Ancient Lakes: Biodiversity, Ecology and Evolution

✍ Scribed by A. Rossiter, H. Kawanabe (Eds.)

• Publisher: Academic Press, Elsevier
• Year: 2000
• Leaves: 647
• Series: Advances in Ecological Research 31
• Category: Library

✦ Table of Contents

Content:
Contributors to volume 31
Pages v-vii

Foreword
Pages ix-xi
R.H. Lowe-McConnell

Preface
Pages xii-xvi
Andrew Rossiter, Hiroya Kawanabe

Introduction
Pages xxx-xlvii

Unanticipated diversity: The discovery and biological exploration of Africa's Ancient Lakes Review Article
Pages 1-16
G. Fryer

How well known is the ichthyodiversity of the large East African lakes? Review Article
Pages 17-38
J. Snoeks

The nature of species in ancient lakes: Perspectives from the fishes of Lake Malawi Review Article
Pages 39-60
G.F. Turner

Making waves: The repeated colonization of fresh water by copepod crustaceans Review Article
Pages 61-79
G.A. Boxshall, D. Jaume

The ichthyofauna of Lake Baikal, with special reference to its zoogeographical relations Review Article
Pages 81-96
V.G. Sideleva

The benthic invertebrates of Lake Khubsugul, Mongolia Review Article
Pages 97-124
O.M. Kozhova, E.A. Erbaeva, G.P. Safronov

Biogeography and species diversity of diatoms in the Northern basin of Lake Tanganyika Review Article
Pages 125-150
C. Cocquyt

Evolution and endmism in Lake Biwa, with special reference to its gastropod mollusc fauna Review Article
Pages 151-180
M. Nishino, N.C. Watanabe

Endemism in the Ponto-Caspian Fauna, with special emphasis on the onychopoda (crustacea) Review Article
Pages 181-196
H.J. Dumont

Trends in the evolution of Baikal amphipods and evolutionary parallels with some marine malacostracan faunas Review Article
Pages 197-220
V.V. Takhteev

Insights into the mechanism of speciation in gammarid crustaceans of Lake Baikal using a population-genetic approach Review Article
Pages 221-235
K. Mashiko

Explosive speciation rates and unusual species richness in haplochromine cichlid fishes: Effects of sexual selection Review Article
Pages 237-274
O. Seehausen

Phylogeny of a gastropod species flock: Exploring speciation in Lake Tanganyika in a molecular framework Review Article
Pages 275-302
E. Michel

Implications of phylogeny reconstruction for ostracod speciation modes in Lake Tanganyika Review Article
Pages 303-330
L.E. Park, K.F. Downing

The dynamics of endemic diversification: Molecular phylogeny suggests an explosive origin of the thiarid gastropods of Lake Tanganyika Review Article
Pages 331-354
K. West, E. Michel

Phenetic analysis, trophic specialization and habitat partitioning in the Baikal amphipod genus Eulimnogammarus (Crustacea) Review Article
Pages 355-376
H. Morino, R.M. Kamaltynov, K. Nakai, K. Mashiko

Evolutionary inferences from the scale morphology of Malawian cichlid fishes Review Article
Pages 377-397
L. Kuusipalo

Ecological interactions among an Orestiid (Pisces: Cyprinodontidae) species flock in the littoral zone of Lake Titicaca Review Article
Pages 399-420
T.G. Northcote

Effect of hydrological cycles on planktonic primary production in Lake Malawi/Niassa Review Article
Pages 421-430
G. Patterson, R.E. Hecky, E.J. Fee

Macrodistribution, swarming behaviour and production estimates of the lakefly Chaoborus edulis (Diptera: Chaoboridae) in Lake Malawi Review Article
Pages 431-448
K. Irvine

Age determination and growth of Baikal seals (Phoca sibirica) Review Article
Pages 449-462
M. Amano, N. Miyazaki, E.A. Petrov

Ancient Lake Pannon and its endemic molluscan fauna (Central Europe; mio-pliocene) Review Article
Pages 463-482
D.H. Geary, I. Magyar, P. Müller

Using fish taphonomy to reconstruct the environment of ancient Shanwang Lake Review Article
Pages 483-496
P.-F. Chen

Historical changes in the environment of Lake Titicaca: Evidence from ostracod ecology and evolution Review Article
Pages 497-520
P. Mourguiart

Linking spatial and temporal change in the diversity structure of ancient lakes: Examples from the ecology and palaeoecology of the Tanganyikan ostracods Review Article
Pages 521-537
A.S. Cohen

Conservation of the endemic cichlid fishes of Lake Tanganyika: Implications from population-level studies based on mitochondrial DNA Review Article
Pages 539-551
E. Verheyen, L. Rüber

The use of perturbation as a natural experiment: Effects of predator introduction on the community structure of zooplanktivorous fish in Lake Victoria Review Article
Pages 553-570
J.H. Wanink, F. Witte

Lake Biwa as a topical ancient lake Review Article
Pages 571-598
A. Rossiter

Long-term changes in Lake Balaton and its fish populations Review Article
Pages 599-613
P. Bíró

Cumulative list of titles
Pages 615-619

Index
Pages 620-624