Stygofauna Mundi
Author: Botosaneanu
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2023-09-29
Total Pages: 746
ISBN-13: 9004631976
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Meiobenthology
Author: Olav Giere
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2013-03-14
Total Pages: 339
ISBN-13: 366202912X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis is a comprehensive treatise on meiobenthology, the science of small animals which live, often disregarded even by zoologists, in huge numbers in all aquatic sediments. Covering all the scientific literature on the subject, particular emphasis is placed on ecological and systematic aspects. After a survey of the biotope conditions and important methods, the animals are introduced in a systematic account. This is followed by a report on the meiobenthos in relevant biotopes. The book concludes with an analysis of the productive role and the position of meiofauna in the food web and perspectives for future research.
Encyclopedia of Caves and Karst Science
Author: John Gunn
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 2004-08-02
Total Pages: 1970
ISBN-13: 1135455090
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Encyclopedia of Caves and Karst Science contains 350 alphabetically arranged entries. The topics include cave and karst geoscience, cave archaeology and human use of caves, art in caves, hydrology and groundwater, cave and karst history, and conservation and management. The Encyclopedia is extensively illustrated with photographs, maps, diagrams, and tables, and has thematic content lists and a comprehensive index to facilitate searching and browsing.
Süßwasserfauna von Mitteleuropa, Bd. 7/2-3 Chelicerata
Author: Reinhard Gerecke
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2016-04-11
Total Pages: 429
ISBN-13: 3827426898
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFor the first time in limnofaunistic bibliography, the present taxonomic knowledge about the different clades of chelicerata having adapted to an aquatic or amphibious lifestyle along various evolutionary pathways is brought together in an overview for the Central-European fauna. A total number of 746 taxa is covered, over 99 % of these at species level. In Volume 7/2-1 altogether 211 species are treated - 70 species of spiders, 7 species of Astigmata (3 of which to be identified only at family, genus, resp. species group level), 17 species of Oribatida, 27 species and one subspecies of Halacaridae, 45 species of terrestrial Parasitengona (4 of which to be identified only at genus level) and 45 species of Hydrachnidia (4 Stygothrombioidea, 3 Hydrovolzioidea, 16 Hydrachnoidea and 22 Eylaoidea). Volume 7/2-2 deals with 179 species of Hydrachnidia (58 Hydryphantoidea and 121 Lebertioidea). This third volume (Volume 7/2-3) includes taxonomic keys and ecological information for 355 species of the two highly diverse Hydrachnidia superfamilies Hygrobatoidea (241 species and one subspecies) and Arrenuroidea (113 species). The chelicerata volumes of this series are a basic tool for all limnologists interested in diversity and ecology – in particular for biologists investigating the ecotones between ground and surface water, between bottom substrata and open water, and between water and land.
Aquatic Oligochaete Biology VI
Author: Kathryn A. Coates
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2012-12-06
Total Pages: 287
ISBN-13: 940115452X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKRecent studies on diverse aspects of the biology of clitellate works (oligochaetes and leeches) are found in the Proceedings of the most recent International Symposium on Aquatic Oligochaete Biology - from development to population dynamics and from ultrastructure to evolution. The majority of the contributions, which have a very broad geographic scope, are investigations of the biology and ecology of oligochaete works in natural and polluted waters.
Groundwater Ecology
Author: Jack A. Stanford
Publisher: Elsevier
Published: 2013-10-22
Total Pages: 598
ISBN-13: 008050762X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKGroundwater has long been an object of intense scrutiny. Only recently have methods become available that permit ecologists, hydrologists, and environmental scientists to assess the biotic and abiotic status of these all-important aquifers. - The dynamics of water movement through complex subterranean ecosystems - The biological organization and the factors that constrain these ecosystems - Alluvial and karst ecosystem functions - Contamination, management, and remediation
Freshwater Animal Diversity Assessment
Author: E.V. Balian
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2008-04-27
Total Pages: 622
ISBN-13: 1402082592
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book offers a comprehensive study of species- and genus-level diversity and chorology of the global freshwater fauna to date. It gives a state of the art assessment of the diversity and distribution of Metazoa in the continental waters of the world.
Balkan Biodiversity
Author: Huw I. Griffiths
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2013-03-19
Total Pages: 356
ISBN-13: 1402028547
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis is the first attempt to synthesize current understanding of biodiversity in the great European hot spot. A diverse group of international researchers offers perspective on biodiversity at the level of the gene, species and ecosystem, including contributions on temporal change. Biological groups include plants, mammals, spiders and humans, cave-dwelling organisms, fish, aquatic invertebrates and algae.
Marine Interstitial
Author: Tomislav Karanovic
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 338
ISBN-13: 9004164596
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe prime function of the interstitial system is the processing of organic material flushed into the sand. It functions as a carbon sink, which has significant implications in this age, in which we are trying to fight carbon levels in the atmosphere. Copepods are top predators here and thus crucially important. This book presents the first data about cyclopoid and poecilostomatoid copepods from the Australian marine interstitial. It includes one new cyclopoid family, the second record of the poecilostomatoid family Polyankyaliidae, one new genus, and 21 new species. A zoogeographic analysis of the copepods recorded emphasizes the importance of looking at small-scale patterns when inferring Gondwanaland biogeography, and a number of distinct zoogeographic regions is now becoming apparent in Australia.
Biogeography and Ecology of Bulgaria
Author: Victor Fet
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2007-06-21
Total Pages: 698
ISBN-13: 1402044178
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFrom single-celled organisms in Black Sea sand to endemic cave crustaceans, from mountain glacial relict insects to the most diverse bird fauna in Europe, the fauna of Bulgaria has been a subject of study for more than a century. This is the first English language survey of all vertebrate and many key invertebrate groups of Bulgaria, their faunistics, origin, geographical and ecological distribution, and conservation issues.
