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                                        The Ecology of Freshwater Molluscs
                                        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, emphasizing 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 competiton, predation, para-
                                        sitism, and biogeography. Extensively referenced and providing
                                        a synthesis of work from the nineteenth century through to the
                                        present day, this book includes original analyses that seek to
                                        unify previous work into a coherent whole. It will appeal pri-
                                        marily to professional ecologists and evolutionary biologists, as
                                        well as to parasitologists.
                                          .     is  Associate  Professor  in  the
                                        Department  of Biology,  College  of Charleston,  South
                                        Carolina. He has published widely on the ecology, evolution
                                        and genetics of molluscs for 20 years.
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                        The Ecology
                        of Freshwater
                        Molluscs
                        ROBERT T. DILLON, JR
                        Department of Biology,College of Charleston
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                                                               Dillon, Robert T., 1955–
                                                               The ecology of freshwater molluscs / Robert T. Dillon, Jr.
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                                                               ISBN 0 521 35210 X
                                                               1. Gastropoda – Ecology.  2. Bivalvia – Ecology. 3. Freshwater
                                                               invertebrates – Ecology. I. Title.
                                                               QL430.4.D55 2000
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                                                               ISBN0 521 35210 X hardback
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                     To the memory of my mother,
                     Viola Turner Dillon
                     Let every creature rise and bring
                      Peculiar honours to our King;
                     Angels descend with songs again,
                     And earth repeat the loud Amen!
                                     Isaac Watts
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