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Book A Discussion of the Sponga Fauna of the Dry Tortugas in Particular and the West Indies in General  with Material for a Revision of the Families and Orders of the Porifera

Download or read book A Discussion of the Sponga Fauna of the Dry Tortugas in Particular and the West Indies in General with Material for a Revision of the Families and Orders of the Porifera written by M. W. de Laubenfels and published by . This book was released on 1936 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Treatise on Marine Ecology and Paleoecology

Download or read book Treatise on Marine Ecology and Paleoecology written by Joel W. Iledgpeth and Harry S. Ladd and published by Geological Society of America. This book was released on 1957 with total page 2468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Fossil and Recent Sponges

    Book Details:
  • Author : Joachim Reitner
  • Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
  • Release : 2012-12-06
  • ISBN : 3642756565
  • Pages : 606 pages

Download or read book Fossil and Recent Sponges written by Joachim Reitner and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 606 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fossil and Recent Sponges contains articles on taxonomic, phylogenetic and ecological aspects of sponges of both biological and paleontological interest. They focus on three main topics: phylogeny and systematics, biology, and paleoecology of sponges. The reader is offered an overview over the most important aspects of current sponge research: - establishment of a new taxonomy based on mono phyletic groups (phylogenetic systematics) including recent and fossil taxa - new concepts of the biomineralisation of sponge skeletons - palaeoenvironmental analysis of fossil sponge buildups.

Book U S  Environmental Protection Agency Library System Book Catalog Holdings as of July 1973

Download or read book U S Environmental Protection Agency Library System Book Catalog Holdings as of July 1973 written by United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Library Systems Branch and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 702 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Climate Change  Ocean Acidification and Sponges

Download or read book Climate Change Ocean Acidification and Sponges written by José Luis Carballo and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-10-27 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While sponges represent a very simple group of organisms, which are represented by over 8000 species, there is considerable interest in the increasing role they may play in future marine ecosystems. While we still have a comparatively limited understanding of how sponges will respond to ocean warming and acidification there is evidence that some species may have the ability to acclimate or even adapt to these stressors. This comprehensive collection of articles describes our current understanding of the impacts of ocean acidification and warming on sponges across multiple levels of biological organisation, and from the geological past to the present. With expert contributions from across the world this book represents the most up-to-date view on sponge responses to climate change. This book will be of interest to a wide audience of marine scientists and managers, who are grappling with how to manage, conserve and protect marine ecosystems.

Book Skeletons in confusion  a review of astrophorid sponges with  dicho  calthrops as structural megascleres  Porifera  Demospongiae  Astrophorida

Download or read book Skeletons in confusion a review of astrophorid sponges with dicho calthrops as structural megascleres Porifera Demospongiae Astrophorida written by Rob van Soest and published by PenSoft Publishers LTD. This book was released on 2010-11-16 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sponges usually obtain their distinct shape and structure by arrangement of mineral or organic skeletal elements (spicules, ?bers). A small group, although provided with spicules, nevertheless is incapable of developing recognizable shapes because the type of structural spicules they have (equal-length four-rayed siliceous elements called calthrops) preclude the possibility of building a cohesive skeleton. Such sponges insinuate themselves in crevices and holes, diminishing the chance of their discovery and collection. The study addresses the taxonomy and biodiversity of two globally distributed genera of these sponges, Dercitus and Calthropella, including the description of ten new species (of 38 species so far documented). The two genera appear similar in spiculation, but they differ in the types of small spicules (microscleres). This induces a discussion of their phylogeny and classi? cation: are they closely related or is it convergent evolution? No proposals are made for a rearranged classi? cation pending independent evidence from molecular studies.

