List of paticipants at the VIth International Symposium on Aquatic Oligochaetes Legacy Pages: xi - xi
Tenagodrilus musculus, a new genus and species of Lumbriculidae (Clitellata) from a temporary pond in Alabama, USA Marianne C. EckrothRalph O. Brinkhurst Taxonomy and geographic distribution Pages: 1 - 9
Kathrynella, a new oligochaete genus from Guyana Pietro Ornodeo Taxonomy and geographic distribution Pages: 11 - 15
Oligochaetes (Naididae, Tubificidae, Opistocystidae, Enchytraeidae, Sparganophilidae and Alluroididae) of Guyana Donald F. StaceyKathryn A. Coates Taxonomy and geographic distribution Pages: 17 - 29
Species separation and identification in the Enchytraeidae (Oligochaeta, Annelida): combining morphology with general protein data Rüdiger M. Schmelz Taxonomy and geographic distibution Pages: 31 - 36
Aquatic Oligochaeta in Italy, with special reference to Naididae Andreina Di Chiara PaolettiBeatrice Sambugar Distribution, abundance and habitat types Pages: 37 - 49
The distribution of Oligochaeta on an exposed rocky shore in southeast Ireland Brenda Healy Distribution, abundance and habitat types Pages: 51 - 62
Oligochaeta and Aphanoneura in ancient lakes: a review Patrick Martin Distribution, abundance and habitat types Pages: 63 - 72
Distribution patterns of aquatic oligochaetes inhabiting watercourses in the Northwestern Iberian Peninsula Enrique Martínez-AnsemilRut Collado Distribution, abundance and habitat types Pages: 73 - 83
The effect of water movement on the distribution of Oligochaeta in lakes T. D. Slepukhina Distribution, abundance and habitat types Pages: 85 - 88
Oligochaeta of Lake Taimyr: a preliminary survey Tarmo Timm Distribution, abundance and habitat types Pages: 89 - 95
Influence of grain size on the distribution of tubificid oligochaete species Georg SauterHans Güde Distribution, abundance and habitat types Pages: 97 - 101
Oligochaetes in the southern basin of the Venetian Lagoon: community composition, species abundance and biomass Sandra Casellato Distribution, abundance and habitat types Pages: 103 - 114
Seasonal dynamics of aufwuchs Naididae (Oligochaeta) on Phragmites australis in a eutrophic lake Boris Löhlein Population dynamics Pages: 115 - 123
Age, stage and size structure as population state variables for Tubifex tubifex (Oligochaeta, Tubificidae) Andrea PasterisGiuliano BonomiCarla Bonacina Population dynamics Pages: 125 - 132
Energy budget of Oligochaeta and its relationship with the primary production of Lake Sevan, Armenia Karén Jenderedjian Population dynamics Pages: 133 - 140
Production and population dynamics of Tubifex tubifex in the profundal zone of a freshwater reservoir in N. Italy Carla BonacinaAndrea PasterisGiuliano Bonomi Population dynamics Pages: 141 - 146
Superficial and hyporheic oligochaete communities as indicators of pollution and water exchange in the River Moselle, France M. LafontJ.C. CamusA. Rosso Pollution studies Pages: 147 - 155
Reversal of eutrophication in four Swiss lakes: evidence from oligochaete communities Claude LangOlivier Reymond Pollution studies Pages: 157 - 161
A comparison of two tubificid oligochaete species as candidates for sublethal bioassay tests relevant to subtropical and tropical regions Mercedes R. MarcheseRalph O. Brinkhurst Pollution studies Pages: 163 - 168
Oligochaetes and eutrophication; an experiment over four years in outdoor mesocosms Piet F.M. Verdonschot Pollution studies Pages: 169 - 183
Oligochaete communities at the mouth of the Neva and their relationship to anthropogenic impact N. P. Finogenova Pollution studies Pages: 185 - 191
Upstream-downstream movement of macrofauna (with special reference to oligochaetes) in the River Raba below a reservoir Elżbieta Dumnicka Pollution studies Pages: 193 - 198
A comparison of reproduction, growth and acute toxicity in two populations of Tubifex tubifex (Müller,1774) from the North American Great Lakes and Northern Spain Trefor B. ReynoldsonPilar RodriguezMaite Martinez Madrid Pollution studies Pages: 199 - 206
Morphogenesis of helical fibers in haplotaxids Magda de EguileorRoberto ValvassoriAnnalisa Grimaldi Histology and ultrastructure Pages: 207 - 217
Histochemical characterization of secretions in the reproductive systems of two species of branchiobdellidans (Annelida: Clitellata): a new character for the phylogenetic matrix? Stuart R. Gelder Histology and ultrastructure Pages: 219 - 227
An ultrastructural investigation of Hrabeiella Pižl & Chalupský, 1984 (Annelida). I. Chaetae and body wall organization Emilia RotaPietro Lupetti Histology and ultrastructure Pages: 229 - 239
Peripheral vascular apparatus in some aquatic oligochaetes with special references to haplotaxids Roberto ValvassoriMagda de EguileorLaura Colombo Histology and ultrastructure Pages: 241 - 249
Osmoregulation in two aquatic oligochaetes from habitats with different salinity and comparison to other annelids Olaf GenerlichOlav Giere Development and physiology Pages: 251 - 261
Cinematographic documentation of enchytraeid morphology and reproductive biology W. WestheideM. C. Müller Development and physiology Pages: 263 - 267
The first two cleavages in Tubifex involve distinct mechanisms to generate asymmetry in mitotic apparatus Takashi Shimizu Development and physiology Pages: 269 - 276
Leeches (Oligochaeta?: Euhirudinea), their phylogeny and the evolution of life-history strategies Mark E. SiddallEugene M. Burreson Systematics and evoltuion Pages: 277 - 285