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SEAWEEDS

Dr. Paul W. Gabrielson
Biology Department
William Jewell College
Liberty, MO 64068‑1896
Phone: 816‑781‑7700 ext 5662
email: gabrielsop@william.jewell.edu
Taxa: green, brown, red seaweeds

Dr. Gayle Hansen
Hatfield Marine Science Ctr. 
2030 S. Marine Science Dr.
Newport, Oregon 97365
Phone:(541) 867‑0200 (lab)
email: hanseng@ccmail.orst.edu
Taxa: reds, browns and greens 

Dr.M.W.Hawkes Department of Botany
University of British Columbia
#3529‑6270 University Blvd
Vancouver,B.C. V6T 2B1    
Phone: 604‑822‑5430
Fax: 604‑822‑6089
email: mhawkes@unixg.ubc.ca
Taxa: red,brown and green seaweeds

Dr. S.L. Lindstrom
Department of Botany
University of British Columbia
#3529‑6270 University Blvd
Vancouver,B.C. V6T 2B1   
email: sandracl@unixg.ubc.ca
Taxa: red, brown, and green seaweeds 

Dr.Paul C.Silva
Herbarium
University of California
Berkeley, CA 94720 Taxa: red, brown, and green seaweeds 

Dr.R.F. Scagel
Department of Botany
University of British Columbia
#3529‑6270 University Blvd
Vancouver,B.C. V6T 2B1    
Phone: 604‑228‑6893
Taxa: red, brown, and green seaweeds 

Dr. J.R.  Waaland
Department of Botany  KB-15
University of Washington
Seattle, WA 98195
Phone: 206‑543‑7098
Fax.: 206‑543‑4385
email:  JRW@u.washington.edu
Taxa: General knowledge of benthic flora

Dr.T.B.Widdowson
4635 West Saanich Road
Victoria, BC V8Z 3G7 Phone: 604‑479‑9167
email: awa@islandnet.com
Taxa: red, brown, and green seaweeds

 

Phylum CHLOROPHYTA

Larry Golden
Bag 3670
Prince Rupert, BC V8J 3R1
Canada.    Phone: 604‑624‑5197
Taxa: green seaweeds 

Dr.C.Tanner
Div Natural Sciences & Math
St Mary's College of Maryland
St Mary's City, MD 20686   Phone: 301‑862‑0374
email:  ctanner@oyster.smcm.edu
Taxa: Marine greens, especially ulvoids

 

Phylum PHAEOPHYTA

Dr. Louis Druehl
Bamfield Marine Centre
Bamfield, B.C. V0R 1B0 email: druehl@sfu.ca
Taxa: Kelp (Laminariales)

Dr. Eric Henry
Dept Botany & Plant Health
Cordley Hall 2082
Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR  97331 - 2902Phone: 503‑754‑3451
email:  henrye@cgrb.orst.edu
Taxa: brown algae

 

Phylum RHODOPHYTA

 

Dr.Isabella Abbott
Botany Dept.
University of Hawaii
3190 Maile Way
Honolulu, HA Phone: 808-948-8073
Taxa: marine red algae

Dr. Thomas DeCew
Herbarium
University of California
Berkeley, CA 94720 Phone 415-643-7007
Taxa: marine red algae

Dr. Megan Dethier
Friday Harbor Labs
University of Washington
Friday Harbor, WA email: megand@fhl.washington.edu

Taxa: non‑calcified crustose seaweeds

Dr T.R.Mumford
Marine Agronomics
3647 Sunset Beach Dr. NW
Olympia, WA 98502‑3537 Phone:(360) 866‑0740
Fax.:(360) 866‑0740 (call voice to arrange)
email: TMKK490@gwgate.wadnr.gov
Taxa: Red algal genus Porphyra

Dr. R. Steneck
Dept. of Oceanography
Darling Marine Center
University of Maine
Walpole, ME 04573 Taxa: Calcified, crustose red seaweeds

