Aquatic Oligochaeta: Proceedings of the Third International Symposium on Aquatic Oligochaeta held in Hamburg, Germany September 29-October 4, 1985

Front Matter....Pages I-XVI
Some new species of Haplotaxidae (Oligochaeta) from Guinea and remarks on the history of the family....Pages 1-13
Observations on three species of branchiobdellid (Annelida: Clitellata) worms from eastern Asia....Pages 15-25
Contributions towards the taxonomy of the African Naididae (Oligochaeta). IV. Zoogeographical and taxonomical considerations on African Naididae....Pages 27-37
The variability of setae of Pristina longiseta Ehrenberg (Oligochaeta, Naididae)....Pages 39-44
Hair today, gone tomorrow: induced chaetal changes in tubificid oligochaetes....Pages 45-55
Identification of immature tubificids (Oligochaeta) of Lake Constance and its influence on the evaluation of species distribution....Pages 57-63
A comparison of phenetic and phylogenetic methods applied to the systematics of Oligochaeta....Pages 65-74
Phylogenetic analysis of the aquatic Oligochaeta under the principle of parsimony....Pages 75-89
Phylogenetics of some Enchytraeidae (Annelida: Oligochaeta): A preliminary investigation of relationships to the Haplotaxidae....Pages 91-106
Contribution to the study of the Rhyacodrilinae (Tubificidae, Oligochaeta), with description of two new stygobiont species from the alluvial plain of the French upper Rhone, Rhyacodrilus amphigenus , sp. n. and Rhizodriloides phreaticola , g. n., sp. n.....Pages 107-118
Oligochaetes and oligochaete research in the Zoological Museum and Institute, Hamburg....Pages 119-119
Newsletter on Enchytraeidae. I. Checklist of new taxa 1960–1985....Pages 121-121
Spermiogenesis in Bythonomus lemani and the phylogenetic position of the Lumbriculidae (Oligochaeta, Annelida)....Pages 123-134
Unusual model of lumbriculids’ helical muscles: comparison with body wall muscles in other microdriles....Pages 135-144
Ultrastructural features of gametogenesis during the life cycle in Branchiura sowerbyi Beddard (Oligochaeta, Tubificidae)....Pages 145-154
Physiological reactions of aquatic oligochaetes to environmental anoxia....Pages 155-155
Aerobic and anaerobic metabolism of the freshwater oligochaete Tubifex sp.....Pages 157-158
Anatomy and ultrastructure of the marine oligochaete Tubificoides benedii (Tubificidae), with emphasis on its epidermis-cuticle-complex....Pages 159-159
Some aspects of the ecophysiology of Tubificoides benedii and ultrastructural observations on endocuticular bacteria....Pages 161-161
Progress in cohort cultures of aquatic Oligochaeta....Pages 163-169
Why and where do oligochaetes hide their cocoons?....Pages 171-178
Production of Tubificidae in the littoral zone of Lake Léman near Thonon-les-Bains: A methodological approach....Pages 179-187
Biomass, production and respiration of marine Oligochaeta (Annelida) from the Island of Sylt (North Sea)....Pages 189-189
Population dynamics of oligochaetes in a high mountain lake....Pages 191-191
Mutualistic relationships between cohabiting tubificid species....Pages 193-193
Preliminary study of the aquatic Oligochaeta of the Changjiang (Yangtze) River....Pages 195-198
Some ecological aspects of aquatic oligochaetes in the Lower Pearl River (People’s Republic of China)....Pages 199-208
The ecology of some Benthic Oligochaeta from the Paraná River, Argentina....Pages 209-214
Distribution and ecology of Middle Atlantic Bight Oligochaeta....Pages 215-225
Vertical distribution and abundance of benthic invertebrates in profundal sediments of Mondsee, with special reference to oligochaetes....Pages 227-234
The depth distribution of Oligochaeta in an Irish quaking marsh....Pages 235-247
Oligochaete respiration as a measure of sediment toxicity in Puget Sound, Washington....Pages 249-258
The occurrence of oligochaetes in lake chains receiving pulp mill waste and their relation to eutrophication on the trophic scale....Pages 259-266
Biological characterization of sediments by standardized tubificid bioassays....Pages 267-275
Sublittoral and profundal Oligochaeta fauna of the Lake Constance (Bodensee-Obersee)....Pages 277-282
Aquatic Oligochaetes in ditches....Pages 283-292
The distribution of aquatic oligochaetes in the south and eastern Mediterranean area....Pages 293-303
Population dynamics of Tubifex tubifex , first settler in the profundal of a copper and ammonia polluted, recovering lake (L. Orta, North Italy)....Pages 305-305
Some notes on the biology of the Asiatic species Monopylephorus limosus found in Italy....Pages 307-307
Potential for aquatic oligochaetes as live food in commercial aquaculture....Pages 309-310
Current status and future direction of the bibliography on aquatic Annelida....Pages 311-311
Back Matter....Pages 313-323