Sangeeta M. Sonak

Marine Shells of Goa (eBook, PDF)

A Guide to Identification

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Includes color photographs, maps and info text of each species to facilitate quick identification

Popular appeal, interesting to non-technical conchologists of the world

Brief description of beaches of Goa as well as some special ecosystems of Goa with pictures will help familiarize malacologists and conchologists of the world to shell collection in Goa and to shells of Goa

Contains special section on shell craft and art of Goa (with photographs), quotes and idioms on shells and the importance and uses of shells

With commentary on mollusks, classification of mollusks, shell formation, shell collection, shell identification, shell habitats, recommended regulations for shell collection

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer International Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 249
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. August 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9783319550992
• Artikelnr.: 53059504

Autorenporträt

Dr Sangeeta Sonak is a marine biologist. Currently she is the Director of a non-governmental research organization, Centre for Environment and Natural Resource management, which aims at promoting activities relating to protection of environment. She has more than 20 years of research experience of guiding research teams and co-ordinating research projects from various highly reputed national and international organizations. She has been awarded prestigious international fellowships such as Fulbright Scholarship under Fulbright-Nehru Environmental Leadership Program (FNELP) at Virginia Tech Institute, U.S.A., United States-India Educational Foundation (USIEF) alumni award, JSPS Fellowship for Senior Scientist by the Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), Erasmus Mundus Fellowship for Visiting Faculty to teach and conduct research at three European Universities by the European Commission. She has been awarded Shakti Prerana Puraskar by Vidnyan Parishad, India in March2014 in recognition of ongoing commitment and dedicated service to environmental sciences, for innovative research at the frontiers of environmental science and for exceptional potential to shape the future through intellectual and inspired leadership. She has edited a special issue of an Elsevier Journal 'Journal of Environmental Management', authored four books, has research publications in international peer-reviewed journals. Currently she is dedicated to work on coastal ecosystems under a project titled 'Seas and shores around us'.

Inhaltsangabe

Molluscs and their shells.- Shell habitats of Goa.- Cataloguing of shells.- Shell art and shell craft of Goa.- Some interesting known and unknown facts about shells.