Seminars Presented (listed chronologically)

PIETSCH, THEODORE W. "Biodiversity of the Kuril Archipelago: Preliminary Results of a Survey and Inventory of the Southern Kuril Islands": Burke Museum, University of Washington, 4 October 1994.

PIETSCH, THEODORE W. "Biodiversity of the Kuril Archipelago: Preliminary Results of a Survey and Inventory of the Southern Kuril Islands": Gilbert Ichthyological Society, University of Washington, 21 October 1994.

PIETSCH, THEODORE W. "Biodiversity of the Kuril Archipelago: Preliminary Results of a Survey and Inventory of the Southern Kuril Islands": American Institute of Fisheries Research Biologists, Annual Banquet Dinner, 17 November 1994.

CRAWFORD, RODNEY L. "Forty Days in the Kuril Islands, by One Who has Tried It": Monthly meeting of the "Scarabs," Northwest Entomological Club, Burke Memorial Washington State Museum, University of Washington, 24 November 1994.

PIETSCH, THEODORE W. "Biodiversity of the Kuril Archipelago: Preliminary Results of a Survey and Inventory of the Southern Kuril Islands": Faculty of Fisheries, Hokkaido University, Hakodate, Japan, 22 March 1995.

PIETSCH, THEODORE W. "Biodiversity of the Kuril Archipelago: Preliminary Results of a Survey and Inventory of the Southern Kuril Islands": Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan, 24 March 1995.

CRAWFORD, RODNEY L. ""Forty Days in the Kuril Islands, by One Who has Tried It": National Speleological Society, Johnson Hall, University of Washington, 20 October 1995.

MARUSIK, Y. M. "The terrestrial invertebrates of the islands of the Kuril Archipelago, Russian Far East, with comments on zoogeographic affinities of the known fauna": Finland International Meeting of Russian-Finnish Science, Turku, Finland, 18 November 1995.

MARUSIK, Y. M. "The terrestrial invertebrates of the islands of the Kuril Archipelago, Russian Far East, with comments on zoogeographic affinities of the known fauna": Entomological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Czeske-Budejovice, 25 November 1995.

GAGE, SARAH. "Plant Collecting in the Kuril Islands": Washington Native Plant Society, Fairhaven Park Pavilion, Bellingham, Washington, 17 January 1996.

GAGE, SARAH. "Plant Collecting in the Kuril Islands": Washington Native Plant Society, Olympia Community Center, Olympia, Washington, 2 February 1996.

MARUSIK, Y. M. "The terrestrial invertebrates of the islands of the Kuril Archipelago, Russian Far East, with comments on zoogeographic affinities of the known fauna": Biological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, 7 February 1996.

GAGE, SARAH. "Plant Collecting in the Kuril Islands": Department of Botany, University of Washington, 12 February 1996.

SAUTER, KATHERINE F. "A Photographic Essay of the Central Kuril Islands": Center for Streamside Studies - Wetland Ecosystem Team, College of Forest Resources, University of Washington, 13 February 1996.

GAGE, SARAH. "Plant Collecting in the Kuril Islands": Washington Native Plant Society, Douglas County Fire District Building, Wenatchee, Washington, 13 March 1996.

GAGE, SARAH. "Plant Collecting in the Kuril Islands": Washington Native Plant Society, Skagit Valley College, Mt. Vernon, Washington, 16 March 1996.

GAGE, SARAH. "Plant Collecting in the Kuril Islands": Washington Native Plant Society, Washington State University, Extension Office, Hadlock, Washington, 19 March 1996.

PIETSCH, THEODORE W. "Hot Water Gobies: Preliminary Studies of a Unique Hydrothermal Ecosystem on Kunashir Island, Kuril Archipelago": Present State and Scope of Studies on Freshwater and Coastal Fishes of the Asian Far-East, a symposium held in conjunction with the 29th Annual Meeting of the Ichthyological Society of Japan, Hokkaido University, Hakodate, Japan, 4 October 1996.

URBAIN, BRIAN K. "Modern Day Darwins: an Overview of the International Kuril Island Project": Seattle Preparatory School, Biology Field Trip to the University of Washington, 19 February 1997.

