Aquatic Entomology

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Jill Lancaster (The University of Melbourne) Barbara J. Downes (The University of Melbourne)

Aquatic Entomology

Jill Lancaster (The University of Melbourne), Barbara J. Downes (The University of Melbourne)

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Oxford University Press
27 June 2013

Freshwater biology, limnology; Zoology & animal sciences; Insects (entomology)

Aquatic insects are the dominant invertebrate fauna in most freshwater ecosystems, and figure prominently in the work of a diverse range of researchers, students, and environmental managers. Often employed as indicators of ecosystem health, aquatic insects are also commonly used as model systems to test hypotheses in ecological topics including metapopulation and metacommunity dynamics, recruitment limitation, trophic interactions, and trophic networks. Due to their complex life cycles, aquatic insects must master both terrestrial and aquatic environments, crossing these ecosystem boundaries during different stages of development and reproduction.

In this wide-ranging text, life under and on top of the water surface are covered in unusual detail, including the biomechanics of life in water, locomotion underwater and on surface films, gas exchange, physico-chemical stressors, feeding, sensory perception and communication, reproduction, egg-laying and development, and the evolution of aquatic habits. The threatened status of freshwaters around the world, coupled with an expanding population of researchers and managers charged with their well-being, signals the importance of such a book as many individuals seek to understand how insects function in these often challenging physical environments.

Interest in freshwaters may never have been higher with ever-increasing conflict between water allocation for human (agricultural) use and conservation.

Aquatic Entomology is suitable for graduate students, researchers, and managers interested in the subject from a perspective of either basic or applied ecology. It will also be a valuable supplementary text for courses in limnology or freshwater ecology, entomology, and water resource management.

By: Jill Lancaster (The University of Melbourne), Barbara J. Downes (The University of Melbourne)
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 247mm, Width: 197mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 824g
ISBN: 9780199573219
ISBN 10: 0199573212
Pages: 296
Publication Date: 27 June 2013
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , A / AS level , Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Part 1 - Introduction to Aquatic Insects 1: Insect body structure and the aquatic insect orders 2: Evolution, biogeography, and aquatic insect distributions Part 2 - Environmental constraints on distribution 3: Gas exchange 4: Physico-chemical gradients and extremes 5: The biomechanics of living in and on water Part 3 - Sensory systems, movement, and dispersal 6: Sensory systems - photoreception 7: Sensory systems - mechano- and chemoreception 8: Locomotion in and on water 9: Dispersal in the terrestrial environment Part 4 - Population dynamics and population persistence 10: Reproduction and mating behaviour 11: Oviposition and eggs 12: Development Part 5 - Trophic relationships 13: Feeding devices and foraging strategies 14: Diet, digestion, and defecation References

Jill Lancaster is a freshwater ecologist with a long-standing interest in aquatic insects. She received her PhD from the University of London, and held academic positions at the University of Edinburgh and Monash University, until becoming semi-retired and an honorary Principal Research Fellow at the University of Melbourne. In general, Lancaster's research uses freshwater systems and aquatic invertebrates to empirically test ideas in population and community ecology. An over-arching theme lies in understanding how interactions between the physical environment and biological processes influence ecological systems. She has published many peer-reviewed papers in international journals and held editorial positions for several journals. Barbara Downes is an aquatic ecologist who has worked in a wide range of different ecosystems including lowland rivers, upland streams, wetlands, and intertidal and subtidal rocky reefs. She received her PhD from Florida State University in 1988 and, after several postdoctoral fellowships, joined the University of Melbourne in 1995, where she has remained ever since. Her research seeks to understand factors that limit population numbers and that maintain species diversity in freshwater systems. Her interest in insects springs from a fascination with species having complex life cycles that span both freshwater and terrestrial environments. She has published numerous peer-reviewed papers and two books and has served as an editor for several international journals.

Reviews for Aquatic Entomology

This is the most comprehensive publication on aquatic entomology to date, covering all the facets of aquatic insect development. Generally, it is an excellent publication that will be invaluable to both aquatic and terrestrial ecologists...It brings together a wealth of information from a diverse range of sources,including journals that are difficult to access, has sufficient detail for post-graduate research, but will also be useful for undergraduate students and a general audience, with clear and well-illustrated explanations of complex concepts. * Anne Watson, Austral Ecology * The book is well written, and its different parts and chapters are well connected using references ... this book, in my opinion, will meet the broad audience anticipated by the authors. * Helena Shaverdo, The Quarterly Review of Biology * the book represents a high quality overview of aquatic entomology ... It will please and provide help not only to students of aquatic insects and entomologists angaged in research on this topic but is a suitable textbook for courses in freshwater entomology, biology of aquatic invertebrates/organisms and a supplementary textbook for courses on freshwater ecology, hydrobiology, limnology and conservation of water biota. * M Papacek, European Journal of Entomology * Researchers, as well as students in entomology with a special interest in aquatic insects have got a handbook on the biology of these species with nearly no wishes left open * Bulletin of Fish Biology *