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Tupper 4pm seminar Tuesday, May 23, 4pm seminar speaker will be Haris Lessios, STRI Speciations in sea urchins Bambi seminar Please check GroupWise for information on the next Bambi. Arrived last week Kenneth Olmsted, Derek Ross and Mauricio Rodriguez, SI Office of Facilities and Operations, to conduct inspection of construction projects, at STRI. Arriving next week Robert Dudley, University of California at Berkely, to study the ecophysiology and orientation mechanisms of migratory Neotropical butterflies, on BCI. Catalina Gomez, Florida State University, to promote marine conservation through World Heritage in the Eastern Tropical Pacific, at Naos. Twenty four students from Michigan State University, to participate in a course. Donald Thomas, William Warfield and David Robacker, United States Department of Agriculture, and Jeffrey Burne from Macon State College, to study the population genetics of Anastrepha, at Fortuna and Pipeline Road. Jacobus Boomsma, Boris Baer and Aniek Ivens, University of Copenhagen, and Ehab Abouheif, McGill University, to study the evolutionary ecology of fungus growing ants, in Gamboa STRI news Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panamá www.stri.org May 19, 2006 STRI to coordinate planning for Panama's Coiba National Park STRI signed an agreement with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to coordinate the development of a new management plan for Panama's Coiba National Park and Special Marine Conservation Area, on May 17. The project is coordinated by Conservation International (CI), the United Nations Foundation (UNF) and UNESCO's World Heritage Center. STRIs Juan L. Maté will direct the process of revision and updating of the current plan, which was originally prepared by the Spanish Agency for International Cooperation (AECI) in 1996. Over the next 18 months a process will be implemented to develop a realistic, modular management plan while promoting improved quality of life for residents of areas within the zone of influence of the park. At the request of Panama's National Environmental Authority (ANAM), the Coiba planning team is composed of professional Panamanians who provide expertise in diverse areas such as protected area planning, geographic information systems, terrestrial, marine and fisheries biology, law, architecture and civil engineering, among others. The team will work closely with ANAM, which manages park operations, and the Panama Maritime Authority which manages the Special Marine Protected Zone in the Park. The choice of a scientific research organization as coordinator of the planning process, as proposed by ANAM, is a significant step toward truly informed conservation and sustainable economic development. PNC is part of the East Pacific Marine Corridor with the Galapagos Islands in Ecuador, Cocos Island in Costa Rica and Malpelo and Gorgona Islands in Colombia. Both Coiba and Galapagos are World Natural Heritage Sties. These islands have established a network of protection and ecotourism that will support PNC. UNESCO experts will also provide their experience to develop a plan aiming at developing Coiba as a pilot site for other World Natural Heritage Sites in Central America. STRI firmó un convenio con la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Educación, la Ciencia y la Cultura (UNESCO) para coordinar el desarrollo de un nuevo plan de manejo para el Parque Nacional Coiba y su Zona Especial de Protección Marina, el 17 de mayo. El proyecto es coordinado por Conservation International (CI), la Fundación de Naciones Unidas, y el Centro de Patrimonio Mundial de UNESCO. Juan L. Maté, de STRI dirigirá el proceso de revisión y actualización del plan previo, el cual fue preparado originalmente por la Agencia de Cooperación Internacional (AECI) en 1996. Durante los próximos 18 meses se ejecutará un proceso para desarrollar un plan de manejo realista y modular mientras se promueve una mejor calidad de vida para los residentes del área dentro de la zona de influencia del parque. Por instrucciones de la Autoridad Nacional del Ambiente (ANAM) el equipo

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Page 1: Tupper 4pm seminar STRI newsstri-sites.si.edu/sites/strinews/PDFs/May_19_2006.pdf · Tupper 4pm seminar Tuesday, May 23, 4pm seminar speaker will be Haris Lessios, STRI Speciations

Tupper 4pm seminarTuesday, May 23, 4pmseminar speaker will be HarisLessios, STRISpeciations in sea urchins

Bambi seminarPlease check GroupWise forinformation on the nextBambi.

