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The biology of the Mollusca /
Reviews the most important literature on the functional morphology and natural history of molluscs over a period of half a century, from 1925 to the present day, and draws extensively upon authoritative papers published mostly in the English language in a large number of international journals durin...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford ; New York :
Pergamon Press,
1977.
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| Edición: | 2d ed. |
| Colección: | International series in pure and applied biology. Zoology division ;
v. 57. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; The Biology of the Mollusca ; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Gastropoda; LIST OF TABLES; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION; CHAPTER 1. FORM AND FUNCTION OF THE MANTLE CAVITY ANDASSOCIATED ORGANS; Synopsis; Aplacophora; Monoplacophora; Polyplacophora; Scaphopoda; Bivalvia; Cephalopoda; Key to the Lettering on the Figures; Reference List; CHAPTER 2. FEEDING METHODS AND ADAPTIVE RADIATION IN THE GASTROPODA; Synopsis; Prosobranchia; Opisthobranchia; Pulmonata; Key to the Lettering on the Figures; Reference List
- CHAPTER 3. FEEDING METHODS A N D EVOLUTION IN THE BIVALVIASynopsis; Protobranchia; Septibranchia; Lamellibranchia; Key to the Lettering on the Figures; Reference List; CHAPTER 4. ADAPTIVE RADIATION IN THE POLYSYRINGIAN BIVALVES; Synopsis; Elementary Diversities of Form; Mode of Growth; The ""Typical"" Growth Form; Adaptive Radiation; The Infauna of Gravels, Sands, and Muds; Colonists of Rocky Surfaces; The Free-living Epifauna; Commensalism; Parasitism; Reproductive Processes, Including Hermaphroditism; The Invasion of Freshwater Systems; Key to the Lettering on the Figures; Reference List
- CHAPTER 5. DIGESTIONSynopsis; Aplacophora; Monoplacophora; Scaphopoda; Polyplacophora; Bivalvia; Gastropoda; Cephalopoda; Key to the Lettering on the Figures; Reference List; CHAPTER 6. REPRODUCTION; Synopsis; The Primitive Molluscan Reproductive System; The Reproductive System; Expressions of Sexuality; Spawning; Special Provision for the Fertilised Ova; Parental Care of the Eggs and Developing Young; Self-fertilisation and Parthenogenesis; Larval Behaviour and Settlement; Maturation of the Gonads in the Octopoda; Courtship Behaviour and Mating; Key to the Lettering on the Figures
- Reference ListCHAPTER 7. DISTRIBUTION OF MOLLUSCS; Synopsis; Molluscs in Fresh Waters; Molluscs of Islands and Archipelagos; Molluscs of the Littoral Zone; Passive Distribution of Molluscs; Distribution of Molluscs by Man; Studies on Populations of Cepaea nemoralis; Key to the Lettering on the Figures; Reference List; CHAPTER 8. THE FUNCTIONS OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM IN THE DIBRANCHIATE CEPHALOPODA; Synopsis; Respiration and Locomotion; Structure and Function of the Statocysts; Vision and Visual Discrimination; Visual Learning; Tactile Discrimination and Learning in the Octopoda
- The Olfactory Sense in Molluscs and Olfactory Learning in the OctopodaPostulated Neurosecretory Structures in the Dibranchiata; The Functional Organisation of the Brain in the Dibranchiata; Key to the Lettering on the Figures; Reference List; APPENDIX A: THE FOUR MINOR CLASSES; Monoplacophora; Polyplacophora; Aplacophora; Scaphopoda; Key to the Lettering on the Figures; Reference List; B: THE THREE MAJOR CLASSES; Bivalvia; Gastropoda; Cephalopoda; Key to the Lettering on the Figures; INDEX