Literature
This reference list is not intended to be exhaustive but gives the references quoted in the text on other pages, plus many other key references to the literature. References are grouped under the following headings:
Distribution and conservation of D. plantarius
Dispersal and locomotion in Dolomedes species
Diet and prey-capture in Dolomedes species
Population biology of Dolomedes species
Taxonomy, systematics and genetics of the genus Dolomedes
Distribution and conservation of other Dolomedes species
Literature on other Pisaurids
Key general references for spider identification and general biology
Distribution and conservation of D. plantarius
Clark, M., & Clark, D., 2003 Baseline survey of the fen raft spider Dolomedes plantarius in Glamorgan. CCW Contract Science Number 603. Countryside Council for Wales, Glamorgan.
Clark, M. J. 2004, Field notes 2003/04 for Tennant Canal and Crymlyn Bog – Dolomedes
plantarius personal observations. Unpublished to the Countryside Council for Wales, Glamorgan.
Duffey E. 1958 Dolomedes plantarius Clerk, a spider new to Britain, found in the upper Waveney Valley, Transactions of the Norfolk and Norwich Naturalist's Society 18 (7), pp.1-5.
Duffey E. 1995 The distribution, status and habitats of Dolomedes fimbriatus (Clerk) and D.plantarius (Clerk) in Europe. In: Ružicka V. (Ed.), Proceedings of the 15th European Colloquium of Arachnology, Institute of Entomology, Ceské Budejovice, pp.54-65.
Gajdoš P., Toft S., Langemark S., and Scharff N. 2000 The fishing spiders Dolomedes (Araneae, Pisauridae) in Denmark, Steenstrupia 25 (2), pp.201-208.
Gallon, R. C. 2001 Survey of the Gwent Levels wetland reserve for the fen raft spider Dolomedes plantarius. CCW Contract Science Number 489. Countryside Council for Wales, Glamorgan.
Gallon, R. 2007 Monitoring invertebrate features on SSSI's: Fen Raft Spider on Crymlyn Bog & Pant-y-Sais, West Glamorgan. CCW Contract Science Number 787. Countryside Council for Wales, Glamorgan.
VAN HELSDINGEN P. J. 2006 Characteristic spider species of peat bog fenlands in the Netherlands (Araneae). Acta zoologica bulgarica 2006, 115-124.
Van Helsdingen P.J. 1995 - Ecology and distribution of Dolomedes in Europe (Araneida, Solomedidae), Proceedings of the 9th International Colloquium of the European Invertebrate Survey, Helsinki, 3-4 September 1993. WWF Finland 7, pp.41-46.
Jones, E., 1992. The status of Dolomedes plantarius (Clerck) on Pevensey Levels, East Sussex in August 1991. English Nature, Peterborough.
Kirby P. 1990 Dolomedes plantarius in East Sussex, The Newsletter of the British Arachnological Society 58, pp.18
Roelofs-Ditters, E. 2003 Een nieuwe vindplaats van Dolomedes plantarius (Clerck, 1757) in Noord-Brabant. (Araneae, Pisauridae). Nieuwbrief Spined 18: 18.
Smith H. 2000 The status and conservation of the fen raft spider (Dolomedes plantarius) at Redgrave and Lopham Fen National Nature Reserve, England, Biological Conservation 95, pp.153-164
Smith H. 2000 The status and conservation of the fen raft spider (Dolomedes plantarius) at Redgrave and Lopham Fen National Nature Reserve in 2006, Click here to Download: (764 KB).
Thornhill W.A., 1985 The distribution of the great raft spider, Dolomedes plantarius, on Redgrave and Lopham fens. Transactions of the Suffolk Naturalists' Society 21: 18-22.
World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1996 Dolomedes plantarius. In: IUCN 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.4. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 22 February 2011
Dispersal and locomotion in D. plantarius
Gorb S.N. and Barth F.G. 1994 Locomotor behavior during prey-capture of a fishing spider, Dolomedes plantarius (Araneae:Araneidae): galloping and stopping, The Journal of Arachnology 22, pp.89-93
Kreiter N., & Wise D.H., 1996 Age-related changes in movement patterns in the fishing spider, Dolomedes triton (Araneae, Pisauridae). Journal of Arachnology 24: 24-33.
STRATTON, G.E., SUTER, R.B. & MILLER, P.R. 2004 Evolution of water surface locomotion by spiders: a comparative approach. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 81, (1), 63–78.
