John F. Flannagan, K. Eric Marshall

Advances in Ephemeroptera Biology

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Produktbeschreibung

Following the first Conference in Florida, U.S.A. (1970) and the second in Krakow, Poland (1975), the Third International Conference on Ephemeroptera was held in Hinnipeg, Manitoba, Canada from the fourth to the tenth of July, 1979, at the invitation of the Inter national Permanent Comraittee on Ephemeroptera. (H.L. Peters, U.S.A. (Chairman); I. Uu11er-Liebenau, Jest Germany; H.J. Schoonbee, South Africa; G.F. Edmunds, Jr., U.S.A.; E.F. Riek, Australia; R. Sowa, Poland). The Conference -laS hosted by the Freshwater Institute (Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Canada) and the University of Hanitoba and sponsored by the International Union of Biological Science. Sixty delegates from 11 countries attended. Registration for the Conference took place on July 4th, and in the evening the delegates got acquainted, or renewed old acquain tances, at an informal gathering in the Hospitality Room at Hary Speech1y Hall, the University residence which accomodated most of the delegates. Next morning, in the Fletcher-Argue theatre, the Conference was opened by the Honorary Chairman, Dr. F.P. Ide, who welcomed the delegates, then introduced the guest speakers: G.H. Lawler, Director-General of the Hestern Region of the Canada Depart ment of Fisheries and Oceans; P. Jarvis, Deputy Hinister, aanitoba Department of lUnes, Natural Resources and Environment, and D. R.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer / Springer US / Springer, Berlin
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-1-4613-3068-4
• Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1980
• Seitenzahl: 572
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Dezember 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 170mm x 31mm
• Gewicht: 974g
• ISBN-13: 9781461330684
• ISBN-10: 1461330688
• Artikelnr.: 41321711

Inhaltsangabe

Invitational Lecture.- Applied Aspects of Mayfly Biology.- Phylogeny and Systematics.- Permian Mayfly Nymphs: New Taxa and Systematic Characters.- Phylogeny of the Leptophlebiidae (Ephemeroptera): An Introduction.- Phylogenetic Relationships and Zoogeography of Cool-Adapted Leptophlebiidae (Ephemeroptera).- Phylogenetic Relationships of the Leptophlebiidae of New Zealand (Ephemeroptera).- Geographic Distribution and Reclassification of the Sub-Family Ephemerellinae (Ephemeroptera, Ephemerellidae).- A Review of the Nearctic Heptagenia (Heptageniidae, Ephemeroptera).- Jubabaetis gen.n. and Platybaetis gen.n., Two New Genera of the Family Baetidae from the Oriental Region.- Un Changement dans la Taxonomie de la Famille Baetidae.- Faunistics.- The Habitats of British Ephemeroptera.- La Zoogeographie, l'Ecologie et la Protection des Ephéméroptères en Pologne, et leur Utilisation en tant qu'Indicateurs de la Pureté des Eaux Courantes.- The Distribution of Ephemeroptera in Northern Canada.- The Occurrence and Biology of Siphlonisca aerodromia Needham (Ephemeroptera: Siphlonuridae) in Maine, U.S.A. (Abstract).- Abundance and Altitudinal Distribution of Ephemeroptera in a Rocky Mountain Stream.- Biology and Ecology.- Mayfly Strategies in a Norwegian Lake.- Some Aspects of the Biology of Ephemera danica Müll. (Ephemeridae, Ephemeroptera) in Irish waters.- Regime Alimentaire des Larves de Deux Genres d'Ephéméroptères: Raptobaetopus Müller-Liebenau, 1978 et Prosopistoma Lattreille, 1833.- Life History, Developmental Processes and Energetics of the Burrowing Mayfly Dolania americana.- The Nutritional Dynamics of the Burrowing Mayfly, Hexagenia limbata.- Overwintering Strategy of Cloeon dipterum L. Larvae.- Stages and Physiological Periods in the Development of Cloeondipterum L. (Baetidae).- Behaviour.- Predation, Climate and Mating of Mayflies.- Diel Emergence Patterns of Some Mayflies (Ephemeroptera) of the Roseau River (Manitoba, Canada).- Diurnal Variation in the Activity of Mirawara purpurea Riek (Ephemeroptera, Siphlonuridae) in the Aberfeldy River, Victoria, Australia.- The Mechanisms that Maintain Population Stability of Selected Species of Ephemeroptera in a Temperate Stream.- Importance of Behaviour to the Re-establishment of Drifting Ephemeroptera.- The Importance of Species Associations and Substrate Types to Behavioural Drift.- Methods.- Observations on the Use of the Radio-Isotope 32P in the Study of Food Uptake by Some Mayflies and Other Benthic Macroinvertebrates in a Laboratory Stream Ecosystem.- Ultrastructural Studies on Oligoneuriidae - Taxonomic Applications.- A Comparison of Mayfly (Ephemeroptera) Instar Determination Methods.- The Effect of Mesh Size on the Interpretation of the Life History of Two Mayflies from South Australia.- Environmental Impact and Toxicology.- Taxocenes of Ephemeroptera in Unpolluted and Polluted Streams of the Tatra Mountains.- A Preliminary Report from a Study on the Environmental Impact of Pyrite Mining and Dressing in a Mountain Stream in Norway.- Effects of Crude Oil Contamination on Ephemeroptera in the Trail River, Northwest Territories, Canada.- Evaluation of the Acute Toxicity of the Heavy Metal Cadmium to Nymphs of the Burrowing Mayfly, Hexagenia rigida.- Reviews and Historical Aspects of Mayfly Biology.- Online Retrieval of Information on Ephemeroptera: A Comparison of Different Sources.- Mermithids (Nematoda) and Mayflies (Ephemeroptera).- Numerical Abundance Values of Mayfly Nymphs from the Holarctic Region.- The Mayfly Family Baetiscidae (Ephemeroptera) Part 1.- PremièreDescription d'un Ephéméroptère en Angleterre: L'Ephemeron de Harris (1730-1788).- Pictet et Eaton: Les Premiers Spécialistes des Ephéméroptères. Pictet and Eaton: The First Mayfly Specialists.- Author Index.- Taxonomic Index.