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A student's guide to the seashore / J.D. Fish and S. Fish.

By: Fish, J. D [author.].
Contributor(s): Fish, S. (Susan) [author.].
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2011Edition: 3rd ed.Description: 1 online resource (xii, 527 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781139035125 (ebook).Subject(s): Seashore biology -- Great Britain | Seashore biology -- Europe, NorthernAdditional physical formats: Print version: : No titleDDC classification: 578.769/90941 Online resources: Click here to access online
Contents:
Design and layout of the book -- Illustrated guide to the plants and animals of the shore -- Seaweeds -- Lichens -- Anthophyta -- Porifera -- Cnidaria -- Ctenophora -- Platyhelminthes -- Nemertea -- Priapula -- Annelida -- Mollusca -- Arthropoda -- Sipuncula -- Echiura -- Bryozoa -- Phoronida -- Echinodermata -- Hemichordata -- Chordata.
Summary: This unique, concise and beautifully-illustrated guide allows students to identify over 650 of the common, widespread animals and seaweeds of the shore. User-friendly dichotomous keys are supported by details of diagnostic features and biology of each species. Now enhanced with 32 pages of colour, this much acclaimed guide is invaluable to students of marine biology at any level. Questions such as how does the species reproduce? What is its life-cycle? How does it feed? are answered in the notes accompanying each species to give a fascinating insight into the diversity and complexity of life on the shore. The text is supported by an extensive glossary of scientific terms and a comprehensive bibliography is included to aid further study. The third edition builds on the excellent reviews of earlier editions and will continue to appeal to a wide readership, including students, teachers and naturalists.
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Design and layout of the book -- Illustrated guide to the plants and animals of the shore -- Seaweeds -- Lichens -- Anthophyta -- Porifera -- Cnidaria -- Ctenophora -- Platyhelminthes -- Nemertea -- Priapula -- Annelida -- Mollusca -- Arthropoda -- Sipuncula -- Echiura -- Bryozoa -- Phoronida -- Echinodermata -- Hemichordata -- Chordata.

This unique, concise and beautifully-illustrated guide allows students to identify over 650 of the common, widespread animals and seaweeds of the shore. User-friendly dichotomous keys are supported by details of diagnostic features and biology of each species. Now enhanced with 32 pages of colour, this much acclaimed guide is invaluable to students of marine biology at any level. Questions such as how does the species reproduce? What is its life-cycle? How does it feed? are answered in the notes accompanying each species to give a fascinating insight into the diversity and complexity of life on the shore. The text is supported by an extensive glossary of scientific terms and a comprehensive bibliography is included to aid further study. The third edition builds on the excellent reviews of earlier editions and will continue to appeal to a wide readership, including students, teachers and naturalists.

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