and Disease Survey

Vol. 4, No. 1, Spring 1985, 34 pp.
News and Notes:
   Forthcoming conferences
   Brief on environmental disturbance published
Summary of the meeting of the Scientific Committee for the Biological Survey of Canada, October 1984
Project update: Aquatic insects of freshwater wetlands
Letter to the editor: arctic expedition reports available
The XVIIth International Congress of Entomology
Biological Surveys (abbreviated version of a paper published in proceedings of the XVIIth International Congress of Entomology)

Vol. 4, No. 2, Fall 1985, 21 pp.
News and Notes:
   Grasslands newsletter
   Progress with the United States Biological Survey
   Biological Survey of Canada active at the Biological Council of Canada Congress
Summary of the meeting of the Scientific Committee for the Biological Survey of Canada, April 1985
Project update: Arthropod fauna of freshwater springs
Handling techniques for soil invertebrates
Biological Council of Canada Canadian Congress of Biology

Vol. 5, No. 1, Spring 1986, 41 pp.
News and Notes:
   Soils conference proceedings published
   Scientific projects of the Biological Survey (leaflet published)
   Summary of the meeting of the Scientific Committee for the Biological Survey of Canada, October 1985
   Biosystematics services in Entomology 
   Hymenoptera Workshop Announcement
New project on the arthropods of Canadian peatlands
New project on arthropods of the boreal life-zone
Grassland sites reviewed
Soil conservation: biological input to the Senate hearings
Letter to the Editor: Canadian National Collection of Hymenoptera for anatomical studies, Taxonomic problems of another kind

Vol. 5, No. 2, Fall 1986, 17 pp.
News and Notes:
   Biosystematics Research Centre (new name)
   Summary of the meeting of the Scientific Committee for the Biological Survey of Canada, April 1986
   Biological Survey Discussions available
   Hymenoptera Workshop 1987
Project update: Arthropod fauna of the Yukon
Guidelines for sampling terrestrial arthropods in peatlands
Canadian perspectives: the family Chironomidae

Vol. 6, No. 1, Spring 1987, 35 pp.
News and Notes:
   Dormancy book published
   Importance of insects in environmental impact assessment (paper published)
   Summary of the meeting of the Scientific Committee for the Biological Survey of Canada, October 1986
   International Congress of Entomology 1988
   Carleton University and the goals of the Biological Survey of Canada
Project update: Arthropods of Canadian grasslands
Invertebrate biodiversity in north temperate peatlands
The Entomofauna of Quebec project

Vol. 6, No. 2, Fall 1987, 19 pp.
News and Notes:
   Summary of the meeting of the Scientific Committee for the Biological Survey of Canada, April 1987
   First Quebec entomofauna Bulletin published
Project update: Arthropods of Canadian peatlands: the Wagner peatland
Publications contributed to the Biological Survey of Canada
Canadian perspectives – Insect Dormancy

Vol. 7, No. 1, Spring 1988, 30 pp.
News and Notes:
   Wetlands volume published
   Systematics in support of entomology
   Summary of the meeting of the Scientific Committee for the Biological Survey of Canada, October 1987
   Symposium on grassland insects in Saskatchewan
   Meeting on the Canadian Arctic Islands
Project update: Family keys
Quiz page
Separates available
Ecological collections and long-term monitoring with respect to the Wagner peatland
Publications contributed to the Biological Survey of Canada

Vol. 7, No. 2, Fall 1988, 24 pp.
News and Notes:
   Biological Survey Foundation established
   Survey’s database modernized
   Insects of Canada booklet available
   Les insectes du Canada : document disponible
   Summary of the meeting of the Scientific Committee for the Biological Survey of Canada, April 1988
   Insect stamps issued
Project update: Arthropod fauna of Canadian springs
The XVIIIth International Congress of Entomology
Publications contributed to the Biological Survey of Canada
Canadian perspectives: arthropod cold-hardiness

Vol. 8, No. 1, Spring 1989, 38 pp.
News and Notes:
   Family keys published
   Origins of the North American insect fauna (proceedings published)
   Summary of the meeting of the Scientific Committee for the Biological Survey of Canada, October 1988
   Personnel and projects studying the Canadian fauna
   Natural history of Bistcho Lake Region
   Northern field stations
   Association of Systematics Collections to hold workshops on Collection Management and Preservation,
   and on Education of Systematists
Project update: Illustrated keys to the families of arthropods in Canada

Vol. 8, No. 2, Fall 1989, 24 pp.
News and Notes:
   Leaflets about the Survey available
   Revised list of entomologists soon available
   Arctic invertebrate biology (brief)
   Summary of the meeting of the Scientific Committee for the Biological Survey of Canada, April 1989
Project update: Arthropods of the boreal zone
Entomology and systematics: Workshop on systematics held; Symposium on systematics planned for 1990

