The Marine Fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: Volume I: Introduction and Protozoans to Arthropods

ISBN-13: 9780198573562 / Angielski / Twarda / 1991 / 688 str.

Opis

This is the first part of a comprehensive two-volume treatise that describes and illustrates over 2,000 marine species, ranging from protozoans to fishes, native to the coastal waters of the British Isles and north-western Europe. The most complete account available of its kind, the books cover all benthic habitats, from the intertidal zone to a depth of approximately 30 meters. Each major animal group is covered, with information on the morphology, biology, ecology of representative species, and techniques for their collection and study. Estuarine and supralittoral faunas are also described. Identification is facilitated by dichotomous keys to families and then to genera and species. Short diagnostic accounts are given for each family and higher taxon, and descriptions of all species are followed by notes on their ecological and geographical distribution. Line drawings are also included to help clarify the material presented in the text.

Recenzje

All readers will appreciate the publication of this up to date and comprehensive guide to the marine fauna of the seas around the British Isles, at a price that they can afford ... the definitive identification guide to all the common species of British marine invertebrates ... The illustrations are excellent line drawings, so thorough that they can be used to separate species that are almost identical ... The first chapter gives an excellent introduction to aspects of the marine environment ... The concise guide is highly recommended and should be regarded as essential reading and the first choice on your Christmas list. It should also be on the shelf of every Public Library as it is clearly the leading book on the subject.

Spis treści

List of contributors; List of illustrators; P.J. Hayward: Introduction; F.T. Banner, E.W. Knight-Jones, and J.M. Wright: Protozoa; P.E.J. Dyrynda and E.A. Dyrynda: Porifera; P.F.S. Cornelius, R.L. Manuel, and J.S. Ryland: Cnidaria; R. Gibson and E.W. Knight-Jones: Platyhelminthes and Nemertea; A. Nelson-Smith, P. Knight-Jones, and E.W. Knight-Jones: Annelida; E.W. Knight-Jones and J.S. Ryland: Sipuncula, Priapulida, Echiura, Pogonophora, and Entoprocta; M.J. Issac and J. Moyse: Crustacea I: Entomostraca; M.J. Issac, P. Makings, E. Naylor, G. Smaldon, and R.G. Withers: Crustacea II: Malacostraca Peracarida; J. Moyse and G. Smaldon: Crustacea III: Malacostraca Eucarida; P. Elliott, P.E. King, C.I. Morgan, P.J.A. Pugh, A. Smith, and S.L.A. Wheeler: Chelicerata, Uniramia, and Tarigrada; Index.