Development, nutrition and reproduction
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Development, nutrition and reproduction
（The biology of mosquitoes / A.N. Clements, v. 1）
CABI Publishing, 2008
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"First published by Chapman & Hall, 1992. Reprinted with corrections by CABI Publishing, 2000. Transferred to print on demand 2008" -- T.p. verso
Includes bibliographical references (p. [442]-496) and indexes
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Description
A detailed account of the embryology, growth and metamorphosis of mosquitoes, the nutrition of larvae and adults, and egg production by the adult females. Physiological adaptations of larvae to their aquatic environment are also described. Written in a manner to be comprehensible to any informed biologist, the book has received glowing reviews.
Table of Contents
1: Aspects of genetics 2: Embryology 3: The egg shell 4: Larval feeding 5: Larval nutrition, excretion and respiration 6: Osmotic and ionic regulation 7: Growth and development 8: Metamorphosis 9: The circulatory system 10: The endocrine system and hormones 11: Adult food and feeding mechanisms 12: The adult salivary glands and their secretions 13: Structure of the adult alimentary canal 14: Adult digestion 15: Adult energy metabolism 16: Adult diuresis, excretion and defaecation 17: Structure of the gonads and gonoducts 18: Spermatogenesis and the structure of spermatozoa 19: Oogenesis 20: Vitellogenesis 21: Hormonal regulation of ovarian development in anautogenous mosquitoes 22: Nutrition and fertility of anautogenous mosquitoes 23: Autogeny -: Published by Chapman and Hall in 1992, this volume is now available from CABI Publishing
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