MINAKAWA, N. "Aquatic insect fauna of the Kuril Archipelago, the Asian Far East." Center for Streamside Studies Seminer Series, University of Washington, 4 March 1997.

PEARCE, TIMOTHY A. "Land Snail Research in Russia," Science Explorers, Delaware Museum of Natural History, 1 April, 1997.

SAYENKO, ELENA M. "Morphology of the glochidia of Kunashiria and Beringiana." Institute of Biology and Soil Sciences, Vladivostok, Russia, 15 April 1997.

PEARCE, TIMOTHY A. "Land snail ecology on northern Kuril Islands, Far Eastern Russia: Habitat versus isolation." American Malacological Union and Western Society of Malacologists Joint Meeting, 23 June 1997.

PEARCE, TIMOTHY A. "Rambling through Russia: Collecting land snails on the Russian Kuril Islands." Noon seminar at Delaware Museum of Natural History, 4 November 1997.

PEARCE, TIMOTHY A. "Land snails on the Russian Kuril Islands: Documenting biodiversity." Wilmington Shell Club, 12 January 1998.

PIETSCH, THEODORE W. "Modern Day Darwins: UW Scientists Discover New Life Forms on the Russian Kuril Islands." Rotary Club, University of Washington Chapter, Meany Tower Hotel, Seattle, 6 March 1998.

SEMSROTT, BIRGIT. "Plant Communities of the Kuril Islands," Humboldt State University Botany Club, Humboldt State University, Arcata, California, 16 March 1998.

PEARCE, TIMOTHY A. "Land Snail Research in Russia," Science Explorers, Delaware Museum of Natural History, 27 March 1998.

SEMSROTT, BIRGIT. "Plant Communities of the Kuril Islands," Guest lecture for Botany 450, Advanced Plant Taxonomy course, Department of Biological Sciences, Humboldt State University, Arcata, California, 2 April 1998.

SEMSROTT, BIRGIT. "Plant Communities of the Kuril Islands," California Native Plant Society, Arcata Chapter, Arcata, California, 14 April 1998.

SAYENKO, ELENA M. "Morphological differentiations of glochidia of some Unionidae from Russian Far East," Institute of Biology and Soil Sciences, Vladivostok, Russia, 16 April 1998.

PEARCE, TIMOTHY A. "Land Snails on the Kuril Islands: Mist Again," Delaware Museum of Natural History, Wilmington, Delaware, 20 October, 1998.

PROZOROVA, L.A., E.M. SAYENKO, and V.V. BOGATOV. "The Freshwater Bivalves from the Kuril Islands," Zoological Institute, St. Petersburg, Russia, 29 October 1998.

SAYENKO, ELENA M. "Morphological Differentiations of Glochidia of Some Russian Far Eastern Unionidae," Zoological Institute, St. Petersburg, Russia, 29 October 1998.

PROZOROVA, LARISA A. "Biogeographical Characteristics of Freshwater Molluscs from Kuril Islands," Zoological Institute, St. Petersburg, Russia, 29 October 1998.

GAGE, SARAH. "Natural History of the Kuril Islands," EECB Colloquium, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada, 5 November, 1998.

GAGE, SARAH. "Plant Distributions in the Kuril Islands of Far Eastern Russia," Northern Nevada Native Plant Society meeting, Reno, Nevada, 5 November, 1998.

PEARCE, TIMOTHY A. "Land Snails on the Kuril Islands, Russia: Mist Again," Wilmington Shell Club, Wilmington, DE, 11 January 1999.

PEARCE, TIMOTHY A. "Collecting Land Snails on the Kuril Islands, Russia: Mist Again," Jersey Cape Shell Club, Cape May, NJ, 5 April 1999.

PEARCE, TIMOTHY A. "Collecting Land Snails on the Kuril Islands, Russia: Mist Again," Philadelphia Shell Club, Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, PA, 15 April 1999.

JONESON, SUZANNE. "Botanical Exploration in the Russian Far East," University of Washington Undergraduate Research Symposium, University of Washington, Seattle, 7 May 1999.

PEARCE, TIMOTHY A. "Land Snail Biogeography in Russia and North America," Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Ontario, 18 June 1999.

PIETSCH, THEODORE W. "The International Kuril Island Project: Accomplishments and New Directions," Annual Meeting of the Gilbert Ichthyological Society, Hatfield Marine Science Center, Newport, Oregon, 18 September 1999.

