The 15th International Symposium on Ostracoda was organized in Berlin (Germany) by late Michael Schudack and his team in 2005. The proceedings were published as special issues of three journals.

1) The special issue: Ostracodology – Linking Bio- and Geosciences, edited by R. Matzke-Karasz, K. Martens and M. Schudack. Hydrobiologia, vol. 585, 2007.

2) Two special issues: Ostracodology – Linking Bio- and Geosciences in the Marine Realm, edited by P. Frenzel, I. Boomer, U. Schudack and J.-P. Colin. Revue de Micropaléontologie, Part I: volume 51(3): 189-272, Part II: volume 51(4): 273-348, 2008.

3) The special issue: Applications of Lacustrine and Marginal-Marine Ostracoda to Palaeoenvironmental Reconstruction, edited by S. Mischke and J. Holmes. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, volume 264(3-4): 211-337, 2008.