<strong>Preface</strong>

Abstract

The Ninth International Polychaete Conference (IPC) was held 12–17 August 2007 in Portland, Maine, USA, at the Conference Center of the Holiday Inn by the Sea. Kevin Eckelbarger and Linda Healy of the Darling Marine Center, University of Maine, Walpole, Maine, and James Blake and Nancy Maciolek of AECOM (formerly ENSR) Environment’s Marine & Coastal Center in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, organized and planned the activities for the Conference. Dan Dauer of Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia, organized the judging for student awards and identified proposals for future conferences.