Arrived last weekKenneth Olmsted, DerekRoss and Mauricio Rodriguez,SI Office of Facilities andOperations, to conductinspection of constructionprojects, at STRI.

Arriving next weekRobert Dudley, University ofCalifornia at Berkely, to studythe ecophysiology andorientation mechanisms ofmigratory Neotropicalbutterflies, on BCI.

Catalina Gomez, Florida StateUniversity, to promote marineconservation through WorldHeritage in the EasternTropical Pacific, at Naos.

Twenty four students fromMichigan State University, toparticipate in a course.

Donald Thomas, WilliamWarfield and David Robacker,United States Department ofAgriculture, and Jeffrey Burnefrom Macon State College, tostudy the population geneticsof Anastrepha, at Fortuna andPipeline Road.

Jacobus Boomsma, Boris Baerand Aniek Ivens, University ofCopenhagen, and EhabAbouheif, McGill University,to study the evolutionaryecology of fungus growingants, in Gamboa

STRI newsSmithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panamá www.stri.org May 19, 2006

STRI to coordinate planning forPanama's Coiba National ParkSTRI signed an agreement withthe United NationsEducational, Scientific andCultural Organization(UNESCO) to coordinate thedevelopment of a newmanagement plan for Panama'sCoiba National Park andSpecial Marine ConservationArea, on May 17. The project iscoordinated by ConservationInternational (CI), the UnitedNations Foundation (UNF) andUNESCO's World HeritageCenter.

STRI's Juan L. Maté will directthe process of revision andupdating of the current plan,which was originally preparedby the Spanish Agency forInternational Cooperation(AECI) in 1996. Over the next18 months a process will beimplemented to develop arealistic, modular managementplan while promoting improvedquality of life for residents ofareas within the zone ofinfluence of the park.

At the request of Panama'sNational EnvironmentalAuthority (ANAM), the Coibaplanning team is composed ofprofessional Panamanians whoprovide expertise in diverseareas such as protected areaplanning, geographicinformation systems, terrestrial,marine and fisheries biology,law, architecture and civil

engineering, among others. Theteam will work closely withANAM, which manages parkoperations, and the PanamaMaritime Authority whichmanages the Special MarineProtected Zone in the Park.The choice of a scientificresearch organization ascoordinator of the planningprocess, as proposed byANAM, is a significant steptoward truly informedconservation and sustainableeconomic development.

PNC is part of the East PacificMarine Corridor with theGalapagos Islands in Ecuador,Cocos Island in Costa Rica andMalpelo and Gorgona Islandsin Colombia. Both Coiba andGalapagos are World NaturalHeritage Sties. These islandshave established a network ofprotection and ecotourism thatwill support PNC. UNESCOexperts will also provide theirexperience to develop a planaiming at developing Coiba as apilot site for other WorldNatural Heritage Sites inCentral America.

STRI firmó un convenio con laOrganización de las NacionesUnidas para la Educación, laCiencia y la Cultura (UNESCO)para coordinar el desarrollo deun nuevo plan de manejo parael Parque Nacional Coiba y suZona Especial de Protección

Marina, el 17 de mayo. Elproyecto es coordinado porConservation International(CI), la Fundación de NacionesUnidas, y el Centro dePatrimonio Mundial deUNESCO.

Juan L. Maté, de STRI dirigiráel proceso de revisión yactualización del plan previo, elcual fue preparadooriginalmente por la Agencia deCooperación Internacional(AECI) en 1996. Durante lospróximos 18 meses se ejecutaráun proceso para desarrollar unplan de manejo realista ymodular mientras se promueveuna mejor calidad de vida paralos residentes del área dentro dela zona de influencia del parque.

Por instrucciones de laAutoridad Nacional delAmbiente (ANAM) el equipo

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More arrivalsMarta Vargas, University ofMinnesota, to conduct a studyof liana propagation ecologyon BCI.

Myra Hughey, BostonUniversity, to study theadaptive timing of hatching inred-eye treefrogs, in Gamboa.

