THE XERCES SOCIETY FOR INVERTEBRATE CONSERVATION

Aquatic Invertebrates in Pacific Northwest Freshwater Wetlands
An Identification Guide and Educational Resource

Wetland taxa

Educational resources
Pacific Northwest Laboratories
Websites
Books and book chapters
Journal articles
Literature reviews
Databases

Educational Resources
DVD: The Biology of Lakes, Ponds, Streams and Wetlands (outside link) by Biomedia Associates. This contains footage of many wetand invertebrates, including some of the microscopic organisms. This would be a great classroom resource.

Pacific Northwest macroinvertebrate Laboratories
EcoAnalysts, Inc. - Moscow, ID
Gary Lester, Owner: glester@ecoanalysts.com

Aquatic Biology Associates - Corvallis, OR
Bob Wisseman, Owner: wisseman@aquaticbio.com

Rhithron Associates, Inc- Missoula, MT
Wease Bollman, Owner: wbollman@rhithron.com

National Aquatic Monitoring Center, a.k.a. The BugLab - Logan, UT
Mark Vinson, contact: buglab@cc.usu.edu

ABR, Inc. - Forest Grove, OR
Michael Cole, Ph.D. Contact:mcole@abrinc.com

Kate Parkin - Kalispell, MT

Mindy Allen - Shelton, WA

Ann Schrot - Pocatello, ID

Ann M. Potcher - Kuna, ID

Websites
EPA website: Caddisfly family identification pages

Books and book chapters
McCafferty WP. 1983. Aquatic Entomology: The fisherman's and ecologist's illustrated guide to insects and their relatives. Jones & Bartlett, Boston.

Niering WA. 1988. Endangered, threatened and rare wetland plants and animals of the continental United States. In DD Hook (ed) The Ecology and Management of Wetlands, Vol. 1, Ecology of Wetlands. Timber Press, Portland, Oregon.

Merritt RW and KW Cummins, eds. 1996. An introduction to aquatic insects of North America 3rd edition. Kendall-Hunt Publishing Company. Dubuque, Iowa.

Peckarsky BL, PR Raissinet, MA Penton, and DJ Conklin. 1990. Freshwater macroinvertebrates of northeastern North America. Comstock Press, Ithaca, NY, 446. pp.

Pennak RW. 1989. Fresh-water invertebrates of the United States: protozoa to mollusca. Wiley Publ., New York, Wiley. 628 pp.

Resh VH and DM Rosenberg. 1984. The ecology of aquatic insects. Praeger Publishers, New York.

Thorp JH and AP Covich. 1991. Ecology and classification of North American freshwater invertebrates. Academic Press, San Diego, CA. 911 pp.

Voshell JR, Jr. 2002. A Guide to Common Freshwater Invertebrates of North America. The McDonald and Woodward publishing company. Blacksburg, VA.

Williams DD and BW Feltmate. 1992. Aquatic Insects. CAB International, Oxford, UK.

Journal articles
Finnamore AT and SA Marshall (eds.). 1994. Terrestrial Arthropods of Peatlands, with particular reference to Canada. Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada. 169:1-289.

King JL, MA Simovich, and RC Brusca. 1996. Species richness, endemism and ecology of crustacean assemblages in northern California vernal pools. Hydrobiologia. 328: 85-116.

Krieger KA. 1992. The ecology of invertebrates in Great Lakes coastal wetlands: current knowledge and research needs. Journal of Great Lakes Research. 18:634-650.

Wiggins GB, RJ Mackay, and IM Smith. 1980. Evolutionary and ecological strategies of animals in annual temporary pools. Arch. Hydrobiol. Suppl. 58: 97-206.

Literature Reviews
Batzer DP and SA Wissinger. 1996. Ecology of insect communities in non-tidal wetlands. Annual Review of Entomology 41:75-100.

Databases
National Database of Wetland Invertebrate Sensitivities to Enrichment and Hydrologic Alteration - (ZIP-398KB, a compressed file). This database is cross-referenced to an annotated bibliography. First download the compressed file, uncompress it, then import it into EXCEL or another database application. It can then be sorted or searched. This database lists wetland invertebrate species or taxa and, when available, their sensitivity to various wetland stressors, the type of wetland and a reference for the study.

Database of pond invertebrates in Great Britain, their dispersal abilities and their sensitivities to various pollutants