Table 1 Details of the International Rotifer Symposia so far held. Symp: Symposium series, Part.: number of participants; Nat.: Nations represented.

I

21–26 Sept, 1976; Lunz, Austria

A Ruttner-Kolisko

38

15

Arch. Hydrobiol. Beih., 8, 1977,

52

II

17–21 Sept. 1979; Ghent, Belgium

HJ Dumont

51

16

Hydrobiologia, 73, 1980

42

III

30 Aug. – 4 Sept. 1982

B Pejler

70

22

Hydrobiologia, 104, 1983

52

IV

18–25 Aug. 1985

L May

68

23

Hydrobiologia, 147, 1987

50

V

12–17 Sept. 1988, Gargnano, Italy

C Ricci

83

20

Hydrobiologia, 186/187, 1989

52

VI

3–8 June 1991, Banyoles, Spain

MR Miracle

107

25

Hydrobiologia, 255/256, 1993

72

VII

6–11 June 1994, Mikolajki, Poland

J Ejsmont-Karabin

93

26

Hydrobiologia 313/314 1995

53

VIII

22–27 June 1997, Collegeville, Minn. USA

E Wurdak

97

22

Hydrobiologia, 387/388, 1998

64

IX

16–23 Jan 2000, Khon Kaen, Thailand

L-O Sanoamuang

117

26

Hydrobiologia 446/447, 2001

51

X

7–13 June 2003, Illmitz, Austria

A Herzig

113

28

Hydrobiologia 546, 2005

58

XI

11–18 March 2006, Mexico City, Mexico

SSS Sarma

125

20

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