In aquatic ecosystems, the oligochaetes are often a major component of the community. Their relevance in sediment quality assessment is largely related to their

After some conversations with Professor Dr. H. Caspers and other participants at the triennial congress of the International Association of Theoretical and Appl

At the First International Symposium on Aquatic Oligochaete Biology in Sidney, B. C. , the suggestion was made to hold the second in Pallanza, on Lake Maggiore,

Proceedings of the 4th International Symposium on Aquatic Oligochaete Biology

The book contains papers on the biology of aquatic oligochaetes and some related groups. They cover a wide range of topics including phylogeny, taxonomy, geogra