Insect conservation and Australia's Inland Waters /

The inland waters of Australia, and their largely endemic insect inhabitants, are subject to a wide and increasing variety of threats that continue to change those environments and lead to losses of insect habitats and localised taxa. Many of those changes result from human needs for water and measu...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	New, Tim R. (Author)
Corporate Author:	SpringerLink (Online service)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2020.
Edition:	1st ed. 2020.
Subjects:	Ecology . Zoology. Conservation biology. Ecology. Conservation Biology/Ecology. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

1. Introduction: aquatic insects in Australia's environments
1.1. The background to concern
References
2. Major habitats
2.1. Introduction
2.2. Ponds and lakes
2.3. Streams and rivers
References
3. Australian inland waters
3.1. Introduction
3.2. Waterfalls
3.3. Subterranean aquifers
3.4. Rock pools
3.5. Mound springs
3.6. Lakes
3.7. Billabongs
3.8. Streams and rivers
3.9. Exposed riverine sediments
References
4. Monitoring freshwater macroinvertebrates
4.1. Scope and needs for assessments
References
5. Threats: the background variations in condition
5.1. Introduction
5.2. Drought
5.3. Flood
References
6. Major imposed threats
6.1. Introduction
6.2. Water temperature
6.3. Sedimentation
6.3.1. Mining
6.4. Pollution
6.5. Salinisation
6.6. Exploitation
6.7. Electrofishing
6.8. Changes to riparian vegetation
6.8.1. Emergent vegetation
6.9. Alien species
6.9.1. Plants
6.9.2. Fish
6.9.3. Mammals
6.10. River regulation
6.11. Fire
6.12. Urbanisation
6.13. Recreation
6.14. Ecological traps
6.15. Climate change
References
7. Macroinvertebrates of inland waters
7.1. Introduction
7.2. The variety of aquatic insects
7.3. Other macroinvertebrates
7.3.1. Crustaceans
7.3.2. Molluscs
References
8. Insects of Australia's inland waters
8.1. Introduction
8.2. Ephemeroptera
8.3. Odonata
8.4. Plecoptera
8.5. Hemiptera
8.6. Coleoptera
8.7. Mecoptera
8.8. Megaloptera
8.9. Neuroptera
8.10. Lepidoptera
8.11. Trichoptera
8.12. Diptera
8.12.1. Control of aquatic pest flies
References
9. Australia's flagship freshwater insects
9.1. Introduction
9.2. Selected flagship taxa
References
10. Ecology and management
10.1. Introduction
10.2. Dispersal
10.2.1. Impacts of urban lighting
10.2.2. Pond colonization
References
11. Conservation
11.1. Introduction
11.2. Protected areas
11.3. Management and restoration
11.4. Fish conservation
11.5. Education and involvement
11.6. Artificial water bodies
11.7. Temporary ponds
11.8. Intermittent streams
11.9. Stormwater retention ponds
11.10. Refuges
11.11. Woody debris
11.12. Riparian zones
11.13. Perspective and prospects
References
Appendix 1
Index.