Hydrobiologia The International Journal on Limnology and Marine Sciences Volume 491, 15 January 2003 Special Issue Recent Developments in Fundamental and Applied Plankton Research Guest Editors E. Van Donk, M. Boersma & P. Spaak Preface Ellen Van Donk, Maarten Boersma, Piet Spaak Ramesh Gulati: a personal approach, based on his retirement lecture S. Parma PART ONE: BIODIVERSITY, DISTRIBUTION AND POPULATION DYNAMICS OF PLANK- TON Why plankton communities have no equilibrium: solutions to the paradox Marten Scheffer, Sergio Rinaldi, Jef Huisman, Franz J. Weissing Modeling Daphnia population dynamics and demography under natural conditions W.M. Mooij, S. Hiilsmann, J. Vijverberg, A. Veen, E.H.R.R. Lammens Recruitment patterns of Daphnia: a key for understanding midsummer declines? Stephan Hilsmann Molecular techniques in phytoplankton research: from allozyme electrophoresis to genomics A. De Bruin, B.W. Ibelings, E. Van Donk Egg banks in freshwater zooplankton: evolutionary and ecological archives in the sediment Luc Brendonck, Luc de Meester On the combined analysis of proximate and ultimate aspects in diel vertical migration (DVM) research Joop Ringelberg, Erik Van Gool Diel variation in the vertical distribution of fish and plankton in Lake Kinneret: a 24-h study of ecological overlap J. Easton, M. Gophen vi Seasonal dynamics of rotifers in relation to physical and chemical conditions of the river Yamuna (Delhi), India J. Arora, N.K. Mehra 101-109 Small-scale distribution and diel vertical migration of zooplankton in a shallow lake (Lake Naardermeer, the Netherlands) S. Cerbin, D.J. Balayla, W.J. Van de Bund 111-117 Spatial and seasonal variation of the zooplankton in the coastal zone and main khors of Lake Nasser (Egypt) Gamal M. El-Shabrawy, Henri J. Dumont 119-132 PART TWO: GRAZING BY PLANKTON AND THE IMPORTANCE OF FOOD QUALITY Effects of UV-B irradiated algae on zooplankton grazing Hendrika J. De Lange, Miquel Lurling 133-144 Fy-spectra of chlorophyll fluorescence for the determination of zooplankton grazing Miquel Lurling, Antonie M. Verschoor 145-157 An approach to measure ciliate grazing on living heterotrophic nanoflagellates Kirsten Christoffersen, Juan M. Gonzalez 159-166 Autotroph:herbivore biomass ratios; carbon deficits judged from plankton data Dag O. Hessen, Bjorn A. Faafeng, Pal Brettum 167-175 implications of element deficits for zooplankton growth William R. DeMott 177-184 Development and grazing of Temora longicornis (Copepoda, Calanoida) nauplii during nutrient limited Phaeocystis globosa blooms in mesocosms W.C.M. Klein Breteler, M. Koski 185-192 Influence of toxic and non-toxic phytoplankton on feeding and survival of Dreissena polymorpha (Pallas) larvae L.M. Dionisio Pires, R. Kusserow, E. Van Donk 193-200 Resource limitation and food quality for cladocerans in a tropical Brazilian lake Aloysio S. Ferrao-Filho, Marlene S. Arcifa, Claudia Fileto 201-210 Population growth of some genera of cladocerans (Cladocera) in relation to algal food (Chlorella vulgaris) levels S. Nandini, S.S.S. Sarma 211-219 PART THREE: ROLE OF INFOCHEMICALS IN PLANKTON ECOLOGY Chemically induced anti-predator defences in plankton: a review Sandra Lass, Piet Spaak 221-239 Colony formation in Scenedesmus: a literature overview and further steps towards the chemical characterisation of the Daphnia kairomone Frédérique L. Van Holthoon, Teris A. Van Beek, Miquel Lirling, Ellen Van Donk, Aede De Groot 241-254 Grazer-induced changes in the desmid Staurastrum Karen Wiltshire, Maarten Boersma, Barbara Meyer 255-260 Differential sensitivity of green algae to allelopathic substances from Chara G. Mulderij, E. Van Donk, J.G.M. Roelofs 261-271 The supposed lack of trade-off among Daphnia galeata life history traits is explained by increased adult mortality in Chaoborus conditioned treatments A. Weber, S. Vesela, S. Repka 273-287 Contrasting migration behaviour of Daphnia pulicaria and D. galeata x hyalina, in avoidance of predation by 6+perch (Perca fluviatilis) Ben J. G. Flik, J. Vijverberg 289-299 What goes down must come up: symmetry in light-induced migration behaviour of Daphnia Erik Van Gool, Joop Ringelberg 301-307 PART FOUR: PREDATION ON ZOOPLANKTON AND PELAGIC FOODWEBS Comparative population growth and life table demography of the rotifer Asplanchna girodi at different prey (Brachionus calyciflorus and Brachionus havanaensis) (Rotifera) densities S.S.S. Sarma, E. Lucia Pavén-Meza, S. Nandini 309-320 Sub-fossils of cladocerans in the surface sediment of 135 lakes as proxies for com- munity structure of zooplankton, fish abundance and lake temperature Erik Jeppesen, Jens Peder Jensen, Torben L. Lauridsen, Susanne L. Amsinck, Kirsten Christoffersen, Martin Sondergaard, Stuart F. Mitchell 321-330 Effects of different fish species and biomass on plankton interactions in a shallow lake Adrian E. Williams, Brian Moss 331-346 Top-down control in pelagic systems: a role for invertebrate predation S.C. Blumenshine, K.D. Hambright 347-356 The Limnotrons: a facility for experimental community and food web research Antonie M. Verschoor, Jelger Takken, Boris Massieux, Jacobus Vijverberg 357-377 KElecltronuic wjourenalrs at) nliné ine Contact your librarian for more information