Keywords:
Electronic books.
Description / Table of Contents:
The first of two volumes describing Australia's 1200 known species of bryozoans.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
1 online resource (201 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9781486306800
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/geomar/detail.action?docID=5439465
Language:
English
Note:
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 system -- 3.6 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 biosecurity -- 6.1 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 -- References.
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9 Bryozoans in the marine benthos -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 Temperate benthic environments -- 9.3 Tropical benthic environments -- 9.4 Environmental correlates -- 9.5 Bryozoans as habitat -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 10 Fossil bryozoans of Australia -- Section A - Palaeozoic Era -- A10.1 Introduction -- A10.2 Class Stenolaemata (range Ordovician to Recent) -- A10.3 Class Gymnolaemata (range Ordovician to Recent) -- Section B - Mesozoic-Cenozoic Eras -- B10.1 Mesozoic -- B10.2 Cenozoic -- References -- Glossary -- Index.
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