Molluscan Radiation - Lesser Known Branches
- 1st Edition, Volume 42 - April 29, 2002
- Latest edition
- Editors: Alan J. Southward, Alan J. Southward, Lee A. Fuiman, Paul A. Tyler, Craig M. Young
- Language: English
Volume 42 is a thematic volume with reviews on the biology of four major molluscs. Advances in Marine Biology was first published in 1963. Now edited by A.J. Southward (Marine B… Read more
Description
Description
Volume 42 is a thematic volume with reviews on the biology of four major molluscs. Advances in Marine Biology was first published in 1963. Now edited by A.J. Southward (Marine Biological Association, UK), P.A. Tyler (Southampton Oceanography Association, UK), C.M. Young (Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution, USA) and L.A. Fuiman (University of Texas, USA), the serial publishes in-depth and up-to-date reviews on a wide range of topics which will appeal to postgraduates and researchers in marine biology, fisheries science, ecology, zoology, oceanography. Eclectic volumes in the series are supplemented by thematic volumes on such topics as The Biology of Calanoid Copepods.
Advances in Marine Biology is now No. 1 in the highly competitive category of Marine & Freshwater Biology. The 2000 journals citation report from the Institute for Scientific Information shows that Advances in Marine Biology has an Impact Factor of 3.37, the highest in the field.
Key features
Key features
- AMB first published 1963
- This volume presnts a selection of reviews on the biology of lesser-known taxa of the phylum Mollusca, including: The mostly diminutive protobranch bivalves; The slug-like shelled opisthobranchs; The highly specialized and evolutionarily advanced; Tusk shells; The beautiful, priceless, yet frustratingly hard-to-collect slit shells.
Readership
Readership
Table of contents
Table of contents
Shelled Opisthobranchs
The Scaphopoda
Pelurotomarioidean Gastropods
Review quotes
Review quotes
Product details
Product details
- Edition: 1
- Latest edition
- Volume: 42
- Published: June 17, 2002
- Language: English
About the editors
About the editors
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Alan J. Southward
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Alan J. Southward
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Lee A. Fuiman
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Paul A. Tyler
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Craig M. Young
Craig Young is Professor of Biology at the University of Oregon, and past Director of the Oregon Institute of Marine Biology. Dr. Young has devoted his professional career to investigating the reproduction and early life-history stages of marine benthic invertebrates at all depths of the sea, and his lab pioneered the culture of larvae from deep-sea environments worldwide. Dr. Young, the founding editor of Atlas of Marine Invertebrate Larvae, returns to the second edition as co-editor.