JONESON, SUZANNE L. "The Lichen Genus Ramalina in the Kuril Islands, Russia," Northwest Scientific Association (NWSA) Conference, Humboldt State University, 22 March 2001.

PIETSCH, THEODORE W. "The International Kuril Island Project: Accomplishments and Future Directions," Seventh Annual Northwest Regional Conference for Russian, East European, and Central Asian Studies, The Evergreen State College, Olympia, Washington, 14 April 2001.

GAGE, SARAH. "Botanical Exploration in the Kuril Islands," Seventh Annual Northwest Regional Conference for Russian, East European, and Central Asian Studies, The Evergreen State College, Olympia, Washington, 14 April 2001.

FITZHUGH, J. BENJAMIN. "Paleobiogeography of the Kuril Islands: Interdisciplinarity from an Archaeological Perspective," Seventh Annual Northwest Regional Conference for Russian, East European, and Central Asian Studies, The Evergreen State College, Olympia, Washington, 14 April 2001.

KOLESNIKOVA, VALENTINA A.,* and VIKTOR V. BOGATOV. “Organization and History of the International Kuril Island Project (IKIP)”: International Symposium on Kuril Island Biodiversity, Sapporo, Japan, 19 May 2001.

PIETSCH, THEODORE W. “The International Kuril Island Project and the Biotic Surveys and Inventories Program of the U.S. National Science Foundation”: International Symposium on Kuril Island Biodiversity, Sapporo, Japan, 19 May 2001.

AMAOKA, KUNIO. “A History of Japanese Research on the Kuril Islands and an Overview of Japanese Contributions to the International Kuril Island Project”: International Symposium on Kuril Island Biodiversity, Sapporo, Japan, 19 May 2001.

PIETSCH, THEODORE W. “The International Kuril Island Project: Accomplishments and Future Directions” (poster presentation): International Symposium on Kuril Island Biodiversity, Sapporo, Japan, 19 May 2001.

TAKAHASHI, HIDEKI. “Infraspecific Variation of the Floral Morphs of Primula cuneifolia Ledeb. (Primulaceae) in the Kurils and Hokkaido”: International Symposium on Kuril Island Biodiversity, Sapporo, Japan, 19 May 2001.

GAGE, SARAH. “Botanical Observations on the Habomai Islands (Little Kuril Arc)”: International Symposium on Kuril Island Biodiversity, Sapporo, Japan, 19 May 2001.

JONESON, SUZANNE L. “The Lichenized Fungal Genus Ramalina in the Kuril Islands”: International Symposium on Kuril Island Biodiversity, Sapporo, Japan, 19 May 2001.

BARKALOV, VYACHESLAV Y. “Willows (Genus Salix L.) of the Kuril Islands: Taxonomy and Distribution”: International Symposium on Kuril Island Biodiversity, Sapporo, Japan, 19 May 2001.

NIKULINA, TATYANA V., AND ELENA M. SAYENKO.* “The Freshwater Algalflora of the Northern Kuril Islands”: International Symposium on Kuril Island Biodiversity, Sapporo, Japan, 19 May 2001.

ILYUSHKO, M. V., E. V. ARTYUKOVA, M. M. KOZYRENKO, D. REUNOVA, and Y. N. ZHURAVLEV. Morphological and Genetic Variability within and among Populations of Iris setosa in the Russian Far East” (poster presentation): International Symposium on Kuril Island Biodiversity, Sapporo, Japan, 19 May 2001.

FUKUDA, TOMOKO and HIDEKI TAKAHASHI. “A Revised View of the "Mertensia pterocarpa" Group in Hokkaido and the Kurils” (poster presentation): International Symposium on Kuril Island Biodiversity, Sapporo, Japan, 19 May 2001.

TSURUSAKI,* Nobuo, and RODNEY L. CRAWFORD. “Diversity and Biogeography of Harvestmen (Opiliones) of the Kuril Islands”: International Symposium on Kuril Island Biodiversity, Sapporo, Japan, 19 May 2001.

TANAKA, HOZUMI. “Biodiversity of the Wolf Spiders (Araneae, Lycosidae) of the Kuril Islands”: International Symposium on Kuril Island Biodiversity, Sapporo, Japan, 19 May 2001.

