Evolutionary Biology and Ecology of Ostracoda

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. Baltanas, et al. Multifunctions of the upper lip and a ventral reflecting organ in a bioluminescent ostracod Vargula hilgendorfii (Muller, 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 Influencing intraspecific variation and polymorphism in marine podocopid Ostracoda, with particular reference to Tertiary 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.