Table of Contents -- Contributors -- Preface -- Foreword -- Foreword -- PART I: Ecology -- 1 Introduction: Summary of Present Knowledge and Research Addressing the Ecology and Taxonomy of Freshwater Nematodes -- 2 Techniques for Processing Freshwater Nematodes -- 3 Composition and Distribution of Free-living Freshwater Nematodes: Global and Local Perspectives -- 4 Dynamics of Freshwater Nematodes: Abundance, Biomass and Diversity -- 5 Production of Freshwater Nematodes -- 6 Feeding Ecology of Free-living Benthic Nematodes -- 7 Patterns in the Size Structure of Freshwater Nematode Communities: the Cases of Lakes Königssee and Brunnsee, Germany -- 8 Freshwater Nematodes in Environmental Science -- 9 Nematodes in Lotic Systems -- 10 Nematodes from Extreme Freshwater Habitats -- 11 Computation and Application of Nematode Community Indices: General Guidelines -- PART II: Taxonomy -- 12 Order Enoplida -- 13 Order Triplonchida -- 14 Dorylaimida Part I: Superfamilies Belondiroidea, Nygolaimoidea and Tylencholaimoidea -- 15 Dorylaimida Part II: Superfamily Dorylaimoidea -- 16 Order Mononchida -- 17 Orders Chromadorida, Desmodorida and Desmoscolecida -- 18 Order Monhysterida -- 19 Order Araeolaimida -- 20 Order Plectida -- 21 Order Rhabditida: Suborder Tylenchina -- 22 Order Rhabditida: Suborder Rhabditina -- Appendix -- Indexes -- Subject Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- Taxonomic Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.