Vol. 9, No. 1, Spring 1990, 34 pp.
News and Notes:
   Grasslands Newsletter published
   Freshwater springs: a national heritage (brief published)
   The Outer Shores: a publication on the Queen Charlotte Islands
   Workshops at the 1990 meeting of the Association of Systematics Collections
   Summary of the meeting of the Scientific Committee for the Biological Survey of Canada, October 1989
Project update: Arthropods of Canadian peatlands
Logistic support for northern studies
Canadian perspectives: arthropod habitats in northern regions
The insect fauna of the Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia

Vol. 9, No. 2, Fall 1990, 20 pp.
News and notes:
   Springs bibliography published
   Notice about newsletter mailings
   Change of name and new trustees for the National Museum
   Change of address for the ESC
   Book on status and needs of systematics of North American Arthropods published
   Summary of the meeting of the Scientific Committee for the Biological Survey of Canada, April 1990
Project update: Arthropod fauna of spring habitats
1990 Alberta insect survey

Vol. 10, No. 1, Spring 1991, 30 pp.
News and Notes:
   New Arctic newsletter published
   Summary of the meeting of the Scientific Committee for the Biological Survey of Canada, October 1990
Project update: Arctic invertebrate biology
1990 Alberta Insect Survey: Results and discussion
Survey-related activities at the 1990 Entomological Society meetings
Canadian Biological Information System

Vol. 10, No. 2, 1991, 19 pp.
News and Notes:
   Memoir on arthropods of springs published
   Brief on arthropod ectoparasites published
   Brief on the Importance of Collections Published
   Leaflet about Survey publications produced
   Survey input at the meeting of the Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections
   Meeting of the Association of Systematics Collections: Workshop on Biodiversity and Collections
   Summary of the meeting of the Scientific Committee for the Biological Survey of Canada, April 1991
Project update: A review of priorities
The importance of research collections
Publications contributed to the Biological Survey of Canada

Vol. 11, No. 1, Spring 1992, 24 pp.
News and Notes:
   Paper on the problems of collections published
   News on arctic insects published
   Summary of the meeting of the Scientific Committee for the Biological Survey of Canada, October 1991
   A systematics priorities initiative
   1992 meeting of the Association of Systematics Collections
   Newsletter on Biodiversity
   Progress toward legislation on biodiversity in the United States
Project update: Results of the review of priorities
Activities at the 1991 Entomological Societies Meeting
Resolution concerning study of biodiversity of terrestrial arthropods

Vol. 11, No. 2, Fall 1992, 23 pp.
News and Notes:
   Arctic insects and environmental change
   Summary of the meeting of the Scientific Committee for the Biological Survey of Canada, April 1992
   The XIXth International Congress of Entomology
Project update: Arctic invertebrate biology
Canadian perspectives: Major zones in Canada
Publications contributed to the Biological Survey of Canada

Vol. 12, No. 1, Spring 1993, 25 pp.
News and Notes:
   Activities at the 1992 Entomological Societies Meeting
   Activities at the 1992 meeting of the Entomological Society of Quebec
   Summary of the meeting of the Scientific Committee for the Biological Survey of Canada, October 1992
   Entomological research in National Parks
Project update: Invasions and reductions
Initiatives in systematics
Resolution on biosystematics and biodiversity

Vol. 12, No. 2, Fall 1993, 25 pp.
News and Notes:
   Memoir on Systematics and Entomology published
   Article on the Survey published
   Summary of the meeting of the Scientific Committee for the Biological Survey of Canada, April 1993
   Insects of Grasslands National Park, Saskatchewan
   Proposals for Expansion of the Biological Survey of Canada
Project update: Seasonal adaptations in insects
Insect fauna of old-growth forests: how many projects are there?

Vol. 13, No. 1, Spring 1994, 29 pp.
News and Notes:
   Activities at the 1993 Entomological Societies meeting
   Summary of the meeting of the Scientific Committee for the Biological Survey of Canada, October 1993
   Guidelines for Institutional Database Policies
Project update: Invasions and reductions in the Canadian insect fauna
Projects in old-growth forests
Biosystematic information in the computer age – databases and catalogs

Vol. 13, No. 2, Fall 1994, 25 pp.
News and Notes:
   Brief on biodiversity sampling published
   Summary of the meeting of the Scientific Committee for the Biological Survey of Canada, April 1994
   RangeMapper 2.0 available
   Adult beetle identification workshop May 1995
Project update: Arthropods of old-growth forests
Old-growth forests: arthropods and habitats of the H.J. Andrews Forest

