Rotifera

Preface. Dedication: W.T. Edmondson -- In memoriam. B. Pejler -- In memoriam. T. Frost -- In memoriam. Part I: Autecology and Population Ecology. Review paper: Dormancy patterns in rotifers; C. Ricci. Recipes for successful anhydrobiosis in bdelloid rotifers; M. Caprioli, C. Ricci. Spine development in Brachionus quadridentatus from an Australian billabong: genetic variation and induction by Asplanchna; J.J. Gilbert. The relationship between Trichocerca pusilla (Jennings), Aulacoseira spp. and water temperature in Loch Leven, Scotland, U.K.; L. May. Swimming speed and Reynolds numbers of eleven freshwater rotifer species; G.E. Santos-Medrano, et al. Density-dependent regulation of natural and laboratory rotifer populations; T.W. Snell, et al. Part II: Reproduction and Life History. Variability for mixis initiation in Brachionus plicatilis; E. Aparici, et al. Parasites in rotifers from the Volga delta; A.K. Gorbunov, A.A. Kosova. Use of microparticulate markers in examination of rotifer physiology: Results and prospects; N. Lindemann, et al. Population growth of Lepadella patella (Muller, 1786) under different algal (Chlorella vulgaris) densities and in association with Philodina roseola Ehrenberg, 1832; S. Nandini, S.S.S. Sarma. Egg size and offspring fitness in a bdelloid rotifer; N. Santo, et al. Life table demography and population growth of Brachionus variabilis Hempel, 1896 in relation to Chlorella vulgaris densities; S.S.S. Sarma, S. Nandini. Life cycle patterns of rotifers in Lake Peipsi; T. Virro. Life history characteristics of three types of females in Brachionus calyciflorus Pallas (Rotifera) fed different algae; Y.-L. Xi, et al. Why do rotifer populations present a typical sigmoid growth curve?; T. Yoshinaga, et al. Part III: Trophic relations and interspecific interactions. Grazing by a dominant rotifer Conochilus unicornis Rousselet in a mountain lake: in situ measurements with synthetic microspheres; X. Armengol, et al. Observations of insect predation on rotifers; S.E. Hampton, J.J. Gilbert. The effect of bacteria on interspecific relationships between the euryhaline rotifer Brachionus rotundiformis and the harpacticoid copepod Tigriopus japonicus; M.-M. Jung, A, Hagiwara. Bed and Breakfast: the parasitic life of Proales werneckii (Ploimida: Proalidae) within the alga Vaucheria (Xanthophyceae: Vaucheriales); R.L. Wallace, et al. Part IV: Ecosystem Ecology. Review paper: The Ecology of Periphytic Rotifers; I.C. Duggan. The psammic rotifer structure in three Lobelian Polish lakes differing in pH; I. Bielanska-Grajner. Distribution of rotifers in North Island, New Zealand, and their potential use as bioindicators of lake trophic state; I.C. Duggan, et al. Urban rotifers: structure and densities of rotifer communities in water bodies of the Poznan agglomeration area (Western Poland); J. Ejsmont-Karabin, N.Kuczy?nka-Kippen. Rotifer distributions in the coastal waters of the northeast Pacific Ocean; S.C. Fradkin. Species diversity and dominance in the planktonic rotifer community of the Pripyat River in the Chernobyl region (1988-1996); G.A. Galkovskaya, D.V. Molotkov. Variability and instability of planktonic rotifer associations in Lesotho, southern Africa; J. Green. Diurnal vertical distribution of rotifers (Rotifera) in the Chara zone of Budzynskie Lake, Poland, N. Kuczynska-Kippen. Mesocosms -- an asset to rotifer biodiversity assessment?; J.M. Langley, et al. Increase of rotifer diversity after sewage diversion in the hypertrophic lagoon, Albufera of Valencia, Spain; R. Oltra, et al. Ecological structure of psammic rotifers in the ecotonal zone of Lake Piaseczno (Eastern Poland); S. Radwan, I.Bielanska-Grajner. Lake characteristics influence recovery of microplankton in arctic LTER lakes following experimental fertilization; P.A. Rublee, N.D. Bettez. Part V: Morphology, Taxonomy, and Biogeography. Review paper: Zoogeography of the Southeast Asian Rotifera; H. Segers. Rotifera from Burundi: The Lepadellidae (Rotifera: Monogononta); D. Baribwegure, H. Segers. The rotifer fauna of peat-swamps in Southern Thailand; S. Chittapun, P. Pholpunthin. Freshwater Rotifera from plankton of the Kerguelen Islands (Subantarctica); W.H. De Smet. Rotifers in saline waters from Disko Island, West Greenland; P. Funch, M.V. Sorensen. Reproductive isolation among geographically and temporally isolated marine Brachionus strains; T. Kotani, et al. Rhinoglena frontalis (Rotifera, Monogononta): A scanning electron microscopic study; G. Melone. The rotifer fauna of Lake Kud-Thing, a shallow lake in Nong Khai Province, northeast Thailand; L. Sanoamuang, S. Savatenalinton. Biodiversity of Rotifera in some tropical floodplain lakes of the Brahmaputra River basin, Assam (N.E. India); B.K. Sharma, S. Sharma. Part VI: Genetics and Evolution. Review paper: Early contributions of molecular phylogenetics to understanding the evolution of Rotifera; D.B.M. Welch. The approach to equilibrium of multilocus genotype diversity under clonal selection and cyclical parthenogenesis; C.E. King, J. Schonfeld. A survey of introns in three genes of rotifers; D.B.M. Welch, M. Meselson. Part VII: Aquaculture and Ecotoxicology. Review paper: Biotechnology and Aquaculture of Rotifers; E. Lubzens, et al. Factors affecting low temperature preservation of the marine rotifer Brachionus rotundiformis Tschugunoff; M. Assavaaree, et al. Effect of unionized ammonia, viscosity and protozoan contamination on reproduction and enzyme activity of the rotifer Brachionus rotundiformis; A. Belem de Araujo, et al. High density culture of the freshwater rotifer, Brachionus calyciflorus; H.G. Park, et al. Acute toxicity tests on three species of the genus Lecane (Rotifera: Monogononta); I.A. Perez-Legaspi, R. Rico-Martinez. Studies on Brachionus (Rotifera): An example of interaction between fundamental and applied research; M. Yufera. Index.