Cladocera: the Biology of Model Organisms

Taxonomy, Systematics and Biogeography.- On the history of studies on cladoceran taxonomy and morphology, with emphasis on early work and causes of insufficient knowledge of the diversity of the group.- Subgeneric differences in head shield and ephippia ultrastructure within the genus Bosmina (Baird) (Crustacea, Cladocera).- Structure of thoracic limbs in Bosminopsis deitersi Richard, 1895 (Anomopoda, Branchiopoda).- Sensory and glandular equipment of the trunk limbs of the Chydoridae and Macrothricidae (Crustacea: Anomopoda).- Alona stochi n.sp. — the third cave-dwelling cladoceran (Crustacea: Cladocera) from the Dinaric region.- Moina ephemeralis n.sp. from Central Europe.- A checklist of the littoral cladocerans from Mexico, with descriptions of five taxa recently recorded from the Neovolcanic Province.- The cladocera of the Godthåbfjord area SW Greenland.- Life History and Ecological Genetics.- Offspring size in Daphnia: does it pay to be overweight?.- Phenotypic plasticity of Daphnia life history traits in response to predator kairomones: genetic variability and evolutionary potential.- Life tables of Moina macrocopa (Straus) in successive generations under food and temperature adaptation.- Preliminary experiments on resource competition between a migrating and a non-migrating clone of the hybrid D. galeata × hyalina.- Electron transport system (ETS) activity and respiration rate in five Daphnia species at different temperatures.- Hybridization in the Daphnia galeata complex: are hybrids locally produced?.- Among-populational genetic differentiation in the cyclical parthenogen Daphnia magna (Crustacea, Anomopoda) and its relation to geographic distance and clonal diversity.- Behaviour.- Ideal free distribution in Daphnia? Are daphnids able to consider both thefood patch quality and the position of competitors?.- Mating behaviour in Moina brachiata (Jurine, 1820) (Crustacea, Anomopoda).- Light-induced swimming of Daphnia: can laboratory experiments predict diel vertical migration?.- The change in phototactic behaviour of a Daphnia magna clone in the presence of fish kairomones: the effect of exposure time.- Differential behaviour and shifts in genotype composition during the beginning of a seasonal period of diel vertical migration.- Size distribution of Daphnia longispina in the vertical profile.- Trophic Interactions and Community Structure.- The trophic role of the marine cladoceran Penilia avirostris in the Gulf of Trieste.- Ecological similarities and differences among litoral species of Ceriodaphnia.- The effect of different fish communities on the cladoceran plankton assemblages of the Kis-Balaton Reservoir, Hungary.- Importance of water-level fluctuation on population dynamics of cladocerans in a hypertrophic reservoir (Lake Arancio, south-west Sicily, Italy).- Long-term dynamics of small-bodied and large-bodied cladocerans during the eutrophication of a shallow reservoir, with special attention for Chydorus sphaericus.- Assessment of the importance of fish predation versus copepod predation on the life history traits of Daphnia hyalina.- Effects of competitors and Chaoborus predation on the cladocerans of a eutrophic lake: an enclosure study.- The relevance of size efficiency to biomanipulation theory: a field test under hypertrophic conditions.- Chydorid assemblages in the sedimentary sequence of Lake La Cruz (Spain) subject to water level changes.- Invited Contributions: Personal Views on the Future of Cladoceran Research.- The future of cladoceran research.- Some suggestions for future cladoceran research.- The future of cladoceran genetics: methodologies and targets.- Cladoceran studies: where do we go from here?.