The Mollusca, Volume 6: Ecology
Russell-Hunter, W.D. (Ed.) (1983). The Mollusca, Volume 6: Ecology. Academic Press: Orlando. ISBN 0-12-751406-6. XX, 695 pp.
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VLIZ: Mollusca MOL.85 [103941]
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Bioenergetics
Biological phenomena > Evolution
Biological production
Biology > Genetics > Population genetics
Biology > Physiology > Animal physiology
Biology > Physiology > Ecophysiology
Cycles > Life cycle
Distribution > Geographical distribution
Ecological associations
Fauna > Aquatic organisms > Aquatic animals > Shellfish
Population dynamics
Reefs > Biogenic deposits > Coral reefs
Trophic relationships
Marine/Coastal |
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- Russell-Hunter, W.D. (1983). Overview: planetary distribution and ecological constraints upon the Mollusca, in: Russell-Hunter, W.D. (Ed.) The Mollusca, Volume 6. Ecology. pp. 1-27, more
- Allen, J.A. (1983). The ecology of deep-sea molluscs, in: Russell-Hunter, W.D. (Ed.) The Mollusca, Volume 6. Ecology. pp. 29-75, more
- Morton, B. (1983). Mangrove bivalves, in: Russell-Hunter, W.D. (Ed.) The Mollusca, Volume 6. Ecology. pp. 77-138, more
- Morton, B. (1983). Coral-associated bivalves of the Indo-Pacific, in: Russell-Hunter, W.D. (Ed.) The Mollusca, Volume 6. Ecology. pp. 139-224, more
- Todd, C.D. (1983). Reproductive and trophic ecology of nudibranch molluscs, in: Russell-Hunter, W.D. (Ed.) The Mollusca, Volume 6. Ecology. pp. 225-259, more
- Summers, W.C. (1983). Physiological and trophic ecology of cephalopods, in: Russell-Hunter, W.D. (Ed.) The Mollusca, Volume 6. Ecology. pp. 261-279, more
- Berger, E.M. (1983). Population genetics of marine gastropods and bivalves, in: Russell-Hunter, W.D. (Ed.) The Mollusca, Volume 6. Ecology. pp. 563-596, more
- Calow, P. (1983). Life-cycle patterns and evolution, in: Russell-Hunter, W.D. (Ed.) The Mollusca, Volume 6. Ecology. pp. 649-678, more
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The Mollusca, Volume 6: Ecology provides an overview of the state of knowledge in molluscan ecology. It is part of a multivolume treatise that covers the fields of biochemistry, physiology, neurobiology, reproduction and development, evolution, ecology, medical aspects, and structure. The Mollusca is intended to serve a range of disciplines: biological, biochemical, paleontological, and medical. As a source of information on the current status of molluscan research, it should prove useful to researchers of the Mollusca and other phyla, as well as to teachers and qualified graduate students. The book contains 15 chapters, arranged into three levels of ecological perspective: (a) distributional studies; (b) physiological ecology and bioenergetics; and (c) population genetics and dynamics. A discussion of the planetary distribution of and ecological constraints upon the mollusca is followed by separate chapters on the life styles and distribution of mollusks on the deep-sea bottom, in mangroves, and on coral reefs; and the trophic and reproductive ecology of those intrinsically fascinating molluscan groups—the nudibranchs and cephalopods. Subsequent chapters present physiological ecology in land snails and in freshwater bivalves, prosobranchs, and pulmonates, with a survey of the techniques of actuarial bioenergetics as applied to nonmarine molluscs. Other chapters cover population dynamics and biology in an introduced pest species, population genetics of marine molluscs, ecogenetics of land snails, and life-cycle pattems throughout the major molluscan taxa. |
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