The Ecology of Freshwater Molluscs

by Robert T. Dillon

• ISBN13: 9780521352109
• ISBN10: 052135210X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-03-28
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

This book provides a comprehensive review of the ecology of freshwater bivalves and gastropods worldwide. It deals with the ecology of these species in its broadest sense, including diet, habitat and reproductive biology, emphasising in particular the tremendous diversity of these freshwater invertebrates. Following on from these introductory themes, the author develops a new life history model that unifies them, and serves as a basis for reviews of their population and community ecology, including treatments of competition, predation, parasitism, and biogeography. Extensively referenced and providing a synthesis of work from the 19th century through to the present day, this book includes original analyses that seek to unify previous work into a coherent whole. It will appeal primarily to professional ecologists and evolutionary biologists, as well as to parasitologists.

Table of Contents

Preface	xi
Introduction	1	(7)
Bivalve autecology	8	(49)
Feeding and digestion	9	(13)
Digestive anatomy	9	(2)
Particle retention	11	(3)
Particle ingestion	14	(2)
Assimilation	16	(3)
Non-particulate dietary components	19	(1)
Feeding period	20	(2)
Habitat	22	(13)
Unionoids	22	(6)
Corbiculoids	28	(6)
Dreissena	34	(1)
Reproduction	35	(20)
Unionoid gonochorism	35	(5)
Unionoid hermaphroditism	40	(2)
The unionoid larval stage	42	(9)
Dreissena	51	(1)
Corbiculoids	52	(3)
Summary	55	(2)
Gastropod autecology	57	(60)
Feeding and digestion	58	(3)
Pulmonate diet and habitat	61	(18)
Planorbidae	61	(5)
Physidae	66	(4)
Lymnaeidae	70	(6)
Acroloxidae and Ancylidae	76	(3)
Pulmonate reproduction	79	(6)
Outcrossing	79	(4)
Selfing	83	(2)
Prosobranch diet and habitat	85	(16)
Neritidae	85	(1)
Pleuroceridae	86	(5)
Pomatiopsidae	91	(3)
Hydrobiidae	94	(3)
Ampullariidae	97	(2)
Viviparidae	99	(1)
Bithyniidae	100	(1)
Valvatidae	101	(1)
Prosobranch reproduction	101	(13)
Gonochorism	101	(8)
Parthenogenesis	109	(4)
Hermaphroditism	113	(1)
Summary	114	(3)
Life history	117	(54)
Genetics, environment, and demography	118	(5)
Environment	119	(2)
Population studies	121	(2)
Reproductive effort	123	(12)
Pisidium	124	(2)
General survey	126	(5)
The USR model	131	(4)
Size at birth	135	(5)
Pisidiids	136	(2)
General survey	138	(2)
Maturity	140	(10)
Life cycle pattern	150	(12)
Unionoids	150	(4)
Corbiculoids and Dreissena	154	(2)
Gastropods	156	(6)
Modelling life cycles	162	(6)
Summary	168	(3)
Population dynamics and competition	171	(56)
Population growth	172	(14)
Laboratory studies	173	(9)
Field studies	182	(4)
Crowding	186	(5)
Population regulation	191	(16)
Experimental approaches	192	(7)
Perturbations	199	(3)
Long-term trends	202	(5)
Interspecific competition	207	(16)
Natural situations	207	(3)
Corbicula and the North American bivalves	210	(2)
Dreissena and the unionids	212	(2)
Helisoma duryi	214	(1)
The ampullariids	215	(4)
The thiarids	219	(4)
Summary	223	(4)
Parasitism	227	(46)
The digenetic trematodes	228	(2)
Prevalence	230	(9)
Consequences	239	(9)
Schistosomes	240	(5)
Fasciola	245	(2)
Echinostomes	247	(1)
Resistance	248	(14)
Fasciola	249	(3)
Schistosomes	252	(7)
Echinostomes	259	(3)
Population regulation	262	(6)
Aspidogastrids	268	(1)
Unionicolids	269	(1)
Summary	270	(3)
Predation	273	(53)
The malefactors	274	(31)
Mammals	274	(3)
Birds	277	(2)
Turtles	279	(2)
Salamanders	281	(1)
Fish	282	(11)
Crustaceans	293	(2)
Insects	295	(5)
Molluscs	300	(1)
Leeches	301	(3)
Triclads	304	(1)
Defences	305	(11)
Behaviour	305	(4)
Shell	309	(5)
Life history	314	(2)
Consequences	316	(6)
Community composition	316	(2)
Distribution	318	(4)
Summary	322	(4)
Biogeography	326	(41)
Environmental calcium	327	(11)
Laboratory studies	328	(4)
Field studies	332	(6)
Area	338	(11)
Isolation	349	(3)
Other environmental factors	352	(2)
Community composition	354	(10)
Summary	364	(3)
Communities	367	(67)
Terms and conditions	368	(3)
Interspecific ecological overlap	371	(20)
Gut content	371	(6)
Feeding strategy	377	(1)
Depth, temperature, and oxygen	378	(8)
Substrate	386	(4)
Current	390	(1)
Models of species distribution	391	(16)
Models of species similarity	407	(14)
Models of species abundance	421	(7)
The assembly of communities	428	(3)
Summary	431	(3)
Literature cited	434	(65)
Index	499