Suter R.B. 1999 Cheap transport for fishing spiders (Araneae, Pisauridae): the physics of sailing on the water surface, The Journal of Arachnology 27, pp.489-496
Suter R.B. & Gruenwald, J. 2000 Predator avoidance on the water surface? Kinematics and efficacy of vertical jumping by Dolomedes (Araneae, Pisauridae). Journal of Arachnology, 28, (2), 201-210
Diet and prey-capture in Dolomedes species
Bleckmann H. and Lotz T. 1987 - The vertebrate-catching behaviour of the fishing spider Dolomedes triton (Araneae, Pisauridae), Animal Behaviour 35, pp.641-651
Bleckmann H. and Rovner J.S. 1984 Sensory ecology of a semi-aquatic spider (Dolomedes triton): I.Roles of vegetation and wind-generated waves in site selection, Behavioural Ecology and Sociobiology 14, pp.297-301
Bleckmann H. and Barth 1984 Sensory ecology of a semi-aquatic spider (Dolomedes triton): II.The release of predatory behavior by water surface waves, Behavioural Ecology and Sociobiology 14, pp.303-312
Bonnet, P., 1930 La mue, l'autotomie et la régeneration chez les araignées avec une étude des Dolomedes d'Europe. Bulletin de la Société d'histoire naturelle de Toulouse 65: 237-700.
Perevozkin1,V. P., Lukyantsev, S. V. and Gordeev, M. I. 2004 Comparative Analysis of Foraging Behavior in Aquatic and Semiaquatic Spiders of the Genera Argyroneta, Dolomedes, Pirata, and Pardosa. Journal Russian Journal of Ecology, 35, (2), 103-109.
Roland C. and Rovner J.S. 1983 - Chemical and vibratory communication in the aquatic pisaurid spider Dolomedes triton, The Journal of Arachnology 11, pp.77-85
Williams, D. S. 1979 The feeding behaviour of New Zealand Dolomedes species (Araneae:. Pisauridae). N. Z. J. Zool. 6:. 95-105.
Zimmermann M., & Spence J.R., 1989 Prey use of the fishing spider Dolomedes triton (Pisauridae, Araneae): An important predator of the neuston community. Oecologia 80: 187-194.
Population biology
Arnqvist G. 1992 Courtship behaviour and sexual cannibalism in the semi-aquatic fishing spider, Dolomedes fimbriatus (Clerk) (Araneae: Pisauridae). The Journal of Arachnology, 20, 222-226
Bleckmann, H. and Bender, M. 1987 Water Surface Waves Generated by the Male Pisaurid Spider Dolomedes triton (Walckenaer) during Courtship Behavior. Journal of Arachnology, 15, (3), 363-369.
Johnson, J.C. 2001 Sexual cannibalism in fishing spiders (Dolomedes triton): an evaluation of two explanations for female aggression towards potential mates. Anim. Behav. 61, 905–914.
Krafft, B., & Horel, A. 1980 Comportement maternel et les relations mères-jeunes chez les araignées Reprod. Nutr. Develop, 20, 747-758.
Palmgren, P., 1939 Ökologische und physiologische Untersuchungen über die Spinne Dolomedes fimbriatus (CL.). Acta Zool Fenn 24: 1-42.
Spence, J.R., Zimmermann, M., & Wojcicki, J.P., 1996 Effects of food limitation and sexual cannibalism on reproductive output of the nursery web spider Dolomedes triton (Araneae: Pisauridae). Oikos 75(3): 373-382.
Zimmerman M., & Spence J.R., 1998 Phenology and life-cycle regulation of the fishing spider Dolomedes triton Walckenaer (Araneae, Pisauridae) in central Alberta. Canadian Journal of Zoology 76(2): 295-309.
Zimmermann M., & Spence J.R., 1992 Adult population dynamics and reproductive effort of the fishing spider Dolomedes triton (Araneae, Pisauridae) in central Alberta. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 70(11): 2224-2233.
Taxonomy and Systematics of Dolomedes
Carico, J.E., 1973. The Nearctic Species of the Genus Dolomedes (Araneae: Pisauridae). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 144: 435-488.
Clerck, C. 1757 Svenska spindlar, uti sina hufvud-slågter indelte samt under några och sextio särskildte arter beskrefne och med illuminerade figurer uplyste. Stockholmiae, 154 pp.
