Distribution and ecological preferences of European freshwater organisms. 1 Trichoptera / by W. Graf

"This book series provides comprehensive information on distribution and ecological preferences of European freshwater organisms. The first volume summarises the current knowledge on European caddisflies (Trichoptera), based on the evaluation of over 1,400 literature references. The distribution within the European ecoregions (including Turkey and the Caucasian region) is given for 1,426 European Trichoptera species and subspecies, categorised into 136 genera and 23 families. A wide variety of ecological preferences is presented as numerical codes, including feeding types, habitat and current preferences, temperature and altitude preferences, life duration and flight periods, and the response to environmental stress. The compilation is a unique tool for analysing freshwater biota, both for basic and applied purposes such as ecosystem monitoring and the implementation of European directives in the field of environmental protection."--Back cover Contents......Page 6 Introduction......Page 8 Data compilation and coding......Page 10 Categories for coding the ecological preferences......Page 13 Acknowledgements......Page 26 References......Page 27 Ecological parameters......Page 30 Species inventory......Page 32 Ecoregional distribution......Page 68 Endemism......Page 118 Stream zonation preference......Page 140 Altitude preference and altitude preference (WFD)......Page 164 Microhabitat/substrate preference and habitat specialist......Page 192 Hydrologic preference......Page 222 Current preference......Page 230 Temperature preference and temperature range preference......Page 256 pH preference......Page 268 Salinity preference......Page 274 Feeding type......Page 280 Respiration......Page 292 Resistance/resilience to droughts......Page 324 Life duration......Page 330 Emergence/flight period and duration of emergence period......Page 336 Reproductive life cycles per year......Page 356 References to the ecological parameters......Page 362 v. 1. Trichoptera / Wolfram Graf ... [et al.] v. 2. Plecoptera / by W. Graf ... [et al.]