Hydrobiologia The International Journal of Aquatic Sciences Volume 537, 15 March 2005 Opinion Application of traditional ecological knowledge in the management and sustainability of fisheries in East Africa: a long-neglected strategy? J.M. Mathooko Primary Research Papers Postembryonic development in Diaphanosoma brachyurum (Lievin, 1848) (Crustacea: Ctenopoda: Sididae) O.S. Boikova Spatio-temporal changes of benthic macroinvertebrates in a cold Arkansas tailwater R.L. Johnson, G.L. Harp Haematological parameters in a neotropical fish, Corydoras paleatus (Jenyns, 1842) (Pisces, Callichthyidae), captured from pristine and polluted water J. Cazenave, D.A. Wunderlin, A.C. Hued, M. de los Angeles Bistoni The influence of particle size distribution and composition on seasonal sedimentation rates in a temperate lake D. Poister, C.D eGuelle Effects of self-thinning of shoots on the nutrient budgets of Zizania /atifolia T. Asaeda, N.K. Lan, J. Manatunge Life history, aspects of reproductive biology and production of Corophium orientale (Crustacea: Amphipoda) in Monolimni lagoon (Evros Delta, North Aegean Sea) T. Kevrekidis Factors affecting the distribution, abundance and diversity of fishes of small, soft-substrata tidal pools within Moreton Bay, Australia J.J. Meager, |. Williamson, C.R. King On the age and growth of flounder Paralichthys orbignyanus (Jenyns,1842) in Bahia Blanca Estuary, Argentina A. Lopez Cazorla Zooplankton community structure, micro-zooplankton grazing impact, and seston energy content in the St. Johns river system, Florida as influenced by the toxic cyanobacterium Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii J.A. Leonard, H.W. Paerl Phytoplankton assemblages in a Brazilian subtropical cascading reservoir system C.A. da Silva, S. Train, L.C. Rodrigues The influence of calcium on the chlorophylil—phosphorus relationship and lake Secchi depths L. Hakanson, T. Blenckner, A.C. Bryhn, S.-S. Hellstrom 111-123 IV Absence of typical diel vertical migration in Daphnia: varying role of water clarity, food, and dissolved oxygen in Lake Eymir, Turkey C.B. Muluk, M. Beklioglu 125-133 Breeding site characteristics regulating life history traits of the brown tree frog, Litoria ewingii B. Lauck, R. Swain, L. Barmuta 135-146 Species richness of the Cladocera (Branchiopoda: Anomopoda and Ctenopoda) in southern Thailand, and its complementarity with neighboring regions S. Maiphae, P. Pholpunthin, H.J. Dumont 147-156 Spatial and temporal variations in calanoid copepod distribution in the Straits of Malacca H. Rezai, F.Md. Yusoff, A. Arshad, O. Ross 157-167 Population size and structure of three mussel species (Bivalvia: Unionidae) in a northeastern German river with special regard to influences of environmental factors E. Weber 169-183 Morphological variation and systematics in the Scyphozoa: Mastigias (Rhizostomeae, Mastigiidae) — a golden unstandard? M. N Dawson 185-206 Seasonal patterns of nucleic acid concentrations and amino acid profiles of Parapenaeus longirostris (Crustacea, Decapoda): relation to growth and nutritional condition R. Rosa, M.L. Nunes 207-216 Population structure of the South American Estuarine crab, Chasmagnathus Granulatus (Brachyura: Varunidae) near the southern limit of its geographical distribution: comparison with northern populations C. Bas, T. Luppi, E. Spivak 217-228 Movement and habitat use by the marbled lungfish Protopterus aethiopicus Heckel 1851 in Lake Baringo, Kenya C.M. Miewa, J.M. Green, A. Simms 229-238 Effects of waterfowl, large fish and periphyton on the spring growth of Potamogeton pectinatus L. in Lake Mogan, Turkey H. Sandsten, M. Beklioglu, O. Ince 239-248 Diagenetic stoichiometry and benthic nutrient fluxes at the sediment—water interface of Lake Illawarra, Australia W. Qu, R.J. Morrison, R.J. West, C. Su 249-264 Short Research Note Habitat use of juvenile white sturgeon in the Kootenai River, Idaho and British Columbia W.T. Young, D.L. Scarnecchia 265-271 Available .* online www.springerlink.com