Cladocera as Model Organisms in Biology

1. Front Matter

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2. Genetics

   1. What can molecular markers tell us about the evolutionary history of Daphnia species complexes?

      • Klaus Schwenk, Andrea Ender, Bruno Streit

      Pages 1-7

   2. Genetic variation in Simocephalus (Anomopoda: Daphniidae) in North America: patterns and consequences

      • B. J. Hann

      Pages 9-14

   3. Large Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium deviations in the Daphnia longispina of Lake El Tobar

      • Charles E. King, Maria R. Miracle, Eduardo Vicente

      Pages 15-23

   4. Differences in genetic structure and ecological diversity between parental forms and hybrids in a Daphnia species complex

      • Jakob Müller, Alfred Seitz

      Pages 25-32

   5. Effects of salinity on the life history and fitness of Daphnia magna: variability within and between populations

      • Martina Teschner

      Pages 33-41

3. Taxonomy, systematics and biogeography

   1. Changing attitudes toward chydorid anomopods since 1769

      • David G. Frey

      Pages 43-55

   2. Phylogeny and adaptive radiation within the Anomopoda: a preliminary exploration

      • Geoffrey Fryer

      Pages 57-68

   3. The evolution of groundwater Cladocera

      • Henri J. Dumont

      Pages 69-74

   4. Altitudinal distribution of tropical planktonic Cladocera

      • J. Green

      Pages 75-84

   5. The conservation ecology of the Podonidae from the Caspian and Aral seas

      • N. V. Aladin

      Pages 85-97

   6. Distribution and biology of marine cladocerans in the coastal waters of southern China

      • K. W. Tang, Q. C. Chen, C. K. Wong

      Pages 99-107

4. Feeding, growth, reproduction

   1. Synergistic effects of different food species on life-history traits of Daphnia galeata

      • Maarten Boersma, Jacobus Vijverberg

      Pages 109-115

   2. Effects of Microcystis aeruginosa on interference competition between Daphnia pulex and Keratella cochlearis

      • Alison Sartonov

      Pages 117-126

   3. The influence of prey hardness on Daphnia’s selectivity for large prey

      • William R. DeMott

      Pages 127-138

   4. Egg size and egg mass of Daphnia magna: response to food availability

      • Irina Trubetskova, Winfried Lampert

      Pages 139-145

   5. Reduced digestibility of UV-B stressed and nutrient-limited algae by Daphnia magna

      • Ellen van Donk, Dag O. Hessen

      Pages 147-151

   6. UV-B-tolerance of alpine and arctic Daphnia

      • Iris D. Zellmer

      Pages 153-159

5. Behaviour

   1. An account of a preliminary mechanistic model of swimming behaviour in Daphnia: its use in understanding diel vertical migration

      • J. Ringelberg

      Pages 161-165

   2. Life history characteristics of Daphnia magna clones differing in phototactic behaviour

      • L. De Meester

      Pages 167-175

The Third International Symposium on Cladocera, papers from which make up this volume, covered recent findings on the behaviour, life history, population genetics, reproduction, chemical communication, predator-prey interactions, epibionts, taxonomy, phylogeny, palaeolimnology and biogeography of this animal group.
The Cladocera occupy an intermediate position in lake ecosystems, both as plankton and benthic organisms. Their often high abundance and their function, as transfer organisms from algae and dead organic matter to macro-invertebrates and fish, make them one of the most important organisms to affect the biological processes in freshwater ecosystems. The Cladocera living among the plankton often have recognizable distribution patterns and migrations; their size and brief life cycles make them popular in laboratory experiments; their cyclic parthenogenesis makes them suitable for many aspects of population genetics; and they are present as microfossils in lake sediments. All these features confer a unique status on the Cladocera as model organisms in many aspects of modern systematics and ecology.

• Ecology
• algae
• biogeography
• ecosystem
• ecosystems
• phylogeny
• plankton
• Model invertebrates

• Institute of Zoology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway

  Petter Larsson

• Max-Planck-Institut für Limnologie, Plön, Germany

  Lawrence J. Weider

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