Biology of Rotifers

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XII

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2. Taxonomy and Evolution

   1. Rotifera or Rotatoria?

      • Claudia Ricci

      Pages 1-2

   2. Parallelism in the evolution of rotifers

      • L. A. Kutikova

      Pages 3-7

   3. Rotifera from Western Australian wetlands with descriptions of two new species

      • W. Koste, R. J. Shiel, M. A. Brock

      Pages 9-17

3. Geographical Distribution

   1. Biogeography of rotifers

      • Henri J. Dumont

      Pages 19-30

   2. The Indian species of the genus Brachionus (Eurotatoria: Monogononta: Brachionidae)

      • B. K. Sharma

      Pages 31-39

   3. Rotifer communities of billabongs in northern and south-eastern Australia

      • R. J. Shiel, W. Koste

      Pages 41-47

   4. Rotifera from northeastern Quebec, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

      • R. Chengalath, W. Koste

      Pages 49-56

   5. Rotifers of the Antarctic and Subantarctic

      • H. J. G. Dartnall

      Pages 57-60

4. Culturing and Related Methods

   1. Environmental factors affecting hatching of rotifer (Brachionus plicatilis) resting eggs

      • G. Minkoff, E. Lubzens, D. Kahan

      Pages 61-69

   2. Continuous culture of the rotifer Brachionus plicatilis fed recycled algal diets

      • H. Hirata, S. Yamasaki, T. Kawaguchi, M. Ogawa

      Pages 71-75

   3. Production of the rotifer Brachionus plicatilis for aquaculture in Kuwait

      • C. M. James, M. Bou-Abbas, A. M. Al-Khars, S. Al-Hinty, A. E. Salman

      Pages 77-84

   4. Cryopreservation of monogonont rotifers

      • Charles E. King, H. Berkeley Bayne, Todd K. Cannon, Andrew E. King

      Pages 85-88

5. Structure

   1. Behavior and ultrastructure of sensory organs in rotifers

      • Pierre Clément, Elizabeth Wurdak, Jacqueline Amsellem

      Pages 89-129

   2. Some historical specimens of rotifers examined by scanning electron microscopy

      • C. G. Hussey

      Pages 131-134

6. Biochemistry and Aging

   1. A re-examination of the Lansing Effect

      • Charles E. King

      Pages 135-139

   2. Aging in Brachionus plicatilis: The evolution of swimming as a function of age at two different calcium concentrations

      • Anne Luciani, Jean-Luc Chassé, Pierre Clément

      Pages 141-146

   3. Macromolecular synthesis during embryogenesis of Habrotrocha rosa Donner I. Replication of DNA

      • K. Plasota, M. Plasota, Wl. J. H. Kunicki-Goldfinger

      Pages 147-148

   4. Cholinergic neurotransmission in rotifers

      • Thomas Nogrady, Mehrshid Alai

      Pages 149-153

7. Ecology: Laboratory and Field Studies

   1. Rotifer nutrition using supplemented monoxenic cultures

      • J. M. Scott

      Pages 155-166

Since the two previous rotifer symposia in Lunz and Gent were highly successful, it was considered important to continue the tradition every third year. Thus a third rotifer symposium was held in Uppsala, Sweden, Aug. 30-Sept. 4, 1982. In the beginning of 1981 the first circular was mailed to the participants of the previous symposia, who in turn were requested to suggest names of other scientists to be invited. As a result many people expressed interest, about 70 of whom finally participated in the symposium (not including temporary visitors from nearby). The participants represented 22 countries, in Europe, North America, Asia and Australia. As with the earlier symposia, some subjects were selected in advance, mainly during discussions between Henri Dumont, Birger Pejler and Peter Starkweather when they met at the SIL congress in Kyoto 1980. Some broad topics such as 'Marine rotifers' were covered for the first time, while other topics were continuations, though more specialized, of previous themes. Thus it is interesting to follow, through the three symposium volumes, recent development within the areas of feeding, popUlation dynamics and ultrastructure. Each prospective participant (with the exception of the reviewers) was invited to present one short paper (alone or with collaborators), which resulted in more than 40 such contributions. Thus, the week's schedule became very crowded, unfortunately leaving no time for more comprehensive workshops etc. However, during the evenings general discussions were held on the topics presented during the day.

• Danube
• Eutrophication
• aquaculture
• biochemistry
• ecology
• environment
• plankton
• temperature
• wetland

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