Experimental Marine Biology

List of Contributors

Preface

Chapter 1. Aquarium Techniques: Closed-System Marine Aquariums

I. Introduction

II. Advantages of Closed Systems

III. Setting Up

IV. The Filter Bed

V. The Air-Flow System

VI. The Outside Filter

VII. The Immersion Heater

VIII. The Cover

IX. The Seawater

X. Maintenance

References

Chapter 2. Ecology: Field Experiments in Marine Ecology

I. Introduction

II. Experimental Manipulation of the Physical Environment

III. Experimental Manipulation of the Biological Environment

IV. Discussion

References

Chapter 3. Behavior: In Situ Approach to Marine Behavioral Research

I. Introduction

II. Methods

III. Discussion

References

Chapter 4. Comparative Physiology: Neurophysiology of Marine Invertebrates

I. Introduction

II. The Past

III. The Present

IV. The Future

V. Last Comments

References

Chapter 5. Comparative Endocrinology

I. Introduction

II. Endocrine Systems

III. Function of the Hormones

IV. Materials and Methods

V. Conclusions

References

Chapter 6. Comparative Biochemistry: Marine Biochemistry

I. Introduction

II. Conversion of the Inorganic Constituents of the Environment

III. Biochemical Systematics

IV. Protein Structure

V. New Compounds

VI. Natural Occurrences of the Carbon-Phosphorus Bond

VII. Marine Pheromones

References

Chapter 7. Toxicology: Venomous and Poisonous Marine Animals

I. Introduction

II. Chemistry and Pharmacology

III. Venom of the California Scorpionfish, Scorpaena guttata

IV. Discussion and Conclusions: Scorpaena guttata Venom

References

Chapter 8. Developmental Biology: Development in Marine Organisms

I. Introduction

II. Life Cycles and Experimental Methods

III. Experimental Basis of Polar Development

IV. Conclusions and Summary

References

Author Index

Subject Index