Identification Guides
Aquatic Invertebrates in Pacific Northwest Freshwater Wetlands: An Identification Guide and Educational Resource
By Sarina Jepsen, Jeff Adams, Lisa Schonberg, Erika Arnold, Celeste Mazzacano, and Scott Hoffman Black, The Xerces SocietyThis CD-ROM (designed for use with a PC computer) includes an extensive pictoral identification key to families of commonly encountered insects, crustaceans and other invertebrates of Pacific Northwest freshwater wetlands. Read more.
Bumble Bee Pocket Identification Guides
By Elaine Evans and The Xerces SocietyGuides are available for several North American species. Read more.
Field Guide for Migratory Dragonflies
By D. Paulson, J. Abbot, M. May, M. Blackburn, and C. MazzacanoThe Migratory Dragonfly Partnership (MDP) produced this printable online adult dragonfly identification guide to assist project participants in identifying our five focal species. Read more.
Freshwater Mussels of the Pacific Northwest
By Ethan Jay Nedeau, Allan K. Smith, Jen Stone, and Sarina JepsenThis guide provides basic identification, distribution, life history and conservation information for each of the seven species of freshwater mussels native to the PNW. Read more.
Macroinvertebrates of the Pacific Northwest
A Field GuideBy Jeff Adams & Mace Vaughan, The Xerces Society
The field guide is printed on durable, water resistant paper. The images in this guide are representative of 56 common and readily visible groups of macroinvertebrates encountered in wadeable streams of the Pacific Northwest. General information is included on the identification and natural history of each group. Read more.
Stream Bugs as Biomonitors: A Guide to Pacific Northwest Macroinvertebrate Monitoring and Identification
By Jeff Adams, Mace Vaughan, & Scott Hoffman Black, The Xerces SocietyThe CD-ROM uses 900 pages of text and over 5000 images to detail the entire process of freshwater macroinvertebrate monitoring in the Pacific Northwest – from identifying macroinvertebrates to interpreting data. Read more.