Paula Rodgers, SmithsonianEnvironmental Center, tostudy th behavior, ecology andevolution of fiddler crabsgenus Uca, at Naos.

Sandra Galeano, Universidadde Antioquia, to study howembryos assess danger: therole of vibrational cues, inGamboa.

Peter Meylan, Eckerd College,to study the ecology andmigrations of marine turtles ofBocas del Toro.

New publicationsAnker, Arthur,Poddoubtchenko, Denis, andWehrtmann, Ingo S. 2006."Leslibetaeus coibita, n. gen., n.sp., a new alpheid shrimp fromthe Pacific coast of Panama(Crustacea: Decapoda)."Zootaxa 1183(2006): 27–41.

Christy, John H., andBackwell, Patricia R. Y. 2006."No preference forexaggerated courtship signalsin a sensory trap." AnimalBehaviour 71(5): 1239-1246.

Kirkpatrick, Mark, Rand, A.Stanley, and Ryan, Michael J.2006. "Mate choice rules inanimals." Animal Behaviour71(5): 1215-1225.

Laurance, William F. 2006. "Achange in climate." Tropinet(Supplement to Biotropica)17(2): 1-3.

de planificación de Coiba estácompuesto por profesionalespanameños que suministraránsu experiencia en diversas áreascomo planeamiento de áreasprotegidas, sistemas deinformación geográfica,biología terrestre, marina y depesquerías, leyes, arquitectura,ingeniería civil y otros. El grupotrabajará de manera cercana conANAM, que maneja lasoperaciones del parque, y laAutoridad Marítima de Panamáque administra la Zona Especial

de Protección Marina delparque. La escogencia de unaorganización de investigacióncomo coordinadora de procesode planeamiento, como fuepropuesto por ANAM, es unpaso significativo hacia unaconservación y el desarrolloeconómico sostenibleverdaderamente informado.

PNC es parte del CorredorMarino de Conservación delPacífico Oriental junto con lasIslas Galápagos del Ecuador,

Isla Cocos de Costa Rica, e IslasMalpelo y Gorgona enColombia. Ambos, Coiba yGalápagos son PatrimoniosNaturales de la Humanidad.Estas islas han establecido unared de protección y ecoturismoque apoyará al PNC. Expertosde UNESCO tambiénofrecerán su experiencia paraproducir un plan de uso paradesarrollar Coiba como un sitiopiloto para otros PatrimoniosNaturales de la Humanidad enCentroamérica.

New STRI bookSTRI’s Juan L. Maté authoredthe book Análisis de la situaciónde la pesca en los golfos de Chiriquí yMontijo, published by theNature Conservancy incollaboration with STRI.

The document was presentedto Panama's National FisheriesCommission and theCommission for FisheriesSustainable Management andMarine Protection, as acontribution to themanagement of the recentlyestablished Coiba NationalPark. It aims to be used byfishermen and the governmentfor the design andimplementation of policies for

the sustainable use of naturalresources on the Isthmus ofPanama.

Juan L. Maté, de STRI, es elautor del nuevo libro Análisis dela situación de la pesca en los golfosde Chiriquí y Montijo, publicadopor Nature Conservancy, encolaboración con STRI.

El documento se presentó a laComisión Nacional de Pesca y ala Comisión para el ManejoSostenible de la Pesca en laZona Especial de ProtecciónMarina de Panamá, comocontribución al manejo delrecientemente establecidoParque Nacional Coiba. Seespera que sea usado por

pescadores y el gobierno para eldiseño y puesta en marcha depolíticas para el uso sosteniblede los recursos naturales en elIstmo de Panamá.

Leslibetaeuscoibita: new genusand new species ofshrimpSTRI fellow Arthur Anker,Denis Poddoubtchenko, andIngo S. Wehrtmann from theUniversity of Costa Ricaauthored the article “Leslibetaeuscoibita, n. gen., n. sp., a newalpheid shrimp from the Pacificcoast of Panama (Crustacea:Decapoda)” in a recent issue ofZootaxa (vol. 1183: 27–41). Itsname refers to its locality, IslaCoibita, part of Isla CoibaNational Park.

