Freshwater Crustacean Zooplankton of Europe

Freshwater Crustacean Zooplankton of Europe
Author: Leszek A. Bledzki
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 923
Release: 2016-07-20
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3319298712

This work provides a user-friendly, species level taxonomic key based on morphology, current nomenclature, and modern taxonomy using molecular tools which fulfill the most pressing needs of both researchers and environmental managers. This key arms the reader with the tools necessary to improve their species identification abilities. This book resolves another issue as well: the mix of female and male characters used in keys to the calanoid copepods. Often, during the identification process, both calanoid copepod sexes are not available, and the user of such a key is stuck with an uncertain identification. Here, separate male and female keys to the calanoid copepods are provided for both the genera and species levels.

The Biology of Calanoid Copepods

The Biology of Calanoid Copepods
Author:
Publisher: Academic Press
Total Pages: 721
Release: 1998-06-02
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0080579566

This special volume of Advances in Marine Biology covers in detail the biology of calanoid copepods. Copepods are probably the most numerous multicellular organisms on earth. They are aquatic animals that live in both marine and fresh water, and are of prime importance in marine ecosystems as they form a direct link between phytoplankton and fish. This volume is essential for all marine biologists.Advances in Marine Biology contains up-to-date reviews of all areas of marine science, including fisheries science and macro/micro fauna. Each volume contains peer-reviewed papers detailing the ecology of marine regions.

Post-Embryonic Development of the Copepoda

Post-Embryonic Development of the Copepoda
Author: Ferrari
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 236
Release: 2007-07-30
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9047422333

Crustaceans that are now called copepods have been known, not necessarily by that name, since Aristotle. Published reports of their post-embryonic development, however, date only from the last 250 years. This monograph is a first attempt to gather all published information about copepod post-embryonic development. Careful diagnoses of nauplius and copepodid allow comparisons of specific developmental stages among species. Changes from the last naupliar stage to the first copepodid stage are used to interpret the naupliar body. Body and limb patterning are discussed, and models of limb patterning are used to generate segment homologies for the protopod and both rami. Contributions of post-embryonic development to phylogenetic hypotheses are considered and suggestions for future studies are provided.