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Molluscan Radiation - Lesser Known Branches

  • 1 Edición, Volumen 42 - 29 de abril de 2002
  • Última edición
  • Editores: Alan J. Southward, Alan J. Southward, Lee A. Fuiman, Paul A. Tyler, Craig M. Young
  • Idioma: Inglés

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 B… Leer más

Descripción

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 Marine Biology is now No. 1 in the highly competitive category of Marine & Freshwater Biology. The 2000 journals citation report from the Institute for Scientific Information shows that Advances in Marine Biology has an Impact Factor of 3.37, the highest in the field.

Puntos claves

  • AMB first published 1963
  • This volume presnts a selection of reviews on the biology of lesser-known taxa of the phylum Mollusca, including: The mostly diminutive protobranch bivalves; The slug-like shelled opisthobranchs; The highly specialized and evolutionarily advanced; Tusk shells; The beautiful, priceless, yet frustratingly hard-to-collect slit shells.

De interès para

Postgraduates and researchers in marine biology, fisheries science, ecology, zoology, oceanography

Índice

Protobranch Bivalves
Shelled Opisthobranchs
The Scaphopoda
Pelurotomarioidean Gastropods

Reseñas

"Each of these reviews is complete within its topic."—THE QUARTERLY REVIEW OF BIOLOGY

Detalles del producto

  • Edición: 1
  • Última edición
  • Volumen: 42
  • Publicado: 29 de abril de 2002
  • Idioma: Inglés

Sobre los editores

AS

Alan J. Southward

Afiliaciones y experiencia
Marine Biological Association, Plymouth, U.K.

AS

Alan J. Southward

Afiliaciones y experiencia
Marine Biological Association, Plymouth, U.K.

LF

Lee A. Fuiman

Afiliaciones y experiencia
University of Texas at Austin, Port Aransas, U.S.A.

PT

Paul A. Tyler

Afiliaciones y experiencia
University of Southampton, U.K.

CY

Craig M. Young

Craig Young is Professor of Biology at the University of Oregon, and past Director of the Oregon Institute of Marine Biology. Dr. Young has devoted his professional career to investigating the reproduction and early life-history stages of marine benthic invertebrates at all depths of the sea, and his lab pioneered the culture of larvae from deep-sea environments worldwide. Dr. Young, the founding editor of Atlas of Marine Invertebrate Larvae, returns to the second edition as co-editor.

Afiliaciones y experiencia
Professor of Biology and past Director of the Oregon Institute of Marine Biology, USA

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