Freshwater Crustacean Zooplankton of Europe

Cladocera & Copepoda (Calanoida, Cyclopoida) Key to species identification, with notes on ecology, distribution, methods and introduction to data analysis
1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-3-319-29870-2
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 918 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 15125 g

This work provides a user-friendly, species level taxonomic key based on morphology, current nomenclature, and modern taxonomy using molecular tools which fulfill the most pressing needs of both researchers and environmental managers. This key arms the reader with the tools necessary to improve their species identification abilities. This book resolves another issue as well: the mix of female and male characters used in keys to the calanoid copepods. Often, during the identification process, both calanoid copepod sexes are not available, and the user of such a key is stuck with an uncertain identification. Here, separate male and female keys to the calanoid copepods are provided for both the genera and species levels.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bledzki, Leszek A.

Rybak, Jan Igor

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Tierkunde / Zoologie Wirbellose (Invertebrata) Krebstiere (Crustacea)
• Geowissenschaften Geologie Limnologie (Süßwasser)
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Mikrobiologie
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Meeresbiologie
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Meeres- und Süßwasserökologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Table of Contents

Part I

Introduction

Ecological features, coefficients and equations

Basic taxonomy

Methods

References

Part II Cladocera

Morphological Abbreviations

Introduction to Cladocera

Cladocera morphology

Classification

Characteristics of orders and families with a list of European genera and species

Alphabetical list of species with notes on synonyms, taxonomy, distribution and ecology

References

Key to Cladocera

Part III Copepoda (Calanoida, Cyclopoida)

Morphological Abbreviations

Introduction to Copepoda

Copepoda morphology

Classification

Characteristics of orders and families with a list of European genera and species

Alphabetical list of species

References

Key to Calanoida

Index 

Über Autor(innen)

Leszek A. Bledzki, PhD Department of Biological SciencesMount Holyoke CollegeMassachusetts, USAE-mail: [e-mail] 
Jan Igor Rybak, PhD Department of HydrobiologyWarsaw University, Poland(Deceased)