Insects are a diverse, numerous and important group in aquatic habitats, occupying key functional and ecological roles. This edited volume brings together acknowledged experts in often disparate fields ranging from physiology through ecology to evolution to consider in a unified manner the challenges facing insect populations in aquatic environments and how they have adapted to achieve such prominence in virtually all habitats. It will be of central interest to researchers and students in aquatic insects and general entomology.
Author(s): Jill Lancaster, Rob A Briers
Series: Royal Entomological Society
Edition: First
Publisher: CABI International
Year: 2008
Language: English
Pages: 342
City: Wallingford, Oxfordshire; Cambridge, MA
Contents......Page 5
Contributors......Page 7
Preface......Page 9
1 Aquatic Insect Adaptations to Winter Cold and Ice......Page 11
2 Saline-water Insects: Ecology, Physiology and Evolution......Page 30
3 Larval Cannibalism and Population Dynamics of Dragonflies......Page 46
4 The Ecology of Host–Parasite Interactions in Aquatic Insects......Page 65
5 Effects of Drought on Stream Insects and its Ecological Consequences......Page 91
6 The Effect of Floods on Aquatic Invertebrate Communities......Page 113
7 Life-history and Behavioural Adaptations to Flow Regime in Aquatic Insects......Page 132
8 Movement and Dispersion of Insects in Stream Channels: What Role does Flow Play?......Page 149
9 Population Responses of Drifting Stream Invertebrates to Spatial Environmental Variability: an Emerging Conceptual Framework......Page 168
10 What is the Spatial Structure of Stream Insect Populations? Dispersal Behaviour at Different Life-history Stages......Page 194
11 Polarization Vision in Aquatic Insects and Ecological Traps for Polarotactic Insects......Page 214
12 Evolution and Physiology of Flight in Aquatic Insects......Page 240
13 Evolutionary Drivers and the Ecological Traits of Adult Aquatic Insects......Page 260
14 Population Genetic Structure in Stream Insects: What Have We Learned?......Page 278
15 Habitat Constraints and the Generation of Diversity in Freshwater Macroinvertebrates......Page 299
A......Page 323
B......Page 324
C......Page 325
D......Page 326
E......Page 329
F......Page 330
H......Page 331
I......Page 332
M......Page 333
O......Page 335
P......Page 336
R......Page 337
S......Page 338
T......Page 340
V......Page 341
Z......Page 342
