Mintues of the Aldabra Research Committee Present: Professor T S Westoll (Chair); Sir Bernard Katz; Professor D Lewis; Mr J F Peake; Dr J E Smith; Dr D R Stoddart; Professor W H Thorpe; Dr C A Wright; Professor V C Wynne-Edwards Observer/by invitation: Mr S G Hinton; Miss A J Sinclair Matters discussed: 1.) Minutes of previous meeting confirmed 2.) Station management 3.) Herptology 4.) Ornithology 5.) Land invertebrates 6.) Botany 7.) Earth sciences 8.) Fish 9.) Marin 10.) Minutes of working groups 11.) Other research 12.) Library accessions list 13.) Data programme 14.) Publications group 15.) US/UK liaison 16.) Schedule of meetings for 1975 17.) Date of next meeting Signed T S Westoll 17 December 1974 Document reference ALD/37(74) [C/168(74)] 16 July 1974