Rotifera IX

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxiv

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2. Autecology and Population Ecology

   1. Dormancy patterns in rotifers

      • Claudia Ricci

      Pages 1-11

   2. Recipes for successful anhydrobiosis in bdelloid rotifers

      • Manuela Caprioli, Claudia Ricci

      Pages 13-17

   3. Spine development in Brachionus quadridentatus from an Australian billabong: genetic variation and induction by Asplanchna

      • John J. Gilbert

      Pages 19-28

   4. The relationship between Trichocerca pusilla (Jennings), Aulacoseira spp. and water temperature in Loch Leven, Scotland, U.K.

      • Linda May, A. E. Bailey-Watts, A. Kirika

      Pages 29-34

   5. Swimming speed and Reynolds numbers of eleven freshwater rotifer species

      • Gustavo Emilio Santos-Medrano, Roberto Rico-Martinez, César Alberto Velázquez-Rojas

      Pages 35-38

   6. Density-dependent regulation of natural and laboratory rotifer populations

      • Terry W. Snell, Brian J. Dingmann, Manuel Serra

      Pages 39-44

3. Reproduction and Life History

   1. Variability for mixis initiation in Brachionus plicatilis

      • Eduardo Aparici, Maria José Carmona, Manuel Serra

      Pages 45-50

   2. Parasites in rotifers from the Volga delta

      • Alexander K. Gorbunov, Anna A. Kosova

      Pages 51-55

   3. Use of microparticulate markers in examination of rotifer physiology: results and prospects

      • N. Lindemann, L. Discher, W. Kleinow

      Pages 57-61

   4. Population growth of Lepadella patella (O. F. Müller, 1786) at different algal (Chlorella vulgaris) densities and in association with Philodina roseola Ehrenberg, 1832

      • S. Nandini, S. S. S. Sarma

      Pages 63-69

   5. Egg size and offspring fitness in a bdelloid rotifer

      • Nadia Santo, Manuela Caprioli, Simona Orsenigo, Claudia Ricci

      Pages 71-74

   6. Life table demography and population growth of Brachionus variabilis Hempel, 1896 in relation to Chlorella vulgaris densities

      • S. S. S. Sarma, S. Nandini

      Pages 75-83

   7. Life cycle patterns of rotifers in Lake Peipsi

      • Taavi Virro

      Pages 85-93

   8. Life history characteristics of three types of females in Brachionus calyciflorus Pallas (Rotifera) fed different algae

      • Yi-Long Xi, Xiang-Fei Huang, Hong-Jun Jin

      Pages 95-98

   9. Why do rotifer populations present a typical sigmoid growth curve?

      • Tatsuki Yoshinaga, Atsushi Hagiwara, Katsumi Tsukamoto

      Pages 99-105

4. Trophic Relations and Interspecific Interactions

   1. Grazing by a dominant rotifer Conochilus unicornis Rousselet in a mountain lake: in situ measurements with synthetic microspheres

      • X. Armengol, L. Boronat, A. Camacho, W. A. Wurtsbaugh

      Pages 107-114

   2. Observations of insect predation on rotifers

      • Stephanie E. Hampton, John J. Gilbert

      Pages 115-121

   3. The effect of bacteria on interspecific relationships between the euryhaline rotifer Brachionus rotundiformis and the harpacticoid copepod Tigriopus japonicus

      • Min-Min Jung, Atsushi Hagiwara

      Pages 123-127

   4. Bed and Breakfast: the parasitic life of Proales werneckii (Ploimida: Proalidae) within the alga Vaucheria (Xanthophyceae: Vaucheriales)

      • Robert L. Wallace, Donald W. Ott, Sheri L. Stiles, Carla K. Oldham-Ott

      Pages 129-137

This volume is a record of the proceedings of the IXth International Rotifer Symposium, which was held in Khon Kaen, Thailand, on January 16-23, 2000. The symposium was the first meeting of the international group of rotifer researchers held in Asia.
The volume contains reviews and research papers dealing with diverse aspects of scientific research related to Rotifera and their ecology. Some of the topics addressed are: taxonomy and zoogeography, ecology, phylogeny and evolution, physiology, biochemistry and population genetics, aquaculture, and ecotoxicology. This book is special because it contains a unique compilation of contemporary rotifer-related research, and is the eighth of a series of rotifer symposium proceedings published in Developments of Hydrobiology.
This update of Rotifera studies will be of great interest to invertebrate zoologists, hydrobiologists, ecologists, and aquaculturists, particularly those interested in freshwater habitats.

• Rotifera
• algae
• aquaculture
• biochemistry
• development
• ecosystem
• hydrobiology
• phylogeny
• Model invertebrates

• Khon Kaen University, Thailand

  L. Sanoamuang

• Ghent University, Belgium

  H. Segers

• Murray-Darling Freshwater Research Centre, Albury, Australia

  R. J. Shiel

• NI00/Centre of Limnology, Nieuwersluis, The Netherlands

  R. D. Gulati

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