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Aquatic Oligochaete Biology VIII

Proceedings of the 8th International Symposium on Aquati Oligochaeta, held in Bilbao, Spain, 18–22 July 2000

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  • © 2001

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Editors:
  1. Pilar Rodriguez

    1. Department of Animal Biology and Genetics, University of Basque Country, Bilbao, Spain

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  2. Piet F. M. Verdonschot

    1. Department of Freshwater Ecology, Alterra, Green World Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands

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Part of the book series: Developments in Hydrobiology (DIHY, volume 158)

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Table of contents (26 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxiii
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  4. Morphology and Embryology

    1. Temporal pattern of the double sperm line production in Tubifex tubifex (Annelida, Oligochaeta)

      • Silvia Boi, Marco Ferraguti
      Pages 103-106

    2. External structures used during attachment and sperm transfer in tubificids (Annelida, Oligochaeta)

      • Sergio Cuadrado, Enrique Martílnez-Ansemil
      Pages 107-113

    3. Mysterious ‘crystals’: found attached to the epidermal peritoneum of marine tubificid (Annelida, Clitellata) species

      • Kathryn A. Coates, Debra A. Sorocco, Nicole Maturen, Jaret Bilewitch, Aaron Thompson
      Pages 115-122

    4. Pattern formation in embryos of the oligochaete annelid Tubifex: cellular basis for segmentation and specification of segmental identity

      • Takashi Shimizu, Kaoru Kitamura, Asuna Arai, Ayaki Nakamoto
      Pages 123-131

  5. Feeding Biology and Reproduction

    1. Selective feeding by the aquatic oligochaete Tubifex tubifex (Tubificidae, Clitellata)

      • Pilar Rodriguez, Maite Martinez-Madrid, Jesús Angel Arrate, Enrique Navarro
      Pages 133-140

    2. Cocoon deposition of Rhyacodrilus hiemalis Ohtaka (Tubificidae) in Lake Biwa, Japan

      • Tetsuya Narita
      Pages 141-148

  6. Ecotoxicology and Bioaccumulation

    1. Utility and relevance of aquatic oligochaetes in Ecological Risk Assessment

      • Peter M. Chapman
      Pages 149-169

    2. Tubifex tubifex as a link in food chain transfer of hexachlorobenzene from contaminated sediment to fish

      • Philipp Egeler, Michael Meller, Joerg Roembke, Peter Spoerlein, Bruno Streit, Roland Nagel
      Pages 171-184

    3. Bioaccumulation of lindane and hexachlorobenzene by the oligochaetes Enchytraeus luxuriosus and Enchytraeus albidus (Enchytraeidae, Oligochaeta, Annelida)

      • Eric Bruns, Philipp Egeler, Joerg Roembke, Adam Scheffczyk, Peter Spoerlein
      Pages 185-196
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About this book

This book contains 26 contributions dealing with the biology of aquatic oligochaetes and covers a wide range of topics including taxonomy, morphology, ultrastructure, embryology, reproduction, feeding biology, ecotoxicity, community studies, and species distribution. Descriptions of new taxa in tropical areas, including Amazonian forest soils, as well as overviews on the biodiversity of aquatic oligochaetes in Australia and European groundwaters, are presented. New morphological characteristics in both marine and freshwater species are described and interpreted. Laboratory studies contribute to the knowledge of oligochaete feeding biology and reproduction. The use of aquatic oligochaetes in ecological risk assessment is analysed in detail, and standardised experimental designs for studies on bioaccumulation and pollutant transfer by food are included. Finally, a number of papers present the effects of oliogochaetes on the performance of an activated sludge plant, and multivariate approaches to the spatial and/or temporal distribution and composition of oligochaete communities in many different areas of the world, from the scale of a river to the scale of the microhabitat. The broad scope of this volume is a reflection of recent rends, not only in oligochaete research, but also in general applied biological studies.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Animal Biology and Genetics, University of Basque Country, Bilbao, Spain

    Pilar Rodriguez

  • Department of Freshwater Ecology, Alterra, Green World Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands

    Piet F. M. Verdonschot

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Aquatic Oligochaete Biology VIII

  • Book Subtitle: Proceedings of the 8th International Symposium on Aquati Oligochaeta, held in Bilbao, Spain, 18–22 July 2000

  • Editors: Pilar Rodriguez, Piet F. M. Verdonschot

  • Series Title: Developments in Hydrobiology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-0597-5

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Kluwer Academic Publishers 2001

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-0090-4Published: 31 March 2002

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-3887-4Published: 22 November 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-010-0597-5Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXIII, 268

  • Additional Information: Reprinted from HYDROBIOLOGIA

  • Topics: Freshwater & Marine Ecology, Environmental Management, Nature Conservation, Ecology, Developmental Biology

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