Rotifera X

(Rotifera: Testudinellidae) by scanning electron microscopy.- Do rotifer jaws grow after hatching?.- External morphology and muscle arrangement of Brachionus urceolaris, Floscularia ringens, Hexarthra mira and Notommata glyphura (Rotifera, Monogononta).- The musculature of Testudinella patina (Rotifera: Flosculariacea), revealed with CLSM.- Rotifer nervous system visualized by FMRFamide and 5-HT immunocytochemistry and confocal laser scanning microscopy.- Identification of acetylcholinesterase receptors in Rotifera.- Mating, Resting Eggs, Diapause, Anhydrobiosis, Embryonic Development.- Brachionus calyciflorus is a species complex: Mating behavior and genetic differentiation among four geographically isolated strains.- Removal of surface glycoproteins and transfer among Brachionus species.- Maternal effect by stem females in Brachionus plicatilis: effect of starvation on mixis induction in offspring.- Restoration of tropical peat swamp rotifer communities after perturbation: an experimental study of recovery of rotifers from the resting egg bank.- Diapause in monogonont rotifers.- Anhydrobiosis of Adineta ricciae: costs and benefits.- A putative LEA protein, but no trehalose, is present in anhydrobiotic bdelloid rotifers.- The development of a bdelloid egg: a contribution after 100 years.- Population and Community Ecology.- Evolution of rotifer life histories.- Insulin-like growth factor signaling pathway involved in regulating longevity of rotifers.- Combined effects of algal (Chlorella vulgaris) food level and temperature on the demography of Brachionus havanaensis (Rotifera): a life table study.- Factors affecting egg-ratio in planktonic rotifers.- Factors affecting swimming speed in the rotifer Brachionus plicatilis.- An evidence for vertical migrations of small rotifers - a case of rotifer community in a dystrophic lake.- Structure distinctions of pelagic rotifer plankton in stratified lakes with different human impact.- Changes in rotifer species composition and abundance along a trophic gradient in Loch Lomond, Scotland, UK.- Diversity and abundance of the planktonic rotifers in different environments of the Upper Paraná River floodplain (Paraná State - Mato Grosso do Sul State, Brazil).- Relationships between rotifers, phytoplankton and bacterioplankton in the Corumbá reservoir, Goiás State, Brazil.- Short time-response of psammic communities of Rotifera to abiotic changes in their habitat.- The influence of biotic and abiotic factors on psammic rotifers in artificial and natural lakes.- Long-term Studies.- Seasonal rotifer dynamics in the long-term (1969-2002) record from Lake Kinneret (Israel).- Seasonality of rotifers and temperature in Lough Neagh, N. Ireland.- Abiotic vs. biotic factors: lessons drawn from rotifers in the Middle Loire, a meandering river monitored from 1995 to 2002, during low flow periods.- Trophic Interactions.- Freshwater copepods and rotifers: predators and their prey.- Trophic Interactions.- Life history characteristics of Asplanchnopus multiceps (Rotifera) fed rotifer and cladoceran prey.- Susceptibility of ephemeral pool Hexarthra to predation by the fairy shrimp Branchinecta mackini: can predation drive local extinction?.- Decline of clear-water rotifer populations in a reservoir: the role of resource limitation.- Combined effects of food concentration and temperature on competition among four species of Brachionus (Rotifera).- Application of stable isotope tracers to studies of zooplankton feeding, using the rotifer Brachionus calyciflorus as an example.- Aquaculture and Ecotoxicology.- Screening methods for improving rotifer culture quality.- Interaction among copper toxicity, temperature and salinity on the population dynamics of Brachionus rotundiformis (Rotifera).- Effect of some pesticides on reproduction of rotifer Brachionus plicatilis Müller.- Heat shock protein 60 (HSP60) response of Plationus patulus (Rotifera: Monogononta) to combined exposures of arsenic and heavy metals.