Thorp and Covich's Freshwater Invertebrates

Auteur

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.

Contenu

1. Introduction
   
   2. Protozoa
   3. Phylum Porifera
   4. Phylum Cnidaria
   5. Phylum Platyhelminthes
   6. Phylum Nemertea
   7. Phylum Gastrotricha
   8. Phylum Rotifera
   9. Phylum Nemata
   10. Phylum Nematomorpha
   11. Phylum Mollusca
   12. Phylum Annelida
   13. Phylum Ectoprocta (Bryozoa)
   14. Phylum Entoprocta
   15. Phylum Tardigrada
   16. Phylum Arthropoda