Alexander David McKinnon died peacefully in his home in Townsville, Australia on 24 November 2021. Surrounded by his wife Jocelyn, children Claire McKinnon Grant and Leigh McKinnon, he succumbed to complications from non-Hodgkins lymphoma. He was 67 years old and had retired from his long-time position at the Australian Institute of Marine Science to spend more time with his family, including his four young grandchildren. [more ...]

The bibliographic database was developed and is maintained by staff of the C.B. Wilson Copepod library, and contains all the known literature for copepods and branchiurans. At present over 75,000 bibliographic entries on copepods are in the database. Current staff members organizing the day to day operations of this library are T. Chad Walter, Janet Reid and David Damkaer. We gratefully accept donations of literature on all aspects of the Copepoda, and request that you send us a copy of all your future publications.

Professor John Wells, who has died aged 83, was a research scientist, teacher, Professor of Zoology, Dean of Science at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, family man and community leader. He was a man of his time, surviving World War II, progressing to a career that stretched around the world. [more ...]