Zooplankton of the Great Lakes: A Guide to the Identification and Ecology of the Common Crustacean SpeciesResearchers, instructors, and students will appreciate this compilation of detailed information on the crustacean zooplankton of the Great Lakes. The authors have gathered data from more than three hundred sources and organized into a useful laboratory manual. The taxonomic keys are easy to use, suitable for both classroom and laboratory identifications. Detailed line drawings are provided to help confirm the identification of the major species. Zoologists, limnologists, hydrobiologists, fish ecologists, and those who study or monitor water quality will welcome this dependable new identification tool. |
Contents
General Procedures for Collecting and Identifying Crustacean Zooplankton | 16 |
Life History and Ecology of the Major Crustacean Species | 49 |
Daphnia retrocurva | 62 |
Eubosmina coregoni | 69 |
CYCLOPOID COPEPODS | 93 |
MALACOSTRACANS | 103 |
Notes on the Distribution and Abundance of the Less Common | 110 |
Summary of Zooplankton Collections from the Great Lakes | 117 |
Bibliography of Great Lakes Crustacean Zooplankton | 123 |
Plates | 136 |
Daphnia galeata mendotae | 144 |
Bosmina longirostris ? | 151 |
Senecella calanoides and 9 lateral view | 157 |
Leptodiaptomus siciloides | 164 |
Mysis relicta | 170 |