| Description |
vii, 232 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 22 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Key to macroinvertebrate groups -- Freshwater sponges -- Freshwater jellyfish and hydra -- Unsegmented worms -- Freshwater leeches -- Segmented worms -- Freshwater snails, mussels and clams -- Freshwater mites and spiders -- 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 -- Springtails -- Aquatic caterpillars -- Scorpionfly larvae -- Toebiters -- Spongefly larvae, lacewing larvae -- Beetles -- Flies, true flies -- Mayflies -- True bugs -- Dragonflies and damselflies -- Stoneflies -- Caddisflies -- Listing of SIGNAL grades -- Glossary |
| Summary |
Freshwater invertebrates provide a useful and reliable indicator of the health of rivers, streams, ponds and wetlands. This is a comprehensive identification guide that contains a key to all the macroinvertebrate groups and photographs of live specimens |
| Analysis |
Hydrobiology & marine biology Invertebrates Reference works |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 219-226 |
| Notes |
Also available via the World Wide Web |
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Mode of access: World Wide Web |
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System requirements: Internet connectivity, World Wide Web browser. Downloading of an entire book requires Adobe Digital Editions. Use of bookmarks requires individual registration with Amigo Reader |
| Subject |
Freshwater invertebrates -- Ecology -- Australia.
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Freshwater invertebrates -- Australia -- Pictorial works.
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Freshwater invertebrates -- Australia -- Identification.
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Freshwater invertebrates -- Australia -- Classification.
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Freshwater ecology -- Australia.
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| Genre/Form |
Classification.
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| Author |
Tsyrlin, Edward.
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| LC no. |
2002489584 |
| ISBN |
9780643066687 |
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0643066683 |
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