Aquatic Oligochaete Biology: Proceedings of the 4th International Symposium on Aquatic Oligochaete Biology

by J.L. Kaster (Editor)

Overview

Water-dwelling relatives of the earthworm were the subject of an international symposium in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, in March 1988, where these 26 papers were presented. They were also published in Hydrobiologia volume 180 (1989). Contributors from Europe, North America, and Argentina consider a wide

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780792302834
Publisher:	Springer Netherlands
Publication date:	09/30/1989
Series:	Developments in Hydrobiology , #51
Edition description:	1989
Pages:	252
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 11.02(h) x 0.02(d)

Table of Contents

One: Taxonomy and Evolution.- 1. Comments on the classification of the Clitellata.- 2. Did the lumbriculids provide the ancestors of the branchiobdellidans, acanthobdellidans and leeches?.- 3. Phylogeny and origins of Enchytraeidae.- 4. Preliminary investigations of hybridization/reticulate evolution in Guaranidrilus (Enchytraeidae: Oligochaeta).- 5. Preliminary report on the Enchytraeidae (Oligochaeta) of West Florida.- 6. New species of Phallodrilus (Oligochaeta, Tubificidae) from caves of northern Spain and southwestern France.- Two: Anatomy, Ultrastructure and Physiology.- 7. Neurobehavioral specializations for respiratory movements and rapid escape from predators in posterior segments of the tubificid Branchiura sowerbyi.- 8. Different models of tubificid spermatozeugmata.- 9. Body wall organization in enchytraeids.- 10. Morphogenesis of body wall muscle fibers in Enchytraeus minutus.- 11. Hishemical analysis of oligochaete body wall.- 12. T-system in muscles of microdriles.- 13. Histophysiology of digestion and observations on the structure of the alimentary canal in the ectosymbiont Chaetogaster limnaei limnaei Baer, 1827 (Annelida: Oligochaeta).- Three: Life Histories and Population Dynamics.- 14. Population analysis in mass cultures of Tubifex tubifex.- 15. Density-dependent processes in cohorts of Tubifex tubifex, with special emphasis on the control of fecundity.- 16. Cohort cultures of Tubifex tubifex forms.- 17. Biological studies upon Enchytraeus variants Bouguenec & Giani 1987 in breeding cultures.- 18. Population dynamics of Tubificoides amplivasatus (Oligochaeta, Tubificidae) in the Oresund, Denmark.- 19. Intrinsic and extrinsic variables controlling the productivity of asexual populations of Nais spp, (Naididae, Oligochaeta).- Four: Commmunity Studies and Pollution Biology.- 20. Meiobenthic naidid and aelosomatid oligochaetes from the profundai zone, and relations of species to eutrophication.- 21. Observations of predator-prey interaction on dispersal of an oligochaete prey, Limnodrilus hoffmeisteri.- 22. Pollution and tidal benthic communities of the James River Estuary, Virginia.- 23. The role of oligochaetes in the management of waters.- 24. Colonization of a manmade gravel bar by Oligochaeta.- 25. Aquatic toxicity test for enchytraeids.- 26. Acute and chronic effects of an anionic surfactant on some freshwater tubificid species.

Editorial Reviews

Water-dwelling relatives of the earthworm were the subject of an international symposium in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, in March 1988, where these 26 papers were presented. They were also published in Hydrobiologia volume 180 (1989). Contributors from Europe, North America, and Argentina consider a wide range of aspects, including taxonomy, pollution, ecology, productivity, species interactions, reproductive behavior, morphology, neural biology, genetics, and evolutionary relationships. Some of the papers are comments on the classification of the Clitellata, the phylogeny and origins of Enchytraeidae, a histochemical analysis of the oligochaete body wall, the T-system in the muscles of microdriles, a population analysis in mass cultures of Tribifex tubifex, the role of oligochaetes in the management of waters, and the colonization of a manmade gravel bar. No index. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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