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There is no single journal for the scientific literature on rotifers. However, every three years since 1976, rotiferologists from around the world have met to review the recent progress that has been made in our field. To date, seven such meetings have been held as International Rotifer Symposia and contributions from each symposium have been published (mostly as special issues of the journal Hydrobiologia). In between these meetings workers keep abreast of recent developments by subscribing to Rotifer News. This newsletter, which has been in existence since 1975, has rotated the editing, production and distribution responsibilities over the intervening years. The current editor is Dr. Russ Shiel (Environmental Biology, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia.)

Proceedings of the 1st International Rotifer Symposium held in Lunz, Austria, September 1976, Ergebnisse der Limnologie 8:1-315.
Rotatoria. Proceedings of the 2nd International Rotifer Symposium held at Gent, Belgium, September, 1979. Hydrobiologia 73:7-263 (1980). Also published as Developments in Hydobiology 1:1-263.
Biology of Rotifers. Proceedings of the 3rd International Rotifer Symposium held in Uppsala, Sweden, September 1982. Hydrobiologia 104:1-396. Also published as Developments in Hydrobiology 14:1-396.
Rotifer Symposium IV. Proceedings of the 4th International Rotifer Symposium held in Edinburgh, Scotland 1982. Hydrobiologia 147:1-381. Also published as Developments in Hydrobiology 42.
Rotifer Symposium V. Proceedings of the 5th International Rotifer Symposium held in Gargnano, Italy, September, 1988. Hydrobiologia 186/187:1-433. Also published as Developments in Hydrobiology 52.
Rotifer Symposium VI. Proceedings of the 6th International Rotifer Symposium held in Banyoles, Spain, June, 1991. Hydrobiologia 255/256:1-572. Also published as Developments in Hydrobiology 83.
Rotifer Symposium VII. Proceedings of the 7th International Rotifer Symposium held in Mikolajki, Poland, 6-11 June 1994. Hydrobiologia 313/314: 1-205. Also published as Developments in Hydrobiology 109.
Rotifer SYmposium VIII. Proceedings of the 8th International Rotifer Symposium held in Collegeville, Minn.,U.S.A., 22-27 June 1997. Hydrobiologia 387/388: 1-498. Also published as Developments in Hydrobiology 134.
Rotifer SYmposium IX. Proceedings of the 9th International Rotifer Symposium held in Khon Kaen, Thailand, 16-23 January 2000. Hydrobiologia 446/447: 1-392. Also published as Developments in Hydrobiology 153.

The keys that we envision for the U.S. species are currently under development. We recommend the following keys:

Edmondson, W.T. 1959. Rotifera. Pages 420-494 in W.T. Edmondson (ed.), Fresh-water Biology, Second edition. John Wiley and Sons, Inc. New York, NY.
Koste, W. 1978. Rotatoria. Die Radertiere Mittleleuropas. 2 volumes, Gebruder Borntraeger, Berlin, Stuttgart, West Germany.
Nogrady, T., R.L. Wallace, and T.W. Snell. 1993. Rotifera 1. Biology, ecology and systematics. SPB Academic Publishing by The Hague.
Segers, H. 1995. Rotifera 2. The Lecanidae (Monogononta). SPB Academic Publishing by The Hague.
Nogrady, T., Pourriot, R., Segers, H. 1995. Rotifera 3. THe Notommatidae and: The Scaridiidae. SPB Academic Publishing.
De Smet, W.H. 1996. Rotifera 4. The Proalidae (Monogononta). SPB Academic Publishing by The Hague.
De Smet, W.H., Pourriot, R. 1997. Rotifera 5. The Dicranophoridae (Monogononta) and: The Ituridae (Monogononta). SPB Academic Publishing.
Pennak, R.W. 1989. Fresh-water Invertebrates of the United States, third edition. John Wiley and Sons. New York, NY.
Ruttner-Kolisko, A. 1974. Planktonic rotifers. Biology and Taxonomy. Die Binnengewasser (Supplement) 26:1-146.
Stemberger, R.S. 1979. A guide to rotifers of the Laurentian Great Lakes. US Environmental Protection Agency, Cincinnati, OH, USA. (Available from: National Technical Information Service, Springfield, VA, PB80-101280).
Wallace, R.L. and T. W. Snell. 2001. Rotifera. In: J.H. Thorp and A.P. Covich (eds.), Ecology and classification of north American freshwater invertebrates. Academic Press, NY

Other useful keys:

Dartnall, H.J.G. and E.D. Hollowday. 1985. Anarctic rotifers. British Antarctic Survey Scientific Reports 100:1-46.
Nogrady, T. 1982. Rotifera. Pages 865-872, in S.P. Parker (ed.), Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms, McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York, NY.
Pourriot, R. 1979. Rotiferes du sol. Revue d'Ecologie et de Biologie du Sol. 16:279-312.
Pontin, R.S. 1978. A key to the British Freshwater Planktonic Rotifera. Freshwater Biological Association, Scientific Publication No. 38. Cumbria, UK.

Published Phylogenies:

Clement, P. 1985. The relationships of rotifers. In: S. Conway Morris et al. (eds.), The origins and relationships of lower invertebrates. Clarendon Press, Oxford.
Epp, R.W. and W.M. Lewis. 1979. Sexual dimorphism in Brachionus plicatilis (Rotifera): evolutionary and adaptive significance. Evolution 33:919-928.
Kutikova, L. 1983. Parallelism in the evolution of rotifers. Hydrobiologia 104:3-7.
Lorenzen, S. 1985. Phylogeny of pseudocoelomate evolution. In: S. Conway Morris et al. (eds), The origins and relationships of lower invertebrates. Clarendon Press, Oxford.
Markevich, G.I. 1993. SEM observations on Seison and phylogenetic relationships of the Seisonidea (Rotifera).
Nogrady, T., R.L. Wallace, and T.W. Snell. 1993. Rotifers. SPB Academic Publishing by The Hague.
Ricci, C., G. Melone and C. Sotgia. 1993. Old and new data on Seisonidea (Rotifera). Hydrobiologia 255/256:495-511.
Sudzuki, M. 1964. New systematical approach to the Japanese planktonic Rotatoria. Hydrobiologia 23:1-124.
Wallace, R.L. and T. W. Snell. 1991. Rotifera. In: J.H. Thorp and A.P. Covich (eds.), Ecology and classification of North American freshwater invertebrates. Academic Press, NY.

Biogeography References:

North American Rotifers	Central American Rotifers
South American Rotifers	Antartic and Arctic Regions
European Rotifers	Asian Rotifers
African Rotifers	Australian Rotifers

Other rotifer sites:

Literature Index for bdelloids developed by AYDIN ÖRSTAN.

Sexual Reproduction and Genetic Recombination in Rotifers (Meselson Lab)

Molecular Genetics of Bdelloid Rotifers (Bill Birky's Lab)

Techniques for studying rotifers (Howard Taylor)

Claudia Ricci's web page

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