Download or read book The Phylogenetic System of Ephemeroptera written by Nikita Kluge and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-11-27 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book has general biological significance due to usage of the new non-ranking nomenclature and the rational layout of taxonomic text, which can be qualified as post-Linnaean systematics. While after the works by Lameere and Hennig, non-ranking classifications became widely used, this book represents the first experience of consistently non-ranking classification, including taxa of low taxonomic level (i.e. taxa traditionally regarded as genera, families et al.). In contrast to other recent attempts to elaborate a non-ranking nomenclature not contradictory to the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, this one appears to be successful and can be applied to any zoological taxa (although its application in botany could be possible only after further elaboration). Biology is currently going through a crisis, which causes some investigators to use such non-scientific methods of reconstructing phylogeny as parsimony analysis. The author believes that the new method of phylogeny description and reconstruction used in this book will help indicate a way out of this crisis.
Download or read book The Mayflies of North and Central America written by George F. Edmunds Jr. and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 1976-11-18 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Mayflies of North and Central America was first published in 1976. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions. Mayflies have fascinated man for centuries because of the brief span of their adult lives. These aquatic insects spend most of their lives as nymphs in water, then develop into winged stages and soon die, most species having an adult life of only two or three days. This brevity is implied in the very name of the order, Ephemeroptera. The mayflies are almost worldwide in distribution, being found everywhere except in Antarctica, the extreme Arctic, and many small oceanic islands. All by three of the twenty families in the world occur in North or Central America, the regions covered in this volume. The book provides a modern, useful, and well-illustrated key to the adults and nymphs. Data on habitats, behavior, and life history are given for each genus. Characteristics of nymphs and adults are given for families, subfamilies, and genera, with brief accounts for extralimital families. A discussion of methods of collecting and preserving specimens precedes the main portion of the text. The book is generously illustrated with drawings, photographs, and a map. The role of aquatic insects as indicators of water pollution has received increasing attention, and in this connection this book will be of special interest to those concerned with pollution problems. Mayflies, besides indicating the presence of pollutants, also help remove such substances from the waters, the authors explain. As a basic reference work, the book is essential for all biological science libraries. Many fly-fishermen are amateur students of mayflies, since the nymphs of larger species are used as bait. With the help of this volume the fisherman can acquire a greater knowledge of aquatic entomology and relate to his sport.
Download or read book Mayflies of the World written by Hubbard and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 1990-01-01 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This valuable catalog lists all family-group (family, subfamily, tribe, subtribe) and genus-group (generic or subgeneric) names that have been proposed for the Ephemeroptera, both recent and fossil, including the hierarchical classification of the order. The first part illustrates the hierarchical classification of the Ephemeroptera. The second part is an alphabetical list of all family-group names proposed for Ephemeroptera, while the third part consists of an alphabetical catalog of all genus-group names that have been proposed.
Download or read book Trends in Research in Ephemeroptera and Plecoptera written by Eduardo Dominguez and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 469 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is the proceedings of the IX International Conference on Ephemeroptera and the XII International Symposium on Plecoptera, held in Tucuman, Argentina. Divided into comprehensive thematic sections, the early sections cover studies on ecology and behavior ranging from life cycles and general biology to genetic divergence and vibrational communication, while the latter sections reveal the diversified studies being developed worldwide. This book will be useful for beginners and specialists, providing important data for ecological, distributional, morphological, and biogeographical studies.
Download or read book International Advances in the Ecology Zoogeography and Systematics of Mayflies and Stoneflies written by F. R. Hauer and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2008-06-24 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this volume is to encourage and facilitate focused research and provide a forum for scholarly exchange about the status of Mayfly and Stonefly science. Professor John Brittain, whose research is focused on freshwater entomology, especially egg development and life cycle strategies of Ephemeroptera and Plecoptera, presents a chapter reflecting on the quality of mayflies as good indicators of global warming and the quality of streams and lakes. Professor Emeritus Andrew Sheldon, whose interests have encompassed community and population ecology of aquatic animals over a span of more than 40 years, especially insects and fishes, explores topics of Scale and Hierarchy and the Ecology of Plecoptera, discussing how studies emphasizing scale and perspective reveal importance of stoneflies to ecosystems. Other topics cover a broad base of disciplines including morphology, physiology, phylogeny, taxonomy, ecology and conservation. The chapters have been compiled into three sections for this volume: Ecology, Zoogeography and Systematics.
