Cladocera: the Biology of Model Organisms: Proceedings of the Fourth International Symposium on Cladocera, held in Postojna, Slovenia, 8–15 August 1996

Front Matter....Pages i-xii
On the history of studies on cladoceran taxonomy and morphology, with emphasis on early work and causes of insufficient knowledge of the diversity of the group....Pages 1-11
Subgeneric differences in head shield and ephippia ultrastructure within the genus Bosmina Baird (Crustacea, Cladocera)....Pages 13-23
Structure of thoracic limbs in Bosminopsis deitersi Richard, 1895 (Anomopoda, Branchiopoda)....Pages 25-32
Sensory and glandular equipment of the trunk limbs of the Chydoridae and Macrothricidae (Crustacea: Anomopoda)....Pages 33-46
 Alona stochi n.sp. — the third cave-dwelling cladoceran (Crustacea: Cladocera) from the Dinaric region....Pages 47-54
 Moina ephemeralis n.sp. from Central Europe....Pages 55-61
A checklist of the littoral cladocerans from Mexico, with descriptions of five taxa recently recorded from the Neovolcanic Province....Pages 63-73
The Cladocera of the Godthåbfjord area, SW Greenland....Pages 75-78
Offspring size in Daphnia : does it pay to be overweight?....Pages 79-88
Phenotypic plasticity of Daphnia life history traits in response to predator kairomones: genetic variability and evolutionary potential....Pages 89-99
Life tables of Moina macrocopa (Straus) in successive generations under food and temperature adaptation....Pages 101-108
Preliminary experiments on resource competition between a migrating and a non-migrating clone of the hybrid D. galeata × hyalina ....Pages 109-115
Electron transport system (ETS) activity and respiration rate in five Daphnia species at different temperatures....Pages 117-125
Hybridization in the Daphnia galeata complex: are hybrids locally produced?....Pages 127-133
Among-populational genetic differentiation in the cyclical parthenogen Daphnia magna (Crustacea, Anomopoda) and its relation to geographic distance and clonal diversity....Pages 135-142
Ideal free distribution in Daphnia ? Are daphnids able to consider both the food patch quality and the position of competitors?....Pages 143-152
Mating behaviour in Moina brachiata (Jurine, 1820) (Crustacea, Anomopoda)....Pages 153-159
Light-induced swimming of Daphnia : can laboratory experiments predict diel vertical migration?....Pages 161-167
The change in phototactic behaviour of a Daphnia magna clone in the presence of fish kairomones: the effect of exposure time....Pages 169-175
Differential behaviour and shifts in genotype composition during the beginning of a seasonal period of diel vertical migration....Pages 177-185
Size distribution of Daphnia longispina in the vertical profile....Pages 187-196
The trophic role of the marine cladoceran Penilia avirostris in the Gulf of Trieste....Pages 197-203
Ecological similarities and differences among littoral species of Ceriodaphnia ....Pages 205-210
The effect of different fish communities on the cladoceran plankton assemblages of the Kis-Balaton Reservoir, Hungary....Pages 211-221
Importance of water-level fluctuation on population dynamics of cladocerans in a hypertrophic reservoir (Lake Arancio, south-west Sicily, Italy)....Pages 223-232
Long-term dynamics of small-bodied and large-bodied cladocerans during the eutrophication of a shallow reservoir, with special attention for Chydorus sphaericus ....Pages 233-242
Assessment of the importance of fish predation versus copepod predation on life history traits of Daphnia hyalina ....Pages 243-252
Effects of competitors and Chaoborus predation on the cladocerans of a eutrophic lake: an enclosure study....Pages 253-264
The relevance of size efficiency to biomanipulation theory: a field test under hypertrophic conditions....Pages 265-275
Chydorid assemblages in the sedimentary sequence of Lake La Cruz (Spain) subject to water level changes....Pages 277-285
The future of cladoceran research....Pages 287-289
Some suggestions for future cladoceran research....Pages 291-294
The future of cladoceran genetics: methodologies and targets....Pages 295-299
Cladoceran studies: where do we go from here?....Pages 301-303