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Welcome to the website of the
World Association of Copepodologists !

Copepods are among the most abundant metazoans on Earth and can be found almost everywhere there is water - from high-altitude lakes in mountain ranges, down to the depths of the ocean trenches. Copepods dominate the zooplankton, they are super-abundant in sediments, and they are parasitic on virtually every phylum of animals from sponges to chordates (including reptiles and mammals).

This website will help you find out more about this fascinating group of crustaceans.

The World Association of Copepodologists (WAC) is a nonprofit international organization whose purpose is to promote research on Copepoda by facilitating communication among interested specialists.

Join today !

The business of the WAC is conducted primarily at a triennial business meeting held during each international conference on Copepoda. Since 1987, conferences have been held at venues in Asia, Africa, North and South America, and Europe.

The last International Conference on Copepoda (our 10th) was held in Pattaya, Thailand in July 2008. More information is available here. The 11th International Conference on Copepoda will be held in 2011, in Merida, Mexico. For more information on the 11th ICOC, contact the Chairman of the Local Organizing Committee, Eduardo Suarez-Morales at esuarez@ecosur.mx.

Continuity and communication between conferences was previously provided only through the newsletter Monoculus. WAC is now using both Monoculus and our website to facilitate communication among copepodologists worldwide. We welcome your suggestions for improvements and additional features!

News:

Monoculus issues prior to December 2002 are now available!
(August 2008)

Monoculus Newsletter 56 A literature supplement
(January 2009)

Monoculus Newsletter 57 literature supplement
(April 2009)

Monoculus Newsletter 57
(May 2009)

Monoculus Newsletter 57A literature supplement
(June 2009)

Monoculus Newsletter 58 literature supplement
(October 2009)

TCS Summer Meeting will be held in Tokyo, 20-24 September, 2009!

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