About the IAM

The International Association of Meiobenthologists (IAM) was created in 1966 to bring together meiobenthologists from around the world. Since the start the IAM has published a regular newsletter “Psammonalia”, though over recent years other channels of communication between members have come to the fore. The complete back collection of Psammonalia is available on this website. The IAM organises a conference for members every 3 years, starting wit hthe first in Tunisia in 1969. The last in person meeting was held in Évora, Portugal in 2019, and the most recent meeting was held online, hosted by NIWA in Wellington, New Zealand. The next conference will be in 2025 in Kolkata, India.

A photo of the atendees of the first international meiofauna conference held in Tunisia in 1969
The First International Meiofauna Conference, Tunisia, 1969

 

The attendees of the seventeenth international meiofauna conference, Seventimco, held at the university of evora, Portugal in 2019
Seventimco, University of Évora, Portugal, 2019