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Aims to discuss issues relevant to two aspects of research into the effects of cyclones on the north‐east coast of Queensland: personal responses to the experience of cyclones; and organizational and management features of the preparation for, and response to, natural hazards and disasters. Suggests that an understanding of responses at both levels is necessary for effective counter‐disaster action.

Ascarophis sp., including sexually mature adult worms, was commonly recorded in the amphipodGammarus oceanicus Segerstr∢le in the northern Baltic Sea and also inGammarus sp. in estuarine localities in the New Brunswick region of the north-western Atlantic. Species of the genusAscarophis van Beneden (Nematoda: Cystidicolidae) are known as parasites of marine and brackish water fishes, whereas generally only larval forms have been reported from crustaceans. Adults as well as larval stages are described (LM and SEM) and the infection dynamics is analysed in relation to the amphipod population. The results suggest a direct transmission of embryonated eggs to new amphipods, although this remains to be verified experimentally.