Gajdoš P., Toft S., Langemark S., and Scharff N. 2000 - The fishing spiders Dolomedes (Araneae, Pisauridae) in Denmark, Steenstrupia 25 (2), pp.201-208
Hahn, C. W. 1835 Die Arachniden. Nürnberg, Zweite Band, pp. 57-75.
Huber, K.C., Haider, T.S., Muller, M. W., Huber, B.A., Schweyen, R.J. & Barth, F.G. (1993)DNA Sequence Data Indicates the Polyphyly of the Family Ctenidae (Araneae). Journal of Arachnology, 21, (3), 194-201.
Ji, YJ, Smith H, Zhang, DZ & G.M. Hewitt 2004 Ten polymorphic microsatellite loci for paternity and population genetic analysis in the fen raft spider (Dolomedes plantarius) . Molecular Ecology Notes, 4, 274-276.
Latreille, P. A. 1804 Tableau methodique des Insectes. Nouv. Dict. d'Hist. Nat., Paris 24: 129-295.
Müller, O. F. 1776 Zoologicae danicae prodromus, seu animalium daniae et norvegiae indigenarum, characteres, nomina et synonyma imprimis popularium. Hafniae, 282 pp. (Araneae, pp. 192-194).
Olivier G. A. 1789 Araignée, Aranea. Encycl. méth. Hist. nat. Ins. Paris 4: 173-240.
Renner, F. 1987 Revision der europäischen Dolomedes-Arten (Araneida: Pisauridae). Stuttg. Beitr. Naturk. (A) 406: 1-15.
Santos, A. J. 2007 A phylogenetic analysis of the nursery-web spider family Pisauridae, with emphasis on the genera Architis and Staberius (Araneae: Lycosoidea). Zoologica Scripta 36 (5) , 489–507.
Simon, E. 1937 Les arachnides de France. Tome VI. Synopsis générale et catalogue des espèces françaises de l'ordre des Araneae; 5e et derniére partie. Paris, 6: 979-1298.
Vugdelic, M. 2006 Genetic relations within and amongst Dolomedes aquatic spiders. PhD Thesis, University of East Anglia.
Vugdelic, M., Goodacre, S., Smith H. & Hewitt, G. 2003 Preliminary analysis of the genetic structure in the fen raft spider Dolomedes plantarius (Araneae: Pisauridae). European Arachnology (2003) (Eds. Logunov, D.V. & Penney, D.) pp.343-348.
Distribution and conservation of other Dolomedes species
Literature on other Pisaurids
Austad, S.N. & Thornhill, R. 1986 Female reproductive variation in a nuptial-feeding spider Pisaura mirabilis. Bull. Br. Arachnol. 7, 48–52.
Bilde1, T., Tuni1, C., Elsayed1, R., Pekár1, S. & Toft1, S. 2006 Death feigning in the face of sexual cannibalism. Biology Letters, 2, (1), 23-25.
Dondale, C.D, Legendre, R. 1971 Winter diapause in a Mediterranean population of Pisaura mirabilis (Clerck). Bull. Brit. Arachnol. Soc.
Drengsgaard, IL, Toft, S. 1999 Sperm competition in a nuptial feeding spider, Pisaura mirabilis Behaviour, 136, (7), 877-897.
Hansen,L. S., Gonzalez,S. F., Toft, S. & Bilde, T 2008 Thanatosis as an adaptive male mating strategy in the nuptial gift-giving spider Pisaura mirabilis Behav. Ecol., 165 (2).
Lenler-Eriksen, P. 1969 The hunting-web of the young spider Pisaura mirabilis J. Zool.
Nentwig, W. 1986 Non-web building spiders: prey specialists or generalists? Oecologia, 69, (4), 571-576
Nentwig, W. & Wissel, C. 1986 A comparison of prey lengths among spiders. Oecologia, 68, (4), 595-600.
Stalhandske, P. 2001 Nuptial gift in the spider Pisaura mirabilis maintained by sexual selection. Behavioral Ecology Vol. 12 No. 6: 691-697
Key general references for spider identification and general biology
Beccaloni, J. 2009 Arachnids. Natural History Museum, London.
Bristowe, W.S. 1958 The World of Spiders (New Naturalist Series 38) Collins, London
Platnik, N. 2008 The world spider catalog, version 8.0 click here
Roberts, M.J. 1995 The Spiders of Great Britain and Ireland (3 Vols.). Hartley Books, Colchester.
Roberts, M.J. 1995 Field Guide to Spiders of Britain and Northern Europe, HarperCollins, London
