Overview

This book highlights the latest advances in rotifer studies in various fields including aquaculture, ecology, gerontology and ecotoxicology. The genus Brachionus are an indispensable type of zooplankton, having served as an initial live food for marine larval rearing since the 1960s. Their mass culture techniques have been intensively studied, and some essential achievements have been made – regarding high density culture, employment of valuable dietary algae, automated culture systems, and effective production of resting eggs.  These have in turn supported stable and efficient aquatic seedling production for numerous important marine fish species including flounder, sea bream, and bluefin tuna.  Further, this group is considered to be a suitable model for studying various aspects in ecology.  A series of aquaculture and basic science studies have significantly advanced our understanding of the life history evolution. The studies in these two fields are closely linked, and provide readers with comprehensive information on how rotifers are now being employed in biological investigations.

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Author:   Atsushi Hagiwara ,  Tatsuki Yoshinaga
Publisher:   Springer Verlag, Singapore
Imprint:   Springer Verlag, Singapore
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2017
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9789811354496

ISBN 10:   9811354499
Pages:   180
Publication Date:   12 December 2018
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Taxonomy 1-1. Current status of morphological classification in aquaculture strains (Kotani, Hagiwara)1-2. Speciation and evolution of Brachionus (Snell, Serra, Fontaneto) Chapter 2.- Live food 2-1. Mass culture and preservation of Brachionus (Koiso, Kuwata, Hagiwara) 2-2. Enrichment of rotifers and its effect on the growth and survival of fish larvae (Kotani) 2-3. Utility of rotifers on the larval rearing of marine fishes  cultivated under various conditions (Sakakura) 2-4.Other potential rotifer species as a live food (Ogata, Kurokura, Hagiwara) Chapter 3.-  Model organism 3-1. Life history evolution in the rotifer (Stelzer) 3-2.Population dynamics in the rotifer (Yoshinaga) 3-3. Aging and lifespan in the rotifer (Kaneko) 3-4. Origin of sex: significance of sexual reproduction (Welch) 3-5. Ecological diagnosis (Suga, Snell) 3-6. Genomics (Suga, Welch, Lee).

Reviews

Since the introduction of the rotifer Brachionus plicatilis to marine-fish-fry production in Japan, significant advances have been made in the technologies aimed at blood selection, mass culture and preservation, and these have subsequently promoted international academic exchanges with the editors of this book: Part I covers advanced taxonomy and genetics; Part II discusses the principles of mass-culture methods and the use of newly discovered and native rotifers. Part III, then examines rotifers' merits as model organisms in ecotoxicology. (translated from Japanese, Prof. Akinori Hino, Nippon Suisan Gakkaishi, Vol. 84 (3))

Author Information

Editors Atsushi HagiwaraPhD, Professor, Graduate School of Fisheries and Environmental Sciences, Nagasaki University Tatsuki Yoshinaga PhD, Associate ProfessorSchool of Marine Biosciences, Kitasato University

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