Parasitology, Harold W. Manter Laboratory of
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Document Type
Report
Date of this Version
4-1982
Citation
Aquatic Biology Section, Environmental Monitoring and Support Laboratory, United States Environmental Protection Agency, April 1982
Report number EPA-600/3-83-025
Abstract
The previous manual, "Freshwater Leeches (Annelida: Hirudinea) of North America," Identification Manual No. 8, Biota of Freshwater Ecosystems, published in 1972, was prepared under contract with the Oceanography and Limnology Program, Smithsonian Institution, with funds provided by the United States Environmental Protection Agency.
In the ten years that have elapsed since publication of the above manual, additional work has been done in North America on the ecology and systematics of the leeches. This publication serves to correct several errors found in the above manual, to make several desirable taxonomic changes, to add new sections and various relevant information to the text with the intent of making the manual more useful, and to add new and improved quality illustrations. The new materials include expanded methods for collecting, narcotizing, fixing, and preserving leeches, notes on systematics, distribution maps, a glossary, synonymies, and an expanded bibliography. This is not a monographic revision, but offers some new insights into the systematics of the North American freshwater leeches. Hopefully, this publication will make identification easier and will stimulate much needed research on the ecology of leeches, especially on the water quality requirements and pollution tolerances of individual species.
Comments
United States government work