Dr. M.J. Wynne
Department of Biology
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI 48109‑1048 email: mwynne@m.imap.itd.umich.edu
Taxa: red seaweeds, especially Ceramiales

 

Phylum PORIFERA

Dr. Gerald J. Bakus
Dept. Biological Sciences
Univ. Southern California
Los Angeles, CA 90089-0371 Taxa: NE Pacific demosponges

Dr. Patricia R. Bergquist
Dept. of Zoology
University of Aukland
Aukland, New Zealand Phone: (64) 373-7599 ext. 7792
E-mail:pr.bergquist@auckland.ac.nz
Taxa: Demosponges 

Dr Welton Lee
6600 Mokelumne Ave. 
Oakland,CA 94505
USA Phone: 514-635-5830
Fax: 510-635-7672
E-mail: 103016.2745@compuserve.com
Taxa: California demosponges

Dr. Henry M. Reiswig
Redpath Museum
McGill University
Montreal, Quebec H3A 2K6
Phone: 514-398-4089
Fax: 514-398-3185
E-mail: inhr@musicb.mcgill.ca
Taxa: hexactinellids

Dr. Rob W. M. van Soest
Instituut vor Taxonomische Zoolo
Zoologisch Museum Amsterdam, Mauritskade 57
P.O. Box 20125
1000HC Amsterdam, The Netherlands Phone: (31) 20525 6901
Fax: (31) 20525 5402
E-mail: soest@bio-uva.nl
Taxa: Selected groups world-wide

Dr. J. Vacelet
Centre d'Oceanolige de Marseille
Centre marine d'Endoume
Rue de la Batterei des Lions
13007 Marseille, France  Phone: (33) 91 04 1627
Fax: (33) 91 04 1635
E-mail: jvacelet@com.univ.mrs.fr
Taxa: porifera

 

Phylum CNIDARIA
 

Class Hydrozoa

Dr. Anita Brinckmann-Vos
P.O. Box 653
Sooke BC VOS 1N0 Phone: 604-642-3520
Fax: 604-642-2520
Taxa: medusoid/polpoid hydroids

Dr. Steve Cairns
National Museum of Natural History Smithsonian Institute
Washington, DC  20560  USA Phone: 202-786-2129
E-mail: MNYIV011@SIVM
Taxa: stylasterine corals

Dr. Dale R. Calder
Royal Ontario Museum
100 Queen's Park
Toronto, Ont. M5S 2C6 Phone: 416-586-8059
Taxa: hydroids

Dr. Paul F.S. Cornelius
Dept. Zoology
British Museum Natural History
Cromwell Rd
London SW7 5BD UK E-mail: pfsc@nhm.ac.uk
Taxa: hydroids

Class Scyphozoa

Dr. Mary N. Arai
Pacific Biological Centre
Hammond Bay Road
Nanaimo, BC V9R 5K6 Phone  250-756-7307
Fax 250-666-1962
Email araim@pbs.dfo.ca  OR  arai@acs.ucalgary.ca
Taxa: medusae + scyphozoa

Dr. R.J.Larson
Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution  
5600 U.S. Hwy. 1 North
Ft.Pierce, Florida 34946
Phone: 561-465-2400
Fax: 561-465-2446
Taxa: scyphozoa

Dr. Claudia Mills
Friday Harbor Labs
|620 University Rd.
Friday Harbor, WA 98250
Phone: 360-378-2165
Fax: 360-543-1273
Taxa: medusae + scyphozoa

 

Class Anthozoa

Dr. Frederick M. Bayer
Dept. of Invertebrate Zoology
Smithsonian Institution
Washington, DC 20560 Taxa: octocorals

Dr. Daphne Fautin
University of Kansas Natural History Museum
Lawrence, KS  66045-2454 Phone: 913-864-3062
Email: fautin@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu
Taxa: actiniaria

Dr. Ken Sebens
Taxa: actinians
 

Phylum PLATYHELMINTHES
Class Turbellaria

Dr. Irwin Haydock
11570 Aquamarine Circle
Fountain Valley, CA 92807-3550
Taxa: polyclads

