Aquatic Insect Ecology, Part 1

Begins with a brief overview of the insect orders with aquatic representatives. Continues with evolutionary considerations, habitat occurrences of aquatic insect communities and the relationship of these insects to environmental variables such as temperature, substrate, flow and water level, suspended sediment, light, oxygen and other chemical factors.

Insects of Aquatic Environments. Evolution and Adaptation. HABITATS AND COMMUNITIES. Lentic Freshwaters. Lotic Freshwaters. Marine, Brackish, and Inland Salt Waters. ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS. Temperature. Substrate. Water Level, Current, and Discharge. Other Abiotic Variables. References. Index.