Vol. 14, No. 1, Spring 1995, 29 pp.
News and Notes:
   Peatlands memoir published
   Activities at the 1994 Entomological Societies meeting
   Summary of the meeting of the Scientific Committee for the Biological Survey of Canada, October 1994
   Article about endangered species published
   Biodiversity sampling brief still available
   Guidelines for institutional policies and planning in natural history collections
   Alberta Butterflies coming soon
   New systematic entomologist at Macdonald campus
Project update: Arthopods of peatlands
An annotated summary of some of the legislation and proposed legislation affecting the collection, possession, or transportation of insects by Canadian entomologists

Vol. 14, No. 2, Fall 1995, 26 pp.
News and Notes:
   List of personnel and their interests to be revised
   Adult beetle identification workshop
   Summary of the meeting of the Scientific Committee for the Biological Survey of Canada, April 1995
   Maps available
   Selected future conferences and annual meetings (new)
Project update: Arthropod fauna of soils

Vol. 15, No. 1, Spring 1996, 32 pp.
News and Notes:
   Survey office has moved
   Annotated list of workers in progress
   Brief on the advantages of using arthropods in ecosystem management published
   Activities at the Entomological Societies’ meeting
   Summary of the meeting of the Scientific Committee for the Biological Survey of Canada, October 1995
   ASC change of address
Project update: Arctic invertebrate biology
Entomological fact
Selected acronyms

Vol. 15, No. 2, Fall 1996, 24 pp.
News and Notes:
   Survey office moves again
   Annotated list of workers delayed
   Brief on how to assess insect biodiversity published
   Summary of the meeting of the Scientific Committee for the Biological Survey of Canada, April 1996
   Newsletter from Cuba
   Cuban invertebrates
Project update: Arthropod fauna of the Yukon
Insect information, mailing lists and newsgroups

Vol. 16, No. 1, 1997, 34 pp.
News and Notes:
   Annotated list of workers published
   Activities at the Entomological Societies’ meeting
   Summary of the meeting of the Scientific Committee for the Biological Survey of Canada, October 1996
   ASC 1997 annual meeting
   1997 meeting of the Lepidopterists’ Society
   ASC surveys of research systematics collections and individual taxonomic researchers
   Some electronic updates
Project update: Old-growth forests
Forest arthropod inventory projects in Canada

Vol. 16, No. 2, Fall 1997, 30 pp.
News and Notes:
   Yukon book to be published this year
   Survey’s home page established
   Summary of the meeting of the Scientific Committee for the Biological Survey of Canada, April 1997
Project update: Insects of the Yukon
Arthropods of alvar habitats
Directory of entomological education in Canada
Profile of entomologists in the Survey’s annotated list of workers
Entomological mapping and gazetteers
URL’s of selected Diptera sites on the World Wide Web

Vol. 17, No. 1, Spring 1998, 32 pp.
News and Notes:
   Activities at the Entomological Societies’ meeting
   List of the Lepidoptera of Québec and Labrador published
   Summary of the meeting of the Scientific Committee for the Biological Survey of Canada, October 1997
   Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning
   Species diversity in the mixedwood plains ecozone
   Entomological Society of Canada on the Web
   Taxonomic illustrations the new way
Project update: Arthropod fauna of soils and the Database of Ecology Research Projects

Vol. 17, No. 2, Fall 1998, 34 pp.
News and Notes:
   Update on the BSC Web page
   Insects of Canada on the web
   Summary of a meeting of the Scientific Committee for the Biological Survey of Canada (Terrestrial Arthropods), April 1998
The Carmanah Canopy Project: Conservation of Arthropod Biodiversity in Coastal Sitka Spruce Forests
Project update: Arthropods of Canadian grasslands

Vol. 18, No. 1, Spring 1999, 43 pp.
News and Notes:
   Activities at the Entomological Societies’ meeting
   Summary of a meeting of the Scientific Committee for the Biological Survey of Canada (Terrestrial Arthropods), October 1998
   EMAN National Meeting
   MacMillan Coastal Biodiversity Workshop (including a component on biodiversity of rainforest arthropods)
   Workshop on biodiversity Monitoring
Project update: Family Keys
Canadian spider diversity and systematics

Vol. 18, No. 2, Fall 1999, 25 pp.
News and Notes:
   Summary of a meeting of the Scientific Committee for the Biological Survey of Canada (Terrestrial Arthropods), April 1999
   Biodiversity diversity
   Canadian National Collection of Insects, Arachnids and Nematodes on the Web
   The Northern Forestry Centre Insect Museum: Open for Business
   The Nature Discovery Fund
Project update: Arthropods of Canadian grasslands
Challenge Question

