Emerging contaminants, such as nanoplastics, are gaining a vast interest within the scientific
community. Most of the plastic debris found in the marine environment originates from land …

Rotifera is a Phylum of primary freshwater Metazoa containing two major groups: the
heterogonic Monogononta and the exclusively parthenogenetic Bdelloidea. Monogononta …

Freshwater Ecology: Concepts and Environmental Applications is a general text covering
both basic and applied aspects of freshwater ecology and serves as an introduction to the …

Phylum Rotifera comprises about 2030 known species classified in three main groups, the
marine Seisonida (3 species), the Monogononta (1570 species) and the unique, exclusively …

Invertebrates play an increasing role in assessing the impacts of environmental
contaminants in aquatic ecosystems. Substantial efforts were made to identify suitable and …

Kermit the Frog famously said that it isnÕt easy being green, and in Living at Micro Scale
David Dusenbery shows that it isnÕt easy being smallÑexisting at the size of, say, a rotifer, a …

Given their dormancy capability (long-term resistant stages) and their ability to colonise and
reproduce, microscopic aquatic animals have been suggested having cosmopolitan …

Little attention has been paid to the consequences of long-term asexual reproduction for
sequence evolution in diploid or polyploid eukaryotic organisms. Some elementary theory …

Rotifers of class Bdelloidea are common invertebrate animals with highly unusual
characteristics, including apparently obligate asexuality, the ability to resume reproduction …

Publisher Summary This chapter introduces general biology, ecology, and classification of
Rotifera. Phylum Rotifera comprises approximately 2000 species of unsegmented …