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Barnacles Structure, Function, Development and Evolution

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ISBN-10: 0412444208

ISBN-13: 9780412444203

Edition: 1993

Authors: D. T. Anderson

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Description:

A great deal is now known about the functional organization, physiology, reproduction, and development of barnacles. For the first time, this book brings to bear all aspects of this knowledge on our interpretation of the dynamics of barnacle evolution relating them to the fossil history and biogeography of the group.
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Book details

List price: $290.00
Copyright year: 1993
Publisher: Chapman & Hall
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 376
Size: 6.75" wide x 9.75" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.892
Language: English

Acknowledgements
Preface
Understanding barnacles
Form, function and feeding
Muscles and circulation
Digestion, respiration and excretion
Control functions and environmental interactions
Reproductive system, mating and oviposition
Gametes, fertilization and embryonic development
Larval development and metamorphosis
Growth
Modes of life: phylogeny
Appendix A: A taxonomic synopsis of cirripedes
Appendix B: Some recent references
Index