Description
Book SynopsisNeed-to-know information on the classification and identification of aquatic invertebrates This Fourth Edition of the standard reference used by generations of professionals and students is the source for authoritative information on the natural history, ecology, and taxonomy of free-living American freshwater invertebrates.
Trade Review"I recommend this book to all freshwater ecologists" (FreshwaterForum, No.18 2002)
"The 4th Edition Continues to be an excellent treatise about theadaptation of invertebrates to freshwater environments." (Journalof the North American Benthological Society, June 2002)
"...The book is beautifully produced, will be a boon to NorthAmerican users, and a means of broadening the knowledge of studentseverywhere." (The Naturalist)
"Such a practical writing style makes the book easy to use and aperfect, one of its kind, laboratory manual." (Quarterly Reviewof Biology, September 2002)
Table of ContentsIntroduction.
Magnitude of the Freshwater Environment.
The Chemical Divergence.
Origins of the Freshwater Fauna.
Freshwater Emigrants to the Sea.
Major Distinctions Between Marine and FreshwaterInvertebrates.
Evolutionary Shortcomings in Freshwaters.
Atypical Freshwater Habitats.
Dispersal and Barriers.
The Epidemic of Exotics.
Food Webs.
Collecting Ethics.
Comment Porifera.
Cnidaria.
Platyhelminthes.
Nemertea.
Gastrotricha.
Rotifera.
Nematoda.
Nematomorpha.
Tardigrada.
Entoprocta.
Ectoprocta.
Annelida.
Mollusca.
Arachnida.
Introduction to the Crustacea.
Phyllopodous Branchiopoda.
Cladoceran Branchiopoda.
Copepoda.
Branchiura.
Ostracoda.
Minor Malacostraca.
Isopoda.
Amphipoda.
Decapoda.
Appendix: Reagents, Solutions, and Laboratory Items.
Index.
