Studies on the Ecology of Tropical Zooplankton

I. Factors determining biogeography and distribution.- The distribution and ecology of the fresh- and brackish-water medusae of the world.- The temperate-tropical gradient of planktonic Protozoa and Rotifera.- On the diversity of the Cladocera in the tropics.- Cladocera of coastal rivers of western Nigeria.- Distribution patterns of the Diaptomidae (Calanoida: Copepoda) in southern Africa.- Temperature-related distributions of Metadiaptomus and Tropodiaptomus (Copepoda: Calanoida), particularly in southern Africa.- Rotifers of Benin River, Nigeria.- Salinity and the distribution of rotifers in the Lagos Harbour — Badagry Creek system, Nigeria.- Zooplankton, fish and fisheries in tropical freshwaters.- II. Autecological studies.- Growth, production, and demography of Moina micrura in brackish tropical fishponds (Layo, Ivory Coast).- In situ metabolic budget for the calanoid copepod Acartia clausi in a tropical brackish water lagoon (Ebrié Lagoon, Ivory Coast).- Equiproportional temperature-duration responses and thermal influences on distribution and species switching in the copepods Metadiaptomus meridianus and Tropodiaptomus spectabilis.- Durations of development and production estimates by two crustacean zooplankton species, Thermocyclops oblongatus Sars (Copepoda) and Diaphanosoma excisum Sars (Cladocera), in Lake Naivasha, Kenya.- III. Community ecology.- Relative significance of direct and indirect effects of predation by planktivorous fish on zooplankton.- Seasonal trends in zooplankton densities in Sanyati basin, Lake Kariba: multivariate analysis.- Mean individual dry weight and length-weight regressions of Some zooplankton of Lake Kariba.- Chlorophyll budget in a productive tropical pond: algal production, sedimentation, and grazing by microzooplankton androtifers.- Comparative limnology, species diversity and biomass relationship of zooplankton and phytoplankton in five freshwater lakes in Kenya.- Changes in relative abundance of zooplankton in northern Lake Victoria, East Africa.- Zooplankton composition and abundance in two impoundments in Zimbabwe.- Evaluation of eutrophication control in Lake Chivero, Zimbabwe, by multivariate analysis of zooplankton.- The Kariba Discussion The Editors.