Ecology and Classification of North American Freshwater Invertebrates

James H. Thorp, Alan P. Covich

Academic Press, Nov 12, 2009 - Nature - 1021 pages

The Third Edition of Ecology and Classification of North American Freshwater Invertebrates continues the tradition of in-depth coverage of the biology, ecology, phylogeny, and identification of freshwater invertebrates from the USA and Canada. This edition is in color for the first time and includes greatly expanded classification of many phyla.

• Contains extensive and detailed classification keys for identification of diverse freshwater invertebrates.
• Many drawings and color photographs of freshwater invertebrates.
• Single source for a broad coverage of the anatomy, physiology, ecology, and phylogeny of all major groups of invertebrates in inland waters of North America, north of Mexico.

Contents

• Chapter 1 Introduction to Invertebrates of Inland Waters: 1
• Chapter 2 An Overview of Inland Aquatic Habitats: 25
• Chapter 3 Protozoa: 49
• Chapter 4 Porifera: 91
• Chapter 5 Cnidaria: 125
• Turbellarians and Nemertea: 143
• Chapter 7 Gastrotricha: 163
• Chapter 8 Rotifera: 173
• Chapter 9 Nematoda and Nematomorpha: 237
• Gastropoda: 277
• Bivalvia: 309
• Oligochaeta Branchiobdellida Hirudinida and Acanthobdellida: 385
• Chapter 13 BRYOZOANS: 437
• Chapter 14 Tardigrada: 455
• Chapter 15 Water Mites Hydrachnidiae and Other ArachnidsIan: 485
• Chapter 16 Diversity and Classification of Insects and Collembola: 587
• Chapter 17 Aquatic Insect Ecology: 659
• Chapter 18 Introduction to the Subphylum Crustacea: 695
• Chapter 19 Ostracoda: 725
• Chapter 20 Cladocera and Other Branchiopoda: 773
• Chapter 21 Copepoda: 829
• Chapter 22 Decapoda: 901
• Glossary: 969
• Subject Index: 989
• Taxonomic Index: 1005

About the author

Dr. James H. Thorp is a professor and senior scientist at the University of Kansas (Lawrence, KS, United States). Prior to 2001, he was a distinguished professor and dean at Clarkson University, department chair and professor at the University of Louisville, associate professor and director of the Calder Ecology Center at Fordham University, and research ecologist at Georgia’s Savannah River Ecology Laboratory. He received his Baccalaureate from the University of Kansas and Masters and PhD degrees from North Carolina State. Prof. Thorp has been on the editorial board of three freshwater journals and is a former president of the International Society for River Science. His research interests run the gamut from organismal biology to community, ecosystem, and macrosystem ecology. While his research emphasizes aquatic invertebrates, he also studies fish ecology, especially food webs related. He has published more than 150 research articles and 10 books, including five volumes so far in the fourth edition of Thorp and Covich’s Freshwater Invertebrates.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Ecology and Classification of North American Freshwater Invertebrates; Aquatic ecology series
• Editors: James H. Thorp, Alan P. Covich
• Edition: 3, revised
• Publisher: Academic Press, 2009
• ISBN: 0080889816, 9780080889818
• Length: 1021 pages
• Subjects: Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection; Science / Earth Sciences / Limnology; Science / Life Sciences / Biological Diversity; Science / Life Sciences / Marine Biology