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The ecology of freshwater molluscs /
All aspects of the ecology of freshwater molluscs are discussed in this unique volume. Extensively referenced and providing a synthesis of work from the 19th century to the present day, this book will appeal to professional ecologists, evolutionary biologists and parasitologists interested in these...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2000.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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- Cover
- Half-title
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Bivalve autecology
- Feeding and digestion
- Digestive anatomy
- Particle retention
- Particle ingestion
- Assimilation
- Non-particulate dietary components
- Feeding period
- Habitat
- Unionoids
- Corbiculoids
- Dreissena
- Reproduction
- Unionoid gonochorism
- Unionoid hermaphroditism
- The unionoid larval stage
- Dreissena
- Corbiculoids
- Summary
- 3 Gastropod autecology
- Feeding and digestion
- Pulmonate diet and habitat
- Planorbidae
- Physidae.
- Lymnaeidae
- Acroloxidae and Ancylidae
- Pulmonate reproduction
- Outcrossing
- Selfing
- Prosobranch diet and habitat
- Neritidae
- Pleuroceridae
- Pomatiopsidae
- Hydrobiidae
- Ampullariidae
- Viviparidae
- Bithyniidae
- Valvatidae
- Prosobranch reproduction
- Gonochorism
- Parthenogenesis
- Hermaphroditism
- Summary
- 4 Life history
- Genetics, environment, and demography
- Environment
- Population studies
- Reproductive effort
- Pisidium
- General survey
- The USR model
- Size at birth
- Pisidiids
- General survey
- Maturity
- Life cycle pattern
- Unionoids.
- Corbiculoids and Dreissena
- Gastropods
- Modelling life cycles
- Summary
- 5 Population dynamics and competition
- Population growth
- Laboratory studies
- Field studies
- Crowding
- Population regulation
- Experimental approaches
- Perturbations
- Long-term trends
- Interspecific competition
- Natural situations
- Corbicula and the North American bivalves
- Dreissena and the unionids
- Helisoma duryi
- The ampullariids
- The thiarids
- Summary
- 6 Parasitism
- The digenetic trematodes
- Prevalence
- Consequences
- Schistosomes
- Fasciola
- Echinostomes.
- Resistance
- Fasciola
- Schistosomes
- Echinostomes
- Population regulation
- Aspidogastrids
- Unionicolids
- Summary
- 7 Predation
- The malefactors
- Mammals
- Birds
- Turtles
- Salamanders
- Fish
- Crustaceans
- Insects
- Molluscs
- Leeches
- Triclads
- Defences
- Behaviour
- Shell
- Life history
- Consequences
- Community composition
- Distribution
- Summary
- 8 Biogeography
- Environmental calcium
- Laboratory studies
- Field studies
- Area
- Isolation
- Other environmental factors
- Community composition
- Summary
- 9 Communities.
- Terms and conditions
- Interspecific ecological overlap
- Gut content
- Feeding strategy
- Depth, temperature, and oxygen
- Substrate
- Current
- Models of species distribution
- Models of species similarity
- Models of species abundance
- The assembly of communities
- Summary
- Literature cited
- Index.