The alpheid fauna of theeastern Pacific consists of 13genera with almost 100 species

ranging from southern Alaskato Cape Horn. The PanamanianPacific coast presents a highdiversity of marine habitats, andmay be one of the majorbiodiversity hotspots of alpheidand other marine species.

Arthur Anker, becario de STRI,Denis Poddoubtchenko, e IngoS. Wehrtmann, de laUniversidad de Costa Ricapublicaron recientemente unartículo que describe el nuevocamarón, Leslibetaeus coibita, dela costa del Pacífico de Panamáen un número reciente deZootaxa (vol. 1183: 27-41). Sunombre se refiere a su hábitat,Isla Coibita, parte del ParqueNacional Isla Coiba.

La fauna de álfidos al este delPacífico consisten en 13

géneros con casi 100 especiesque se exrtienden desde el surde Alaska hasta el Cabo deHornos. La costa del Pacíficopanameño presenta una grandiversidad de hábitats marinos,y puede ser uno de los puntosmás ricos de álfidos y otrasespecies marinas.

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Heckadon celebrates Chiriquianniversary with marathonconference journeySTRI’s Stanley Heckadon-Moreno, was invited byacademic and environmentalorganizations to present hislatest book, Selvas entre dos maresin the Chiriqui province, as partof the celebration of its 147anniversary. He used theopportunity to narrate thehistory of STRI, our currentresearch and public programs,and answer endlessenvironmental questions relatedto the region. The audiencesincluded a private school inDavid, Radio Chiriquí earlynews, a 400 people crowd inBoquete, the Boqueteño ladiesand a 200 group invited byOTEIMA private university inDavid.

Given the recent spate of earthtremors in the region, theaudience was keen to know ifVolcan Baru is "asleep" or"awake" and what could it do inthe future. Through Heckadon,STRI's Carlos Jaramillocontributed an excellent,concise and clear life history of

the Volcan, “the first piece ofhard scientific information theyhad received on their mostimportant and beloved physicallandmark” according toHeckadon.

Stanley Heckadon-Moreno, deSTRI, fue invitado pororganizaciones académicas yambientales a presentar sunuevo libro Selvas entre dos maresen la provincia de Chiriquí,como parte del 147 aniversariode su fundación. Heckadonaprovechó la oportunidad paranarrar la historia de STRI,nuestros proyectos deinvestigación y programaspúblicos, así como contestaruna infinidad de preguntasambientales relacionadas con laregión. Las audienciasincluyeron una escuela públicaen David, el programa denoticias de Radio Chiriquí, ungrupo de 400 personas enBoquete, las damas boqueteñas,y un grupo de 200 en launiversidad privada deOTEIMA.

Debido a la reciente ola detemblores de tierra en la región,las audiencias estaban deseosasde saber si el Volcán Barú está“dormido” o “despierto”, y quése espera de él en el futuro. Através de Heckadon, CarlosJaramillo, de STRI, contribuyócon una excelente, concisa y clarahistoria natural del Volcán, “laprimera noticia científicaconfiable que habían recibidosobre este importante y queridosímbolo de su tierra,” de acuerdoa Heckadon.

STRI bookstorepromotes science inlocal events Personnel of the STRI Librarycontributes regularly to localevents and exhibits showcasingscience books in English andSpanish for the differentaudiences, as well as withsouvenirs and environmental T-shirts. According to OlgaBarrio, exhibit coordinator andadministrative assistant ofSTRI's Office ofCommunication and PublicInformation, this partnershipwith the STRI Library datesfrom 2002. The photo showsDaphne Ruiz, Ginnet Vargasand Xiomara Avila at thePanama Canal Authority Book's

Fair 2006 heldin April.

El personal de laLibrería deSTRI contribuyeregularmente eneventos locales yexhibiciones,presentandolibros de ciencia en inglés yespañol para las diferentesaudiencias, así comorecordatorios y camisetas condiseños ambientales. Deacuerdo a Olga Barrio,coordinadora de exhibiciones yasistente administrativa de la

Oficina de Comunicaciones yDivulgación, esta asociacióncon la Librería de STRI data de2002. La foto muestra aDaphne Ruiz, Ginnett Vargas yXiomara Avila, en la Feria delLibro de la Autoridad del Canal2006, celebrada en abril.

