Although the ancestral home of chelicerates was the sea, the vast majority of modern species live on land. Most students of spiders and mites also restrict themselves to terrestrial habitats. However, a surprising number of mites (Arachnida: Acari) have returned to a watery existence. Approximately 7000 species from the Mesostigmata, Astigmata, Oribatida, and especially the Prostigmata, now live in marine and freshwater habitats. In Aquatic Mites, a dozen chapters explore the distribution, ecology, behavior, genetics, and evolution of the most diverse of these astonishing arachnids. The...
Although the ancestral home of chelicerates was the sea, the vast majority of modern species live on land. Most students of spiders and mites also ...
Although the ancestral home of chelicerates was the sea, the vast majority of modern species live on land. Most students of spiders and mites also restrict themselves to terrestrial habitats. However, a surprising number of mites (Arachnida: Acari) have returned to a watery existence. Approximately 7000 species from the Mesostigmata, Astigmata, Oribatida, and especially the Prostigmata, now live in marine and freshwater habitats. In Aquatic Mites, a dozen chapters explore the distribution, ecology, behavior, genetics, and evolution of the most diverse of these astonishing arachnids. The...
Although the ancestral home of chelicerates was the sea, the vast majority of modern species live on land. Most students of spiders and mites also ...
This book surveys life cycles, feeding behaviour, reproductive biology, and host-associations of mites. Coverage includes mites in soil and water, mites on plants and animals, mites and human disease, and mites as testing models.
This book surveys life cycles, feeding behaviour, reproductive biology, and host-associations of mites. Coverage includes mites in soil and water, mit...
