Acknowledgements
It is a pleasure to record our gratitude to all those who contributed to the
preparation of this Atlas. These include Giorgio Dafnis for his competence and
skill in the preparation of material for Scanning Electron Microscopy and for
his technical assistance at the SEM microscope. Gennaro Iamunno assisted in
the preparation of SEM material. Giuseppe Gargiulo printed all the SEM
micrographs. Gisella Princivalli typed the manuscript. Thanks are-due also to
Frank Kurbjeweit for sending us samples of Microcalanus from the Antarctic
for comparative purposes. In addition, we also wish to record our appreciation
to our colleagues and to those of the crew of the RN Cariboo who participated
in the 1991 cruise to the Magellan Straits. Of these, special thanks are due to
Pino Arena for his invaluable work at sea and help in generating the copepod
distribution maps and to Vincenzo Bonanzinga for his technical assistance in
data analysis. Thanks are also due to the National Antarctic Research Program
(PNRA) for their financial support.