ALGERIA Degree of Magister Karim Mezali. 1998. Contribution to the systematic, the biology, the ecology and the dynamics of five aspidochirotid holothurians (HOLOTHUROIDEA: ECHINODERMATA) inhabiting the Posidonia oceanica meadow of the Sidi- Fredj peninsula - Algeria. National Institute of Sea Sciences and Coastal Planning (N.I.S.S.C.P.). Ph.D. Dissertation Karim Mezali. 1998-1999. (In progress). Caryology, ecological and ethological observations, life cycle and the impact of feeding behavior of fives aspidochirotids holothurians species (HOLOTHUROIDEA: ECHINODERMATA) on the Posidonia oceanica ecosystems located in two Algerians adjacent areas : primary data.
	BELGIUM Ph.D. Dissertation Christine Spirlet. Biologie de l'oursin comestible (Paracentrotus lividus) : controle du cycle reproducteur et optimalisation de la phase de remplissage gonadique. Université Libre de Bruxelles. July 2, 1999. Masters Thesis Yannick Dewael. 1998. Implications of seconds messengers in the luminous control of Amphipholis squamata (Delle Chiaje, 1828) (Echinodermata) luminescence. Catholic University of Louvain.
	BRAZIL Ph.D. Dissertation C.R.R. Ventura. 1997. Biologia de Astropecten brasiliensis Müller e Troschel, 1842 e Astropecten cingulatus Sladen, 1889 (Echinodermata: Asteroidea) na Regiâo de Cabo Frio, RJ. Universidade de Sâo Paulo. A. de O. R. Junqueira. 1998. Biologia populacional de Lytechinus variegatus (Lamarck, 1816) em habitats contrastantes do litoral do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil. Universidade de Sâo Paulo. Valeria F. Hadel. 1997. Reprodução e comportamento de Chiridota rotifera (Echinodermata, Holothuroidea) em laboratório [Reproduction and behavior of Chiridota rotifera (Echinodermata, Holothuroidea) in laboratory]. 190 p. - University of São Paulo (in Portuguese). M.N. Albuquerque. 1986. Ophiuroidea (Gray 1840) (Echinodermata) da platforma continental do norte e nordeste da Brasil. Universidade de Sâo Paulo. A.M.G. Monteiro. 1987. Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) da regiâo de Ubatuba (Sâo Paulo): aspectos morfológicos e ecológicos. Universidade de Sâo Paulo. Claudio G. Tiago. 1998. Dendrochirotida (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea) no Canal de São Sebastião. [Dendrochirotida (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea) on the São Sebastião Channel]. 136 p. University of São Paulo (in Portuguese). Masters of Science Thesis F. Giordano. 1986. Ouriços do sublitoral rochoso da regiâo de Sâo Sebastiâo - Sâo Paulo: uma abordagem e ecológia. Universidade Estaderal de Campinas.
	CZECH REPUBLIC Ph.D. Dissertation R. Štorc. (in progress). Ophiuroidea from the Upper Cretaceous of the Bohemian Cretaceous Basin (Czech Republic). Charles University, Praha.
	FRANCE PhD Dissertation Céline Madon-Senez. Disparité Morphologique et Architecturale des Schizasteridae incubants (Echinoidea, Spatangoida) des Régions Australes. Université de Bourgogne, 1998. 261pp + 18 pls. Mourad Guettaf. Contribution à l'étude de la variabilité du cycle reproductif (indice gonadique et histologie des gonades) chez Paracentrotus lividus (Echinodermata: Echinoidea) en Méditerranée Sud Occidentale (Algérie). Université de la Méditerranée, Aix-Marseille II (Faculté des Sciences de Luminy), 1997. Gustavo A. San Martin. Contribution a la gestion des stocks d'oursins: Estude des populations et transplantations de Paracentrotus lividus a Marseille (France, Mediterranee) et production de Loxechinus albus a Chiloe (Chili, Pacifique). Université de la Méditerranée, Aix-Marseille II (Faculté des Sciences de Luminy), 23 June 1995. Degree : DEA Thomas Saucede. Fluctuating Asymetry in the Spatangoid sea urchins Echinocardium cordatum and Echinocardium flavescens. Université de Bourgogne, June 30 1998.