KAMURA, TAKAHIDE. “Spiders of the Families Gnaphosidae, Clubionidae and Liocranidae from the Kuril Islands”: International Symposium on Kuril Island Biodiversity, Sapporo, Japan, 19 May 2001.

MARUSIK,* YURI M., and RODNEY L. CRAWFORD. “Diversity of Spiders (Araneae) of the Kuril Islands”: International Symposium on Kuril Island Biodiversity, Sapporo, Japan, 19 May 2001.

LOGUNOV, DMITRI V., and YURI M. MARUSIK. “Biodiversity of the Jumping Spiders (Araneae, Salticidae) of the Kuril Islands” (poster presentation): International Symposium on Kuril Island Biodiversity, Sapporo, Japan, 19 May 2001.

MINAKAWA*, NOBORU, TATYANA I. AREFINA, TOMIKO ITO, TAKAO NOZAKI, IYA M. LEVANIDOVA, NAOTOSHI KUHARA, HIROYUKI NISHIMOTO, MAKOTO UENISHI, VALENTINA A. TESLENKO, PONTUS B. H. OBERG, LUCIE J. WEIS, KEMPER L. KUROWSKI, and TODD I. RITCHIE. “Caddisflies (Trichoptera) of the Kuril Archipelago”: International Symposium on Kuril Island Biodiversity, Sapporo, Japan, 20 May 2001.

TESLENKO,* VALENTINA A., and NOBORU MINAKAWA. “The Plecopteran Fauna of the Kuril Archipelago”: International Symposium on Kuril Island Biodiversity, Sapporo, Japan, 20 May 2001.

ÔHARA, MASAHIRO. “Entomological Result of International Kuril Island Project: Intertidal Beetles of the Kuril Islands”: International Symposium on Kuril Island Biodiversity, Sapporo, Japan, 20 May 2001.

SUWA, MASAAKI. “The Anthomyiid Faunas of Kamchatka and the Kuril Islands (Insecta: Diptera)”: International Symposium on Kuril Island Biodiversity, Sapporo, Japan, 20 May 2001.

URBAIN, BRIAN K. “The Pimpliform Parasitoid Wasps (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Diacritinae, Pimplinae, Poemeniinae, and Rhyssinae) of the Kuril Islands”: International Symposium on Kuril Island Biodiversity, Sapporo, Japan, 20 May 2001.

BENNETT, DANIEL J. “Taxon Accumulation Curves as a Means of Estimating the Efficiency of Insect Collecting During the International Kuril Island Project”: International Symposium on Kuril Island Biodiversity, Sapporo, Japan, 20 May 2001.

NAKATANI, MASAHIKO. “Vacciniina optilete Knoch (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) on the Kuril Islands” (poster presentation): International Symposium on Kuril Island Biodiversity, Sapporo, Japan, 20 May 2001.

LELEJ, ARKADY S., and ALINA N. KUPIANSKAYA. “The Bumblebees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Bombinae) of the Kuril Islands” (poster presentation): International Symposium on Kuril Island Biodiversity, Sapporo, Japan, 20 May 2001.

STOROZHENKO, SERGEY Y. “Orthoptera and Dermaptera (Class Insecta) of the Kuril Islands” (poster presentation): International Symposium on Kuril Island Biodiversity, Sapporo, Japan, 20 May 2001.

LELEJ, ARKADY S. “Spider Wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) of the Kuril Islands” (poster presentation): International Symposium on Kuril Island Biodiversity, Sapporo, Japan, 20 May 2001.

IWASAKI, AKEO. “Flies of the Family Agromyzidae (Insecta: Diptera) of the Kuril Islands, their Host Plants and Distribution Patterns” (poster presentation): International Symposium on Kuril Island Biodiversity, Sapporo, Japan, 20 May 2001.

PIETSCH, THEODORE W. “Introduction to the International Kuril Island Project”: International Symposium on Kuril Island Biodiversity, Sapporo, Japan, 20 May 2001.

TAKAHASHI, HIDEKI. “Plants of the Kuril Islands”: International Symposium on Kuril Island Biodiversity, Sapporo, Japan, 20 May 2001.

