Molluscan Radiation - Lesser Known Branches

Name: Molluscan Radiation - Lesser Known Branches
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ISBN: 9780120261420

ISBN-10: 0120261421

ISBN-13: 9780120261420

Edition: 2002

Authors: Alan J. Southward, Lee A. Fuiman, Paul A. Tyler, Craig M. Young, Lee A. Fuiman

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Volume 42 is a thematic volume with reviews on the biology of four major molluscs. Advances in Marine Biology was first published in 1963. Now edited by A.J. Southward (Marine Biological Association, UK), P.A. Tyler (Southampton Oceanography Association, UK), C.M. Young (Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution, USA) and L.A. Fuiman (University of Texas, USA), the serial publishes in-depth and up-to-date reviews on a wide range of topics which will appeal to postgraduates and researchers in marine biology, fisheries science, ecology, zoology, oceanography. Eclectic volumes in the series are supplemented by thematic volumes on such topics as The Biology of Calanoid Copepods. Advances in…

Book details

List price: $230.00
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Elsevier Science & Technology
Publication date: 4/29/2002
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 308
Size: 5.94" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.496
Language: English



Contributors to Volume 42


Series Contents for Last Ten Years


Preface


Protobranch Bivalves




Introduction



Anatomy and Morphology



Feeding



Reproduction and Development



Physiology



Ecology



Zoogeography



Evolution



Conclusions


Acknowledgements


References


Shelled Opisthobranchs




Introduction



Component Taxa and their Presumed Synapomorphies



Characters and Evolutionary Pathways



History and Tectibranch Phylogenetics



Whence Acteon, the "Typical" Opisthobranch?


Acknowledgements


References


Appendices


The Scaphopoda




Introduction



Shell



Mantle Cavity



Gas Exchange



Locomotion



Feeding and Digestion



Circulation and Excretion



Sensation and Innervation



Reproduction and Development



Biogeography



Species-Pair Associations



Diversity through Geologic Time



Conclusions


Acknowledgements


References


Pleurotomarioidean Gastropods




Introduction



Structure and Functional Morphology



Systematic Relationships



Ecology


Acknowledgements


References


Taxonomic Index


Subject Index