Cyclopoid and Harpacticoid Copepods of the Laurentian Great Lakes
Author : Patrick L. Hudson
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Page : 68 pages
File Size : 42,34 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Science
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Author : Patrick L. Hudson
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Page : 68 pages
File Size : 42,34 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Science
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Author : Joseph Kyle Connolly
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Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,19 MB
Release : 2022
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Copepoda are a diverse subclass of crustaceans which are ubiquitous in aquatic systems, inhabiting the largest oceans, the smallest ponds, and several specialized environments. These crustaceans display an impressive variety of life history strategies and may be planktonic, meiobenthic, or parasitic. In the Laurentian Great Lakes and elsewhere, copepods occupy an important position in the food web and make significant contributions to both planktonic and meiobenthic biomass. Understanding their species composition and taxonomy is therefore necessary to assess long term community trends which may be responses to abiotic or biotic variables.Historically the Great Lakes have been an epicenter for aquatic nonindigenous species introductions in North America. As a result, the copepod community of the Great Lakes is comprised of both indigenous and nonindigenous species. However, no new nonindigenous crustacean species had been documented in these lakes since 2006 prior to my work on these groups. The rate of species introductions could have slowed, but only careful investigations of each group can determine if new species are added or not. This thesis presents the results of such investigations for Copepoda. A detailed examination of the planktonic Cyclopoida of western Lake Erie revealed the presence of two nonindigenous species previously unknown from the Great Lakes basin. Thermocyclops crassus (Fischer, 1853) became the first newly detected nonindigenous species in 2014, followed by Mesocyclops pehpeiensis (Hu, 1943) in 2016. The detection of these nonindigenous taxa from the plankton of Lake Erie motivated me to examine the seldom studied meiobenthic copepod community of Lake Ontario. As a result in 2018 I carried out a survey of benthic Harpacticoida across Lake Ontario. The survey provided novel data on the presence, abundance, and distribution of native and nonnative harpacticoids in the lake. The study found three nonindigenous harpacticoids in the lake, one of which Schizopera borutzkyi (Monchenko, 1967) was the most abundant taxa. My studies of harpacticoid copepods continued in 2018 when I reported a new distributional record of the rare indigenous species Gulcamptus huronensis (Reid, 1996) from Lake Superior. In an effort to document the copepod community of the Great Lakes the following works are provided concerning: the detections of nonindigenous cyclopoids from the plankton of Lake Erie (2014 and 2016), a survey of meiobenthic harpacticoids from Lake Ontario (2018), and a report of the rare harpacticoid species G. huronensis from the meiobenthos of Lake Superior (2018).
Author : Janet Warner Reid
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Page : 19 pages
File Size : 15,66 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Harpacticoida
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Author : Danielle Defaye
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 575 pages
File Size : 14,74 MB
Release : 2011-10-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9004181385
Bernard Dussart's contributions to limnology and freshwater copepodology comprise over 200 scientific papers, and his frequent travels have greatly stimulated interest in freshwater biology world-wide. This book presents a selection of recent research on the Copepoda of continental waters: a worthy tribute.
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Page : 772 pages
File Size : 41,81 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Aquatic sciences
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Author : Tomislav Karanovich
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 39,32 MB
Release : 2004-02-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 904741277X
Though the subterranean waters are among the most fragile and threatened ecosystems, and are also considered to be rich in biodiversity, there is very little information even on their total biological diversity. Presenting one group of small crustaceans, this book shows how rich and complex subterranean systems may be even in Australian desert regions. This is the first comprehensive study of the subterranean copepods from Australia. It contains descriptions of five new genera and 24 new species. Many representatives of this unique fauna are of ancient origin, dating as far back as Jurassic. Because many questions of the copepod invasions of the freshwater, and their connections with the main climatic changes are addressed, this book will also be useful for a much broader scientific audience.
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Page : 280 pages
File Size : 22,45 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Discharge of ballast water
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Author : Bruce C. Coull
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Page : 56 pages
File Size : 24,70 MB
Release : 1977
Category : Copepoda
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Author : James H. Thorp
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 1073 pages
File Size : 34,19 MB
Release : 2001-05-11
Category : Science
ISBN : 0080530672
The First Edition of Ecology and Classification of North American Freshwater Invertebrates has been immensely popular with students and researchers interested in freshwater biology and ecology, limnology, environmental science, invertebrate zoology, and related fields. The First Edition has been widely used as a textbook and this Second Edition should continue to serve students in advanced classes. The Second Edition features expanded and updated chapters, especially with respect to the cited references and the classification of North American freshwater invertebrates. New chapters or substantially revised chapters include those on freshwater ecosystems, snails, aquatic spiders, aquatic insects, and crustaceans. Most up-to-date and informative text of its kind Written by experts in the ecology of various invertebrate groups, coverage emphasizes ecological information within a current taxonomic framework Each chapter contains both morphological and taxonomic information, including keys to North American taxa (usually to the generic level) as well as bibliographic information and a list of further readings The text is geared toward researchers and advanced undergraduate and graduate students
Author : Sharon C. Czaika
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Page : 130 pages
File Size : 50,11 MB
Release : 1980
Category : Calanoida
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