Download or read book The Mayflies of Europe Ephemeroptera written by Ernst Bauernfeind and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2013-01-21 with total page 779 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Among the various groups of aquatic insects, mayflies (Ephemeroptera) are of special interest for professional limnologists and entomological researchers as well as for naturalists in general and even the dedicated fly angler. Identification has traditionally been considered difficult and implementation in environmental monitoring and freshwater management has led to an ever increasing demand for exact information on taxonomy and ecology. The present handbook is designed to provide for the first time an up-to-date standard work for Ephemeroptera identification, including last instar larvae (nymphs), subimago (dun), male and female imagines. Recent changes in nomenclature are discussed in detail as well as gaps in current knowledge and probable pitfalls concerning the reliable identification of all taxa known so far from the region. Keys are provided for genera and introductory chapters characterize every family and genus. Species accounts follow a common format providing a synonymy, characters for identification (including literature references), remarks (on type material, variation, confusing or extralimital species) and short information on biology and distribution pattern. Male genitalia are illustrated by micrographs and line drawings, REM photographs of the egg chorionic structure are provided for genera and selected species. Habitus of larvae and imagines are for most genera illustrated by colour photographs. The geographical area covered is Europe including the European part of Russia, the mediterranean islands and North Africa. Short additional information is provided for adjacent parts of the western Palaearctic Region. A comprehensive index, check-list and distribution catalogue (following the widely adopted concept of Illies’ Limnofauna Europaean) allow for quick information on all species recorded so far from Europe.
Download or read book The Soft Hackled Fly Addict written by Sylvester Nemes and published by Stackpole Books. This book was released on 1993 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thousands of trout fishermen are now truly addicted to the soft-hackled fly -- the simple, sober artificial trout fly. Novices and experts alike found the soft hackle easy to fish and highly effective in streams from east to west. New, soft-hackled fly patterns by the author and other addicts are found in this book, together with colour photographs of all the feathers and materials required for the authentic fly patterns. There is even a hackle-sizing chart which takes the guesswork out of the most crucial element of the fly. The book also attempts to match artificial flies to living insect orders. Exhaustive notes reveal the author's intimate fishing techniques with the soft-hackled fly. Addict or beginner, any fisherman reading this book will add immensely to his practical angling skills.
Download or read book Aquatic Entomology written by W. Patrick McCafferty and published by Jones & Bartlett Learning. This book was released on 1983 with total page 502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written in language that is accessible to the sports fisherman and the naturalist and with over 1,000 original illustrations, the book includes features such as coverage of all insect families and genera important to fly fishing; comphrensive treatment of the biology of all life stages of aquatic insects including terrestrial as well as aquatic stages; special chapters on shore dwelling insects, insects associated with aquatic vascular plants, residents of tree holes and plant cups, aquatic arachnids and freshwater crustaceans.
Download or read book Bulletin written by Lloyd Library and Museum and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 694 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Notes on the Biology of Some of Our North American Species of May flies written by Helen Elizabeth Murphy and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Mayflies Or Ephemeroptera of Illinois written by Barnard DeWitt Burks and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book University of Toronto Studies written by University of Toronto and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 526 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book EPHEMERIDAE Emerger Cripple Stillborn Nymph written by Roberto Messori and published by Fly Line di Roberto Messori. This book was released on 2020-11-30 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The previous book of the Superfly series “Mayflies on their honeymoon” proposed imitations of subimagos, imagos and spents of Ephemera which leave the surface of the water to live very briefly in the air. The present work deals with the same insects, but considering them from the surface to the depths of rivers and streams: emergers, cripples, stillborn, surface nymphs and immature nymphs are analyzed and proposed here in their various manifestations. We will sneak into the fight between fish and insects, accomplices of the latter, exercising our role as primary predators with the strict rules of a refined and chivalrous fishing technique. Each model is presented with construction phases and high resolution photographs, enriched by macro photos of the imitated insects.
Download or read book The pretertiary insects of North America including critical remarks on and descriptions of some European forms written by Samuel Hubbard Scudder and published by . This book was released on 1890 with total page 552 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Revisional Monograph of Recent Ephemeridae Or Mayflies written by Alfred Edwin Eaton and published by . This book was released on 1888 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Fossil Insects of North America written by Samuel Hubbard Scudder and published by . This book was released on 1890 with total page 538 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Publications written by University of Toronto. Ontario Fisheries Research Laboratory and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
