RE: NANFA-- Pennak's Invert Book

Brian Haas (bhaas_at_dubuque.net)
Mon, 22 Jan 2001 18:24:02 -0600

Thank you VERY much, Jan. Off to the bookstores!

Travis Haas
Hazel Green, Wisconsin

At 08:55 AM 1/22/01 -0600, you wrote:
>Travis -
>
>My guess is that Pennak excluded aquatic insects in his 3rd edition chiefly
>to avoid overlap with new edition of Merritt and Cummins' "Aquatic Insects
>of North America." Also, a modern taxonomic AND natural history update for
>all aquatic invertebrate groups would be an extraordinary (and possibly,
>undoable) amount of work for a single individual.
>
>I recommend Pennak's 2nd edition. Original editions are very common, but
>due to their age (they were published in 1953), nomenclature is way
>out-of-date. The second edition is also readily available, not too
>expensive (I checked and found one for $30 at Bibliofind - you can find
>dust-jacketed copies in bookstores sometimes for less), and the taxonomy is
>not too dated. Also, it covers all groups and is very well written!
>
>- Jan
>
>
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Brian Haas
>Sent: Saturday, January 20, 2001 9:20 PM
>To: nanfa_at_aquaria.net
>Subject: NANFA-- Pennak's Invert Book
>
>
>To Jan and others who have previously mentioned Pennak's "Freshwater
>Invertebrates of the United States"-
>
>I would like to buy a copy of this book, but am confused by the way in
>which some of the later editions seem to include only certain groups,
>awaiting further volumes which would complete the coverage of the various
>families not already covered (i.e. the 3rd ed. and possibly the 2nd).
>
>What I'm really trying to get at is, what edition(s) covered all families?
>
>I realize the ideal would be to buy the in print edition and wait for the
>next volume to come out, but I don't have $110 to spend on the first volume
>alone. Hopefully someday I will.
>
>Thanks for your help.
>
>Respects,
>Travis Haas
>Wisconsin
>(Notice that I'm using an email program under my dad's name. I got sick of
>waiting for hotmail to load and putting up with it being down half the
>time.)
>
>
>
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