Bloomsbury Publishing, 2015. — 304 p. — ISBN: 978-1-472911-36-9. A biological and cultural biography of the ubiquitous yet mystical seashell. Seashells, stretching from the deep past into the present day, are touchstones leading into fascinating realms of the natural world and cutting-edge science. In Spirals in Time: The Secret Life and Curious Afterlife of Seashells, marine...
New York: Abrams Image, 2011. — 224 p. Kraken is the traditional name for gigantic sea monsters, and this book introduces one of the most charismatic, enigmatic, and curious inhabitants of the sea: the squid. The pages take the reader on a wild narrative ride through the world of squid science and adventure, along the way addressing some riddles about what intelligence is, and...
Sofia: Pensoft Publishers, 2008. — 304 p. This book brings together, for the first time, all known information on the species of sea slugs of the Red Sea, belonging to 130 genera and 52 families. The contents include discussions on taxonomy, distribution, bionomics, habitats, and ecology. An introductory chapter describes in detail the history of studies on sea slugs of the Red...
Boca Raton; London; New York: CRC Press, 2013. — 230 p. Shallow water marine molluscan faunas are distributed in a pattern of distinct, geographically definable areas. This makes mollusks ideal for studying the distribution of organisms in the marine environment and the processes and patterns that control their evolution. Biogeography and Biodiversity of Western Atlantic...
CABI, 2001. — 558 p. With an estimated 35,000 species, terrestrial molluscs are one of the most successful and diverse animal groups in land-based ecosystems. These animals have long been of importance to human societies as food, medicine, crop pests, vectors of parasites, and as tools, personal ornamentation and currency in trade. This book presents a synthesis of current...
Springer, 2019. - 750 p. This book presents an overview of our current understanding of the biomineralization mechanisms for shell formation in the pearl oyster Pinctada fucata, based on molecular biology, biochemistry, cell biology, structural biology and environmental biology. Pinctada fucata is the major pearl-producing shellfish in the South China Sea and is also an...
Apple Academic Press, 2018. — 506 p. — ISBN: 1771886269. This comprehensive volume provides a plethora of first-hand information on the diversity, biology, and ecology of edible marine bivalve molluscs. It covers the biology of edible marine bivalves; profiles about 180 species, providing information on their habitat, distribution, morphology, food and feeding, reproduction,...
The Hamlyn Publishing Group Limited, 1989. — 321 p. — ISBN: 978-0-600-34397-9. — Country Life Guides. Guide to the Seashells of the World is a practical identification guide that covers a wide range of shells from all parts of the world. The book combines comprehensive and informative text with 1,000 color illustrations, focusing on the shells themselves rather than on the...
The Hamlyn Publishing Group Limited, 1989. — 321 p. — ISBN: 978-0-600-34397-9. — Country Life Guides. Guide to the Seashells of the World is a practical identification guide that covers a wide range of shells from all parts of the world. The book combines comprehensive and informative text with 1,000 color illustrations, focusing on the shells themselves rather than on the...
Nova Science Publishers Inc., 2013. — 349 p. — (Fish, Fishing and Fisheries: Marine Biology) — ISBN: 162808331X. The aim of this volume is to gather and synthesize the research conducted on the biology (early life history stages, age and growth, maturation and fecundity), ecology (distribution, migrations, diet, predators and parasites) and fisheries (fishing areas, methods,...
Nova Science Publishers Inc., 2013. — 289 p. — (Fish, Fishing and Fisheries: Marine Biology) — ISBN: 978-1-62808-333-0. This squid group dominates the pelagic, oceanic environment and large populations (namely of ommastrephids) are characteristic of the productive shelf-break oceanic boundary currents and upwelling systems, where they normally occupy epi- and mesopelagic...
Academic Press, 1977. — 369 p. — ISBN: 0122825047. Reproduction of Marine Invetebrates, Volume IV Molluscs: Gastropods and Cephalopods describes the wide range of structural complexity and diverse modes of reproduction of gastropods and cephalopods. Each chapter discusses the asexual reproduction, sexual reproduction capacity, and developmental stages of different group of...
Routledge Kegan & Paul, 1984. — 127 p. — ISBN: 9780710301031. This book is an excellent guide to the shells of the Red Sea collected by the author and beautifully photographed by her husband. It is a wonderful book and there is a lot of useful information in it about the unique habitat that is the Red Sea and the marine mollusks that inhabit this area.
Stanford University Press, 1976. — 284 p. — ISBN: 0804708975. Exquisite in coloring, often bizarre or spectacular in sculpture, the Murex shells are popular among shell collectors throughout the world. Yet until now there has been no reliable guide to this diverse, wide-ranging group. This book, the first comprehensive taxonomic treatment of the Muricidae since 1880, fills that...
Bodmin. Fishing News Books. 2003. - 443 p. An account on the morphology, distribution, feeding, reproduction, growth, metabolism, genetics and aquaculture of the bivalve molluscs: mussels, clams, etc.
Translated from the Russian Pawson David L. — Washington, D.C.: Smithsonuan Institution Libraries, 1998. — 288 p. This book describes larvae of bivalves and echinoderms, living in the Sea of Japan, which are or may be economically important, and where adult forms are dominant in benthic communities. Descriptions of 18 species of bivalves and 10 species of echinoderms are given,...
A symposium on occasion of 80 birthdays of Vojen Lozek. — Praga: Charles University, 25-28 July 2005. — 43 p. Absracts. Abelova M. Late Weichselian environment in the Moravian archaeozoological record Alexeeva N. Late Pleistocene biota and environment of the West Transbaikalia in context of global and regional climatic changes: specific features and comparison with adjacent...
Reprint with additions (2nd edition),Springer,2009. — 632 p. — ISBN: 9048132983 This volume is a reprint of a classic book about Nautilus, first published in 1987, with an introductory chapter summarizing all of the work on Nautilus and its habitat since the publication of the first edition more than 20 years ago. The surge in articles in the last two decades indicates an...
UK, 2014. — 479 p. Contens Cephalopod Culture: Current Status of Main Biological Models and Research Priorities Status of Cephalopod Culture Culture Requirements at Different Life Phases Welfare and Ethics When Working with Living Cephalopods in the Laboratory Current Limitations Conclusions and Research Priorities Environmental Effects on Cephalopod Population Dynamics:...
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1995. - 424 p. A Field Guide to Shells of the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts and the West Indies - 800 species described, with common and scientific names, geographical range, habitat, and detailed description for each species, plus extra information on name changes and life cycle - 74 new color plates showing 780 species, including live animals - 115 new...