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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Main Author: New, Tim R. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2020.
Edition:1st ed. 2020.
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-57008-8
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.