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Book SynopsisTrade Review"...beautifully laid out, solidly bound, with crisp print and vibrant (mostly) high-resolution images. My recommendation is to purchase this book even if you already own the third edition, as redundancies are outweighed by new material;..." --Bulletin of the Entomological Society of Canada, Thorp and Covich's Freshwater Invertebrates, Volume 1, Fourth Edition "...a comprehensive revision and expansion of the previous edition...I recommend it as valuable reading for everyone who needs to develop a more detailed world-wide understanding of freshwater invertebrates." --European Journal of Entomology
Table of Contents1. Introduction to Invertebrates of Inland Waters 2. Overview of Inland Water Habitats 3. Collection and Culturing Techniques 4. Functional Relationships of Freshwater Invertebrates 5. Ecology of Invasive Alien Invertebrates 6. Economic Aspects of Freshwater Invertebrates 7. Free-Living Protozoa 8. Phylum Porifera 9. Phylum Cnidaria 10. Phylum Platyhelminthes 11. Phylum Nemertea 12. Phylum Gastrotricha 13. Phylum Rotifera 14. Phylum Nematoda 15. Phylum Nematomorpha 16. Phyla Ectoprocta and Entoprocta (Bryozoans) 17. Phylum Tardigrada 18. Introduction to Mollusca and the Class Gastropoda 19. Class Bivalvia 20. Introduction to Annelida and the Class Polychaeta 21. Class Clitellata: Oligochaeta 22. Class Clitellata: Branchiobdellida 23. Class Clitellata: Hirudinida and Acanthobdellida 24. Introduction to the Phylum Arthropoda 25. Subphylum Chelicerata, Class Arachnida 26. Subphylum Myriapoda, Class Diplopoda 27. Introduction to “Crustacea 28. Class Branchiopoda 29. Class Maxillopoda 30. Class Ostracoda 31. Class Malacostraca, Superorders Peracarida and Syncarida 32. Class Malacostraca, Order Decapoda 33. Hexapoda – Introduction to Insects and Collembola 34. Order Ephemeroptera 35. Order Odonata 36. Order Plecoptera 37. Order Hemiptera 38. Order Trichoptera 39. Order Coleoptera 40. Order Diptera 41. Minor Insect Orders
