INTERNATIONAL MARINE BIVALVE WORKSHOP 2005: INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY

In August September 2005, a two-week International Marine Bivalve Workshop (IMBW) on marine molluscs, with an emphasis on systematics, anatomy, and natural history of bivalves, was held in Chantaburi, Thailand, to increase understanding of the poorly known molluscan fauna of Kungkrahaen Bay, Gulf of Thailand. The volume here introduced largely presents research initiated at this workshop, as a product of the seven scientist-student teams that worked together in the field. Results of other projects by the participants have been added on general aspects of the regional molluscan faunas as well as on various species of gastropods.