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Thorp and Covich’s Freshwater Invertebrates

Keys to Hexapoda of Southeastern Asia and Subtropical China

  • 4th Edition - January 1, 2027
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: James H. Thorp, Catherine Yule
  • Language: English

Thorp and Covich’s Freshwater Invertebrates: Keys to Hexapoda of Southeastern Asia and Subtropical China includes the latest research and most recent developments in the field by… Read more

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Description

Thorp and Covich’s Freshwater Invertebrates: Keys to Hexapoda of Southeastern Asia and Subtropical China includes the latest research and most recent developments in the field by renowned experts from around the world. This book will be a valuable resource aimed at helping students guide their research and master necessary techniques. As the reviewers suggest, this is an essential book for those in the field, and it is expected to fill a current gap in the discipline, as there is no other book currently that covers the Southeast Asia region

Key features

  • Offers thorough geographic coverage for the identification of aquatic insects throughout Southeastern Asia and Subtropical China
  • Includes taxonomic keys that uniformly proceed among chapters and taxa from higher (order in most cases) to the lowest possible level (usually genus) available for specific regions
  • Comprehensive introductory sections on methods to collect and preserve specific species
  • Authors contributing are acknowledged as world experts in their taxonomic groups

Readership

Undergraduate and graduate students in colleges and universities, along with their professors. In addition, the market will include companies and government agencies involved in environmental analyses.Outside this geographic region, the market should consist primarily of professors and students doing research in this region along with students taking field classes there or working in museums

Table of contents

1. An Introduction to Hexapoda and this Book

2. Overview of Freshwater Ecology in Southeastern Asia and Subtropical China

3. Collembola: Louis Deharveng, France 

4. Ephemeroptera

5. Plecoptera

6. Orthoptera

7. Blattodea 

8. Hemiptera:

9. Neuroptera

10. Megaloptera

11. Hymenoptera

12. Trichoptera

13. Lepidoptera

14. Odonata

15. Coleoptera

16. Diptera

Product details

  • Edition: 4
  • Latest edition
  • Published: January 1, 2027
  • Language: English

About the editors

JT

James H. Thorp

Dr. James H. Thorp is a professor and senior scientist at the University of Kansas (Lawrence, KS, United States). Prior to 2001, he was a distinguished professor and dean at Clarkson University, department chair and professor at the University of Louisville, associate professor and director of the Calder Ecology Center at Fordham University, and research ecologist at Georgia’s Savannah River Ecology Laboratory. He received his Baccalaureate from the University of Kansas and Masters and PhD degrees from North Carolina State. Prof. Thorp has been on the editorial board of three freshwater journals and is a former president of the International Society for River Science. His research interests run the gamut from organismal biology to community, ecosystem, and macrosystem ecology. While his research emphasizes aquatic invertebrates, he also studies fish ecology, especially food webs related. He has published more than 150 research articles and 10 books, including five volumes so far in the fourth edition of Thorp and Covich’s Freshwater Invertebrates.

Affiliations and expertise
Professor and Senior Scientist, Kansas Biological Survey, University of Kansas, KS, USA

CY

Catherine Yule

Dr Catherine Yule is a Professor of Ecology at the School of Science, Technology and Engineering at the University of the Sunshine Coast in Australia. She has more than 30 years of experience working on the ecology and diversity of freshwater systems of Southeastern Asia from her academic appointments at Monash University in Malaysia and her academic positions at Australian universities. She previously co-edited Freshwater Invertebrates of the Malaysian Region with Dr Hoi Sen. She is a member of the Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation, Society for Conservation Biology, Malaysian Nature Society, International Mire Conservation, Society for Freshwater Science.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor Catherine Yule, School of Science, Technology and Engineering, University of the Sunshine Coast , Australia