Descriptions of three Pristina species (Naididae, Clitellata) from Amazonian forest soils, including P. marcusi sp. nov. Rut ColladoRüdiger M. Schmelz OriginalPaper Pages: 1 - 11
A new lumbriculid genus and species from North America (Clitellata, Lumbriculidae) Steven V. FendDaniel L. Gustafson OriginalPaper Pages: 13 - 22
Taxonomical survey of some stygobiont oligochaetes from the eastern part of France, including description of a new species Jacques JugetMichel des Châtelliers OriginalPaper Pages: 23 - 28
A preliminary study of oligochaetes in Poyang Lake, the largest freshwater lake of China, and its vicinity, with description of a new species of Limnodrilus Hongzhu WangYanling Liang OriginalPaper Pages: 29 - 38
New alluroidids (Annelida, Clitellata) from Guyana Pietro OmodeoKathryn A. Coates OriginalPaper Pages: 39 - 47
Notes on the diversity and distribution of Australian Naididae and Phreodrilidae (Oligochaeta: Annelida) Adrian Pinder OriginalPaper Pages: 49 - 64
Oligochaetes in southern European groundwater: new records and an overview Narcisse GianiBeatrice SambugarEnrique Martínez-Ansemil OriginalPaper Pages: 65 - 74
Oligochaete communities in the hyporheic zone of a glacial river, the Roseg River, Switzerland Michel LafontFlorian Malard OriginalPaper Pages: 75 - 81
Oligochaetes in Lake Towada, Japan, an oligotrophic caldera Akifumi Ohtaka OriginalPaper Pages: 83 - 92
Distribution and dispersal capacity of the Ponto-Caspian tubificid oligochaete Potamothrix moldaviensis Vejdovský et Mrázek, 1903 in the Baltic Sea Region Göran MilbrinkTarmo Timm OriginalPaper Pages: 93 - 102
Temporal pattern of the double sperm line production in Tubifex tubifex (Annelida, Oligochaeta) Silvia BoiMarco Ferraguti OriginalPaper Pages: 103 - 106
External structures used during attachment and sperm transfer in tubificids (Annelida, Oligochaeta) Sergio CuadradoEnrique Martínez-Ansemil OriginalPaper Pages: 107 - 113
Mysterious `crystals': found attached to the epidermal peritoneum of marine tubificid (Annelida, Clitellata) species Kathryn A. CoatesDebra A. SoroccoAaron Thompson OriginalPaper Pages: 115 - 122
Pattern formation in embryos of the oligochaete annelid Tubifex: cellular basis for segmentation and specification of segmental identity Takashi ShimizuKaoru KitamuraAyaki Nakamoto OriginalPaper Pages: 123 - 131
Selective feeding by the aquatic oligochaete Tubifex tubifex (Tubificidae, Clitellata) Pilar RodriguezMaite Martinez-MadridEnrique Navarro OriginalPaper Pages: 133 - 140
Cocoon deposition of Rhyacodrilus hiemalis Ohtaka (Tubificidae) in Lake Biwa, Japan Tetsuya Narita OriginalPaper Pages: 141 - 148
Utility and relevance of aquatic oligochaetes in Ecological Risk Assessment Peter M. Chapman OriginalPaper Pages: 149 - 169
Tubifex tubifex as a link in food chain transfer of hexachlorobenzene from contaminated sediment to fish Philipp EgelerMichael MellerRoland Nagel OriginalPaper Pages: 171 - 184
Bioaccumulation of lindane and hexachlorobenzene by the oligochaetes Enchytraeus luxuriosus and Enchytraeus albidus (Enchytraeidae, Oligochaeta, Annelida) Eric BrunsPhilipp EgelerPeter Spoerlein OriginalPaper Pages: 185 - 196
Spatial and temporal variations of oligochaetes of the Ivinhema River and Patos Lake in the Upper Paraná River Basin, Brazil Maria Célia Montanholi-MartinsAlice M. Takeda OriginalPaper Pages: 197 - 205
The distribution and ecology of littoral Oligochaeta and Aphanoneura (Annelida) of the Natural and Historical Reserve of Isla Martín García, Río de la Plata River, Argentina Laura C. ArmendárizInés I. César OriginalPaper Pages: 207 - 216
Effects of Nais elinguis on the performance of an activated sludge plant Christa H. Ratsak OriginalPaper Pages: 217 - 222
Half a century of oligochaete research in Estonian running waters Tarmo TimmAdo SeirePeeter Pall OriginalPaper Pages: 223 - 234
Oligochaeta of the Morava and Odra River basins (Czech Republic): species distribution and community composition Jana SchenkováOndrej KomárekSvetlana Zahrádková OriginalPaper Pages: 235 - 240
Effect of hydraulics, bed load grain size and water factors on habitat and abundance of Narapa bonettoi Righi & Varela, 1983 of the Upper Paraná River, Brazil Alice M. TakedaJosé C. StevauxDaniele S. Fujita OriginalPaper Pages: 241 - 248
Hydrology and substrates: determinants of oligochaete distribution in lowland streams (The Netherlands) Piet F.M. Verdonschot OriginalPaper Pages: 249 - 262