[Bristol-Birds] Chris O'Bryan headed to major, international, herpetological meeting
- From: "Wallace Coffey" <jwcoffey@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "Bristol-birds" <bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2009 19:57:55 -0400
Chris O'Bryan, a long-time youthful member and activist with the Bristol Bird
Club and an Undergraduate Research Assistant in biology at Austin Peay State
University, will fly
to Oregon Tuesday afternoon for one of the world's most attractive
herpetological conferences.
With funding assistance from the APSU Center of Excellence for Field Biology,
Chris will attend the Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists
(JMIH), taking place for six days at the Hilton Portland & Executive Tower in
downtown Portland, Oregon, 22-27 July.
Chris is attending the meeting on an individual and personal basis. He
identified the meeting as a high priority for his studies in the field of
herpetology. He planned the trip himself, the funding, air travel and
accommodations and has chosen his level of interests and participation. He has
been working on details and personal preparation for months. He completed his
sophomore year at APSU this year.
The 2009 JMIH includes the 25th annual meeting of the American Elasmobranch
Society, the 52nd annual meeting of the Society for the Study of Amphibians and
Reptiles, the 67th annual meeting of the Herpetologists' League, and the 89th
annual meeting of the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists.
This conference will also include the Early Life History Section of the
American Fisheries Society, participation by the Society for Northwestern
Vertebrate Biologists, and the inaugural meeting of Herpetological Conservation
and Biology.
He has chosen to explore more than 40 presentations associated with the fields
of herp systematics, amphibian pathogen ecology, fish ecology, herp
reproduction and behavior, lizard ecology, herp conservation, amphibian
ecology, herp biogeography, snake reproduction, herp genetics, herp development
and morphology, and snake ecology. He also has planned a visit to nearby Mount
Hood at 11,249 ft. elevation.
International participants from 35 countries have registered for the meeting.
Sponsoring organizations for the meeting include:
USGS Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center
Portland State University
United States Forest Service
Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife
Washington State University
Oregon State University
Chris is the son of Laura and Don O'Bryan of Piney Flats, TN.
Let's go birding . . . .
Wallace Coffey
Bristol, TN
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