The ecology of freshwater molluscs /

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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...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Dillon, Robert T., 1955-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2000.
Subjects:
Gastropoda > Ecology.
Bivalves > Ecology.
Freshwater invertebrates > Ecology.
Gastéropodes > Écologie.
Bivalves > Écologie.
Invertébrés d'eau douce > Écologie.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Zoology > General.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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