Stephen Prudhoe
Dept. Zoology
British Museum Nat. History E-mail: sp@nhm.ac.uk
Taxa: Polyclads

Phylum NEMERTEA

Gunner Berg
Dept. of Zoology
Univ.of Goteberg
Goteberg, Sweden Taxa: Nemertea
D.D. CorreaTaxa: NE Pacific

Dr. Ray Gibson
Dept. Biology
Liverpool Polytechnic
Byrom St.
Liverpool, England
Taxa: NAtl. nemertea but may incl. some NEPac. spp. 

Dr. Stephen A. Stricker
Department of Biology
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, New Mexico  87131Phone: 505-277-1883
Fax:  505-277-0304
Email: sstr@carina.unm.edu
Taxa: including NE Pacific

Phylum PRIAPULIDA

Phylum ENDOPROCTA

Dr. Claus Neilsen
Zoological Museum
University of Copenhagen
Invertebrate Department
Copenhagen, Denmark Phone: (45) 35 32 1066
Fax: (45) 35 32 0818
E-mail: cnielsen@zmuc.ku.dk

Phylum ECHINODERMATA

Class Crinoidea

Dr. David L. Meyer
Dept. of Geology
University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, OH 45221 USA

Class Holothuroidea

Mary Bergen
7171 Fenwick Lane
Westminster CA 92683 Phone: 714-894-9222
Fax: 714-894-9699
Taxa: CA shallow water holothuroids

Phil Lambert
675 Belleville St.
Victoria, BC
CANADA  V8V 1X4 Phone: 604-387-6513
Fax: 604-387-5360
Email:LAMBERT@RBLM01.RBCM.GOV.BC.
Taxa: BC holothuroids

Dr. David L. Pawson
Dept. Invertebrate Zoology
Smithsonian Institution
Washington, DC 20560Phone: 202-786-2127
Fax: 202-357-3043
E-mail: MNHIV070@SIVM
Taxa: selected holothuroids

Class Echinoidea

Dr. Richard Mooi
California Academy of Science
Golden Gate Park
San Francisco, CA 94118-4599 USA Phone: 415-750-7080
Fax: 415-750-7090
E-mail rmooi@cas.calacademy.org

Class Asteroidea
Phil Lambert
Royal BC Museum
675 Belleville St. Victoria BC
V8V 1X4  CanadaPhone: 604-387-6513
Fax: 604-387-5360  Email:LAMBERT@RBLM01.RBCM.GOV.BC.
Taxa: BC asteroids

Dr. T.S. Hopkins
University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa, AL  USA Phone: 205-861-2141
Fax: 205-861-4646
Taxa: Henricia

C. L. May
California Academy of Science
Golden Gate Park
San Francisco, CA 94118-4599 USA Taxa: Brisingida

Class Ophiuroidea
Dr. Bill Austin
Marine Ecology Centre
9835 Seaport Plc.
Sidney BC
V8L 4X3  Canada Phone: 250-655-1555
Fax: 250-655-1573
E-mail: baustin@mareco.org 
Taxa: NE Pacific ophiuroids

Dr. Gordon Hendler
L.A. County Natural History Museum
900 Exposition Blve
Los Angeles CA 90007 Phone: 213-744-6391
Fax: 213-746-2999
E-mail: hendler@usc.edu
Taxa NE Pacific ophiuroids

Phylum HEMICHORDATA

Class Enteroponeusta
C.B. Cameron
Bamfield Marine Centre
Bamfield, B.C. VOR 1BO Canada
[& Univ. of Alberta] Phone: 250-728-3301
Taxa: BC species

Phylum CHORDATA  
[part; vertebrates in separate section]


Class Ascidiacea
Dr. Gretchen Lambert
Biology Dept.
Calif. State University,Fullerton
Fullerton, CA 92634
Phone: 714-773-3481
Fax: 714-773-3426
E-mail: glambert@fullerton.edu
Taxa: NE Pacific ascidians

