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Up to now in this book, aquatic insects have been referred to as ‘freshwater’, to distinguish them from ‘marine’. However, the descriptor ‘freshwater’, strictly, is not accurate, because many insects occur in saline aquifers, salt lakes and other non-freshwater bodies in Australia. Two examples illustrate this.
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New, T.R. (2011). Insects in Inland Water Environments. In: ‘In Considerable Variety’: Introducing the Diversity of Australia’s Insects. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-1780-0_10
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