This is the second volume on dormancy in aquatic organisms. The book is divided into three parts whereby the first part is devoted to several groups of aquatic organisms which are under-studied in terms of the dormancy’s role in the life cycle. The second part looks at the use of dormancy phenomena in science and potential human applications. Furthermore, part 3 comprises of examples of using modeling in relation to dormancy phenomenon and it opens with a theoretical analysis of studies of biological information, including seasonal information. This work can be used as a text book for students as well as a manual for science and practice purposes in ecology, aquaculture, nature protection and space researches with regards to creating ecological life supporting systems and discovering extraterrestrial life on other planets with harsh environmental conditions.
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Table of contents :
Introduction to Dormancy in Aquatic Invertebrates: Mechanism of Induction and Termination, Hormonal and Molecular-Genetic Basis (Victor R. Alekseev, Elena B. Vinogradova)....Pages 7-41
Dormancy in Freshwater Tardigrades (Roberto Bertolani, Roberto Guidetti, Tiziana Altiero, Diane R. Nelson, Lorena Rebecchi)....Pages 43-51
Fish: Diapause, Dormancy, Aestivation, and Delay in Gonad Development (Dmitry L. Lajus, Victor R. Alekseev)....Pages 53-69
Cysts and Resting Eggs from Marine Zooplankton: Dimension of the Phenomenon, Physiology of Rest, and Ecological and Biogeographic Implications (Genuario Belmonte, Fernando Rubino)....Pages 71-94
Front Matter ....Pages 95-95
Studying Dormancy in Space Conditions (Victor R. Alekseev, Margarita A. Levinskikh, Natalia D. Novikova, Vladimir N. Sychev)....Pages 97-119
Resistance of Dormant Eggs of Cladocera to Anthropogenic Pollutants (Egor Zadereev, Tatiana S. Lopatina, Natalia Oskina)....Pages 121-135
Mechanisms Facilitating Dispersal of Dormant Eggs in a Planktonic Crustacean (Miroslaw Slusarczyk, Bernadette Pinel-Alloul, Barbara Pietrzak)....Pages 137-161
Seasonal Diphenism in Daphnia from Temperate Environments: Organismal Traits and Molecular Regulation (Kęstutis Arbačiauskas)....Pages 163-174
The Role of Chemical Interactions in Embryonic Diapause Induction in Zooplankton (Egor Zadereev, Tatiana S. Lopatina)....Pages 175-185
Aquatic Invertebrate Dormancy and Medicine (Mei-Hiu Tseng, Jiang-Shiou Hwang, Victor R. Alekseev)....Pages 187-193
Front Matter ....Pages 195-195
Biological Information and Dormancy in Aquatic Population Modeling (Victor R. Alekseev)....Pages 197-205
Dormancy and Individual-Based Modeling of Daphnia Population Dynamics (Tamara I. Kazantseva, Victor R. Alekseev)....Pages 207-219
The Role of Biotic and Abiotic Interactions in Summer Diapause in Cyclopoids: Conceptual Model and Field Validation in Southern Quebec Boreal Lakes (Bernadette Pinel-Alloul, Victor R. Alekseev)....Pages 221-246
The Model of Dynamics of Population Number of the Plankton Cyclop Mesocyclops leuckarti (Copepoda), Based on Photoperiodism (Victor R. Alekseev, Boris V. Fiks, Karen G. Jenderedjian, Susanna H. Hakobyan)....Pages 247-258
Use of the Simulation Model for the Analysis of the Impact of Parasites on the Dynamics of Abundance, Reproduction, and the Transition to Diapause in the Mass Rotifers Brachionus calyciflorus Pallas of the Volga Delta (Alexander K. Gorbunov, Boris V. Fiks, Victor R. Alekseev)....Pages 259-269
Back Matter ....Pages 271-274

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