We have the pleasure to announce that the next i.e. issue 4/2006 of Polish Journal of Ecology will have the special character as it will contain the selection of invited state-of-art-review papers presenting:
"ADVANCES IN EUROPEAN FRESHWATER SCIENCES, 2005" The papers originated from 7 invited lectures and 10 prize-winning student presentations delivered at an European forum of freshwater ecologists i.e. : 4th Symposium forEuropean Freshwater Sciences August 2005, Krakow, Poland The papers were prepared for publication by guest editors : Z.Maciej GLIWICZ, Grazyna MAZURKIEWICZ-BORON and Karen ROUEN CONTENTS Preface Z. Maciej GLIWICZ, Grazyna MAZURKIEWICZ-BORON, Colin S. REYNOLDS, Karen ROUEN - Advances in European Freshwater Sciences? State-of-the-art reviews Alan P. COVICH - Dispersal - limited biodiversity of tropical insular streams Francesca GHERARDI - Bioinvasions in freshwaters and the Nero dilemma Jonathan GREY - The use of stable isotope analyses in freshwater ecology: current awareness Jan KOZLOWSKI - Why life histories are diverse Winfried LAMPERT - Daphnia: model herbivore, predator and prey Lennart PERSSON, André M. De ROOS - Size-structured interactions and the dynamics of aquatic systems Thomas WEISSE - Biodiversity of freshwater microorganisms - achievements, problems, and perspectives (continued overleaf) Short reviews Paul G. BECHER, Friedrich JÛTTNER - Insecticidal activity - a new bioactive property of the cyanobacterium Fischerella Anna BEDNARSKA - Adaptive changes in morphology of Daphnia filter appendages in response to food stress Malgorzata GRZESIUK, Andrzej MIKULSKI - The effect of salinity on freshwater crustaceans Simone D. LANGHANS, Scott D. TIEGS, Urs UEHLINGER, Klement TOCKNER - Environmental heterogeneity controls organic-matter dynamics in river-floodplain ecosystems Federico MARRONE - The microcrustacean fauna of Sicily and the Central Mediterranean Sea area - current knowledge and gaps to be filled Laura MARZIALI, Valeria LENCIONI, Bruno ROSSARO - Adaptations of pupae of Chironomidae (Insecta: Diptera) to oxygen-poor habitats John F. O'DRISCOLL, Simon S.C. HARRISON, Paul S. GILLER - Do trees make a difference? An evaluation of the impact of riparian vegetation on the ecology of nutrient poor headwater streams Zeynep PEKCAN-HEKIM, Anne LIJENDAHL-NURMINEN, Jukka HORPPILA - Chaoborus flavicans in the food web - competitor or resource for fish? Barbara PIETRZAK, Miroslaw SLUSARCZYK - The fate of the ephippia - Daphnia dispersal in time and space Alena ©TROJSOVÁ, Jaroslav VRBA - Phytoplankton extracellular phosphatases: investigation using the ELF (Enzyme Labelled Fluorescence) technique * * * We strongly recommend this special issue of Polish J.Ecology which be available at the end of December 2006 for a price around 30 EURO . If you wish to get it, please write directly to Library of Centre for Ecological Research, Pol.Ac.Sci. on: [EMAIL PROTECTED] indicating your postal address. Exact cost of the issue with the way of payment will be given together with the ordered issue. We would be grateful if you will pass this announcement to your colleagues! Anna Hillbricht-Ilkowska - editor Polish J.Ecology