Overview: The Third International Symposium on Cladocera, papers fromwhich make up this volume, covered recent findings on the behaviour,life history, population genetics, reproduction, chemicalcommunication, predator-prey interactions, epibionts, taxonomy,phylogeny, palaeolimnology and biogeography of this animal group..The Cladocera occupy an intermediate position in lake ecosystems, bothas plankton and benthic organisms. Their often high abundance andtheir function, as transfer organisms from algae and dead organicmatter to macro-invertebrates and fish, make them one of the mostimportant or
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