Cladocera as Model Organisms in Biology: Proceedings of the Third International Symposium on Cladocera, held in Bergen, Norway, 9–16 August 1993

Front Matter....Pages i-xvi
What can molecular markers tell us about the evolutionary history of Daphnia species complexes?....Pages 1-7
Genetic variation in Simocephalus (Anomopoda: Daphniidae) in North America: patterns and consequences....Pages 9-14
Large Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium deviations in the Daphnia longispina of Lake El Tobar....Pages 15-23
Differences in genetic structure and ecological diversity between parental forms and hybrids in a Daphnia species complex....Pages 25-32
Effects of salinity on the life history and fitness of Daphnia magna : variability within and between populations....Pages 33-41
Changing attitudes toward chydorid anomopods since 1769....Pages 43-55
Phylogeny and adaptive radiation within the Anomopoda: a preliminary exploration....Pages 57-68
The evolution of groundwater Cladocera....Pages 69-74
Altitudinal distribution of tropical planktonic Cladocera....Pages 75-84
The conservation ecology of the Podonidae from the Caspian and Aral seas....Pages 85-97
Distribution and biology of marine cladocerans in the coastal waters of southern China....Pages 99-107
Synergistic effects of different food species on life-history traits of Daphnia galeata ....Pages 109-115
Effects of Microcystis aeruginosa on interference competition between Daphnia pulex and Keratella cochlearis ....Pages 117-126
The influence of prey hardness on Daphnia ’s selectivity for large prey....Pages 127-138
Egg size and egg mass of Daphnia magna : response to food availability....Pages 139-145
Reduced digestibility of UV-B stressed and nutrient-limited algae by Daphnia magna....Pages 147-151
UV-B-tolerance of alpine and arctic Daphnia ....Pages 153-159
An account of a preliminary mechanistic model of swimming behaviour in Daphnia : its use in understanding diel vertical migration....Pages 161-165
Life history characteristics of Daphnia magna clones differing in phototactic behaviour....Pages 167-175
Diel horizontal migration and swarm formation in Daphnia in response to Chaoborus ....Pages 177-184
Behavioural and morphological changes in polymorphic Daphnia related to different predation regimes....Pages 185-191
Seasonal occurrence and diel locomotor activity in littoral Cladocera in a mesohumic lake in Norway....Pages 193-201
Effects of predator-released chemicals on some life history parameters of Daphnia pulex ....Pages 203-206
The influence of a fish exudate on two clones of the hybrid Daphnia galeata × hyalina ....Pages 207-212
Changes in epibiotic burden during the intermolt of Daphnia determined by hypodermal retraction stages....Pages 213-219
An in situ test of the effects of food quality on Daphnia population growth....Pages 221-230
Interrelationships between crustacean Zooplankton and phytoplankton: Results from 15 years of field observations at the mesotrophic Saidenbach Reservoir (Germany) ....Pages 231-238
Life history characteristics and distribution of Bythotrephes longimanus Leydig (Crustacea, Onychopoda) in the Biesbosch reservoirs....Pages 239-251
Competition or niche segregation between Holopedium and Daphnia ; empirical light on abiotic key parameters....Pages 253-261
Interactions between Nile tilapia ( Oreochromis niloticus ) and cladocerans in ponds (Khartoum, Sudan)....Pages 263-272
 Leptodora kindti : efficient predator and preferred prey item in Neusiedler See, Austria....Pages 273-282
Cyclomorphosis as a factor explaining success of a Daphnia hybrid in Tjeukemeer....Pages 283-289
Morphological variation and population dynamics of Bosmina (E.) longicornis kessleri Uljanin (Crustacea: Anomopoda: Bosminidae) in the Bukovec Reservoir (S.E. Slovakia)....Pages 291-297
Back Matter....Pages 299-307