Ostracoda (crustacea) are potentially excellent model organisms for evolutionary studies, because they combine an extensive fossil record with a wide modern distribution and therefore allow studies on both patterns and processes leading to extant diversity. The main scientific domains contributing theories, concepts and data to evolutionary biology are morphology (including ontogeny), palaeontology, genetics and ecology, and to all of these aspects ostracods can contribute. This is illustrated by the 15 papers presented under Theme 3 of the 13th International Symposium on Ostracoda (Chatham, UK) in 1997 which are grouped in the proceedings, one of three volumes resulting from this meeting. The contributions deal with the evolution of both extant and fossil forms (including most of the Phanaerozoic), ecology of both marine and freshwater taxa, and (developmental) morphology of both soft parts and valves. Although the canvas is wide, each paper shows how studies on Ostracoda can be relevant to general theory on evolutionary biology and ecology.
Edited by:
David J. Horne,
Koen Martens
Imprint: Kluwer Academic Publishers
Country of Publication: United States [Currently unable to ship to USA: see Shipping Info]
Edition: Reprinted from HYDROBIOLOGIA, 419, 2000
Volume: 148
Dimensions:
Height: 276mm,
Width: 203mm,
Spine: 18mm
Weight: 784g
ISBN: 9780792363965
ISBN 10: 0792363965
Series: Developments in Hydrobiology
Pages: 197
Publication Date: 31 May 2000
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Further / Higher Education
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Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Preface. Ostracoda and the four pillars of evolutionary wisdom; K. Martens, D.J. Horne. Keynote Paper. Open questions in evolutionary ecology: do ostracods have the answers? R.K. Butlin, P. Menozzi. Part 1: Morphological Evolution. Trunk segmentation of some podocopine lineages in Ostracoda; A. Tsukagoshi, A.R. Parker. The ontogeny of the cypridid ostracod Eucypris virens (Jurine, 1820) (Crustacea, Ostracoda); R.J. Smith, K. Martens. Ontogenetic changes in the carapace shape of the non-marine ostracod Eucypris virens (Jurine); A. Baltanás, et al. Multifunctions of the upper lip and a ventral reflecting organ in a bioluminescent ostracod Vargula hilgendorfii (Müller, 1890); K. Abe, et al. Factors affecting the divergence of mate recognition systems in the Limnocytherinae (Crustacea, Ostracoda); K. Martens. Part 2: Evolutionary History - the Fossil Record. An example of intralacustrine evolution at an early stage: the freshwater ostracods of the Miocene crater lake of Steinheim (Germany); H. Janz. The origins of modern nonmarine ostracod faunas: evidence from the Late Cretaceous and Early Palaeogene of Mongolia; K. Yo. The evolutionary history of Late Permian Darwinulocopina Sohn, 1988 (Ostracoda) from the Russian Plate; I.I. Molostovskaya. Part 3: Ecology and Palaeoecology. Variable noding in Cyprideis torosa (Ostracoda, Crustacea): an overview, experimental results and a model from Catastrophe Theory; D. van Harten. The effect of temperature on shell size and growth rate in Krithe praetexta praetexta (Sars); S. Majoran, et al. The life history and culturing of Xestoleberis hanaii (Crustacea, Ostracoda); N. Ikeya, M. Kato. Factors Influencingintraspecific variation and polymorphism in marine podocopid Ostracoda, with particular reference toTertiary species from southeastern Australia; J.V. Neil. Trend, signal and noise in the ecology of Ostracoda: information from rare species in low-diversity assemblages; J.M. Slack, et al. Reproductive strategy of an isopod Onisocryptus ovalis, parasitizing a bioluminescent myodocope ostracod Vargula hilgendorfii; K. Abe, J. Horiuchi.