Dr. Craig M Young
Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution Inc.     5600 U.S. Hwy 1 North
Fort Pierce, FL 34946 USA
Phone: 407-465-6630
Fax: 407-461-8154
E-mail: marsci@hboi.edu

Phylum BRACHIOPODA

Joyce Richardson
New Zealand Oceanographic Inst.
Dept. of Scientific Research
Box 12-346
Evans Bay, Wellington, New Zealand 

Phylum PHORONIDA

Christian C. Emig
Centre Marine d'Endoume
Rue de la Batterie de Lyons
F-13007, Marseille France Taxa: phoronids world-wide

Phylum BRYOZOA

P.J.Haywood
Dept. of Marine BIology
University of Liverpool
Port Erin, Isle of Man Taxa: Bryozoa

J. d'Hondt
Lab de Biologie des Invertebres Marins et Malacologie
Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle
55, rue de Buffon et 57, rue Cuvier F
75005 Paris, France  Taxa: bryozoa

J.S. Ryland
Dept. Zoology
University College Swansea
Swansea SA2 SPP, West Glamorgan, Wales Taxa: bryozoa

Phylum MOLLUSCA
Class Monoplacophora

James H. McLean
Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History
900 Exposition Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90007 Taxa: monoplacophorans 

Class Aplacophora

Amelie H. Scheltema
Woods Hole Oceanographic Inst.
Woods Hole MA 02543 508-548-1400 ext. 2337
Taxa: aplacophorans incl.NE Pacific

Class Polyplacophora

D. J. Eernisse 

Class Gastropoda
Subclass Prosobranchia

David R. Lindberg
Museum of Paleontology
Univeristy of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA 94720       Taxa: Acmaeidae

Dr. Alan J. Kohn   
Dept. Zoology
Box 357800
University of Washington
Seattle, WA 98195-1800 Phone: 206-543-1629
Fax: 206-543-3041
E-mail: kohn@u.washington.edu
Taxa: gastropods, esp. cones

James H. McLean
Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History
900 Exposition Blvd. 
Los Angeles, CA 90007 Phone: 213-744-3377
Email: jmclean@usc.edu
Taxa: archaeogastropods

W. F. Ponder
Autralian Museum
P.O. Box A285
Sydney South, NSW 2000, Australia Taxa: Mesogastropods 

Dr. Ronald L. Shimek
Dept. of Biology
Montana State University  
Bozeman, MT 59717 Phone: 406-994-4548
Fax 406-578-9804 [phone first]
E-mail ubixrs@trex.oscs.montana.edu
Taxa: NE Pacific neogastropods

Subclass Opisthobranchia

David Behrens
Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
Biological Research Laboratory
P.O.Box 117
Avila Beach, CA 93424 Taxa: Opisthobranchs

Terry M. Gosliner
Dept. Invertebrate Zoology & Geology
California Academy of Sciences
Golden Gate Park
San Francisco, CA 94118 Taxa: nudibranchs

Sandra Millen
Zoology Dept. 
University of British Columbia
6270 University Blvd.
Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4 Phone: 604-822-2087
Fax: 604-822-2416
E-mail: millen@zoology.ubc.ca 

James W. Nybakken
Moss Landing Marine Labs
P.O. Box 450
Moss Landing, CA 95-39 Phone: 408-755-8650
Fax: 408-753-2826

Class Bivalvia

Eugene Coan   
Dept. of Invertebrate Zoology
California Academy of Sciences
Golden Gate Park
San Francisco, CA 94118 Taxa: NE Pacific bivalves

Paul Scott
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History
2559 Puesta del Sol Road
Santa Barbara, CA 93105 805-682-4711 ext. 319

Taxa: East Pacific bivalves

Class Scaphopoda

Dr. Ronald L. Shimek
Dept. of Biology
Montana State University
Bozeman, MT 59717 Phone: 406-994-4548
Fax 406-578-9804 [phone first]
E-mail ubixrs@trex.oscs.montana.edu
Taxa: NE Pacific scaphopods

Class Cephalopoda

Roland C. Anderson
The Seattle Aquarium
1483 Alaskan Way
Seattle, WA 98101 Phone: 206-386-4346
Fax: 206-386-4328
Taxa: shallow water NEP cephalopods

Katharine JeffertsTaxa: Cephalopoda

Dr. Eric Hochberg
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History
2559 Puesta del Sol Road
Santa Barbara CA 93105 Phone:805-682-4711 ext. 318

Clyde Roper
Dept. Invertebrate Zoology
Smithsonian Institution
Washington, DC 20560  

Phylum POGONOPHORA

Eve C. Southward
The Labortory, Marine Biological Assocition
Citadel Hill, Plymouth, PL1 2PB, UK Taxa: pogonophorans

Phylum VESTIMENTIFERA

Meredith L. Jones
Dept. Invertebrate Zoology
nat. Mus. Nat. History
Washington, D.C. Taxa: Vestimentiferans

Phylum SIPUNCULA

Edward B Cutler
Biology Dept.
Syracuse University
Utica,  NY  13502 Taxa: Sipunculids

Mary Rice
Smithsonian Institution
Fort Pierce Bureau
Route 1, Box 194-C
Fort Pierce, FL 33450  

Phylum ECHIURA

Phylum ANNELIDA
Class Polychaeta

Dr. Karl Banse
School of Oceanography WB-10
University of Washington
Seattle WA 98195 Phone: 206-543-5079
Fax: 206-543-6073

James A. Blake
ENSR Consulting and Engineering, Inc.
89 Water St.
Woods Hole MA 02543 Phone: 508-457-7900
Fax: 508-457‑7595
E‑mail: jablake@ix.netcom.com
Taxa: NE Pacif. polychaetes

Sheila C. Byers
Royal Ontario Museum
Dept. of Invertebrate Zoology
100 Queen's Park
Toronto ON  M5S 2C6 Phone: 416-586-8041
Fax: 416-586-5863
E-mail: sheilab@rom.on.ca
Taxa: polychaetes esp. Oweniidae & Lumbrineridae

Kathy Coats   CHECK
Royal Ontario Museum
Dept. of Invertebrate Zoology
100 Queen's Park
Toronto ON  M5S 2C6 Taxa: polychaetes

Dr Daniel M. Desbruyeres
IFREMER
BP 70, Plouzane
Finistere,,FRANCE 29280 Phone: 33 98 22 4301
Fax: 33 98 22 4547
E‑mail: ddesbruy@ifremer.fr 
Taxa: vent alvinellids, ampharetids

Dr Kristian Fauchald
Department of Invertebrate Zoology
National Museum of Natural History,
Smithsonian Institution. MRC 163
Washington, D.C. 20560 Phone: 202-357-4757
Fax: 202-357-3043
E‑mail: mnh.fauchald@ic.si.edu
Taxa: esp. eunicids

Dr Kirk Fitzhugh
Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History
900 Exposition Boulevard
Los Angeles, California  90007 Phone: 213‑744‑3233
Fax: 213‑746‑2999  
 E‑mail: fitzhugh@bcf.usc.edu
Taxa: Sabellidae and Nereididae

Ms Judith A. Fournier
Canadian Museum of Nature
P.O. Box 3443, Stn D,
Ottawa Ontario K1P 6P4 Phone: 613‑954‑2655 (TDD)
Fax: 613‑954‑6439
E‑mail: jfournier@mus‑nature.ca
Taxa: Cossuridae, Flabelligeridae, Nereididae

Leslie H. Harris
Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History
900 Exposition Boulevard
Los Angeles, California   90007 Phone: 213‑744‑3234
Fax: 213‑746‑2999
E‑mail: lhharris@mizar.usc.edu
Taxa: NE Pacific & deep sea

Brigitte Hilbig
SAIC
89 Water Street
Woods Hole MA 02543 Taxa: Eunicida

Dr Phyllis K. Knight‑Jones
University of Wales, Swansea
Singleton Park
Swansea, Wales, UK  SA2 8PP Phone: 0792 205678
Fax: 0792 295447
E‑mail: p.knight‑jones@swansea.ac.uk
Taxa: sabellids, spirorbids

Jerry D. Kudenov
Dept. Biological Science
University of Alaska
3211 Providence Drive
Anchorage, AK99508 Taxa: NE Pac. polychaetes

Dr Igor A. Jirkov Moscow State University, Dept of hydrobiology
Moscow,  RUSSIA  199899 Phone: (095)3305990
E‑mail: jirkov@hydro.bio.msu.su  
Taxa: ampharetids world-wide

Howard Jones
Marine Taxonomic Services
5125 NW Crescent Valley Dr.
Corvallis, OR 97330-9721 Phone: 541-753-7609

Taxa: NE Pacific polychaetes

Val MacDonald
Biological Environmental Sciences
RR 7, 5820 Old West Saanich Road, Victoria, BC CANADA
V8X 3X3  Phone: 604-479-3828
Fax:604-479-3828

Taxa: BC polychaetes

Dr. Jose M.Orensanz
School of Fisheries WH-10 University of Washington Seattle,WA 98195 Phone: 206-685-3609
Fax: 206-522-1692
E-mail: lobo@max.u.washington.edu
Taxa: NE Pacific polychaetes

Dr Mary E. Petersen
Zoological Museum, Univ of Copenhagen Universitetsparken 15, 
DK‑2100
Copenhagen O, DENMARK Phone: +45‑35 32 10 67
Fax: +45‑35 32 10 10  
E‑mail: mepetersen@zmuc.ku.dk
Taxa: Cirratulidae, Chaetopteridae, Fauveliopsidae

Eugene Ruff
4227 S. Meridian, Suite C        Puyallup, WA 98373-3603Phone: 253-770-7007
E-mail: 75403.541@compuserve.com
Taxa: Polychaetes NE Pacific

Dr Andrew V. Sikorski  
Moscow State University,
Zoological museum
Moscow, RUSSIA 199899  E‑mail: jirkov@hydro.bio.msu.su(Dr Igor A. Jirkov)
Taxa: spionids world-wide

Phylum ARTHROPODA
Subphylum PYCNOGONIDA

C. Allan Child
Dept. of Invertebrate Zoology
Smithsonian Institution
Washington, DC 20560 Taxa: pycnogonids

P.E. King
Dept. Zoology
Univ. College Swansea
Swansea  UK Taxa: pycnogonids

Subphylum UNIRAMIA
Class Chilopoda

Class HEXAPODA [Insecta]

Dr. Richard Ring
Dept. Biology
University of Victoria
Victoria, BC Phone: 604-721-7102

Subphylum CHELICERATA
Class Acarina

Subphylum CRUSTACEA
Class Cirripedia

William A Newman
Scripps Institute of Oceanography
La Jolla, CA Taxa: cirripeds

Class Malacostraca
Order Mysidacea

Masaaki Murano
Tokyo University of Fisheries
4-5-7 Konan, Minato-ku
Tokyo 108 Japan Taxa: Mysids

Order Isopoda

Neil Bruce
Zoological Museum
University of Copenhagen
Invertebrate Department
Copenhagen, Denmark Taxa: Aegidae, Cirolanidae, Sphaeromatidae

Richard C. Brusca
Grice marine Laboratoyr
Univerwsity of Charleston
Charleston,South Carolina Taxa: Cirolanidae

Brian Kensley
Dept. Invertebrate Zoology
Smithsonian Institution
Washington, DC 20560 Taxa: isopods

Fahmida Rafi
Invertebrate Zoology Division
Canadian Museum of Natural History
Ottawa,ON Taxa: Valvifera

Order Amphipoda

Dr. E.L. Bousfield 611 - 548 Dallas Rd.
Victoria, BC V8V 1B3  Phone: 604-380-3787
 Taxa: gammerids

Kathleen Conlan
National Museum of Natural Sciences
Ottawa, ON K1A 0M8 Taxa: gammarids, caprellids

Patrick Shaw
Environment Canada
224 West Esplanade
North Vancouver, BC V7M 3H7Phone: 604-666-7122
Fax: 604-666-3325
E-mail: dps@mindlink.bc.ca
Taxa: gammarids

Dr Craig P. Staude
Friday Harbor Laboratories
620 University Road
Friday Harbor, WA 98250 Phone: 206-378-2165

Taxa: NE Pacific gammarids

Dr. James D. Thomas
NHB 163 - Crustacea
Smithsonian Institution
Washington DC 20560 Phone: 202-357-4664
Fax: 202-357-3043
Taxa: amphipods

Order Decapoda

Gregory C. Jensen
School of Fisheries
University of Washington
Seattle, WA Phone:206-543-4761
e-mail: gjensen@fish.wash.edu
Taxa: NE Pacific decapods

 P. A. McLaughlin
Shannon Point Marine Center
Western Washington University
Anacortes, WA  Taxa: Pagurids

Mary K. Wicksten  
Dept. of Biology
Texas A & M University
College Centre TX 77843 Phone: 409-845-3388

Taxa: NE Pacific decapods

VERTEBRATA

Class Pisces

Dr. Will Barber
University of Alaska
Fairbanks, AK 99775‑6960 USA Taxa: general

Dr. A.W. Kendall
NOAA/NMFS
Northwest and Alaska FisheriesCenter
2725 Montlake Blvd.
Seattle, WA 98112 USA Taxa: larval fish

Dr. Brian Coad
Canadian Museum of Nature
PO Box 3443, Stn. D
Ottawa, Ontario K1P 6P4  Phone (613) 996‑9281  
Fax (613) 995‑3040
Taxa: general

Dr. Dan. Cohen
Los Angeles County Natural History Museum
900 Exposition Blvd.
Los Angeles CA 90007 Taxa: deep sea fish

Dr. Edward J. Crossman [retired]
Royal Ontario Museum
Department of Ichthyology and Herpetology
100 Queen's Park
Toronto, Ontario   M5S 2C6 Phone  (416) 586‑5759  
Fax (416) 586‑5863

Dr. R.H. Dunn
NOAA/NMFS
Northwest and Alaska Fisheries Center
2725 Montlake Blvd.
Seattle, WA 98112 USA Taxa: larval fish

Dr. Bill Eschmeyer
California Academy of Sciences
Dept. of Vertebrate Zoology
Golden Gate Park
San Francisco, CA 94118 USA Taxa: higher classification, general

Dr. Tomio Iwamoto
California Academy of Sciences
Dept. of Vertebrate Zoology
Golden Gate Park
San Francisco, CA 94118 USA Taxa: deep sea, esp. Macrouridae

Dr. A.W. Kendall
NOAA/NMFS
Northwest and Alaska Fisheries Center
2725 Montlake Blvd.
Seattle, WA 98112 USA Taxa: larval fish

Dr. Dick Lavenberg
Los Angeles County Natural History Museum
900 Exposition Blvd
Los Angeles CA 90007 Taxa: esp. California fish

Dr. D.E. McAllister [retired] 
Canadian Museum of Nature
Box 3443, Stn. D
Ottawa, Ontario K1P 6P4 Taxa: general,

 Dr. Doug Markle
School of Oceanography
Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR 97331 Taxa: general

Dr. A.C. Maaterese
NOAA/NMFS
Northwest and Alaska Fisheries Center
2725 Montlake Blvd.
Seattle, WA 98112 USA Taxa: larval fish

Dr. Alex Peden
Royal B.C. Museum
675 Belleville St. 
Victoria, BC
CANADA V8V 1X4 Phone: 604-387-2422
Fax: 604-387-5360

Taxa: BC fish

Dr.Ted Pietsch
College of Fisheries
University of Washington
Seattle, Washington 98105 USA Phone (206) 543‑3816?
Fax (206) 685‑3275
Taxa: angler fish

