The waterbug book : a guide to the freshwater macroinvertebrates of temperate Australia / John Gooderham, Edward Tsyrlin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gooderham, John, author.

Tsyrlin, Edward, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Freshwater invertebrates--Australia--Identification.

Freshwater invertebrates.

Freshwater invertebrates--Australia--Classification.

Freshwater invertebrates--Australia--Pictorial works.

Freshwater ecology--Australia.

Freshwater ecology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (241 pages)

Place of Publication:

Collingwood, Vic. : CSIRO Pub., c2003

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Full of practical tips about where to find various animals, and what their presence can tell about their environment.

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-226) and index.

ISBN:

9786613154149

9780643099715

0643099719

9781283154147

1283154145

9780643090026

0643090029

OCLC:

53004569