{"product_id":"pennaks-freshwater-invertebrates-of-the-united-states-isbn-9780471358374","title":"Pennak's Freshwater Invertebrates of the United States","description":"Need-to-know information on the classification and identificationof aquatic invertebrates\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e This Fourth Edition of the standard reference used by generationsof professionals and students is the source for authoritativeinformation on the natural history, ecology, and taxonomy offree-living American freshwater invertebrates. Completely revisedand updated, this professional field guide features a wealth of newknowledge on invertebrate animal phyla covered in the previousedition as well as fully modified sections on the preparation ofmaterials.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Other important features of Pennak's Freshwater Invertebrates ofthe United States, Fourth Edition include:\u003cbr\u003e * Current taxonomical arrangements of all freshwater invertebrateanimals, excluding insects\u003cbr\u003e * Improved graphical treatments and keys to identification, severalprovided by specialists\u003cbr\u003e * Photographs and color plates to aid identification\u003cbr\u003e * More than 300 line drawings, many new to this edition\u003cbr\u003e * Taxonomic keys carried uniformly to genus level in all but twophyla, with frequent references to species\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Pennak's Freshwater Invertebrates of the United States, FourthEdition is an indispensable resource for biologists, ecologists,graduate students, and anyone who needs to acquire the thoroughknowledge of aquatic invertebrates that is essential tounderstanding the community structure of freshwater environments. Introduction.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Magnitude of the Freshwater Environment.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The Chemical Divergence.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Origins of the Freshwater Fauna.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Freshwater Emigrants to the Sea.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Major Distinctions Between Marine and FreshwaterInvertebrates.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Evolutionary Shortcomings in Freshwaters.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Atypical Freshwater Habitats.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Dispersal and Barriers.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The Epidemic of Exotics.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Food Webs.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Collecting Ethics.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Comment Porifera.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Cnidaria.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Platyhelminthes.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Nemertea.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Gastrotricha.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Rotifera.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Nematoda.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Nematomorpha.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Tardigrada.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Entoprocta.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Ectoprocta.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Annelida.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Mollusca.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Arachnida.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Introduction to the Crustacea.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Phyllopodous Branchiopoda.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Cladoceran Branchiopoda.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Copepoda.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Branchiura.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Ostracoda.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Minor Malacostraca.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Isopoda.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Amphipoda.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Decapoda.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Appendix: Reagents, Solutions, and Laboratory Items.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Index. \"I recommend this book to all freshwater ecologists\" (FreshwaterForum, No.18 2002)\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"The 4th Edition Continues to be an excellent treatise about theadaptation of invertebrates to freshwater environments.\" (Journalof the North American Benthological Society, June 2002)\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"...The book is beautifully produced, will be a boon to NorthAmerican users, and a means of broadening the knowledge of studentseverywhere.\" (The Naturalist)\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"Such a practical writing style makes the book easy to use and aperfect, one of its kind, laboratory manual.\" (Quarterly Reviewof Biology, September 2002) DOUGLAS GRANT SMITH, MS, is a lecturer and curator of invertebrates in the Department of Biology and Graduate Program in Evolutionary and Organismic Biology at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.  Need-to-know information on the classification and identification of aquatic invertebrates  \u003cp\u003eThis Fourth Edition of the standard reference used by generations of professionals and students is the source for authoritative information on the natural history, ecology, and taxonomy of free-living American freshwater invertebrates. 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