We have the pleasure to announce that the next i.e. issue 4/2006 of Polish
Journal of Ecology will have the special character as it will contain the
selection of invited state-of-art-review papers presenting:
"ADVANCES IN EUROPEAN FRESHWATER SCIENCES, 2005"
The papers originated from 7 invited lectures and 10 prize-winning student
presentations delivered at an European forum of freshwater ecologists i.e.
:
4th Symposium forEuropean Freshwater Sciences
August 2005, Krakow, Poland
The papers were prepared for publication by guest
editors :
Z.Maciej GLIWICZ, Grazyna MAZURKIEWICZ-BORON and Karen
ROUEN
CONTENTS
Preface
Z. Maciej GLIWICZ, Grazyna MAZURKIEWICZ-BORON, Colin S. REYNOLDS, Karen
ROUEN - Advances in European Freshwater Sciences?
State-of-the-art reviews
Alan P. COVICH - Dispersal - limited biodiversity of tropical insular
streams
Francesca GHERARDI - Bioinvasions in freshwaters and the Nero dilemma
Jonathan GREY - The use of stable isotope analyses in freshwater ecology:
current awareness
Jan KOZLOWSKI - Why life histories are diverse
Winfried LAMPERT - Daphnia: model herbivore, predator and prey
Lennart PERSSON, André M. De ROOS - Size-structured interactions and the
dynamics of aquatic systems
Thomas WEISSE - Biodiversity of freshwater microorganisms - achievements,
problems, and perspectives
(continued overleaf)
Short reviews
Paul G. BECHER, Friedrich JÛTTNER - Insecticidal activity - a new bioactive
property of the cyanobacterium Fischerella
Anna BEDNARSKA - Adaptive changes in morphology of Daphnia filter appendages
in response to food stress
Malgorzata GRZESIUK, Andrzej MIKULSKI - The effect of salinity on freshwater
crustaceans
Simone D. LANGHANS, Scott D. TIEGS, Urs UEHLINGER, Klement TOCKNER -
Environmental heterogeneity controls organic-matter dynamics in
river-floodplain ecosystems
Federico MARRONE - The microcrustacean fauna of Sicily and the Central
Mediterranean Sea area - current knowledge and gaps to be filled
Laura MARZIALI, Valeria LENCIONI, Bruno ROSSARO - Adaptations of pupae of
Chironomidae (Insecta: Diptera) to oxygen-poor habitats
John F. O'DRISCOLL, Simon S.C. HARRISON, Paul S. GILLER - Do trees make a
difference? An evaluation of the impact of riparian vegetation on the
ecology of nutrient poor headwater streams
Zeynep PEKCAN-HEKIM, Anne LIJENDAHL-NURMINEN, Jukka HORPPILA - Chaoborus
flavicans in the food web - competitor or resource for fish?
Barbara PIETRZAK, Miroslaw SLUSARCZYK - The fate of the ephippia - Daphnia
dispersal in time and space
Alena ©TROJSOVÁ, Jaroslav VRBA - Phytoplankton extracellular phosphatases:
investigation using the ELF (Enzyme Labelled Fluorescence) technique
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We strongly recommend this special issue of Polish J.Ecology which be
available at the end of December 2006 for a price around 30 EURO . If you
wish to get it, please write directly to Library of Centre for Ecological
Research, Pol.Ac.Sci. on:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
indicating your postal address. Exact cost of the issue with the way of
payment will be given together with the ordered issue.
We would be grateful if you will pass this announcement to your colleagues!
Anna Hillbricht-Ilkowska - editor Polish J.Ecology