Themes

The guide-line of the Conference will be: Polychaetes as Biological and Ecological Models: from taxonomy to applied research.

Development, Genetics and Physiology are included within Biological issues. All the applied aspects are included within Ecological issues. Obviously Taxonomy is a basic topic for both.
Contributions can be presented either as oral communications or as posters. Whenever possible, invited speakers will present and discuss the current status of different topics.
Contributions of all aspects of polychaete research, spanning from taxonomy to applied issues, can be accepted for presentation.

THEMES:

A- TAXONOMY
B- PHYLOGENY
C- EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY ( Development, Evo-Devo, Genetics, Phylogeography)
D- REPRODUCTION (including life-cycle, life history, physiology)
E- ECOLOGY (including distribution pattern, biogeography, and all applied aspects)