	GERMANY Ph.D. Dissertation Christian Neumann. 1999. Diversitäts- und Häufigkeitsmuster kalkiger Dinoflagellaten - Zysten aus dem Alb Nordwest-Deutschlands. (Paleoecology of Cretaceous calcareous dinoflagellates). Institut für Palaontologie der Freien Universität Berlin. Sven Uthicke. 1998. Population structure of Holothuria (Halodeima) atra (Jaeger, 1833) and Stichopus chloronotus (Brandt, 1835) (Holothuroidea: Aspidochirotida) and their role in nutrient recycling in coral reef ecosystems. University of Hamburg.
	HONG KONG Ph.D. Dissertation Xing Jun. 1996. Sea Cucumber Immunology. Hong Kong University Science and Technology.
	INDIA Master of Science (Marine Biology and Oceanography) K.P. Manikandan. 1995. i) Analysis of Heavy metal concentrations in different tissues (Gills, Hepatopancreas, muscle tissue) in Scylla tranquebarica (Mud crab). Centre for Advanced Study in Marine Biology, Portonovo, Annamalai University. ii) Comparitive analysis of the toxic effect of trivalent and hexavalent chromium ions in the repiratory activity of Scylla tranquebarica. Centre for Advanced Study in Marine Biology, Portonovo, Annamalai University.
	IRELAND Ph.D. Dissertation Amy Greenwood. (In progress) . The reproductive ecology of asteroids in Lough Hyne, Ireland. commenced 1997. National University of Ireland, Cork.
	JAPAN Master of Science Chisato Murakami. 1999. Development of the Antarctic sea star, Psilaster charcoti, belonging to the family Astropectinidae (Echinodermata, Asteroidea), with phylogenetic considerations. Toyama University, Toyama, Japan.
	MEXICO Master's Thesis Mata Pérez, Eustolia. Taxonomy and distribution of the Family Luidiidae Sladen, 1889 (Echinodermata: Asteroidea) in the Mexico's coast., Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM).
	NEW ZEALAND Master of Science Nicola Alcock. Reproduction and aspects of ecology of Ocnus brevidentis (Hutton, 1872) in Southern New Zealand. University of Otago, March 1999.
	PAKISTAN Ph.D. Dissertation Qaseem Tahera. (in progress). Systematics, reproduction and larval distribution of holothuroids and echinoids inhabiting the Arabian Sea. University of Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan.
	RUSSIA Ph.D. Dissertation Eliseikina M.G. Morphofunctional states and physiological regeneration of digestive tract lining epithelium in Cucumaria japonica. Institute of Marine Biology, Vladivostok, Russia.
	UNITED KINGDOM Ph.D. Dissertation Freeman, S. 1999. The ecology of Astropecten irregularis and its role as a benthic predator in a soft-sediment community. University of Wales Bangor, North Wales, UK. Topics - feeding ecology (both experimental and field based), locomotory activity, prey capture, prey selection, ecology of its commensal polychaete Acholoe squamosa.
	UNITED STATES Master of Science T.W. Foret. 1999. Subcuticular bacteria in Florida echinoderms: Incidence of occurrence and variation in symbiont densities over time and space. Univ. South Florida, Tampa. C.-Y. Tan. 1999. Variability in characteristics of populations of the sand dollar Mellita tenuis Clark over space and time. Univ. South Florida, Tampa. Stephen Viada. 1980. Species composition and population levels of scleractinian corals on the East Flower Garden Banks, NW Gulf of Mexico. Texas A&M University. Michael Devin. 1998. A laser-based method to quantify the species diversity of the deep-sea benthic megafauna. Florida Institute of Technology (advisor Dr. Craig Young). Ph.D. Dissertation Kristina M. Wasson. 1999. Reproduction and Sex Steroids in Lytechinus variegatus (Lamarck) (Echinodermata: Echinoidea). University of Alabama at Birmingham. Kirsten C. Sadler. 1998. Components of the signaling pathway leading to cell cycle activation and meiotic maturation of starfish oocytes. Harvard University, Division of Medical Sciences, Cambridge, MA (Ph.D. in Cell Biology).