ÔHARA, MASAHIRO. “Insects of the Kuril Islands”: International Symposium on Kuril Island Biodiversity, Sapporo, Japan, 20 May 2001.

KUWAHARA, YASUHIRO. “Shells of the Kuril Islands”: International Symposium on Kuril Island Biodiversity, Sapporo, Japan, 20 May 2001.

YABE, MAMORU. “Fishes of the Kuril Islands”: International Symposium on Kuril Island Biodiversity, Sapporo, Japan, 20 May 2001.

URBAIN, BRIAN K. “Database and Homepage of IKIP”: International Symposium on Kuril Island Biodiversity, Sapporo, Japan, 20 May 2001.

PROZOROVA, LARISA A. “Freshwater Malacofauna of the Kuril Archipelago: Patterns of Taxonomy and Distribution”: International Symposium on Kuril Island Biodiversity, Sapporo, Japan, 20 May 2001.

SAYENKO, ELENA M. “Anodontin Bivalves of the Kuril Archipelago and the Adjacent Area”: International Symposium on Kuril Island Biodiversity, Sapporo, Japan, 20 May 2001.

PEARCE, TIMOTHY A. “Land Snail Ecology on North-Central Kuril Islands: Habitat Needs Versus Dispersal Limitation”: International Symposium on Kuril Island Biodiversity, Sapporo, Japan, 20 May 2001.

BOGATOV, VIKTOR V. “Pearl Mussels (Bivalvia: Margaritiferidae) of the Kuril Archipelago and Adjacent Regions”: International Symposium on Kuril Island Biodiversity, Sapporo, Japan, 20 May 2001.

KUWAHARA,* YASUHIRO, and HARUO KATAKURA. “Morphometric Variation in the Land Snail Karaftohelix weyrichii (Pulmonata: Bradybaenidae) across the Regions Facing the Southern Part of the Sea of Okhotsk”: International Symposium on Kuril Island Biodiversity, Sapporo, Japan, 20 May 2001.

BOGATOV, VIKTOR V., LARISA A. PROZOROVA, and ELENA M. SAYENKO. “New Mollusk Species Described from the Kuril Islands by Russian IKIPers” (poster presentation): International Symposium on Kuril Island Biodiversity, Sapporo, Japan, 20 May 2001.

PROZOROVA, LARISA A. “Pathways of Dispersal of Terrestrial and Freshwater Mollusks of the Kuril Archipelago” (poster presentation): International Symposium on Kuril Island Biodiversity, Sapporo, Japan, 20 May 2001.

KUWAHARA, YASUHIRO, AND HARUO KATAKURA. “Hybridization of Two Blue Mussel Species, Mytilus trossulus and M. galloprovincialis (Bivalvia: Mytilidae), in Northern Japan” (poster presentation): International Symposium on Kuril Island Biodiversity, Sapporo, Japan, 20 May 2001.

PIETSCH,* THEODORE W., KUNIO AMAOKA, DUANE E. STEVENSON, ERIN L. MACDONALD, BRIAN K. URBAIN, and J. ANDRÉS LÓPEZ. “Freshwater Fishes of the Kuril Islands and Adjacent Regions”: International Symposium on Kuril Island Biodiversity, Sapporo, Japan, 21 May 2001.

SHEDKO, SERGEI V. “Comments on the Taxonomy and Zoogeography of Kuril Island Freshwater Fishes”: International Symposium on Kuril Island Biodiversity, Sapporo, Japan, 21 May 2001.

STEVENSON, DUANE E. “Taxonomic Changes Affecting the Gobiid Fauna of the Kuril Islands”: International Symposium on Kuril Island Biodiversity, Sapporo, Japan, 21 May 2001.

BLACKHART, KRISTAN E. “Biodiversity and Distribution of Marine Shore Fishes of the Kuril Archipelago”: International Symposium on Kuril Island Biodiversity, Sapporo, Japan, 21 May 2001.

MacDONALD, ERIN L. “Ontogeny of the Daubed Shanny, Lumpenus maculatus (Perciformes: Stichaeidae), Based on External Morphology and Osteology”: International Symposium on Kuril Island Biodiversity, Sapporo, Japan, 21 May 2001.

