An Introduction to the Aquatic Insects of North America |
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Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Collecting | 12 |
Aquatic Insect Respiration | 29 |
Habitat Life History and Behavioral | 41 |
Ecology and Distribution of Aquatic Insects | 74 |
Use of Aquatic Insects in Biomonitoring | 87 |
Phylogenetic Relationships and Evolutionary | 98 |
General Classification and Key to the Orders | 108 |
Ephemeroptera | 126 |
Odonata | 164 |
Semiaquatic Orthoptera | 212 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | An Introduction to the Aquatic Insects of North America |
| Editors | Richard W. Merritt, Kenneth W. Cummins |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Kendall Hunt, 1996 |
| ISBN | 0787232416, 9780787232412 |
| Length | 862 pages |
| Subjects | › Nature / Ecology |
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