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As a result of the European Commission’s concern for the status of continental waters, and as a clear reflection of the notion of water as heritage to be conserved, in the year 2000 the Water Framework Directive (2000/60/CE) was enacted, its goal being to establish a framework to protect water and the different aquatic ecosystems by requiring the Member States to achieve a good ecological status in all their waters by 2015. Like all ecosystems, freshwater ecosystems undergo physical, chemical and energy-related changes, both of natural and anthropogenic origin. These disturbances affect the organisms living in them and those who utilize their resources. Therefore, evaluating these changes has become a very important task in order to better understand aquatic systems. The study and analysis of the ecological status of these ecosystems in relation to their conservation status and water quality is thus a fundamental tool for a more efficient and rational management of their resources, that is, a management that does not threaten the ecosystem. The present guide for the identification of Spanish freshwater macroinvertebrates aims to facilitate the job of those who go to great lengths to identify them in order to then determine biotic indices. It is not the aim of this book to serve as a zoological treaty, nor does it claim to add new information on the biology or the ecology of the taxa covered. This book is, simply, a working tool explicitly designed to facilitate the identification of the Spanish macroinvertebrates and the subsequent computing of biotic indices.
Cover
Identification Guide of Freshwater Macroinvertebrates of Spain
ISBN 9789400715530
Preface
Contents
Authors of Taxa Descriptions (in AlphabeticalOrder, Taxa in Brackets)
1: Why, Where and How: An Identification Guide of Macroinvertebrates
Introduction
Methods and Materials
Description of the Study Area
Study Area and Macroinvertebrate Taxa Considered
Reference Collection
Image Capture and Processing
References
2: Identification Keys
Key 1 Major Groups
Key 2 Hirudinea
Key 3 Turbellaria
Key 4 Mollusca
Key 5 Crustacea
Key 6 Hexapoda (General)
Key 7 Coleoptera
Key to Adult Specimens
Key to Larvae
Key 8 Plecoptera
Key 9 Ephemeroptera
Key 10 Neuroptera (Planipennia)
Key 11 Odonata
Key 12 Hemiptera
Key 13 Diptera
Key 14 Trichoptera
References
3: Taxa Description and Biology
Spongillidae
Description
Biology
Hydridae
Description
Biology
Planariidae
Description
Biology
Dugesiidae
Description
Biology
Dendrocoelidae
Description
Biology
Nematoda
Description
Biology
Nematomorpha
Description
Biology
Bryozoa
Description
Biology
Oligochaeta
Description
Biology
Glossiphoniidae
Description
Biology
Piscicolidae
Description
Biology
Hirudinidae
Description
Biology
Haemopidae
Description
Biology
Erpobdellidae
Description
Biology
Branchiobdellidae
Description
Biology
Viviparidae
Description
Biology
Neritidae
Description
Biology
Valvatidae
Description
Biology
Bithyniidae
Description
Biology
Hydrobiidae
Description
Biology
Melanopsidae
Description
Biology
Acroloxidae
Description
Biology
Planorbidae , Ancylidae and Ferrissidae
Description
Biology
Lymnaeidae
Description
Biology
Physidae
Description
Biology
Margaritiferidae – Unionidae
Description
Biology
Dreissenidae
Description
Biology
Sphaeriidae
Description
Biology
Corbiculidae
Description
Biology
Branchiopoda
Description
Biology
Gammaridae
Description
Biology
Niphargidae
Description
Biology
Corophiidae
Description
Biology
Asellidae
Description
Biology
Atyidae
Description
Biology
Astacidae
Description
Biology
Cambaridae
Description
Biology
Palaemonidae
Description
Biology
Parastacidae
Description
Biology
Copepoda
Description
Biology
Ostracoda
Description
Biology
Hydrachnidia (Hydracarina)
Description
Biology
Collembola
Description
Biology
Baetidae
Description
Biology
Caenidae
Description
Biology
Ephemerellidae
Description
Biology
Ephemeridae
Description
Biology
Heptageniidae
Description
Biology
Leptophlebiidae
Description
Biology
Oligoneuriidae
Description
Biology
Polymitarcyidae
Description
Biology
Potamanthidae
Description
Biology
Prosopistomatidae
Description
Biology
Siphlonuridae
Description
Biology
Capniidae
Description
Biology
Chloroperlidae
Description
Biology
Leuctridae
Description
Biology
Nemouridae
Description
Biology
Perlidae
Description
Biology
Perlodidae
Description
Biology
Taeniopterygidae
Description
