Aquatic Oligochaete Biology VIII: Proceedings of the 8th International Symposium on Aquatic Oligochaeta, held in Bilbao, Spain 18–22 July 2000

281 Pages·2001·10.76 MB·English

by  Rut Collado

Aquatic Oligochaete Biology VIII
Developments in Hydrobiology 158
Series editor
H. J. Dumont
Aquatic Oligochaete Biology VIII
Proceedings of the 8th International Symposium on Aquatic Oligochaeta,
held in Bilbao, Spain, 18-22 July 2000
Edited by
Pilar Rodriguez1 & Piet F. M. Verdonschof
1 Department of Animal Biology and Geneties, University of Basque Gountry, Bi/bao, Spain
2 A/terra, Green World Researeh, Department of Freshwater Eeology, Wageningen, The Netherlands
Reprinted from Hydrobiologia, volume 463 (2001)
SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE
Kath ryn A. Coates Trefor B. Reynoldson
Christer Erseus Pilar Rodriguez
Maite Martinez-Madrid Piet F.M. Verdonschot
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International Symposium on Aquatic Oligochaeta (8th : 2000 : Bilbao, Spain)
Aquatic oligochaete biology VIII : proceedings of the 8th International Symposium on
Aquatic Oligochaeta, held in Bilbao, Spain, 18-22 July 2000 / edited by Pilar Rodriquez
and Piet F.M. Verdonschot.
p. cm. -- (Developments in hydrobio1ogy ; 158)
"Reprinted from Hydrobiologia."
ISBN 978-94-010-3887-4 ISBN 978-94-010-0597-5 (eBook)
DOI 10.1007/978-94-010-0597-5
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in recognition of his
life-longcontribution
to the knowledge of
aquaticoligochaetes.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Preface xi-xii
List ofparticipants xiii-xvi
Groupphotograph xvii
Somepersonal memories of Dr GilbertoRighi (1937-1999)
Martin L. Christoffersen xix
Scientific profile of Dr Gilberto Righi
Pilar Rodriguez xx
In memoriam: Professor Perry C. Holt, PhD (1910-1999)
Stuart R.Gelder xxi-xxiii
PART ONE: TAXONOMY
Descriptionsofthree Pristinaspecies (Naididae, Clitellata)from Amazonianforest soils,
including P.marcusisp. nov.
Rut Collado, ROdiger M. Schmelz 1-11
A newlumbriculid genusand speciesfrom North America (Clitellata, Lumbriculidae)
Steven V.Fend, Daniel L.Gustafson 13-22
Taxonomical survey of some stygobiont oligochaetes from the eastern part of France,
including description ofa newspecies
JacquesJuget,Michel des CMtelliers 23-28
Apreliminarystudyofoligochaetesin PoyangLake,thelargestfreshwater lakeofChina,
and itsvicinity, with description ofa new species of Limnodrilus
Hongzhu Wang,Yanling Liang 29-38
New alluroidids(Annelida, Clitellata)from Guyana
Pietro Omodeo,Kathryn A. Coates 39-47
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PARTTWO: DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTION
Notes on the diversity and distribution ofAustralian Naididae and Phreodrilidae (Oligo
chaeta: Annelida)
Adrian Pinder 49-64
Oligochaetes in southern European groundwater: newrecords and an overview
Narcisse Giani,Beatrice Sambugar, Pilar Rodriguez,Enrique Martfnez-Ansemil 65-74
Oligochaete communities in the hyporheic zone of a glacial river, the Roseg River,
Switzerland
Michel Lafont,Florian Malard 75-81
Oligochaetes in LakeTowada, Japan, an oligotrophiccaldera
Akifumi Ohtaka 83-92
Distribution and dispersal capacity ofthe Ponto-Caspian tubificid oligochaete Potamo
thrixmoldaviensisVejdovskYet Mrazek, 1903 in the Baltic Sea region
Goran Milbrink, TarmoTimm 93-102
PARTTHREE: MORPHOLOGY AND EMBRYOLOGY
Temporal pattern of the double sperm line production in Tubifex tubifex (Annelida,
Oligochaeta)
Silvia Boi,Marco Ferraguti 103-106
External structures used during attachment and sperm transfer in tubificids (Annelida,
Oligochaeta)
Sergio Cuadrado, Enrique Martfnez-Ansemil 107-113
Mysterious "crystals": found attached to the epidermal peritoneum of marine tubificid
(Annelida: Clitellata) species
Kathryn A. Coates, Debra A. Saracco,Nicole Maturen, Jaret Bilewitch, Aaron Thompson 115-122
