A Student's Guide to the Seashore

A Student's Guide to the Seashore
Author: J. D. Fish
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 573
Release: 2011-01-13
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1139494511

This unique, concise and beautifully-illustrated guide allows students to identify over 650 of the common, widespread animals and seaweeds of the shore. User-friendly dichotomous keys are supported by details of diagnostic features and biology of each species. Now enhanced with 32 pages of colour, this much acclaimed guide is invaluable to students of marine biology at any level. Questions such as how does the species reproduce? What is its life-cycle? How does it feed? are answered in the notes accompanying each species to give a fascinating insight into the diversity and complexity of life on the shore. The text is supported by an extensive glossary of scientific terms and a comprehensive bibliography is included to aid further study. The third edition builds on the excellent reviews of earlier editions and will continue to appeal to a wide readership, including students, teachers and naturalists.

The Ctenophores

The Ctenophores
Author: Lisa-ann Gershwin
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2014
Genre: Ctenophora
ISBN: 9781486302451

Coelenterate Biology

Coelenterate Biology
Author: Leonard Muscatine
Publisher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 512
Release: 2012-12-02
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0323147542

Coelenterate Biology: Reviews and New Perspectives highlights research areas in which coelenterates are exceptionally useful and interesting experimental animals. It outlines the state of knowledge in coelenterate research and draws attention to some of the challenging problems that are amenable for study. Coelenterates offer valuable material for many levels of inquiry—from the population and organismic to the cellular, subcellular, and molecular levels. They are especially attractive animals for studies in developmental biology and behavior. The book begins by discussing cnidarians histology, focusing on the light and electron microscopy of cnidarian tissues. There are separate chapters on the skeletal system of cnidarians; the morphology, functions, and chemistry of nematocytes; and a few aspects of the enormous subject of cnidarian development. The subsequent chapters deal with cnidarian neurobiology, behavior, locomotion, flotation, and dispersal; experimental studies on algae-cnidarian symbioses; and coelenterate bioluminescence. The book concludes with a discussion of the systems of coordination and nervous system of ctenophores.

Phylum Ctenophora

Phylum Ctenophora
Author: Penny Bright
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages: 342
Release: 2018-04-18
Genre:
ISBN: 9781977577139

Dr. Sparky Pappalardo, or "Pap," is a research scientist who only wants to use molecular biology to cure cancer. Instead, her work on therapeutic viruses is sabotaged, probably by another scientist. As she investigates, she uncovers corruption, extortion and malfeasance. Her Medical University seems staffed with incompetent, apathetic and addictive creatures. Strangely, her supervisor reminds her of a tunicate salp. Follow the hilarious Pap, her beautiful pet ctenophores and her "Fabio-with-brains" boyfriend as they fight a mysterious poisoning, destruction of her laboratory and violent assaults. Learn some painless biology while Pap and her quirky friends unravel these mysteries. This is the second in the fictional "Phylum" series.

Jellyfish Blooms: Ecological and Societal Importance

Jellyfish Blooms: Ecological and Societal Importance
Author: J. E. Purcell
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 358
Release: 2001
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 9780792369646

Jellyfish', a group that includes scyphomedusae, hydromedusae, siphonophores and ctenophores, are important zooplankton predatorsthroughout the world's estuaries and oceans. These beautiful creatureshave come to public attention as featured exhibits in aquaria and innews headlines as invaders and as providers of genes used inbiomedical research. Nevertheless, jellyfish are generally consideredto be nuisances because they interfere with human activities bystinging swimmers, clogging power plant intakes and nets of fishermenand fish farms, and competing with fish and eating fish eggs andlarvae. There is concern that environmental changes such as globalwarming, eutrophication, and over-fishing may result in increasedjellyfish populations.The literature reviews and research papers in this volume explore theinteractions between jellyfish and humans. Papers cover the medicalaspects of jellyfish stings, jellyfish as human food and jellyfishfisheries, interactions of jellyfish and fish, effects ofenvironmental changes on jellyfish, effects of introduced ctenophoreson the Black Sea ecosystem, factors causing increases orconcentrations of jellyfish, and others aspects of jellyfish ecology.This is an important reference for students and professional marinebiologists, oceanographers, fishery scientists, and aquarists.

Invertebrate Histology

Invertebrate Histology
Author: Elise E. B. LaDouceur
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 354
Release: 2021-01-08
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 111950760X

The first comprehensive reference to invertebrate histology Invertebrate Histology is a groundbreaking text that offers a comprehensive review of histology in invertebrates. Designed for use by anyone studying, diagnosing, or researching invertebrates, the book covers all major taxonomic groups with details of the histologic features, with color photographs and drawings that clearly demonstrate gross anatomy and histology. The authors, who are each experts in the histology of their respective taxa, bring together the most recent information on the topic into a single, complete volume. An accessible resource, each chapter focuses on a single taxonomic group with salient gross and histologic features that are clearly described in the text and augmented with color photographs and greyscale line drawings. The histologic images are from mostly hematoxylin and eosin stained microscopic slides showing various organ systems at high and low magnification. In addition, each chapter provides helpful tips for invertebrate dissection and information on how to process invertebrates for histology. This important book: Presents detailed information on histology of all major groups of invertebrates Offers a user-friendly text that is organized by taxonomic group for easy reference Features high-quality color photographs and drawings, with slides showing histology and gross photographs to demonstrate anatomy Provides details on invertebrate dissection and processing invertebrates for histology Written for veterinary pathologists, biologists, zoologists, students, and other scientists studying these species, Invertebrate Histology offers the most updated information on the topic written by over 20 experts in the field.

Plankton

Plankton
Author: Christian Sardet
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Total Pages: 223
Release: 2015-06-05
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 022618871X

A sequence of elaborate close-up photographs of a diverse range of plankton organisms displays their phosphorescent beauty and translucent colors against contrasting black backgrounds while offering historical and scientific discussions for each depicted species. --Publisher's description.

Subseafloor Biosphere Linked to Hydrothermal Systems

Subseafloor Biosphere Linked to Hydrothermal Systems
Author: Jun-ichiro Ishibashi
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 651
Release: 2015-01-10
Genre: Science
ISBN: 4431548653

This book is the comprehensive volume of the TAIGA (“a great river ” in Japanese) project. Supported by the Japanese government, the project examined the hypothesis that the subseafloor fluid advection system (subseafloor TAIGA) can be categorized into four types, TAIGAs of sulfur, hydrogen, carbon (methane), and iron, according to the most dominant reducing substance, and the chemolithoautotrophic bacteria/archaea that are inextricably associated with respective types of TAIGAs which are strongly affected by their geological background such as surrounding host rocks and tectonic settings. Sub-seafloor ecosystems are sustained by hydrothermal circulation or TAIGA that carry chemical energy to the chemosynthetic microbes living in an extreme environment. The results of the project have been summarized comprehensively in 50 chapters, and this book provides an overall introduction and relevant topics on the mid-ocean ridge system of the Indian Ocean and on the arc-backarc systems of the Southern Mariana Trough and Okinawa Trough.