Invert References

Does anyone know some good website or books? Here are a couple that I found:

http://crayfish.byu.edu/ The "Crayfish Home Page". Includes a forum.

http://147.72.68.29/...h/IAA/index.htm International Assosciation of Astacology (crayfish). Dunno why they do not have a site name instead of IP address?

The Crayfishes of Missouri is a good book and only 5 dollars. Kentucky has or will have a book on crayfish?(maybe both). There are several good mussel books that range from 15-50 dollars like The Freshwater mussels of Tennessee and the Midwest. There is a general stream macroinvert book by Voshnell that is a good beginers book and fairly cheap.

Ecology and Classification of North American Freshwater Invertebrates.

Has about 36 pages of general information on decapods, two pages of keys to take identification to level of genus, nine pages of references to more information

ISBN 0-12-690647-5

Does anyone know some good website or books? Here are a couple that I found:

http://crayfish.byu.edu/ The "Crayfish Home Page". Includes a forum.

http://147.72.68.29/...h/IAA/index.htm International Assosciation of Astacology (crayfish). Dunno why they do not have a site name instead of IP address?

The master book for this kind of work is Freshwater Invertebrates of the United States by Robert W. Pennak, at least up to a 3rd edition by now (I have the very old 2nd ed.) The book has dichotomous keys for groups most people will never, ever, hear of or encounter, so you know it's good(!).

Here's a good free Insect guide I just ran across:

http://www.entomolog...e/GuidePage.htm

When I get some time, I'm going to pin a thread that I'll use to collect guides, links and so forth. I've been wanting to put all that kind of stuff into one place, and this will be a good opportunity to do it.

On the book front... Yeah, Thorp & Covich and Pennak & Smith are the classic texts, but I find them useless 99% of the time.

The Voshell book (Guide to Common Freshwater Invertebrates of North America 0-939923-87-4) is far more useful in the field, I wish they'd come out with a laminated spiral bound copy of the quick reference. And it's cheap.

After you've mastered that, and are a certified invert geek... Then spend the money on the other texts. However, I'll note that I spent the $100+ on Thorp & Covich for class and I've opened it once since class ended. Here... There, now I've opened it twice

While you're mentioning the Crayfish home, I think you all should take a look at the Carnegie site that it'll point you to, and is a little more clean:
http://iz.carnegiemnh.org/index.htm
http://iz.carnegiemn...es_by_state.htm (for direct lists and links)

I'll put together some of the Unio links I've run across later on. I've pretty much pieced together the South East, but it sure would be nice to get a Florida book in the works and see the Alabama book on the shelf!

Todd

Todd,

Yeah, seconded, can't wait to get the 'Bama book. I've seen the draft copy, and it's awfully nice. Jim's also got a start on a Florida book, and I'd be surprised if it wasn't too far behind...

Cheers,
Dave

I'll put together some of the Unio links I've run across later on. I've pretty much pieced together the South East, but it sure would be nice to get a Florida book in the works and see the Alabama book on the shelf!

Todd

That is such a wonderful thought to start the weekend. Now if the ice would just get out of the way!

Todd