Aquatic Biodiversity II

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TABLE OF CONTENTS Target review The future of freshwater biodiversity research: an introduction to the target review H. Segers ixâ``x The study of biodiversity in freshwater habitats: societal relevance and suggestions for priorities in science policy L. De Meester, S. Declerck 1â``9 Biodiversity: a resource with a monetary value? H.J. Dumont 11â``14 Linking science and policy for biodiversity A. Franklin 15â``17 Relevance and policy dimensions of research on biodiversity in freshwater ecosystems: a developing country perspective B. Gopal 19â``21 Conservation of freshwater biodiversity: does the real world meet scientific dreams? C. LeÂveËque, E.V. Balian 23â``26 Taxonomy and systematics in biodiversity research K. Martens, H. Segers 27â``31 Future priorities in science policy for biodiversity studies: a comment on the target review by Luc De Meester and Steven Declerck C. Sturmbauer 33â``34 Towards a coherent and high-quality science policy on biodiversity A. Van der Werf 35â``37 Review paper An assessment of animal species diversity in continental waters C. LeÂveËque, E.V. Balian, K. Martens 39â``67 Opinion paper Does inland aquatic biodiversity have a future in Asian developing countries? B. Gopal 69â``75 Research papers Recovery in diversity of fish and invertebrate communities following remediation of a polluted stream: investigating causal relationships S.M. Adams, M.G. Ryon, J.G. Smith 77â``93 Ecological remarks on Mastigodiaptomus nessus Bowman, 1986 (Copepoda: Calanoida) in a Mexican karstic sinkhole A. Cervantes-MartÄpmÂnez, M. Elias-Gutierrez, M.A. GutieÂrrez-Aguirre, A.A. Kotov 95â``102 Consumptive and non-consumptive effects of turbellarian (Mesostoma sp.) predation on anostracans E.R.M. De Roeck, T. Artois, L. Brendonck 103â``111 Changes in functional biodiversity in an invaded freshwater ecosystem: the Moselle River S. Devin, J.-N. Beisel, P. Usseglio-Polatera, J.-C. Moreteau 113â``120 The impact of stocking on the genetic structure of European grayling (Thymallus thymallus, Salmonidae) in two alpine rivers N. Duftner, S. Koblmu ller, S. Weiss, N. Medgyesy, C. Sturmbauer 121â``129 Connectivity and nestedness of the meta-community structure of moss dwelling bdelloid rotifers along a stream D. Fontaneto, G. Melone, C. Ricci 131â``136 Implications of taxonomic modifications and alien species on biological water quality assessment as exemplified by the Belgian Biotic Index method W. Gabriels, P.L.M. Goethals, N. De Pauw 137â``150 A large-scale stream benthic diatom database V. Gosselain, M. Coste, S. Campeau, L. Ector, C. Fauville, F. Delmas, M. Knoflacher, M. Licursi, F. Rimet, J. Tison, L. Tudesque, J.-P. Descy 151â``163 A review on the present status and management of mangrove wetland habitat resources in Bangladesh with emphasis on mangrove fisheries and aquaculture Md. S. Islam, Md. A. Wahab, Md. M. Haque, M. Tanaka 165â``190 Coexistence of two similar copepod species, Eudiaptomus gracilis and E. graciloides: the role of differential predator avoidance C.D. Jamieson 191â``202 Native and exotic Amphipoda and other Peracarida in the River Meuse: new assemblages emerge from a fast changing fauna G. Josens, A.B. de Vaate, P. Usseglio-Polatera, R. Cammaerts, F. Che rot, F. Grisez, P. Verboonen, J.-P.V. Bossche 203â``220 Phylogeography and speciation in the Pseudocrenilabrus philander species complex in Zambian Rivers C. Katongo, S. Koblmu ller, N. Duftner, L. Makasa, C. Sturmbauer 221â``233 Spatial and temporal variation of phytoplankton in a shallow tropical oligotrophic reservoir, southeast Brazil M.R.M. Lopes, C.E. de M. Bicudo, C. Ferragut 235â``247 The female reproductive organ in podocopid ostracods is homologous to five appendages: histological evidence from Liocypris grandis (Crustacea, Ostracoda) R. Matzke-Karasz, K. Martens 249â``259 Daphnia species diversity in Kenya, and a key to the identification of their ephippia J. Mergeay, D. Verschuren, L. De Meester 261â``274 Some aspects of water filtering activity of filter-feeders S.A. Ostroumov 275â``286 Recent ostracods (Crustacea, Ostracoda) found in lowland springs of the provinces of Piacenza and Parma (Northern Italy) G. Rossetti, V. Pieri, K. Martens 287â``296 vi Representation of aquatic invertebrate communities in subfossil death assemblages sampled along a salinity gradient of western Uganda crater lakes B. Rumes, H. Eggermont, D. Verschuren 297â``314 Life history strategies of cladocerans: comparisons of tropical and temperate taxa S.S.S. Sarma, S. Nandini, R.D. Gulati 315â``333 Phylogeographic history of the genus Tropheus, a lineage of rock-dwelling cichlid fishes endemic to Lake Tanganyika C. Sturmbauer, S. Koblmu ller, K.M. Sefc, N. Duftner 335â``366 Plankton richness in a eutrophic reservoir (Barra Bonita Reservoir, SP, Brazil) T. M. Tundisi, J.G. Tundisi 367â``378 The effect of turbidity state and microhabitat on macroinvertebrate assemblages: a pilot study of six shallow lakes F.V. de Meutter, R. Stoks, L. De Meester 379â``390