Pattern formation in embryos of the oligochaete annelid Tubifex: cellular basis for
segmentation and specification ofsegmental identity
Takashi Shimizu, Kaoru Kitamura, Asuna Arai, AyakiNakamoto 123-131
PART FOUR: FEEDING BIOLOGY AND REPRODUCTION
Selectivefeeding by theaquatic oligochaete Tubifextubifex(Tubificidae, Clitellata)
Pilar Rodriguez, MaiteMartinez-Madrid,Jesus Angel Arrate, Enrique Navarro 133-140
Cocoon deposition of Rhyacodrilus hiemalisOhtaka (Tubificidae) in Lake Biwa,Japan
Tetsuya Narita 141-148
PART FIVE: ECOTOXICOLOGYAND BIOACCUMULATION
Utilityand relevance ofaquatic oligochaetes in Ecological Risk Assessment
PeterM.Chapman 149-169
Tubifextubifexas alinkin food chain transferofhexachlorobenzenefrom contaminated
sedimentto fish
Philipp Egeler, Michael Meller, Joerg Roembke,PeterSpoerlein,Bruno Streit,Roland Nagel 171-184
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Bioaccumulation of lindane and hexachlorobenzene by the oligochaetes Enchytraeus
luxuriosusand Enchytraeus albidus(Enchytraeidae, Oligochaeta, Annelida)
Eric Bruns, Philipp Egeler,Joerg Roembke, Adam Scheffczyk, PeterSpoerlein 185-196
PARTSIX: ECOLOGY
Spatial andtemporal variations ofoligochaetes oftheIvinhema River and Patos Lake in
the UpperParana River Basin, Brazil
Maria Celia Montanholi-Martins, Alice M.Takeda 197-205
The distribution and ecology of littoral Oligochaeta and Aphanoneura (Annelida) ofthe
Natural and Historical Reserve ofIsla Martin Garcia, RIo de la Plata River, Argentina
Laura C.Armendariz, Ines I.Cesar 207-216
Effects of Nais elinguison the performance ofan activated sludge plant
Christa H.Ratsak 217-222
Halfacentury ofoligochaete research in Estonian running waters
TarmoTimm,Ado Seire, Peeter Pall 223-234
Oligochaeta ofthe Moravaand Odra Riverbasins(Czech Republic): species distribution
and communitycomposition
Jana Schenkova, Ondfej Komarek, SvetlanaZahradkova 235-240
Effect of hydraulics, bed load grain sizeand water factors on habitat and abundance of
Narapa bonettoiRighi & Varela, 1983 ofthe UpperParana River, Brazil
Alice M.Takeda,Jose C.Stevaux,Daniele S.Fujita 241-248
Hydrology and substrates: determinants of oligochaete distribution in lowland streams
(the Netherlands)
Piet F. M.Verdonschot 249-262
Subjectindex 263-268
Hydrobiologla 463: xi-xii,2001.
P. Rodriguez & P.F.M. Verdonschot(eds),AquaticOligochaeteBiology Vlll. xi
Preface
The Eighth Symposium on Aquatic Oligochaeta held in Bilbao (l8th to 22nd July, 2000) was
organized by the Department of Animal Biology and Genetics ofthe University of the Basque
Country (UPV/EHU). The attendance of 65 scientists from 30 different countries, through a
participation of 140contributors in posterand oral communications, gives an idea ofthe width
and scope of this meeting, as well as ofthe efforts of the organization to bring together most
of the specialists in the field of aquatic oligochaete research. The involvement of experts in
various branches of biology promoted the discussion of different perspectives and concepts
in a range of specialized fields in oligochaete biology. The symposium was organized by a
team of enthusiastic researchers: Dr Pilar Rodriguez (Lecturer in Animal Biology), Dr Maite
Martinez-Madrid (Associate Lecturer in Animal Physiology) and Mr Jesus Arrate (PhD stu
dent). Additional support in the conference rooms and during social activities was provided
by Mr Jurgi Salaverria and Mr Dietmar Fernandez. The joint effort the organizing team, as
well as the helpful suggestions and collaboration of many other colleagues around the world,
especially the Scientific Committee, including Dr Stuart R. Gelder (organizer of the previous
symposium) and Dr Mark Wetzel (responsible for the web page of the aquatic oligochaetolo
gists, http://www.inhs.uiuc.edu:80/ mjwetzellISAOB dir.html), all contributedto the success of
the Symposium.
