Meiobenthology is the science of the tiny animals that live in huge numbers in all aquatic
sediments. This fully revised and enlarged second edition emphasizes new discoveries and …

Metazoan life cycles can be complex in different ways. A number of diverse phenotypes and
reproductive events can sequentially occur along the cycle, and at certain stages a variety of …

With few exceptions, copepods dominate over other crustacean and non‐crustacean
invertebrate groups in ground water. They have colonised a vast array of habitats in …

The study of arthropod post-embryonic development is a chapter of biology that requires a
new conceptual framework. Some of the reasons behind the inadequacy of the prevailing …

The classification of the Thaumatopsyllidae within the Copepoda has been an issue of
ongoing discussion since the discovery of Thaumatopsyllus paradoxus GO Sars, 1913 from …

In seasonal climates, dormancy is a common strategy that structures biodiversity and is
necessary for the persistence of many species. Climate change will likely alter dormancy …

The protopod of the maxilla 2 of copepods is composed of a proximal syncoxa with ap endite
proximally and a coxal endite distally. The basis bears two endites, and the ram endopod …

Calanoid copepods are extremely successful inhabitants of marine, brackish and freshwater
plankton. Morphological data are used to arrive at a first, parsimony-based phylogeny for the …

The phylogeny of Cyclops (~ 30 spp.), a predominantly Palearctic cold‐adapted genus, was
reconstructed based on morphological and molecular characters. The morphological …

Toxic effects of petroleum to marine zooplankton have been generally investigated using
dissolved petroleum hydrocarbons and in the absence of sunlight. In this study, we …