Halacarid Mites (Arachnida: Acari)
Author : J. Green
Publisher :
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 23,49 MB
Release : 1987
Category : Arachnida
ISBN :
Aquatic Mites from Genes to Communities
Author : Heather Proctor
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 47,67 MB
Release : 2013-03-09
Category : Science
ISBN : 9401704295
Book Description
Although the ancestral home of chelicerates was the sea, the vast majority of modern species live on land. Most students of spiders and mites also restrict themselves to terrestrial habitats. However, a surprising number of mites (Arachnida: Acari) have returned to a watery existence. Approximately 7000 species from the Mesostigmata, Astigmata, Oribatida, and especially the Prostigmata, now live in marine and freshwater habitats. In Aquatic Mites, a dozen chapters explore the distribution, ecology, behavior, genetics, and evolution of the most diverse of these astonishing arachnids. The results of these studies raise as many interesting questions as they answer, and should provoke more investigations of the biology of freshwater and marine Acari.
Mites: Ecology, Evolution & Behaviour
Author : David Evans Walter
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 505 pages
File Size : 20,56 MB
Release : 2013-10-08
Category : Science
ISBN : 9400771649
Book Description
More than 40,000 species of mites have been described, and up to 1 million may exist on earth. These tiny arachnids play many ecological roles including acting as vectors of disease, vital players in soil formation, and important agents of biological control. But despite the grand diversity of mites, even trained biologists are often unaware of their significance. Mites: Ecology, Evolution and Behaviour (2nd edition) aims to fill the gaps in our understanding of these intriguing creatures. It surveys life cycles, feeding behaviour, reproductive biology and host-associations of mites without requiring prior knowledge of their morphology or taxonomy. Topics covered include evolution of mites and other arachnids, mites in soil and water, mites on plants and animals, sperm transfer and reproduction, mites and human disease, and mites as models for ecological and evolutionary theories.
Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness
Author :
Publisher : Magnolia Press
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 39,88 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Animals
ISBN : 1869778499
Book Description
Marine Insects
Author : Lanna Cheng
Publisher : North-Holland
Page : 606 pages
File Size : 27,8 MB
Release : 1976
Category : Nature
ISBN :
Book Description
This is the first exhaustive review of literature on marine insects, which are defined in this volume as those that spend at least part of their life in association with the marine environment. Not only are true insects, such as the Collembola and insect parasites of marine birds and mammals, considered, but also other kinds of intertidal air-breathing arthropods, notably spiders, scorpions, mites, centipedes and millipedes, which live and feed with, or even on, the insects of marine habitats. The chapters, written by leading authorities, are divided into two sections, the first treating primarily ecological aspects, the second dealing with major groups of insects in marine environments.
Mites of Australia
Author : RB Halliday
Publisher : CSIRO PUBLISHING
Page : 751 pages
File Size : 16,70 MB
Release : 1998-01-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 0643105891
Book Description
This Checklist brings together for the first time the names of all 2620 described species of mites that are known to occur in Australia. It gives the correct nomenclature for each species, and places every species in the appropriate genus and family, using the latest available classification. The Checklist also provides a bibliography of information on biogeography, economic importance and, in the case of pests, biology and control. This work is a baseline from which more detailed and specific research projects will draw their fundamental data.
Trends in Acarology
Author : Maurice W. Sabelis
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 511 pages
File Size : 41,44 MB
Release : 2010-11-16
Category : Science
ISBN : 9048198372
Book Description
Mites and ticks are everywhere and acarologists go after them – some explore their bewildering diversity, others try to understand their how and why. For the past 50 years, the International Congress of Acarology has been the forum for worldwide communication on the knowledge of Acari, helping researchers and students to look beyond their disciplines. Many mites and ticks are economic factors as they are pests of agricultural, veterinary and medical importance, and several species have become model organisms in modern biology. The 96 contributions to Trends in Acarology – reflecting fields as molecular biology, biochemistry, physiology, microbiology, pathology, ecology, evolutionary biology, systematic biology, soil biology, plant protection, pest control and epidemiology – have been reviewed and carefully edited. This volume contains a wealth of new information, that may stimulate research for many years to come.
A Manual of Acarology
Author : G. W. Krantz
Publisher : Oregon State University Book Stores, Incorporated
Page : 536 pages
File Size : 36,89 MB
Release : 1978
Category : Science
ISBN :
Book Description
Systematic position of the acari, Morphology and function, Reproduction and embryogenesis, Oviposition and life stages, Habits and habitats, Collection,rearing,and preparation for study, Classification.
Meiobenthology
Author : Olav Giere
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 339 pages
File Size : 24,44 MB
Release : 2013-03-14
Category : Science
ISBN : 366202912X
Book Description
This is a comprehensive treatise on meiobenthology, the science of small animals which live, often disregarded even by zoologists, in huge numbers in all aquatic sediments. Covering all the scientific literature on the subject, particular emphasis is placed on ecological and systematic aspects. After a survey of the biotope conditions and important methods, the animals are introduced in a systematic account. This is followed by a report on the meiobenthos in relevant biotopes. The book concludes with an analysis of the productive role and the position of meiofauna in the food web and perspectives for future research.
Freshwater Animal Diversity Assessment
Author : E.V. Balian
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 622 pages
File Size : 35,10 MB
Release : 2008-04-27
Category : Science
ISBN : 1402082592
Book Description
This book offers a comprehensive study of species- and genus-level diversity and chorology of the global freshwater fauna to date. It gives a state of the art assessment of the diversity and distribution of Metazoa in the continental waters of the world.