YABE*, MAMORU, AYA SOMA, and KUNIO AMAOKA. “New Taxa of Inshore Sculpins from the Kuril Archipelago (Osteichthys: Scorpaeniformes: Cottidae)”: International Symposium on Kuril Island Biodiversity, Sapporo, Japan, 21 May 2001.

SHUBIN, VALERY O. “A History of Archaeological Investigation in the Kuril Islands: Japanese and Russian Research in the 20th Century)”: International Symposium on Kuril Island Biodiversity, Sapporo, Japan, 21 May 2001.

TEZUKA, KAORU. “Kuril Culture History and Our Discoveries concerning Prehistoric Pottery's Distribution and Kuril Ainu's Animal Ritual)”: International Symposium on Kuril Island Biodiversity, Sapporo, Japan, 21 May 2001.

BOONE, CRISTIE M. “Report on the Faunal Analysis of the IKIP 2000 Archaeological Expedition: Fish, Mammals, Birds, and Shellfish)”: International Symposium on Kuril Island Biodiversity, Sapporo, Japan, 21 May 2001.

FITZHUGH, BEN. “Archaeology and the International Kuril Island Project: Summary of the 2000 Field Expedition)”: International Symposium on Kuril Island Biodiversity, Sapporo, Japan, 21 May 2001.

ISHIZUKA, SHIHIRO, BEN FITZHUGH, and MITSUHIRO NAKAGAWA. “Volcanic Activity and Recent Tephras on the Kuril Islands)” (poster presentation): International Symposium on Kuril Island Biodiversity, Sapporo, Japan, 21 May 2001.

NAKAGAWA, MITSUHIRO, YOSHIHIRO ISHIZUKA, T. KUDO, M. YOSHIMOTO, Y. KATSUI, Y. ISHIZAKI, W. HIROSE, and N. GOUCHI. “Tyatya Volcano, Southern Kuril Islands: Structure and Recent Eruptive Activity Inferred from Wide-spread Tephra)” (poster presentation): International Symposium on Kuril Island Biodiversity, Sapporo, Japan, 21 May 2001.

ZHURAVLEV, YURI N. “Contribution of the Kuril Island Biota to the Species Richness of the Far Eastern Territory”: International Symposium on Kuril Island Biodiversity, Sapporo, Japan, 21 May 2001.

TAKAHASHI, HIDEKI. “Phytogeography of the Kuril Islands”: International Symposium on Kuril Island Biodiversity, Sapporo, Japan, 21 May 2001.

CRAWFORD,* RODNEY L., and YURI M. MARUSIK. “Arachnid Faunal Connections between the Kuril Archipelago and North America”: International Symposium on Kuril Island Biodiversity, Sapporo, Japan, 21 May 2001.

LELEJ,* ARKADY S., and SERGEY Y. STOROZHENKO. “Entomological Results of the International Kuril Island Project: Insect Diversity and Distributional Patterns”: International Symposium on Kuril Island Biodiversity, Sapporo, Japan, 21 May 2001.

YABE,* MAMORU, A SOMA, and KUNIO AMAOKA. “Distributional Patterns of Inshore Sculpins in the Kuril Archipelago (Osteichthys: Scorpaeniformes: Cottidae)”: International Symposium on Kuril Island Biodiversity, Sapporo, Japan, 21 May 2001.

ANDERSON, TREVOR R. “Okhotskia, Bioinformatics, and Taxonomic Databases”: International Symposium on Kuril Island Biodiversity, Sapporo, Japan, 22 May 2001.

YABE, MAMORU. “The Significance of IKIP, ISIP, and OKHOTSKIA for Systematic Ichthyology”: International Symposium on Kuril Island Biodiversity, Sapporo, Japan, 22 May 2001.

TAKAHASHI, HIDEKI. “A Perspective on the Taxonomy and Biogeography of the Vascular Plants of Sakhalin”: International Symposium on Kuril Island Biodiversity, Sapporo, Japan, 22 May 2001.

FITZHUGH, BEN. “Expanding IKIP: the International Kuril Island Paleobiogeography Project (IKIPP). Future Research in Kuril Island Archaeology, Paleoecology, and Geology”: International Symposium on Kuril Island Biodiversity, Sapporo, Japan, 22 May 2001.