Participants were formally welcomed by Dr J.Zuniga, Vice-Rector of Research, Dr E. Nav
arro (DirectoroftheDepartmentof Animal Biology and Genetics) andDr AuroraAlonso (Dean
of the Faculty of Economics, where the conference was held). The programconsisted of a total
of 10 scientific sessions which covered a wide range of branches of knowledge dealing with
the biology of aquatic oligochaetes: toxicity, physiology and reproduction studies, ecology and
community studies, oligochaetes as vectors in whirling-disease, systematics and phylogeny,
zoogeography, morphology and ultrastructure. One of the invited lecturers, Dr Peter Chapman
(EVS Consultants, Canada), opened the symposiumand presentedan importantoverview of the
present state of, and future recommendations for the use of oligochaetes in risk assessment in
the aquatic environment. Dr Mark Siddall (American Museum of Natural History, USA), an
other invited lecturer, opened the session on Systematics and Phylogeny with a very interesting
proposal regardingthe systematicpositionofthe hirudineans within the Oligochaeta, using data
obtained independently from molecularand morphological characters.
As anovelty, during the symposiumthere were simultaneous shortcourses which dealt with
the use of programs for personal computers on phylogeny as well as community studies. Dr
Siddal was responsible for the course on "Phylogeny", and Dr Trefor B. Reynoldson together
with Dr Piet F. M. Verdonschot and Drs Rebi Nijboer were responsible for the course on
"Multivariate Analysis Techniques in Community Studies". About 30 scientists attended both
courses. The symposium was an important forum for all the participants who benefited from
personal discussions with other specialists. The fruits of these interchanges will undoubtedly
consist of more interdisciplinary research in the future.
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As part ofthe social activities of the participants in the symposium, the visits to the Bilbao
Guggenheim Museum and to the Atapuerca Paleontological site, where important remains of
Homo heidelbergensisand Homoantecessorhave been found, widenedeveryone'sperspectives.
The visit to Atapuerca was completed by an informal dinner at Laguardia (La Rioja) during a
pleasant summerevening.
The symposiumcontributions,as well as thediscussionsduring the sessionsand the informal
gatherings, provided participating oligochaetologists with the opportunity to learn from each
other, to exchange ideas and knowledge, and to inspire and be inspired. The scientific fields
of special interest concerned the role of oligochaetes in ecological and ecotoxicological risk
assessment. Whirling-disease studies were shown to be a useful tool for taxonomy, on the basis
offish-worm speciesinteractions. The decreasingattention which has been paid to taxonomyin
recentyears isacommonlyfelt shortcoming. Meanwhile,the use ofoligochaetesinappliedeco
logy and water managementcontinuestoincrease. However,the role ofecologicalknowledgeat
the species level requires continuing attention to the field oftaxonomy.One ofthe challenging
new fields which will undoubtedly develop over the coming years is the role of oligochaetes in
improving purification processes in waste-water treatment plants.
The foregoing symposium reports published in the series "Developments in Hydrobiology"
could only have become available due to a great contribution by some ofour outstanding col
leagues. Therefore, we wish to express special thanks to the previous editors G. Bonomi, C.
Erseus, R. O. Brinkhurst, R. J. Diaz, J. L. Kaster, T. B. Reynoldson, K. A. Coates and B. M.
Healy for the substantial work they performed.
For more than 20 years, the oligochaete community of dedicated researchers gathered to
getherto talk about asubjectwhich mostofthe rest ofthe world laughs about. Ralph Brinkhurst
was one of the early engines of this movement. Many followed him during all these years,
and the recent advances in both the systematics and biology of aquatic oligochaetes cannot
be separated from Ralph's work. The large number of young researchers who were present
in Bilbao is clearly indicative of the continuous growth of our knowledge of oligochaetes. A
fresh generation is developing new ideas on this important group of organisms. If the world
understood the importance ofoligochaete function in aquatic and other ecosystems, the laugh
would surely become a sigh of admiration.
We would like to express our sincere thanks to all authors and numerous referees who have
worked hard and made it possible to compose this volume. It was a great deal of work, but
in the words of our predecessor, John Stephenson, "apart from any question ofour success
or failure, we do believe that the task we have undertaken was worth doing". Finally, we
would like to thank to the agency ACTS (Academic Consulting and Translating Systems)
([email protected]) for revising the English ofmany of the papers in this volume. Financial
supportfor the organizationofthe symposiumand the publicationofthese proceedings has been
provided by the University of Basque Country (UPV/EHU), the Basque Government (Depart
ment of Education, University and Research 2/39; Department of Environment), the Spanish
Government (Ministry ofEducation and Culture PGC2000-2234-E), the European Community
(INCa Project: ICAl 199960015 Tubifex) and the Spanish Association ofLimnology (AEL).
PILAR RODRIGUEZ & PIET F. M. VERDONSCHOT
Editors
May 2001