This topic submitted by christina chebo (shining9@aol.com) on 1/31/02.
You introduced this topic with a discussion of the Pacific Island region. DO you plan to focus your research around this location, since it seems to be the most drastically affected, or will you present data from around the world? It would probably be easier to focus on one area, but it would be interesting to see different regions compared on the basis of latitude, for example.