Some Recent Publications of Our Water Mite Work Dimock, R.V. Jr. 1988. Photobiology and behavior of the water mite genus Unionicola: a minireview. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. 91C: 193-197. Edwards, D. D. and R. V. Dimock, Jr. 1988. A comparison of the population dynamics of Unionicola formosa from two anodontine bivalves in a North Carolina farm pond. J. Elisha Mitch. Sci. Soc. 104: 90-98. Davids, C., J. Holtslag and R. V. Dimock, Jr. 1988. Competitive exclusion, harem behaviour and host specificity of the water mite Unionicola ypsilophora (Hydrachnellae, Acari) inhabiting Anodonta cygnea (Unionidae). Int. Revue Ges. Hydrobiol. 73: 651-657. Edwards, D. D. and R. V. Dimock, Jr. 1991. The relative importance of size versus territorial residence in intraspecific aggression by symbiotic male water mites (Acari: Unionicolidae). Exp. Appl. Acarol. 12: 61-65. Edwards, D. D. and R. V. Dimock, Jr. 1995. Life history characteristics of larval Unionicola (Acari: Unionicolidae) parasitic on Chironomus tentans (Diptera: Chironomidae). J. Nat. Hist. 29: 1197-1208. Edwards, D. D. and R. V. Dimock, Jr. 1995. Specificity of the host recognition behavior of larval Unionicola (Acari: Unionicolidae): the effects of larval ontogeny and early larval experience. Anim. Behav. 50: 343-352. Edwards, D. D. and R. V. Dimock, Jr. 1997. Genetic differentiation between Unionicola formosa and U. foili (Acari: Unionicolidae): cryptic species of molluscan symbionts. Invert. Biol. 116: 124-133. Fisher, G. R., R. E. Kuhn and R. V. Dimock, Jr. 2000. The symbiotic water mite Unionicola formosa (Acari: Unionicolidae) ingests mucus and tissue of its molluscan host. J.Parasitol. 86: 1254-1258.