Book Shallow water sponges of the western Bahamas

Download or read book Shallow water sponges of the western Bahamas written by F. Wiedenmayer and published by Birkhäuser. This book was released on 2013-11-21 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the period the sponges described herein were which were used only sporadically in the past and were collected (1963-7), the author was a Research Associate regarded as of marginal value until two decades ago, at the Department of Geology, University of Illinois, paleontology and embryology, are now receiving great participating in a research project on carbonate attention. They have already brought drastic revisions to sediments of the Bimini area, directed by Prof. William systematics, with regard to redefinition and classification W. Hay (Department of Geology, University of Illinois. of higher taxa. Other approaches have recently emerged utilizing biochemistry, histology, cytology, autecology, now at the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric and zoogeography, and these promise significant ad Science, University of Miami) and supported by the National Science Foundation. The objective of this pro vance in the delimitation and classification oflower taxa. ject was a study of the relationship between the carbo The rapidly changing state of sponge taxonomy is reflect nate sediments of the Bimini area and the benthonic ed in the paucity of definitive (i. e. widely accepted) revisions of genera and families. The lack of stability and fauna and flora, especially with regard to skeletal ele ments contributed to the sediment.

Book Special Scientific Report

Download or read book Special Scientific Report written by and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 1100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Current Developments in Bioerosion

Download or read book Current Developments in Bioerosion written by Max Wisshak and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2008-09-20 with total page 501 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It has become apparent from the literature that bioerosional processes affect a wide range of biological and geological systems that cross many disciplines among the sciences. This book is dedicated to crossing those traditional disciplinary boundaries to present a united and current perspective on the pattern and process of bioerosion. The book opens with papers on the evolutionary significance of bioerosion. It concludes with a primer on the bioerosion bibliography website.

Book Fishery Bulletin of the

Download or read book Fishery Bulletin of the written by and published by . This book was released on 1954 with total page 682 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Gulf of Mexico  Its Origin  Waters  and Marine Life

Download or read book Gulf of Mexico Its Origin Waters and Marine Life written by Paul Simon Galtsoff and published by . This book was released on 1954 with total page 630 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Cell Biology of Sponges

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  • Author : T.L. Simpson
  • Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
  • Release : 2012-12-06
  • ISBN : 1461252148
  • Pages : 678 pages

Download or read book The Cell Biology of Sponges written by T.L. Simpson and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 678 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Modem biology owes much to the study of favorable model systems which fa cilitates the realization of critical experiments and results in the introduction of new concepts. Examples of such systems are numerous and studies of them are regularly recognized by the scientific community. The 1983 Nobel Prize in Med icine and Physiology is a magnificent example in which com plants served as the experimental model. In a manner somewhat more modest, other biological systems have attracted recognition due to their critical phylogenetic position, or indeed because of their uniqueness which distinguishes them from all other organisms. Assuredly, among the whole assemblage ofliving organisms, sponges stand out as worthy of interest by scientists: they are simultaneously models, an important group in evolution, and animals unlike others. As early as the beginning of this century, sponges appeared as exceptional models for the study of phenomena of cell recognition. Innumerable works have been dedicated to understanding the mechanisms which assure the reaggregation of dissociated cells and the reconstitution of a functional individual. Today, re search on these phenomena is at the ultimate, molecular level. Through an as semblage of characteristics the sponges are, based upon all available evidence, the most primitive Metazoans. Their tissues-perhaps one can say their cell groups-are loosely assembled (they possess no tight or gap junctions), cell dif ferentiation appears highly labile, and they do not develop any true organs. But, they are most certainly Metazoans.

Book Ecological Studies of Sockeye Salmon and Related Limnological and Climatological Investigations  Brooks Lane  Alaska  1957

Download or read book Ecological Studies of Sockeye Salmon and Related Limnological and Climatological Investigations Brooks Lane Alaska 1957 written by Theodore R. Merrell and published by . This book was released on 1964 with total page 820 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ecological studies on the fresh-water phases of the life history of sockeye salmon and studies on related limnology and climatology were made at Brooks Lake, Alaska, in 1957. Data are presented and interpreted on adult sockeye salmon spawning distributions and behavior, age, sex, length, fecundity, and bear predation; on juvenile sockeye salmon ages, food, growth, migration from the lake, relative abundance, and distribution in the lake; and on climatological and limnological factors that may influence sockeye salmon behavior and abundance.

Book New Zealand Journal of Zoology

Download or read book New Zealand Journal of Zoology written by and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: