[Aqualist] Measurement and origin of biodiversity conference

[Tim Barrows]

First circular:

The Measurement and Origin of Biodiversity


A one-day meeting to be held in association with the Australasian 
Association of Paleontologists / Geological Society of New Zealand annual 
conference,
Dunedin, New Zealand, Friday 5th December, 2003


Understanding the origin, history and controls of biodiversity remains one 
of the primary goals of paleontology and biology.  The measurement and 
interpretation of biodiversity data, however, is fraught with problems.  In 
this meeting we will bring together paleontologists and biologists to 
explore some of the perplexing questions surrounding biodiversity.  Using 
New Zealand and global examples of living and fossil clades, we will 
examine topics such as species-area effects, onshore-offshore diversity 
gradients in the marine realm, latitudinal gradients, and distortions of 
the paleobiodiversity record related to preservational biases.

The meeting has been scheduled to allow attendees to also participate in 
field trips associated with the Geological Society of New Zealand 
conference.  Some of these trips will have a paleontological focus.

For further information please contact:

James Crampton,
Institute of Geological & Nuclear Sciences,
P.O. Box 30-368,
Lower Hutt,
New Zealand.
Ph. +64-4-570 4887
Fax. +64-4-570 4600
Email j.crampton at gns.cri.nz
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