Dr. R.H. Rosenblatt
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Univ. California
San Diego 0208, La Jolla, CA 92093‑0208 USA Taxa: esp. deep sea  

Dr. Richard Winterbottom
Royal Ontario Museum
Department of Ichthyology and Herpetology
100 Queen's Park
Toronto, Ontario   M5S 2C6 Phone  (416) 586‑5759
Fax (416) 586‑5863

Taxa: largely tropical fish

Class Aves

Gary Kaiser
Institure of Ocean Sciences
Canadian Wildlife Service
P.O Box 6000
9860 West Saanich Road
Sidney, British Columbia, V9L 4B2Phone: 250-363-6735
Fax: 
Taxa: all birds

Rob Butler
Canadian Wildlife Service
5421 Robertson Road, RR#1
Delta, BC
V4K 3N2 Phone: 604-946-8546
Fax: 604-946-7022
E-mail:robwbutler@shaw.ca
Taxa: all birds

Mike McNall
Royal British Columbia Museum  
675 Belleville Street
Victoria, BC
V8V 1X4 Phone: 604-387-2927
Fax: 604-387-5360
Taxa: all birds

Dr. Alan E. Burger, 
Department of Biology,
University of Victoria, 
Victoria, BC
V8W 3N5 Phone: 604-721-7127
Fax: 604-721-7120
E-mail: aburger@uvvm.uvic.ca
Taxa: all birds

Dr. S. G. Sealy
University of Manitoba
Department of Zoology
Winnipeg,  Manitoba  R3T 2N2 Phone  204-474‑9459

 

Non-Canadian experts

Dr. Douglas Siegel-Causey
W436 Nebraska Hall
University of Nebraska State Museum
Lincoln, Nebraska 68588-0514 USA Phone: 402-472-9896
Fax: 402-472-8949

Taxa: all birds

Dr. Sievert Rohwer
Burke Museum  
DB-10
University of Washington, Seattle, WA
98195 USA Phone: 206-543-4066
Fax: 206-685-3039
E-mail: puffinus@u.washington.edu

Taxa: all birds

Class Mammalia

Dr. John Ford - cetaceans
Vancouver Aquarium,
P.O. Box 3232, Stanley Park,
Vancouver, B.C. Phone: 604-685-3364
Fax: 604-631-2507

Dr. Robin Baird - cetaceans Marine Mammal Research Group, Box 6244, Victoria B.C., V8P 5L5 Phone: 250-380-1925
Fax: 250-380-1206

Dr. Edward Mitchell - cetaceans
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
Los Angeles, California 90007  

David Nagorsen - pinnipeds and cetaceans
Mammal Curator - Vertebrate Unit
Royal B.C. Museum, Parliament Bldings
Victoria B.C. V8V 1X4 Phone: 250-387-2933
Fax: 250-356-8197

Kathy Heise - small cetaceans
Zoology Department, University of British Columbia,
Vancouver B.C. V6T-1Z3
Phone: 604-822-3363
Fax: 604-822-8180

Graeme Ellis, - cetaceans, pinnipeds, sea otters . Pacific Biological Centre, 
Department of Fisheries and Oceans
Nanaimo, B.C.,  V9R 5K6
Phone: 250-756-7245
Fax: 250-756-7053

Peter Olesiuk - pinnipeds
Pacific Biological Centre, Department of Fisheries and Oceans
Nanaimo, B.C.,  V9R 5K6
PH: 250-756-7000 Phone: 250-756-7000
Fax: 250-756-7053

Dr. Andrew Trities - pinnipeds
U.B.C. Marine Mammal Research Unit.
Fisheries Centre,
University of British Columbia,
Vancouver B.C. V6T 1Z4
Phone:604-822-8181
Fax: 604-822-8180

Dr. Ian McTaggart Cowan [retired]
3919 Woodhaven
Victoria, BC Phone 604-477-7798