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Invertebrates, Second Edition presents a modern survey of the 34 animal phyla (plus the Protista) and serves as both a college course text and a reference on invertebrate biology. Thorough and up-to-date, it is organized around the themes of bauplans (body plans) and evolution (phylogenetics). Each phylum is organized in a standardized fashion, treating the systematics, bauplan (support and movement, feeding and digestion, circulation and gas exchange,...
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With 1,300 photographs reproduced in full colour, "Marine Life" is a marine biological encyclopedia that provides, for the first time, a worldwide comprehensive survey of the invertebrate animals that inhabit the oceans. This unique combination of accurate-colour photographs with authoritative text will enable both professional and amateur biologists alike to identify and classify many of the marine invertebrates that they see, both on the shore and...
11) Big fleas have little fleas: how discoveries of invertebrate diseases are advancing modern science
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"In this book, Elizabeth Davidson shares amazing stories about diseases of insects and other invertebrates important to people - and about the scientists who learned to use those diseases to control pests and create products beneficial to humans. Focusing on insect-microbial interactions crucial to public health, she tells detective stories ranging across global history, from the silkworm farms of nineteenth-century Japan to the research labs of modern...
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"In over 400 full-color photographs, Piotr Naskrecki brings us eye to eye with the smaller majority - the 99 percent of animal life that are smaller than a human finger. Those featured in the book live in threatened biodiversity hotspots around the globe: humid tropical forests, savannas, and deserts. The Smaller Majority takes us on an unforgettable visual journey into the often overlooked world cloaked by a leaf, camouflaged on the surface of a...
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The species composition, distribution, and abundance of microbenthic organisms in the intake and discharge areas of the Cedar Bayou Electric Power Station, Baytown, Texas, were investigated using data obtained from October 1969 through May 1973. Two types of quantitative bottom sampling devices were used; a modified Birge-Ekman dredge (16 stations) and a frame sampler (5 stations). Each gear was used every 4 weeks, but alternately; with a 2-week time...
15) Beachcomber's guide to Gulf coast marine life: Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida
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Updated guide provides the latest findings about the biology and ecology of the Gulf of Mexico.
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"Here, for the first time, Oxford zoologist Andrew Parker reveals his theory of this great flourishing of life. Parker's astounding explanation is that it was the development of vision in primitive animals that caused the explosion. Precambrian creatures were unable to see, making it difficult to find friend or foe. With the evolution of the eye, the size, shape, color, and behavior of animals was suddenly revealed. Once the lights were "turned on,"...
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Our Native Bees is the result of Paige Embry's yearlong quest to learn more about the forgotten, yet fundamental, native bees of North America.
"Honey bees get all the press, but the fascinating story of North America's native bees--an endangered species essential to our ecosystems and food supplies--is just as crucial. Through interviews with farmers, gardeners, scientists, and bee experts, Our Native Bees explores the importance of native bees...
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