Aquatic Oligochaete Biology IX Selected Papers from the 9th Symposium on Aquatic Oligochaeta, 6–10 October 2003, Wageningen, The Netherlands /

This volume contains selected papers from the 9th Symposium on Aquatic Oligochaeta, 6–10 October 2003, Wageningen, The Netherlands. 18 contributions deal with the biology of aquatic oligochaetes, and represents a mixture of the fields of taxonomy, anatomy, morphology and physiology, life history, ec...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Verdonschot, Piet F. M. (Editor), Wang, Hongzhe (Editor), Pinder, Adrian (Editor), Nijboer, Rebi (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2006.
Series:Developments in Hydrobiology ; 186
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Table of Contents:
  • In Memoriam: Professor Walter James Harman, PhD (1928–2002)
  • In Memoriam: Professor Walter James Harman, PhD (1928–2002)
  • Taxonomy, Anatomy, Morphology and Physiology
  • Troglodrilus (Annelida, Oligochaeta, Tubificidae), a new genus from subterranean habitats in southwestern Europe
  • Generation of bilateral symmetry in the ectoderm of the Tubifex embryo: involvement of cell-cell interactions
  • Distribution pattern of ?-amino butyric acid immunoreactive neural structures in the central and peripheral nervous system of the tubificid worm, Limnodrilus hoffmeisteri
  • Identification and pattern of primary sensory cells in the body wall epithelium of the tubificid worm, Limnodrilus hoffmeisteri
  • Divergence of the F1-ATP synthase complex in the ice worm, Mesenchytraeus solifugus (Annelida, Clitellata, Enchytraeidae)
  • Life History
  • From demographic strategies to mathematical models: trends in population dynamics studies of aquatic Oligochaeta
  • Asexual reproduction and segmental regeneration, but not morphallaxis, are inhibited by boric acid in Lumbriculus variegatus (Annelida: Clitellata: Lumbriculidae)
  • Seasonal vertical migration and aestivation of Rhyacodrilus hiemalis (Tubificidae, Clitellata) in the sediment of Lake Biwa, Japan
  • Survival and reproduction in Aeolosoma viride (Annelida, Aphanoneura)
  • Ecology and Toxicology
  • Ecology and biology of marine oligochaeta — an inventory rather than another review
  • Habitat preferences of aquatic Oligochaeta (Annelida) in the Rokytná River, Czech Republic - a small highland stream
  • Beyond masses and blooms: the indicative value of oligochaetes
  • Differential response of aquatic oligochaete species to increased nutrient availability - a comparative study between Estonian and Dutch raised bogs
  • Toxicity of Santander Bay sediments to the euryhaline freshwater oligochaete Limnodrilus hoffmeisteri
  • Oligochaete assemblages in the hyporheic zone and coarse surface sediments: their importance for understanding of ecological functioning of watercourses
  • Surface and hyporheic oligochaete assemblages in a French suburban stream
  • Sludge Studies
  • Sludge reduction by predatory activity of aquatic oligochaetes in wastewater treatment plants: science or fiction? A review
  • Sludge reduction with a novel combined worm-reactor.