Departmental Publications

Occasional Papers Of The Department Of Life Sciences, University Of The West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad

This series has been established for the publication of major papers on the natural history of Trinidad and Tobago. Initiated in 1978 as 'Occasional Papers of the Department of Zoology, University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad', the change in name reflects the merger of the Departments of Zoology, Plant Sciences and Biochemistry in 1996. Correspondence concerning manuscripts for publication in the series should be sent to the series editor, Greg Barclay, Department of Life Sciences, University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago.

Inquiries regarding purchase of publications, listed below, should be addressed to the Secretary, Department of Life Sciences, University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago.

  1. BACON, P. R.. 1978. An annotated bibliography to the fauna (excluding insects) of Trinidad and Tobago 1817-1977. 177 pp.

  2. ALKINS, M. E. 1979. The mammals of Trinidad. 75 pp.

  3. MOOTOOSINGH, S. N. 1979. The growth of conservation awareness in Trinidad and Tobago (1765-1979). 106 pp.

  4. BACON, P. R. 1979 (reprinted 1993). Studies on the biological resources of Nariva Swamp, Trinidad. 455 pp

  5. COCK, M. J. W. 1982. The skipper butterflies (Hespeiiidae) of Trinidad. Part 11. A systematic list of Trinidad & Tobago Hesperiidae. 47 pp.

  6. MICHALSKI, J. 1988. A catalogue and guide to the dragonflies of Trinidad (order Odonata). 146 pp.

  7. RAMNARINE, I . 1989. Cascadu farming: a manual for the culture of Hoplosternum littorale. 43 pp.

  8. SALISBURY, L., and S. DYAL (with K. M. DALIP). 1990. A bibliography of zoological research: Department of Zoology 1963-1990. 183 pp.

  9. NIESER, N., and M. ALKINS-KOO. 199 1. The water bugs of Trinidad & Tobago. 127 pp.

  10. RAMJOHN, C. L., and S. MAHARAJ (EDS). 1999. Proceedings of the 23rd Annual Meeting of the American Arachnological Society. 50 pp.

  11. HAYES, F. E, and S. A. TEMPLE (EDS). 2002. Studies in Trinidad and Tobago ornithology honouring Richard ffrench. iv + 209 pp. TT$ 160, US$ 30 post-free.

  12. STARR, C. K., and A. W. HOOK. 2003. The aculeate hymenoptera of Trinidad, West Indies. p 1-31. view here.

  13. SCHEFFRAHN, R. H., J. KRECEK, B. MAHARAJ, J. A. CHASE, J. R. MANGOLD, and C. K. STARR. 2003. Termite fauna (Isoptera) of Trinidad & Tobago, West Indies. p 33-38 pp. view here

Other Publications

  1. Proceedings of The Nature of the Islands: A conference on Caribbean island natural history in memory of Peter R. Bacon (2004). Living World, Journal of the Trinidad and Tobago Field Naturalists' Club, Supplement. ISSN 1029-3299. 52pp. TT$ 30, US$ 5 post-free.