J. D. Fish (Aberystwyth University of Wales), S. Fish (Aberystwyth University of Wales)

A Student's Guide to the Seashore

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This unique, concise, beautifully-illustrated guide has been carefully designed for students, teachers and naturalists. User-friendly dichotomous keys lead to the identification of over 650 common and widespread animals and seaweeds of the shore. Each species has detailed notes on diagnostic features and biology. Now with 32 pages of colour.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• 3., überarb. Aufl.
• Seitenzahl: 572
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Februar 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 246mm x 189mm x 31mm
• Gewicht: 1210g
• ISBN-13: 9780521720595
• ISBN-10: 0521720591
• Artikelnr.: 31192892

Autorenporträt

John Fish is the former Director of the Institute of Biological Sciences and Dean of the Faculty of Science at Aberystwyth University.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface; Acknowledgements for illustrations; Introduction; Design and layout of the book; Illustrated guide to the plants and animals of the shore; Seaweeds; Lichens; Anthophyta; Porifera; Cnidaria; Ctenophora; Platyhelminthes; Nemertea; Priapula; Annelida; Mollusca; Arthropoda; Sipuncula; Echiura; Bryozoa; Phoronida; Echinodermata; Hemichordata; Chordata; Plates; Glossary; Bibliography; Index.

Rezensionen

'... recommended unreservedly for indoor-based identification work and as a preliminary source of information on the life-cycle and ecology of individual seashore organisms.' The Glasgow Naturalist