Rotifers: Aquaculture, Ecology, Gerontology, and Ecotoxicology

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This book highlights the latest advances in rotifer studies in various fields including aquaculture, ecology, gerontology and ecotoxicology. The genus Brachionus are an indispensable type of zooplankton, having served as an initial live food for marine larval rearing since the 1960s. Their mass culture techniques have been intensively studied, and some essential achievements have been made – regarding high density culture, employment of valuable dietary algae, automated culture systems, and effective production of resting eggs. These have in turn supported stable and efficient aquatic seedling production for numerous important marine fish species including flounder, sea bream, and bluefin tuna. Further, this group is considered to be a suitable model for studying various aspects in ecology. A series of aquaculture and basic science studies have significantly advanced our understanding of the life history evolution. The studies in these two fields are closely linked, and provide readers with comprehensive information on how rotifers are now being employed in biological investigations. Front Matter ....Pages i-xiv Front Matter ....Pages 1-1 The Current Status of the Morphological Classification of Rotifer Strains Used in Aquaculture (Tomonari Kotani)....Pages 3-13 Speciation in the Brachionus plicatilis Species Complex (Manuel Serra, Diego Fontaneto)....Pages 15-32 Front Matter ....Pages 33-33 Mass Culture and Preservation of Brachionus plicatilis sp. Complex (Atsushi Hagiwara, Hee-Jin Kim, Helen Marcial)....Pages 35-45 Enrichment of Rotifers and Its Effect on the Growth and Survival of Fish Larvae (Tomonari Kotani)....Pages 47-62 Application of Rotifers for Larval Rearing of Marine Fishes Cultivated Under Various Conditions (Yoshitaka Sakakura)....Pages 63-73 Use of Freshwater Brachionus for Aquaculture (Yuka Ogata)....Pages 75-85 Front Matter ....Pages 87-87 Life History Variation in Monogonont Rotifers (Claus-Peter Stelzer)....Pages 89-109 Aging and Lifespan in the Rotifer (Gen Kaneko, Tatsuki Yoshinaga)....Pages 111-128 Using Rotifers to Diagnosis the Ecological Impacts of Toxicants (Terry W. Snell, Helen S. Marcial)....Pages 129-147 Rotifers in Ecotoxicology (Eun-Ji Won, Jeonghoon Han, Duck-Hyun Kim, Hans-U. Dahms, Jae-Seong Lee)....Pages 149-176 Back Matter ....Pages 177-180