Biology
Aeshnidae
Description
Biology
Cordulegastridae
Description
Biology
Corduliidae
Description
Biology
Gomphidae
Description
Biology
Libellulidae
Description
Biology
Calopterygidae
Description
Biology
Coenagrionidae
Description
Biology
Lestidae
Description
Biology
Platycnemididae
Description
Biology
Aphelocheiridae
Description
Biology
Corixidae
Description
Biology
Naucoridae
Description
Biology
Nepidae
Description
Biology
Notonectidae
Description
Biology
Pleidae
Description
Biology
Gerridae
Description
Biology
Hebridae
Description
Biology
Hydrometridae
Description
Biology
Mesoveliidae
Description
Biology
Veliidae
Description
Biology
Sialidae
Description
Biology
Osmylidae
Description
Biology
Sisyridae
Description
Biology
Pyralidae
Description
Biology
Ichneumonidae
Description
Biology
Chrysomelidae
Description
Biology
Curculionidae
Description
Biology
Dytiscidae
Description
Biology
Elmidae
Description
Biology
Gyrinidae
Description
Biology
Haliplidae
Description
Biology
Hydraenidae
Description
Biology
Hydrochidae
Description
Biology
Hydrophilidae
Description
Biology
Hydroscaphidae
Description
Biology
Hygrobiidae = Paelobiidae
Description
Biology
Noteridae
Description
Biology
Psephenidae
Description
Biology
Scirtidae
Description
Biology
Beraeidae
Description
Biology
Brachycentridae
Description
Biology
Calamoceratidae
Description
Biology
Ecnomidae
Description
Biology
Glossosomatidae
Description
Biology
Goeridae
Description
Biology
Helicopsychidae
Description
Biology
Hydropsychidae
Description
Biology
Hydroptilidae
Description
Biology
Lepidostomatidae
Description
Biology
Leptoceridae
Description
Biology
Limnephilidae
Description
Biology
Apataniidae
Description
Biology
Odontoceridae
Description
Biology
Philopotamidae
Description
Biology
Phryganeidae
Description
Biology
Polycentropodidae
Description
Biology
Psychomyiidae
Description
Biology
Rhyacophilidae
Description
Biology
Sericostomatidae
Description
Biology
Uenoidae
Description
Biology
Muscidae
Description
Biology
Anthomyiidae
Description
Biology
Athericidae
Description
Biology
Dolichopodidae
Description
Biology
Empididae
Description
Biology
Ephydridae
Description
Biology
Rhagionidae
Description
Biology
Scathophagidae
Description
Biology
Sciomyzidae
Description
Biology
Stratiomyidae
Description
Biology
Syrphidae
Description
Biology
Tabanidae
Description
Biology
Blephariceridae
Description
Biology
Ceratopogonidae
Description
Biology
Chironomidae
Description
Biology
Simuliidae
Description
Biology
Thaumaleidae
Description
Biology
Chaoboridae
Description
Biology
Culicidae
Description
Biology
Dixidae
Description
Biology
Psychodidae
Description
Biology
Ptychopteridae
Description
Biology
Limoniidae
Description
Biology
Pediciidae
Description
Biology
Tipulidae
Description
Biology
References
Taxonomic Index
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As a result of the European Commission’s concern for the status of continental waters, and as a clear reflection of the notion of water as heritage to be conserved, in the year 2000 the Water Framework Directive (2000/60/CE) was enacted, its goal being to establish a framework to protect water and the different aquatic ecosystems by requiring the Member States to achieve a good ecological status in all their waters by 2015. Like all ecosystems, freshwater ecosystems undergo physical, chemical and energy-related changes, both of natural and anthropogenic origin. These disturbances affect the organisms living in them and those who utilize their resources. Therefore, evaluating these changes has become a very important task in order to better understand aquatic systems. The study and analysis of the ecological status of these ecosystems in relation to their conservation status and water quality is thus a fundamental tool for a more efficient and rational management of their resources, that is, a management that does not threaten the ecosystem. The present guide for the identification of Spanish freshwater macroinvertebrates aims to facilitate the job of those who go to great lengths to identify them in order to then determine biotic indices. It is not the aim of this book to serve as a zoological treaty, nor does it claim to add new information on the biology or the ecology of the taxa covered. This book is, simply, a working tool explicitly designed to facilitate the identification of the Spanish macroinvertebrates and the subsequent computing of biotic indices.
