Field Guide to Freshwater Invertebrates of North America (Field Guide To... (Academic Press))

Field Guide to Freshwater Invertebrates of North America......Page 2
Copyright......Page 5
Contents......Page 8
Preface......Page 18
Acknowledgments......Page 20
Biographic Sketches of the Authors......Page 22
Photograph Credits......Page 24
Part1 Introduction......Page 28
I. Introduction to This Field Guide......Page 30
II. How Invertebrates are Classified......Page 31
III. A Cautionary Note......Page 33
I. Finding, Collecting, and Culturing Aquatic Invertebrates......Page 34
II. How to Use a Dichotomous Key......Page 41
III. Introductory Taxonomic Key for Invertebrates and Chapter Guide......Page 42
Part II General Ecology of Freshwater Invertebrates......Page 44
II. Lotic Environments—Creeks and Rivers......Page 46
III. Subterranean Habitats: Hyporheic Zone and Cave Environments......Page 52
IV. Community Ecology......Page 54
II. Physiological Ecology......Page 64
III. Organismal and Population Ecology......Page 67
Part III Ecology and Identification of Specific Taxa......Page 74
II. Form and Function......Page 76
III. Ecology, Behavior, and Environmental Biology......Page 77
IV. Collection and Culturing......Page 78
V. Representative Taxa: Phylum Cnidaria......Page 79
II. Form and Function......Page 80
I. Introduction, Diversity, and Distribution......Page 84
III. Ecology, Behavior, and Environmental Biology......Page 85
IV. Collection and Culturing......Page 86
V. Representative Taxa of Flatworms: Class Turbellaria......Page 87
II. Form and Function......Page 88
IV. Collection and Culturing......Page 89
V. Representative Taxa of Hairworms: Phylum Nematomorpha......Page 90
I. Introduction, Diversity, and Distribution......Page 92
II. Form and Function......Page 94
III. Ecology, Behavior, and Environmental Biology......Page 96
IV. Collection and Culturing......Page 98
V. Representative Taxa of Snails and Limpets: Class Gastropoda......Page 99
I. Introduction, Diversity, and Distribution......Page 110
II. Form and Function......Page 112
III. Ecology, Behavior, and Environmental Biology......Page 114
IV. Collection and Culturing......Page 115
V. Representative Taxa of Clams and Mussels: Class Bivalvia......Page 117
II. Form and Function......Page 124
III. Ecology, Behavior, and Environmental Biology......Page 125
IV. Collection and Culturing......Page 126
V. Representative Taxa of Aquatic Earthworms and Leeches:Phylum Annelida......Page 128
I. Introduction, Diversity, and Distribution......Page 132
II. Form and Function......Page 133
IV. Collection and Culturing......Page 134
V. Representative Taxa of Moss Animals or Bryozoans: Phylum Ectoprocta......Page 135
I. Introduction to the Phylum......Page 136
II. Form and Function......Page 138
III. Ecology, Behavior, and Environmental Biology......Page 139
V. Taxonomic Key to the Phylum Arthropoda......Page 140
I. Introduction to the Subphylum......Page 148
II. Form and Function......Page 149
III. Ecology, Behavior, and Environmental Biology......Page 150
IV. Collection and Culturing......Page 151
V. Representative Taxa of Mites and Spiders: Class Arachnida......Page 152
I. Introduction to the Class Branchiopoda......Page 154
II. Form and Function......Page 155
III. Ecology, Behavior, and Environmental Biology......Page 157
IV. Collection and Culturing......Page 159
V. Representative Taxa in the Class Branchiopoda......Page 160
I. Introduction to Copepods, Fish Lice, and Seed Shrimp......Page 166
II. Form and Function......Page 167
III. Ecology, Behavior, and Environmental Biology......Page 168
IV. Collection and Culturing......Page 169
V. Representative Taxa of Copepods, Fish Lice, and Seed Shrimps:Classes Maxillopoda and Ostracoda......Page 171
I. Introduction......Page 174
II. Form and Function......Page 175
III. Ecology, Behavior, and Environmental Biology......Page 176
IV. Collection and Culturing......Page 177
V. Representative Taxa of Sow Bugs, Scuds, and Opossum Shrimps:Class Malacostraca, Superorder Peracarida......Page 178
I. Introduction to the Order Decapoda......Page 184
II. Form and Function......Page 186
IV. Collection and Culturing......Page 187
V. Representative Taxa of Crayfish, Shrimp, and Crabs: Order Decapoda......Page 189
I. Introduction to the Subphylum Hexapoda......Page 196
II. Form and Function......Page 197
IV. Collection and Culturing......Page 198
V. Taxonomic Key......Page 199
VI. Representative TAXA......Page 202
II. Form and Function......Page 206
III. Ecology, Behavior, and Environmental Biology......Page 207
IV. Collection and Culturing......Page 208
V. Representative Taxa of Mayflies: Order Ephemeroptera......Page 209
II. Form and Function......Page 218
III. Ecology, Behavior, and Environmental Biology......Page 219
IV. Collection and Culturing......Page 220
V. Representative Taxa of Dragonflies and Damselflies: Order Odonata......Page 221
II. Form and Function......Page 226
IV. Collection and Culturing......Page 228
V. Representative Taxa of Stoneflies: Order Plecoptera......Page 229
I. Introduction to the Order Hemiptera......Page 232
II. Form and Function......Page 233
III. Ecology, Behavior, and Environmental Biology......Page 234
IV. Collection and Culturing......Page 235
V. Representative Taxa of True Bugs: Order Hemiptera......Page 236
I. Introduction to Three Orders......Page 240
II. Form and Function......Page 241
IV. Collection and Culturing......Page 242
V. Representative Taxa of Hellgrammites, Spongillaflies, and Aquatic Moths......Page 244
I. Introduction to Trichoptera......Page 246
II. Form and Function......Page 247
IV. Collection and Culturing......Page 248
V. Representative Taxa of Caddisflies: Order Trichoptera......Page 250
II. Form and Function......Page 256
III. Ecology, Behavior, and Environmental Biology......Page 257
IV. Collection and Culturing......Page 258
V. Representative Taxa of Aquatic Beetles: Order Coleoptera......Page 259
II. Form and Function......Page 274
III. Ecology, Behavior, and Environmental Biology......Page 275
IV. Collection and Culturing......Page 276
V. Representative Taxa of Aquatic Flies: Order Diptera......Page 278
Glossary......Page 288
References......Page 290
Index......Page 294