Vol. 19, No. 1, Spring 2000, 33 pp.
News and Notes:
   Activities at the Entomological Societies’ meeting
   Summary of a meeting of the Scientific Committee for the Biological Survey of Canada (Terrestrial Arthropods), October 1999
   Symposium on biodiversity at the 1999 Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society of Quebec
   Yukon book well received
Project update: Seasonal adaptations in insects
Jumping spiders of Canada


Vol. 19, No. 2, Fall 2000, 31 pp.
News and Notes:
   Grasslands conference at 2000 meeting
   Survey website expanding
   Biodiversity brief published
   Spider newsletter published
   New cone and seed insect web site launched
   Nature Discovery Fund makes first award
   Summary of a meeting of the Scientific Committee for the Biological Survey of Canada (Terrestrial Arthropods), April 2000
Comments on error rates in insect identifications
Project update: Insects of Keewatin and Mackenzie
The Website of the Biological Survey of Canada (Terrestrial Arthropods)

Vol. 20, No. 1, Spring 2001, 38 pp.
News and Notes:
   Activities at the Entomological Societies’ Meeting
   Summary of a meeting of the Scientific Committee for the Biological Survey of Canada 
   (Terrestrial Arthropods), October 2000

   The Canadian Biodiversity Network Conference
   Biological Survey website update
   Web watch: The E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Project update: Arthropods of Canadian grasslands
Arctic corner:
   Arctic insects, global warming and the ITEX program

Vol. 20, No. 2, Fall 2001, 31 pp.
News and Notes:
   Brief on label data standards published
   Field trip to the Onefour grasslands
   Summary of a meeting of the Scientific Committee for the Biological Survey of Canada 
   (Terrestrial Arthropods), April 2001

   Survey office disruption
   Second spider newsletter published
   Canadian Biodiversity Network
Project update: Arthropod fauna of soils 2001
Arctic corner:
   University of the Arctic launched
   Recent Canadian publications

Vol. 21, No. 1, Spring 2002, 39 pp.
News and Notes:
   Activities at the Entomological Societies’ meeting
   Summary of a meeting of the Scientific Committee for the Biological Survey of Canada 
   (Terrestrial Arthropods), October 2001

   Biological Survey website update
   The Alberta Lepidopterists’ Guild
Project update: Arthropods of Canadian grasslands
Canadian perspectives: The study of insect dormancies and life cycles
Virtual Museum of the Strickland Museum of Entomology
Arctic Corner:
   The Alaska Insect Survey Project
   European Workshop of Invertebrate Ecophysiology 2001

Vol. 21, No. 2, Fall 2002, 37 pp.
News and Notes:
   Summary of a meeting of the Scientific Committee for the Biological Survey of Canada 
   (Terrestrial Arthropods), April 2002

   Grasslands project active
   Nature Discovery Fund: Call for applications for 2003
Project update: Seasonal adaptations in insects
Web Site Notes
The University of Guelph Insect Collection
Arctic corner:
   Insect biodiversity in the Thelon Wildlife Sanctuary
   Canadian research in arctic entomology is out in the cold

Vol. 22, No. 1, Spring 2003, 36 pp.
News and Notes:
   Spread your word
   Label data brief translated
   Biodiversity research website
   Benthic invertebrate monitoring
   Activities at the Entomological Societies’ meeting
   Summary of a meeting of the Scientific Committee for the Biological Survey of Canada 
   (Terrestrial Arthropods), October 2002

Project update: Insects of Keewatin and Mackenzie
Web Site Notes
Opinion Page: The real costs of insect identification
Database of people interested in terrestrial arthropods updated
Arctic Corner:
   Arctic research notes
   Funding for arctic studies

Vol. 22, No. 2, Fall 2003, 46 pp.
News and Notes:
   Brief on the role of voucher specimens published
   Newsletter distribution goes electronic
   Second grasslands field trip
   Summary of a meeting of the Scientific Committee for the Biological Survey of Canada, April 2003
   Arthropod Species Specialist Subcommittee for COSEWIC
   Guide to the identification of the spiders of Quebec published
   Federal Biodiversity Information Partnership (FBIP) established
   Lessons from threatened cuts at the University of Nebraska Museums
Project update: Arthropods of Canadian grasslands
Opinion page: DNA Barcoding: Deus ex Machina
Review of scientific priorities 2003
Biological Survey of Canada (Terrestrial Arthropods): Taking stock after 25 years
Arctic Corner:
   Fourth arctic field trip
   Alaska Insect Survey Project
   Arctic entomology course
Update on the survey of aquatic insects from Keewatin and Mackenzie project: The predaceous water beetles (Coleoptera: Adephaga: Dytiscidae and Gyrinidae)

 

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