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.