Research Catalog

Title

The biology of pelagic tunicates / edited by Q. Bone.

Publication

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1998.

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Details

Additional Authors

Bone, Q.

Description

xiv, 340 pages : illustrations; 26 cm

Subjects

• Tuniciers
• Aufsatzsammlung
• Manteltiere
• Pelagial
• Pfeilwürmer
• Tunicata

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [307]-334) and indexes.

Contents

Anatomy of Thaliacea / J. Godeaux, Q. Bone and J.-C. Braconnot -- Anatomy and functional morphology of the Appendicularia / R. Fenaux -- Locomotion, locomotor muscles and buoyancy / Q. Bone -- Nervous system, sense organs and excitable epithelia / Q. Bone -- Feeding and energetics of Thaliacea / L.P. Madin and D. Deibel -- The appendicularian house / Per R. Flood and D. Deibel -- Salp and pyrosomid blooms and their importance in biogeochemical cycles / V. Anderson -- Feeding and metabolism of Appendicularia / D. Deibel -- Life history of the Appendicularia / R. Fenaux -- The role of Appendicularia in marine food webs / G. Gorsky and R. Fenaux -- The abundance, distribution, and ecological impact of doliolids / D. Deibel -- The parasites and predators of Thaliacea / G.R. Harbison -- Bioluminescence in the Appendicularia / Charles P. Galt and Per R. Flood -- The cladistic biogeography of salps and pyrosomas / R.W.M. Van Soest -- Appendicularian distribution and zoogeography / R. Fenaux, Q. Bone, and D. Deibel -- Molecular phylogeny of tunicates. A preliminary study using 28S ribosomal RNA partial sequences: implications in terms of evolution and ecology / R. Christen and J.-C. Braconnot -- The relationships and systematics of the Thaliacea, with keys for identification / J. Godeaux -- The classification of Appendicularia / R. Fenaux.

ISBN

• 0198540248
• 9780198540243

LCCN

97011329

OCLC

• ocm36543529
• 36543529
• SCSB-9613847

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library