More publicationsTurner, Benjamin L.,Newman, Susan, and Reddy,K. Ramesh. 2006."Overestimation of organicphosphorus in wetland soilsby alkaline extraction andmolybdate colorimetry."Environmental Science andTechnology 40(10): 3349-3354.

STRI in the news“Neotropical plant diversity”.2006. Spotlight on Science at theSmithsonian 4(10): May 12.

“Endangered plants on theroad to extinction?.” 2006.CO2 Science. May 4.

MiscellaneousFor rent: Independent roomand bathroom in Albrook,$175, Albrook. Tel. 315-0158

For rent: Albrook twobedroom one bath duplex forrent. Central A/C, very nicequiet location next to forest,large garden with fruit trees. Available immediately. $600month rent. Call Chimene at276-6621 or 6674-6621.

For rent: Two rooms inapartment in Marbella Roomsin an apartment in Marbella.One for $120 and another for$210 per month. Interestedplease Kathryn [email protected]

Looking for: Pram or strollerand/or baby basket. Secondhand to borrow or buy. Buscocoche y/o moisés usado parabebé. Prestado o para compra.Call: Renata ar 232-7461, Cel.6510-9177, or e-mail:[email protected]

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science in progress:

Story: David W. Roubik

Edited by: M Alvarado

and ML Calderon

Photos: MA Guerra

Polymerous Chain

Reaction (PCR)

technique and

molecular markers for

organisms of all kinds

have advanced

scientific study of

species and

populations, and the

answer for the large

'Coiba honey bee' was

thought to be readily

available if some bees

were adequately

preserved for DNA

studies and compared

to their putative

mainland cousins.

A difference in the

base pair sequence of

a molecular marker of,

say, 4% or more, would

indicate that these

bees would likely be

'reproductively

isolated', and qualify

as distinct species.

As an alternative, the

colonies of each bee

could be used to

obtain virgin queens,

and artificial

insemination, using

their complementary

drones, might then be

used to see whether

such an artificial

hybrid produced viable

queens and drones,

with the full capacity of

mating and

reproducing.

In that case, the two

populations would be

called one and the

same species,

although isolated for at

least 12,000 years,

when Coiba separated

from the mainland

during the end of the

earth's last glacial

cycle.

Read Part III next week

of “The Coiba honey

bee (science is slow!)”

to learn about the

processes involved in

recognizing a new

species.

El estudio científico de

especies y poblaciones

de todo tipo de

organismos ha

avanzado mucho

gracias a la técnica de

reacción en cadena de

polímeros (PCR, por

sus siglas en inglés) y

a los marcadores

moleculares. Se creyó

que la respuesta sobre

la abeja de miel grande

de Coiba estaría a la

disposición de Roubik

si preservaba

adecuadamente

algunas abejas para

estudios de ADN y se

comparaban con sus

primas de tierra firme.

Una diferencia de 4%

en la pareja secuencial

base de un marcador

molecular indicaría que

estaban aisladas

reproductivamente,

calificandolas así

como especies

diferentes.

Mientras tanto, se

podrían utilizar reinas

vírgenes de cada

especie, para

inseminarlas

artificialmente con sus

zánganos

complementarios, y ver

si estos híbridos

artificiales podrían

producir reinas y

zánganos con

capacidad de

reproducirse. En este

caso, serían

declaradas de la

misma especie—

aunque aisladas hace

por lo menos por

12,000 años—cuando

Coiba se separó de

tierra firme desde

finales del último ciclo

glacial de la tierra.

Lea la tercera parte de

"The Coiba honey bee

(science is slow!) la

próxima semana, para

conocer los procesos

que conlleva reconocer

una una nueva

especie.

The Coibahoney bee,(scienceis slow!)

Part II: Hybrids

don't reproduce