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The Waterbug Book
A Guide to the Freshwater Macroinvertebrates of Temperate Australia
- 240 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub
The Waterbug Book
A Guide to the Freshwater Macroinvertebrates of Temperate Australia
About this book
Freshwater macroinvertebrates provide a useful and reliable indicator of the health of our rivers, streams, ponds and wetlands. As environmental awareness within the community increases, there is an increasing interest in the need to assess the health of our local waterways and school curriculums are changing to reflect this important ecological trend.
The Waterbug Book provides a comprehensive and accurate identification guide for both professionals and non-professionals. It contains an easy-to-use key to all the macroinvertebrate groups and, for the first time, high quality colour photographs of live specimens. It provides a wealth of basic information on the biology of macroinvertebrates, and describes the SIGNAL method for assessing river health. The Waterbug Book is full of practical tips about where to find various animals, and what their presence can tell about their environment.
Winner of the 2003 Eureka Science Book Prize and the 2003 Whitley Medal.
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Index
abdomen 17
abdominal pro-legs 187
Acarina 59
Acruroperla 183
Acruroperla atra 183
Actinodactylella 38
adductor muscles 46
Aeshna brevistyla 174
Aeshnidae 18, 19, 163, 164, 174
Agapetus 197
Alathyria 50
albumen /shell gland 46
alder fly larvae 89
algae 7, 32, 38, 44, 51, 55, 64, 65, 81, 87, 101, 103, 104, 105, 118, 121, 122, 123, 126, 128, 138, 141, 143, 165, 175, 180, 194, 196, 197, 198, 201, 208, 212
Allanaspides 74
Alloecella 195
Amarinus lacustris 81, 82
Ameletoides lacusalbinae 143
Ameletopsidae 19, 136
Amphipoda 16, 68, 69–71
Amphipterygidae 168
Anacaena 106
Anaspidacea 73, 74
Anaspides 73, 74
tasmaniae 73, 74
Anaspididae 73, 74
Ancylastrum 51, 56
Ancylidae 47, 51, 52
Anisocentropus 193
Anisops 157, 158
Anisoptera 164
Annelida 44
Anophelinae 122
Anostraca 68, 75, 76
antennae 17
Antipodeus 70
Antipodoecia 192
Antipodoeciidae 188, 192
Antipodophlebia 174
Antipodrilus 44
Aphelocheiridae ...
Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Key to macroinvertebrate groups
- Freshwater sponges (Porifera)
- Freshwater jellyfish and hydra (Cnidaria)
- Unsegmented worms
- Freshwater leeches (Hirudinea)
- Segmented worms (Oligochaeta)
- Freshwater snails, mussels and clams (Mollusca)
- Freshwater mites and spiders (Arachnida)
- Microcrustaceans: water fleas, copepods, clam shrimp and seed shrimp
- Assorted crustaceans: amphipods, isopods, syncarids, brine shrimp and tadpole shrimp
- Freshwater shrimp, prawns, crab and crayfish (Decapoda)
- Springtails (Collembola)
- Aquatic caterpillars (Lepidoptera)
- Scorpionfly larvae (Mecoptera)
- Toebiters (Megaloptera)
- Spongefly larvae, lacewing larvae (Neuroptera)
- Beetles (Coleoptera)
- Flies, true flies (Diptera)
- Mayflies (Ephemeroptera)
- True bugs (Hemiptera)
- Dragonflies and damselflies (Odonata)
- Stoneflies (Plecoptera)
- Caddisflies (Trichoptera)
- Listing of SIGNAL grades
- Glossary
- References
- Index