Cover
Identification Guide of Freshwater Macroinvertebrates of Spain
ISBN 9789400715530
Preface
Contents
Authors of Taxa Descriptions (in AlphabeticalOrder, Taxa in Brackets)
1: Why, Where and How: An Identification Guide of Macroinvertebrates
Introduction
Methods and Materials
Description of the Study Area
Study Area and Macroinvertebrate Taxa Considered
Reference Collection
Image Capture and Processing
References
2: Identification Keys
Key 1 Major Groups
Key 2 Hirudinea
Key 3 Turbellaria
Key 4 Mollusca
Key 5 Crustacea
Key 6 Hexapoda (General)
Key 7 Coleoptera
Key to Adult Specimens
Key to Larvae
Key 8 Plecoptera
Key 9 Ephemeroptera
Key 10 Neuroptera (Planipennia)
Key 11 Odonata
Key 12 Hemiptera
Key 13 Diptera
Key 14 Trichoptera
References
3: Taxa Description and Biology
Spongillidae
Description
Biology
Hydridae
Description
Biology
Planariidae
Description
Biology
Dugesiidae
Description
Biology
Dendrocoelidae
Description
Biology
Nematoda
Description
Biology
Nematomorpha
Description
Biology
Bryozoa
Description
Biology
Oligochaeta
Description
Biology
Glossiphoniidae
Description
Biology
Piscicolidae
Description
Biology
Hirudinidae
Description
Biology
Haemopidae
Description
Biology
Erpobdellidae
Description
Biology
Branchiobdellidae
Description
Biology
Viviparidae
Description
Biology
Neritidae
Description
Biology
Valvatidae
Description
Biology
Bithyniidae
Description
Biology
Hydrobiidae
Description
Biology
Melanopsidae
Description
Biology
Acroloxidae
Description
Biology
Planorbidae , Ancylidae and Ferrissidae
Description
Biology
Lymnaeidae
Description
Biology
Physidae
Description
Biology
Margaritiferidae – Unionidae
Description
Biology
Dreissenidae
Description
Biology
Sphaeriidae
Description
Biology
Corbiculidae
Description
Biology
Branchiopoda
Description
Biology
Gammaridae
Description
Biology
Niphargidae
Description
Biology
Corophiidae
Description
Biology
Asellidae
Description
Biology
Atyidae
Description
Biology
Astacidae
Description
Biology
Cambaridae
Description
Biology
Palaemonidae
Description
Biology
Parastacidae
Description
Biology
Copepoda
Description
Biology
Ostracoda
Description
Biology
Hydrachnidia (Hydracarina)
Description
Biology
Collembola
Description
Biology
Baetidae
Description
Biology
Caenidae
Description
Biology
Ephemerellidae
Description
Biology
Ephemeridae
Description
Biology
Heptageniidae
Description
Biology
Leptophlebiidae
Description
Biology
Oligoneuriidae
Description
Biology
Polymitarcyidae
Description
Biology
Potamanthidae
Description
Biology
Prosopistomatidae
Description
Biology
Siphlonuridae
Description
Biology
Capniidae
Description
Biology
Chloroperlidae
Description
Biology
Leuctridae
Description
Biology
Nemouridae
Description
Biology
Perlidae
Description
Biology
Perlodidae
Description
Biology
Taeniopterygidae
Description
Biology
Aeshnidae
Description
Biology
Cordulegastridae
Description
Biology
Corduliidae
Description
Biology
Gomphidae
Description
Biology
Libellulidae
Description
Biology
Calopterygidae
Description
Biology
Coenagrionidae
Description
Biology
Lestidae
Description
Biology
Platycnemididae
Description
Biology
Aphelocheiridae
Description
Biology
Corixidae
Description
Biology
Naucoridae
Description
Biology
Nepidae
Description
Biology
Notonectidae
Description
Biology
Pleidae
Description
Biology
Gerridae
Description
Biology
Hebridae
Description
Biology
Hydrometridae
Description
Biology
Mesoveliidae
Description
Biology
Veliidae
Description
Biology
Sialidae
Description
Biology
Osmylidae
Description
Biology
Sisyridae
Description
Biology
Pyralidae
Description
Biology
Ichneumonidae
Description
Biology
Chrysomelidae
Description
Biology
Curculionidae
Description
Biology
Dytiscidae
Description
Biology
Elmidae
Description
Biology
Gyrinidae
Description
Biology
Haliplidae
Description
Biology
Hydraenidae
Description
Biology
Hydrochidae
Description
Biology
Hydrophilidae
Description
Biology
Hydroscaphidae
Description
Biology
Hygrobiidae = Paelobiidae
Description
Biology
Noteridae
Description
Biology
Psephenidae
Description
Biology
Scirtidae
Description
Biology
Beraeidae
Description
Biology
Brachycentridae
Description
Biology
Calamoceratidae
Description
Biology
Ecnomidae
Description
Biology
Glossosomatidae
Description
Biology
Goeridae
Description
Biology
Helicopsychidae
Description
Biology
Hydropsychidae
Description
Biology
Hydroptilidae
Description
Biology
Lepidostomatidae
Description
Biology
Leptoceridae
Description
Biology
Limnephilidae
Description
Biology
Apataniidae
Description
Biology
Odontoceridae
Description
Biology
Philopotamidae
Description
Biology
Phryganeidae
Description
Biology
Polycentropodidae
Description
Biology
Psychomyiidae
Description
Biology
Rhyacophilidae
Description
Biology
Sericostomatidae
Description
Biology
Uenoidae
Description
Biology
Muscidae
Description
Biology
Anthomyiidae
Description
Biology
Athericidae
Description
Biology
Dolichopodidae
Description
Biology
Empididae
Description
Biology
Ephydridae
Description
Biology
Rhagionidae
Description
Biology
Scathophagidae
Description
Biology
Sciomyzidae
Description
Biology
Stratiomyidae
Description
Biology
Syrphidae
Description
Biology
Tabanidae
Description
Biology
Blephariceridae
Description
Biology
Ceratopogonidae
Description
Biology
Chironomidae
Description
Biology
Simuliidae
Description
Biology
Thaumaleidae
Description
Biology
Chaoboridae
Description
Biology
Culicidae
Description
Biology
Dixidae
Description
Biology
Psychodidae
Description
Biology
Ptychopteridae
Description
Biology
Limoniidae
Description
Biology
Pediciidae
Description
Biology
Tipulidae
Description
Biology
References
Taxonomic Index