{"product_id":"9780939923878","title":"A Guide to Common Freshwater Invertebrates of North America","description":"Popular interest in the observation and study of freshwater invertebrates is increasing. \u003ci\u003eA Guide to Common Freshwater Invertebrates of North America\u003c\/i\u003e meets the needs of the growing audience of teachers, amateur naturalists, environmentalists, anglers, and others interested in aquatic biology by providing substantive information in non-technical language for nearly one hundred of the most common groups of invertebrates found in the inland waters of North America. The first section provides background on the biology and ecology of freshwater environments and explains why and how this group of organisms can be studied, simply and without complex equipment, in the field and the laboratory. Section two describes nearly one hundred of the most common groups of invertebrates, usually at the taxonomic level of order or family. For each group, a whole-body color illustration is provided along with brief text pointing out the most important features to use in identifying members of the group. Section three contains expanded descriptions of the life histories, behavior, and ecology of the various invertebrate groups, and identifies their important ecological contributions and relationships to humans. This guide has several strengths: it is broad in scope, geographically and taxonomically; it is written at a substantive yet easily accessible level that will appeal to both general readers and those with more advanced interest in the subject; and it contains numerous high-quality illustrations, including more than one hundred specially commissioned color plates by the well known scientific illustrator Amy Bartlett Wright, which will greatly facilitate the rapid identification of specimens. ","brand":"McDonald \u0026 Woodward Publishing Company, The","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47028731347184,"sku":"9780939923878","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780939923878_p0.jpg?v=1763871064","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780939923878","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}