The ecology of freshwater molluscs / Robert T. Dillon, Jr.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 434-497) and index.

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All aspects of the ecology of freshwater molluscs are discussed in this unique volume. Extensively referenced and providing a synthesis of work from the 19th century to the present day, this book will appeal to professional ecologists, evolutionary biologists and parasitologists interested in these diverse invertebrates.

Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Bivalve autecology -- Feeding and digestion -- Digestive anatomy -- Particle retention -- Particle ingestion -- Assimilation -- Non-particulate dietary components -- Feeding period -- Habitat -- Unionoids -- Corbiculoids -- Dreissena -- Reproduction -- Unionoid gonochorism -- Unionoid hermaphroditism -- The unionoid larval stage -- Dreissena -- Corbiculoids -- Summary -- 3 Gastropod autecology -- Feeding and digestion -- Pulmonate diet and habitat -- Planorbidae -- Physidae.

Lymnaeidae -- Acroloxidae and Ancylidae -- Pulmonate reproduction -- Outcrossing -- Selfing -- Prosobranch diet and habitat -- Neritidae -- Pleuroceridae -- Pomatiopsidae -- Hydrobiidae -- Ampullariidae -- Viviparidae -- Bithyniidae -- Valvatidae -- Prosobranch reproduction -- Gonochorism -- Parthenogenesis -- Hermaphroditism -- Summary -- 4 Life history -- Genetics, environment, and demography -- Environment -- Population studies -- Reproductive effort -- Pisidium -- General survey -- The USR model -- Size at birth -- Pisidiids -- General survey -- Maturity -- Life cycle pattern -- Unionoids.

Corbiculoids and Dreissena -- Gastropods -- Modelling life cycles -- Summary -- 5 Population dynamics and competition -- Population growth -- Laboratory studies -- Field studies -- Crowding -- Population regulation -- Experimental approaches -- Perturbations -- Long-term trends -- Interspecific competition -- Natural situations -- Corbicula and the North American bivalves -- Dreissena and the unionids -- Helisoma duryi -- The ampullariids -- The thiarids -- Summary -- 6 Parasitism -- The digenetic trematodes -- Prevalence -- Consequences -- Schistosomes -- Fasciola -- Echinostomes.

Resistance -- Fasciola -- Schistosomes -- Echinostomes -- Population regulation -- Aspidogastrids -- Unionicolids -- Summary -- 7 Predation -- The malefactors -- Mammals -- Birds -- Turtles -- Salamanders -- Fish -- Crustaceans -- Insects -- Molluscs -- Leeches -- Triclads -- Defences -- Behaviour -- Shell -- Life history -- Consequences -- Community composition -- Distribution -- Summary -- 8 Biogeography -- Environmental calcium -- Laboratory studies -- Field studies -- Area -- Isolation -- Other environmental factors -- Community composition -- Summary -- 9 Communities.

Terms and conditions -- Interspecific ecological overlap -- Gut content -- Feeding strategy -- Depth, temperature, and oxygen -- Substrate -- Current -- Models of species distribution -- Models of species similarity -- Models of species abundance -- The assembly of communities -- Summary -- Literature cited -- Index.

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