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Title An introduction to the aquatic insects of North America / edited by R.W. Merritt, K.W. Cummins, M.B. Berg.

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Dubuque, Iowa : Kendall/Hunt Pub. Co., c2008.

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Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe 2nd Floor Stacks	595.7097 In8 2008	---	Available
Axe Compact Discs 1st Floor	595.7097 In8 2008	---	Available

Edition	4th ed.
Description	xvi, 1158 p. : ill. ; 28 cm. + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)
With:	Issued with CD-ROM: Interactive key to the aquatic insect orders of North America / R.W. Holzenthal, A.L. Prather, S.A. Marshall.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (p. 1005-1138) and index.
Contents	Introduction -- General morphology of aquatic insects -- Sampling aquatic insects:collection devices, statistical considerations, and rearing procedures -- Aquatic insect respiration -- Habitat, life history, secondary production, and behavioiral adaptations of aquatic insects -- Ecology and distribution of aquatic insects -- Use of aquatic insects in biomonitoring -- Phylogenetic relationships and evolutionary adaptations of aquatic insects -- General classification and key to the orders of aquatic and semiaquatic insects -- Aquatic Collembola -- Ephemeroptera -- Odonata -- Semiaquatic Orthoptera -- Plecoptera -- Aquatic and semiaquatic Hemiptera -- Megaloptera and aquatic Neuroptera -- Trichoptera families -- Trichoptera genera -- Aquatic and semiaquatic Lepidoptera -- Aquatic Coleoptera -- Aquatic Diptera -- Tipulidae -- Culicidae -- Simuliidae -- Chironomidae.
System Details	System requirements (Windows): Windows 98/ME/XP, 500 MHz Pentium of faster, recommended 128 MB of RAM, sound card and speakers, 8X of faster CD-ROM drive.
	System requirements (Macintosh): PowerPC, Mac OS X 10.1-10.3, G3 Processor, 128 MB of RAM, 8X or faster CD-ROM drive.
Subject	Aquatic insects -- North America.
	Aquatic insects -- North America -- Identification.
Added Author	Merritt, Richard W.
	Cummins, Kenneth W.
	Berg, Martin Barry.
	Holzenthal, Ralph W. Interactive key to the aquatic insect orders of North America.
	Prather, Aysha L.
	Marshall, S. A. (Steven A.)
Added Title	Interactive key to the aquatic insect orders of North America.
ISBN	0757541283 (spiral bound)
	9780757541285 (spiral bound)
	075754388X (CD-ROM)
	9780757543883 (CD-ROM)
Standard No.	NLGGC 30581298X