Echinoderm Research 2001

Echinoderm Research 2001
Title Echinoderm Research 2001 PDF eBook
Author Jean-Pierre Feral
Publisher CRC Press
Pages 356
Release 2003-06-01
Genre Science
ISBN 9789058095282

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The Echinodermata is a phylum of marine invertebrates with a fossil record reaching back to the Precambrian. Major elements of the benthic macrofauna, they play a significant role in the dynamics of the ecosystems and are choice biological models in the life sciences, from ecology to genomics. This title offers 50 papers presented at the sixth European Conferences on Echinoderms (ECE), covering population biology, biodiversity, anatomy and functional morphology, physiology and behavior, biological cycles, and resource potential. This book reflects the great diversity of its contributors, offering an opportunity to cover a broad range of important questions in a single, authoritative reference.

Echinoderm studies 6 (2001)

Echinoderm studies 6 (2001)
Title Echinoderm studies 6 (2001) PDF eBook
Author Michel Jangoux
Publisher CRC Press
Pages 366
Release 2001-06-01
Genre Science
ISBN 9789058093011

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This study is part of a series dedicated to the publication of reviews by experts of important topics in all areas of echinoderm studies, from molecular biology to ecology, palaeontology, biology and taxonomy. It addresses a range of topics in depth. The reviews seek to provide access to the field and to give direction to further study and research.

Echinoderm studies 1 (1983)

Echinoderm studies 1 (1983)
Title Echinoderm studies 1 (1983) PDF eBook
Author Michel Jangoux
Publisher CRC Press
Pages 220
Release 1983-06-01
Genre Science
ISBN 9789061912903

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This work consists of seven plenary lectures read at an international conference in Tampa, USA.

Echinoderm Nutrition

Echinoderm Nutrition
Title Echinoderm Nutrition PDF eBook
Author Michel Jangoux
Publisher CRC Press
Pages 804
Release 1982-06-01
Genre Science
ISBN 9789061910800

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The purpose of this book is to present the state of knowledge concerning nutrition and point out directions for future work for the Echinodermata, an ancient group which shows great diversity in form and function, and whose feeding activities can have great environmental impact.

Australian Echinoderms

Australian Echinoderms
Title Australian Echinoderms PDF eBook
Author Timothy O'Hara
Publisher CSIRO PUBLISHING
Pages 633
Release 2017-06
Genre Science
ISBN 1486307639

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Echinoderms, including feather stars, seastars, brittle stars, sea urchins and sea cucumbers, are some of the most beautiful and interesting animals in the sea. They play an important ecological role and several species of sea urchins and sea cucumbers form the basis of important fisheries. Over 1000 species live in Australian waters, from the shoreline to the depths of the abyssal plain and the tropics to Antarctic waters. Australian Echinoderms is an authoritative account of Australia’s 110 families of echinoderms. It brings together in a single volume comprehensive information on the identification, biology, evolution, ecology and management of these animals for the first time. Richly illustrated with beautiful photographs and written in an accessible style, Australian Echinoderms suits the needs of marine enthusiasts, academics and fisheries managers both in Australia and other geographical areas where echinoderms are studied.

Physiology of Echinoderms

Physiology of Echinoderms
Title Physiology of Echinoderms PDF eBook
Author John Binyon
Publisher Elsevier
Pages 291
Release 2013-10-22
Genre Science
ISBN 148315727X

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Physiology of Echinoderms is an 11-chapter book that begins by elucidating the feeding, digestion, and excretion of specific echinoderms. The critical role of amoebocytes in the excretion process involved in these organisms is also explained. This book also describes several aspects of importance to these organisms, including salinity tolerance, osmoregulation, ionic regulation, chemical composition, neural control of locomotion, biochemical affinities, toxins, and immunology. The organisms' physiology in sensory, water vascular system, respiratory system, spawning, neurosecretion, nerves, and muscles are also explained.

Echinodermata

Echinodermata
Title Echinodermata PDF eBook
Author Valeria Matranga
Publisher Springer Science & Business Media
Pages 293
Release 2005-10-24
Genre Science
ISBN 3540276831

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Members of the phylum Echinodermata are among the most familiar marine invertebrates. Forms such as the sea star have become virtually a symbol of sea life. Used in ancient oriental medicine as a source of bioactive compounds, sea cucumbers, sea stars and sea urchins are now used for the extraction and purification of cytotoxic, haemolytic, antiviral, antifungal, antifouling, antimicrobial and even anti-tumoural activities. In addition, of the five extant classes, sea urchins and sea cucumbers are important economic resources for current fishery and aquaculture. Molecular and cell biological techniques described in this book are, on the one hand, indicative of the improvements made over the years and, on the other, stress the need of their further exploitation for the sustainable production of bioactive compounds and their application in biomedicine.