The fine structure of rotifer coronal cilia has been studied by Lansing & Lamy (1961), and Scholtyseck & Danneel (1962), who reported that they possessed the familiar structures common to all cilia. Cilia are also present in the gut of rotifers, where they stir the contents, and drive them along. This note describes an unusual structure in the tips of the intestinal cilia of the rotifer, Philod...

the plankton and semi-plankton samples examined from mizoram state of northeast india (nei) revealed speciose and diverse rotifera assemblage including a total richness (s) of 162 species belonging to 19 families and 35 genera. the reports of six species new to india, four species new to nei and 76 new records to mizoram merit biodiversity interest. the occurrence of one australasian, one orien...

Ž . Axenic rotifers Brachionus plicatilis Muller were cultured under aseptic conditions; they ̈ Ž . were fed either a bacteria-free artificial diet AD , or axenic Isochrysis galbana, or a combination of axenic Chlorella minutissima and the bacteria-free AD. The medium was inoculated with commercial bacterial additives or cultured strains of marine bacteria. The highest improvements in Ž . growth...

Humans alter biogeochemical cycles of essential elements such as phosphorus (P). Prediction of ecosystem consequences of altered elemental cycles requires integration of ecology, evolutionary biology and the framework of ecological stoichiometry. We studied micro-evolutionary responses of a herbivorous rotifer to P-limited food and the potential consequences for its population demography and fo...

The qualitative composition, numerical abundance and seasonal distribution of microzooplankton in the São Sebastião Channel were studied in different seasonal periods. Data are presented for 43 Protozoa, 4 rotifer and 30 copepod nauplii specimens. Tintinnids represented the most abundant group within the microzooplankton community, with 31 species recorded, among which Amphorellopsis acuta, Cod...

the diversity and distribution of the rotifers family notommatidae was studied in the northwest, the south and the southwest of iran. in total, 29 species were identified, of which, 25 are new records for the country. new records include the following species: cephalodella forficata, c. cf. mus, c. vittata, c. ventripes, c. lepida, c. inquilina, c. gibboides, c. tincaformis , c. obvia, c. stere...

The biodiversity of Mediterranean freshwater bodies is among the most threatened worldwide; therefore, its accurate estimation is an urgent issue. However, traditional methods are likely to underestimate freshwater zooplankton biodiversity due to its high species seasonality and cryptic diversity. We test the value of applying DNA barcoding to diapausing egg banks, in combination with the creat...

The effect of a potential probiotic on the growth performance of a rotifer and its inhibition against Vibrio anguillarum was studied. Probiotic strain AR21 had no significant observable effect on the growth rate of rotifers under optimal culture conditions in three consecutive experiments. In the first and second experiments, the AR21 strain exhibited an inhibitory effect against the V. anguill...

Rotifers have often been used as indicators of sudden changes in physical and chemical features of the aquatic environment. Such features vary greatly during flood pulse events in small lakes connected to major floodplains. However, few are the studies that investigate the consequences of the flood pulse in rotifer species composition, abundance, richness and diversity, especially in Amazonian ...

21 Growth hormone (GH, 0.0025 and 0.025 I.U. ml ) and g-aminobutyric acid (GABA, 50 mg 21 ml ) enhance rotifer population growth in batch cultures. In order to further understand the mechanism of their actions, we conducted experiments culturing isolated females at low food and 6 high free ammonia levels. At an optimum food level of 7 3 10 Nannochloropsis oculata cells 21 21 ml or at low free a...