(non-tidal) Freshwater Wetlands," with Dennis Whigham 

 from September 15, 1996 to September 14, 1997. 



Richard Pierce, SI Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Rhode 

 Island. "Predation by Heterotrophic Dinoflagellates on 

 Aloricate Ciliates," with Wayne Coats from June 17, 1996 

 to June 16, 1997. 



Colin Saunders, SI Graduate Fellow, Duke University. "Model- 

 ing the Response of Sarpus olneyi to Elevated Atmospheric 

 Carbon Dioxide by Using a Generic Plant Simulator 

 (GePSI)," with Bert Drake from June 1, 1996 to August 10, 

 1996. 



Gabriela Smalley, SI Graduate Fellow, University of 



Maryland, College Park. "Diel Feeding Patterns of Selected 

 Mixotrophic Dinoflagellates in Chesapeake Bay," with 

 Wayne Coats from June 3, 1996 to August 9, 1996. 



Kelly Smith, SI Postdoctoral Fellow, California Institute of 

 Technology. "Correlation of Denitrifying Enzyme Activity 

 in Riparian Forest Soils Detected by Gene Probing with 

 Measured Emissions of Nitrogen Gases," with Thomas Jor- 

 dan and Donald Weller, from August 1, 1996 to July 31, 



1997- 

 Jeffrey Terwin, SI Graduate Fellow, University of Maryland, 

 College Park. "Blue Crab Foraging Plasticity and its Im- 

 plications for Predator-Prey Dynamics," with Anson Hines 

 from June 12, 1996 to August 21, 1996. 



Smithsonian Tropical Research 

 Institute 



Nigel Asquith, SI Predoctoral Fellow, Duke University. 

 "Abiotic and Biotic Control of Tree Regeneration: An Ex- 

 perimental Comparison of Sites Around Gatun Lake, 

 Panama," with S. Joseph Wright from February 1, 1996 to 

 January 31, 1997. 



Mairi Best, Short Term Fellow, University of Chicago. "Tem- 

 poral Variability in the Post-Mortem Condition of Tropical 

 Molluscan Assemblages," with Jeremey Jackson from June 

 20, 1996 to September 20, 1996. 



Ann Cleveland, Short Term Fellow, Northern Arizona Univer- 

 sity. "Feeding Physiology and Ecology of Two Panamanian 

 Territorial Herbovorous Damselfish," with Ross Robertson 

 from January 1, 1996 to April 30, 1996. 



Peter Collinson, Visiting Scientist, University of Hong Kong. 

 "Growth and Life History Strategies of the Reef Building 

 Green Alga Halimeda, order Bryopsidales," with Llewellya 

 Hillis from July 21, 1996 to January 20, 1997. 



Tamar Liberman, Short Term Fellow, State Univ. of New 

 York, Buffalo. "Host/algae Selectivity During the Infection 

 of a Gorgonian Planulac (larvae) by their Zooxanthelle Sym- 

 bionts," with Nancy Knowlton from May 1, 1996 to August 

 31, 1996. 



David Marsh, SI Graduate Fellow, University of California, 

 Davis. "Effects of Breeding Pond Density on Oviposition, 

 Calling Site Selection, and Male Congregation in the Tun- 

 gara Frog, Physalaemus pusrulosus," with A. Stanley Rand 

 from June 20, 1996 to September 02, 1996. 



Juan Mate, SI Predoctoral Fellow, University of Miami. "The 

 Systematics of the Genus Pociilopora (Lamarck) in the East- 

 ern Pacific (Panama)," with Nancy Knowlton and Hector 

 Guzman, from June 30, 1996 to May 31, 1997. 



Douglas Robinson, Short Term Fellow, Universiry of Illinois. 

 "Census of Bird Species and Their Population Sizes on BCI: 

 Continuing of a Long-Term Data Set on Faunal Relaxa- 

 tion," with S. Joseph Wright from November I, 1995 to 

 June 30, 1996. 



Tara Robinson, SI Predoctoral Fellow, University of Illinois. 

 "Factors Affecting Family Dynamics and Delayed Dispersal 

 in Song Wrens (Cyphorhirms phaeocephalus): Ecological Con- 

 straints and Kinship," with Richard Condit and Allen 

 Herre, from July 1, 1996 to December 31, 1996. 



T'ai Roulston, Short Term Fellow, University of Auburn. "Pol- 

 len Preference of the Nocturnal Bee Megalopta (Apoidea, 

 Halictidae)," with William Wcislo from January 1, 1996 to 

 March 31, 1996. 



Vickey Sare, Short Term Fellow, University of Texas, Austin. 

 "Hydrogeology and Geochemistry of the San Bias Islands," 

 with Jeremy Jackson from August 1, 1996 to October 31, 

 1996. 



Lok Siu, SI Predoctoral Fellow, Stanford University. 

 "Diaspora and Community: The Forging of Trans- 

 national Networks by the Chinese in Panama," with 

 Olga Linares and Fernando Santos-Granero, from July I, 

 1996 to June 30, 1997. 



John Werren, SI Senior Fellow, University of Rochester. "Par- 

 thenogeneses and Incompatibility Microorganism in 

 Neotropical Insects," with Donald Windsor and Eldredge 

 Bermingham, from January 15, 1996 to April 12, 1996. 



Martin Wikelski, SI Postdoctoral Fellow, University of 

 Washington. "How is Environmental Information Per- 

 ceived and Transduced by Tropical Birds: Physiological 

 Mechanisms of Reproductive Seasonality in the Rain-Forest- 

 Dwelling Spotted Antbird (Hylophylax n. naevioides)," 

 with A. Stanley Rand and Neal Smith, from June I, 1996 to 

 May 31, 1997. 



Stephen Yanoviak, SI Graduate Fellow, Universiry of Ok- 

 lahoma. "Predation and Community Complexity in Water- 

 Filled Treeholes of Barro Colorado Island, Panama," with S. 

 Joseph Wright from May 1, 1996 to August 10, 1996. 



Zhijun Zhao, SI Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Mis- 

 souri. "Environmental Reconstruction in the Middle 

 Yangtze Region, China: An Application of Pytolith 

 Analysis," with Dolores Piperno from September I, 1996 

 to August 31, 1997. 



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