Diapause in Aquatic Invertebrates

Victor R. Alekseev, Research Professor, Head of Taxonomy department, Zoological Institute of The Russain Academy of Sciences, the author of the first monograph on diapause in Crustaceans (1990, Nauka Academic Publishers, Moscow), the organiser of the First International Symposium on Diapause in Crustaceans (September 1994, St. Petersburg, Russia) and Workshop on Diapause in Aquatic Animals (October 2003, Palanza, Italy, together with professor Oscar Ravera and Dr. Riccardo diBernardi). Bart De Stasio, Associated Professor, Department of Biology, Lawrence University, USA, a well known specialist in Crustaceans's diapause, the first who applied the very productive idea of seed bank (egg-bank) to aquatic ecosystems. John J. Gilbert, Professor of ecology, Department of Biological Sciences, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire USA a world known specialist in diapause and signal chemicals in the Rotifers.

• Strategies and Mechanisms of Diapause in Aquatic Invertebrates.- to Diapause.- Timing of Diapause in Monogonont Rotifers: Mechanisms and Strategies.- Diapause in Crustaceans: Peculiarities of Induction.- Reactivation of Diapausing Crustaceans.- Diapause in Aquatic Insects, with Emphasis on Mosquitoes.- A Brief Perspective on Molecular Mechanisms of Diapause in Aquatic Invertebrates.- The Role of Diapause in Science and Human Uses.- Egg Bank Formation by Aquatic Invertebrates: A Bridge Across Disciplinary Boundaries.- Use of Cladoceran Resting Eggs to Trace Climate-driven and Anthropogenic Changes in Aquatic Ecosystems.- Reconstructing Microevolutionary Dynamics from Layered Egg Banks.- Does Timing of Emergence within a Season Affect the Evolution of Post-diapause Traits? Post-diapause and Directly Developing Phenotypes of Daphnia.- Diapause and its Consequences in the Daphnia galeata – cucullata – hyalina Species Complex.- Role of Diapause in Dispersal of Aquatic Invertebrates.- The Role of within Trophic Level Chemical Interactions in Diapause Induction: Basic and Applied Aspects.- Studying the Phenomenon of Dormancy: Why it is Important for Space Exploration.

From the reviews: "The best-defined types of dormancy are diapause and quiescence. These two remarkable abilities are discussed in the new book Diapause in Aquatic Invertebrates ... . The book written by 20 authors, examines the current state of knowledge over 14 chapters and two major parts. ... All in all, the book is the best available on the phenomenon of diapause. ... This interesting volume ... has something to say about the nature of life." (Ralph Schill, Lab Times, Issue 2, 2008)