Invertebrates in Freshwater Wetlands An International Perspective on
Wetlands are among the world’s most valuable and most threatened habitats, and in these crucially important ecosystems, the invertebrate fauna holds a focal position. Most of the biological diversity in wetlands is found within resident invertebrate assem
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vertebrates in Freshwater Wetlands An International Perspective on their Ecology
Invertebrates in Freshwater Wetlands
Darold Batzer • Dani Boix Editors
Invertebrates in Freshwater Wetlands An International Perspective on their Ecology
Editors Darold Batzer Department of Entomology University of Georgia Athens, Georgia, USA
Dani Boix Institute of Aquatic Ecology University of Girona Girona, Spain
ISBN 978-3-319-24976-6 ISBN 978-3-319-24978-0 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-24978-0
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Contents
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An Introduction to Freshwater Wetlands and Their Invertebrates......................................................................... Darold Batzer and Dani Boix
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Invertebrates in Rock Pools .................................................................. Luc Brendonck, Sandro Lanfranco, Brian Timms, and Bram Vanschoenwinkel
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Invertebrate Communities of Alpine Ponds ........................................ Scott A. Wissinger, Beat Oertli, and Véronique Rosset
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Invertebrates in Temporary Wetland Ponds of the Temperate Biomes ....................................................................... Michael J. Jeffries, Luis B. Epele, Jered M. Studinski, and Csaba F. Vad
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Invertebrates of Freshwater Temporary Ponds in Mediterranean Climates ................................................................... Dani Boix, Jamie Kneitel, Belinda J. Robson, Claire Duchet, Luís Zúñiga, Jennifer Day, Stéphanie Gascón, Jordi Sala, Xavier D. Quintana, and Leon Blaustein
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Invertebrates of Irish Turloughs ........................................................... Julian D. Reynolds
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Peatland Invertebrates..............
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