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Australian Bryozoa. Volume 1., Biology, ecology and natural history /
Bryozoans are aquatic animals that form colonies of connected individuals. They take a variety of forms: some are bushy and moss-like, some are flat and encrusting and others resemble lace. Bryozoans are mostly marine, with species found in all oceans from sublittoral to abyssal depths, but freshwat...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , , , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Clayton, Vic. :
CSIRO Publishing,
2018.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Contents; List of authors; 1 Introducing bryozoans; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Phylogeny and classification; 1.3 Ecology of bryozoans; 1.4 Economic significance; References; 2 History of discovery in Australian waters; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Early collections: 1700s and 1800s; 2.3 Collecting in the 1900s; 2.4 Bryozoa to the present, and currentstatus of collecting; References; 3 General morphology and terminology; 3.1 External characteristics and astogeny; 3.2 Skeletal system; 3.3 Colonial tropisms, kineses and mobility; 3.4 Feeding and digestive system.
- 3.5 Interzooidal communications and the funicular system3.6 Respiration and excretion; 3.7 Degeneration and regeneration cycles; 3.8 Nervous system and sense organs; 3.9 Glandular systems; 3.10 Reproduction; 3.11 Genetic studies; References; 4 Modern and Cenozoic bryozoan colony classification schemes; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Examples of bryozoan growth forms; 4.3 Substratum and attachment; 4.4 Conclusion; Acknowledgements; References; 5 Bryozoans on seamounts; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Australian seamounts; 5.3 Bryozoans on Australian and New Zealand seamounts; References.
- 6 Bryozoans and biosecurity6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Bryozoans as marine-fouling organisms; 6.3 Alien bryozoans in Australia; 6.4 Conclusion; References; Colour plates; 7 Bryozoans and biotechnology; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Compounds isolated from bryozoans; 7.3 Compounds used against bryozoans; 7.4 Conclusion; References; 8 Bryozoans and ocean acidification; 8.1 Ocean acidification: an old, but new global problem; 8.2 What can we do about acidification?; 8.3 Bryozoans as potential allies; 8.4 Bryozoans as 'canaries'; 8.5 Bryozoan growth models; 8.6 Bryozoans as sentinels; 8.7 Conclusion.