A selection of papers presented at the 13th International Conference of the International Bryozoology Association held in Concepcion Chile in January 2004 and hosted by the Universidad de Concepcion and Universidad Catolica de la Santisima Concepcion.

The topics presented in this volume reflect the diversity of studies on bryozoa with authors from 18 countries. They include investigations in seven thematic areas: ecology and life strategies; recent and fossil faunas of Australia and New Zealand; past and present bryozoans from both Antarctic and Arctic seas; geology and...